Sixth Meeting of the Asian Cotton Research and Development Network Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 18-20, 2014.
The Sixth Meeting of the Asian Cotton Research and Development Network was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from June 18-20, 2014. The Ministry of Agriculture of the Government of Bangladesh hosted the meeting. The Cotton Development Board of the Ministry of Agriculture served as a primary host. The meeting was open to all researchers from the region and outside the region and from public and private sectors. In additional to the ICAC, CABI, UK, Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (Bangladesh) and Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council sponsored the meeting. The meeting elected Dr. Md. Farid Uddin as Chairman of the Network until the next meeting in three years.
Dr. Md. Farid Uddin
Additional Director, Cotton Development Board
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Email: mfaridcdb@gmail.com
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
- Arrival of international participants
- Stay at Hotel Dhaka Garden Inn
- House #03, Road #24 Bloch #K Banani, Dhaka-1213
- 6:00 pm Registration for International Participants
- 7:00 pm Reception at Hotel Dhaka Garden Inn Wednesday, June 18, 2014
- 07:30-08:30 Registration(cont.) at Hotel Dhaka Garden Inn
8:30-9:00 Meeting of Chairmen, moderators and speakers (For international participants)
- Procedural matters about running the meeting
- Dr. Abid Mahmood, Chairman, Asian Cotton R&D Network
- Dr. M. Rafiq Chaudhry, International Cotton Advisory Committee
- Mr. Abdul Rehman, CABI
09:30-10:30 Session 1 Inaugural Ceremony at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council
Chairperson: Dr. S. M. Nazmul Islam, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Bangladesh
- Welcome address
Mr. Md. Abdul Latif, Executive Director, Cotton Development Board, Bangladesh - Welcome address
Dr. Abid Mahmood, Chairman, Asian Cotton Research and Development Network, Pakistan - Welcome address
Mr. Abdul Rehman, CABI - Welcome address
Dr. M. Rafiq Chaudhry, International Cotton Advisory Committee, USA (Cotton: Where do we stand) - Welcome address
Mr. Mike Robson, FAO Representative in Bangladesh - Welcome address
Dr. Md. Kamal Uddin, Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council - Keynote paper
Dr. Md. Farid Uddin, Additional Director, Cotton Development Board, Bangladesh - Keynote paper
Dr. S. M. Nazmul Islam, Secretary of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of Bangladesh - Address by the Chief Guest on behalf of the Government of Bangladesh
Minister Matia Chowdhury, Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of Bangladesh
10:30 Tea/coffee break
11:30 Session 2 Cotton Management for Higher Productivity
Chair: Dr. Khalid Abdullah, Cotton Commissioner, Ministry of Commerce and Textile Industry, Pakistan
Vice Chair: Dr. A. K. Basu, India
- 11:30 Status of cotton leaf curl virus in India
Dr. Dilip Monga, Head, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Sirsa, India - 11:55 Effect of poultry manure and inorganic fertilizer on the productivity of cotton in Bangladesh
Dr. Md. Kamrul Islam, Senior Scientific Officer, Cotton Research Farm, Gazipur, Cotton Development Board, Bangladesh - 12:20 Weed Management in Cotton
Dr. Dil Baugh Muhammad, Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan, Pakistan
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Session 3 Biotech Cotton and new developments
Chair: Prof. Dr. Lutful Hasan, Director, BAURES, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
- 14:00 Experiences with biotech cotton in India
Dr. Keshav Raj Kranthi, Director, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India - 14:25 Dimensions and challenges of altered insect pest scenario under the influence of Bt cottons
Dr. Shashikant Udikeri, Associate Professor, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India - 14:50 Pink bollworm scenario in different cotton growing areas of Sindh
Mr. Shahnawaz Khuhro, Scientific Officer, Central Cotton Research Institute, Sakrand, Pakistan - 15:15 Effectiveness of selection based on molecular markers to create varieties of cotton species G. hirsutum L.
