An experiment was conducted in mango orchard of Sher-E Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) campus, Dhaka to determine the effect seasonal variation round year and weather on population dynamics mealybug (Drosicha mangiferae) tree. The first appeared early December disappeared June a year. Its started increase gradually from continued up February when ambient average temperature 20.95°C, relati...

The phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium mangiferae belongs to the fujikuroi species complex (FFSC). Members of this group cause a wide spectrum devastating diseases on diverse agricultural crops. F. is causal agent mango malformation disease (MMD) and as such detrimental for agriculture in southern hemisphere. During plant infection, produces plethora bioactive secondary metabolites (SMs), which mo...

Your Grandpa Syd (who I hope won't mind my writing to you in this vein) mentioned that you were thinking about a career in Australia, now that your PhD is out of the way, so I'll give the low-down from an insider's point of view. I'll be quite frank, and what I have to tell you might bruise a few egos, so please try to keep it confidential. Of course there are good things about doing science in...