Conventional breeding not very successfulTarget DNA loci introduced in commercial RiceTransgenics: Regulatory genes/no genetic barrierMolecular tools to Identify tolerance DNA lociGeneLandracePrecision Breeding using DNA markers to ensure transfer of correct lociCommercial genotypePlant Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Finding sources for donors of tolerance genesFor Precision Breeding using DNA markers and Transformation Bangladesh is home to the Origin ofBiodiversity of Rice, in the NorthEast. Out of about 8000 recordedevolved Rice Landraces, 50 are stillcultivated in problem soils, whereelite varieties do not growhttp://www.fao.org/3/CA3474EN/ca3474en.pdfLocation of 70% of the 200 rice accessions sequenced by the 3K rice genomes project-https://gigascience.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/2047-217X-3-7 Photo Credit: Nafis Ul Alam and Anika Tahsin 鈥 Principal Investigator:鈥 Prof. Zeba Islam Seraj (Ph.D.)鈥 Co-Investigators:鈥 Prof. Md. Rakibul Islam鈥 Farida Yasmin鈥 Mohammad Umer Sharif Shohan鈥 Collaborators: 鈥 Dr. Sabrina Moriom Elias (IUB)鈥 Dr. Sazzadur Rahman (BRRI)鈥 Tasmia Islam (Jagannath University)鈥 Taslima Haque (University of Texas at Austin)鈥 Dr. Saima Shahid (Donald Danforth Center, USA)鈥 Foreign Collaborators:鈥 Dr. Tom Juenger (University of Texas at Austin)鈥 Dr. Rod Wing (KAUST and University of Arizona)鈥 Dr. Narendra Tuteja (ICGEB, India)鈥 Dr. Sneh-Lata Singla Pareek (ICGEB, India)鈥 Dr. William Paul Quick (IRRI, The Philippines)鈥 Research Associate: 鈥 Dola Kormoker鈥 Tomalika Azim鈥 PhD Student:鈥 Rumana Sultana Tammi鈥 U. S. Mahzabin Amin鈥 Umme Habiba Mita鈥 Technician: 鈥 Md. Shamim Hossain鈥 Rabin Sarkar鈥 Al-Amin Hossain鈥 Raju Ahmed鈥 Khayrul Kabir鈥 Niaz Mahmud鈥 Accountant:鈥 Md. Shamim Hosain鈥 Masters Student (Old)鈥 Yeamin Farabi Chowdhary Ria鈥 Anik Kumar Saha鈥 Umme Sabrina Haque 鈥 Masters Student (New)鈥 Saima Akhter Sadia鈥 Fahmida Akhther Borsa鈥 Israt Jahan鈥 Imran Khan鈥 Arifa Akhter Airin鈥 Alumni (those not in the collaborator list): 鈥 Dr. Laisa A. Lisa (Jagannath University)鈥 Dr. Noorain Rasul (Apex Biotech)鈥 Dr. Richard Malo (OMC)鈥 Dr. Sumaiya F. Khan (Jagannath University)鈥 Dr. Rokeya Begum (CARS)Lab Members