Dr. Kim Robert Grigorevich, Head of Laboratory, Cotton Breeding, Seed Production and Agrotechnologies Research Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
15:40 Coffee/tea break
16:00 Session 4 Agronomic Improvements
Chair: Dr. M. Nurul Alam, Executive Director, Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Vice Chair: Ms. Siwilai Lapbanjob, Nakhon Sawan Field Crops Research Center, Thailand
- 16:00 Preparing seed for planting
Mr. Yuan Guobao and Mr. Wang Qiang, Hebei Seed, China - 16:25 Revising conventional breeding approaches for changing needs of cotton
Dr. Shreekant Somanagouda Patil, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India - 16:50 Effect of NPKS on seed cotton yield of the variety CB-12
Md. Khalequzzaman, Scientific Officer, Cotton Research farm, Gazipur, Bangladesh
17:30 Close
19:30 Cultural show
(Hosted by the Krishi Gobeshona Foundation)
Thursday, June 19, 2014
- 8:30 Development of cotton mutant lines tolerant to Verticillium dahlia Kleb and soil drought
Dr. Bakhtiyor Abdurashidovich Khalmanov, Head, Lab. Cotton Fibre Technology, Cotton Breeding, Seed Production and Agrotechnologies Research Institute, Tashkent, Uzbekistan - 8:50 Knit wear Production in Bangladesh
Mr. Liton Chandra Sarker, Asst. Secretary Research and Development, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturing Association (BKMEA), Bangladesh - 9:10 New trends in cotton ginning and cotton seed processing
Mr. Mahendra Kumar Sharma, President, Bajaj Steel Industries Ltd., Nagpur, India - 9:30 Recent Advances in Cotton Ginning Technology in India
Dr. Prashantkumar Gulabrao Patil, Director (Acting), Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai, India - 9:50 Egyptian Cotton Heritage
Dr. Mohamed El-sayed Negm, Professor of Cotton Technology, Cotton Research Institute, Giza, Egypt
10:30 Coffee/tea break
10:50 Session 6 Panel discussion – Breeding (each speaker will make a five minutes statement)
- Moderators: Dr. Zahid Mehmood, Officer In Charge, Cotton Research Station, Ghotki, Pakistan
- Dr. M. S. Kairon, India
- Panelists: Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Plant Breeder, Punjab Agri., University, India
- Dr. Loknathan Ramasami Tharuval, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India
12:00 Session 7 Panel discussion (each speaker will make a five minutes statement)
- Moderators: Dr. Rafiqul Islam Mondal, Director General, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, Bangladesh
- Dr. Rishi Kumar, Senior Scientist (Agricultural Entomology), Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Sirsa, India
- Panelists: Dr. Arkalgud Hiriyannaia Prakash, Head, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Coimbatore, India
- Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid, Director (Planning and Evaluation), Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF), Bangladesh
- Dr. Wang Zisheng, Vice President, Cash Crops Research Institute, LIaoning Agricultural Academy, China
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Session 8 Cotton from spinning to garments with emphasis on Bangladesh industry
Chair: Mr. Mohammad Ayub, President, Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA), Bangladesh
- 14:00 Dr. Muhammad Ali Talpur, Director Economic Research, Pakistan Central Cotton Committee, Karachi, Pakistan
- 14:25 Mr. Mohammad Ayub, President Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA), Bangladesh
15:15 Coffee/tea break
15:45 Session 9 New technologies
Chair: Dr. M. V. Venugopalan, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India
Vice chair: Dr. S. M. Palve, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India
- 15:45 Performance of cotton under Agroforestry system
Dr. Gazi Golam Mortuza, Cotton Development Board, Bangladesh - 16:10 Novel hydroponic design for screening cotton genotypes for salinity tolerance
Ms. Hina Malhotra, Ph.D. Scholar, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India - 16:35 Effects of harvesting methods on fiber quality in some cotton varieties under conditions of Cukurova Region of Turkey
Dr. Efe Lale, Field Crops Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kahramanmaras Sutcum Imam University, Turkey
17:30 Conclude
19:00 Dinner
(Hosted by Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and Bangladesh Cotton Association (BCA))
Friday June 20, 2014
8:00 Session 10 Country Developments
Chair: Mr. Mohammed Samadullah Baig, Director, NathBio-Genes (India) Ltd., Aurangabad, India
- 8:00 Cotton’s road map of Iran
Dr. Ghorban Ali Roushani, Director, Cotton Research Institute, Iran - 8:20 Organic Market Development: Case of Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia
Ms. Shakhnoza Abdimalikzhanovna Kurbanalieva, Advisor, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, Organic Cotton Production and Trade Promotion, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - 8:40 Mobile phone based cotton extension – Evidences from e-Kapas network
Dr. Usha Rani, Senior Scientist (Agriculture Extension), Central Institute for Cotton Research, Regional Station, Coimbatore, India - 9:00 Effect of planting pattern on the productivity of cotton Mungbean intercropping system
Dr. Md. Fakhre Alam Ibne Tabib, Deputy Director, Cotton Development Board, Bangladesh - 9:20 TakFa 86-5: Green staple cotton cultivar
Dr. Sebunruang Parinya, Nakhon Sawan Field Crops Research Center, TakFa, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
9.40-11:00 Session 11 Genetic Diversity
Chair: Dr. Abid Mahmood, Director General (Res), Ayub Agriculture Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Vice Chair: Dr. Ibadulla Umbetayev, Director, Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Cotton, The Southwest Scientific Production Center of Agriculture, Kazakhstan (Assisted by Ms. Shakhnoza Abdimalikzhanovna Kurbanalieva)
- 9:40 Genetic diversity and utilization of the wild cotton germplasm
Dr. Vinita Gotmare, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India - 10:00 Interspecific hybridization In cotton (G. hirsutum) for developing CLCuV tolerant varieties
Mr. Zahid Iqbal Anjum, Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan, Pakistan - 10:20 Gene discovery for improvement of fiber strength in cotton
Dr. Keelara Puttaswamy Raghavendra, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur, India
11:00 – 12.00 Session 12 (Concluding session)
Chair: Dr. M. Rafiq Chaudhry, International Cotton Advisory Committee
- Election of new Chairman of the Network
- Remarks from the out-going Chairman (Dr. Abid Mahmood, Pakistan)
- Remarks from the new Chairman
- Closing remarks on behalf of the Government of Bangladesh
12:00 Visit to BRRI and BARI
- Evening Free
Saturday, June 21, 2014
- Leave for home countries