Global Biotech Potato Partnership plants first field trials of late blight resistant potato in Bangladesh

Global Biotech Potato Partnership plants first field trials of late blight resistant potato in Bangladesh

The Global Biotech Potato Partnership planted the project's first confined field trials of late blight resistant potato in Bangladesh in February. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) Research Director, Dr. Yousuf Akhond and BARI Director General Dr. Debasish Sharkar are shown above ceremoniously planting potato tubers in Joydevpur, Gazipur. In addition to the Gazipur trial, late blight.

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