M. A. Rahman

Publication List Details

Period

1959 - 2007

Number

77

Co-Authors

Observations of AGNs using PACT (2006)

Bose, D., Chitnis, V. R., Vishwanath, P. R., Majumdar, P., Rahman, M. A., Singh, B. B., ...

We report our observations on 4 AGNs viz, Mkn421, Mkn501, 1ES1426+428 and ON231 belonging to a sub-class called blazars. The observations were carried out using the Pachmarhi Array of Cherenkov...

Molecular Characterization of Black Bengal and Jamuna Pari Goat Breeds By RAPD Markers (2006)

M.A.Rahman, M.A.Jalil, Sarder Nasir Uddin, M.M.Rahman

This experiment was conducted in the Genetics, Breeding and Reproductive BiotechnologyLaboratory under Goat and Sheep Production Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock ResearchInstitute (BLRI),...

Environmental Effect on Growth and Yield of Tomato (2005)

M.F. Hasan, B. Ahmed, M.A. Rahman, M.M. Alam

The study was conducted to analyze the responses of two tomato varieties, BARI tomato-4 and BARI tomato-6 to different environments. The environment used in the experiment were no mulch or control...

Biological Screening of Some Sewage Microbes in Bangladesh (2005)

M.E. Haque, M.M. Pervin, M.Z. Rahman, M.H. Kabir, M.A. Rahman, ...

The aim of present study was to investigate the bioactivity (antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxicity etc.) of the ethylacetate extract isolated from Streptomyces sp. Aspergillus sp. and Bacillus...

Measurement of Surface Acidity of Amorphous Silica-Alumina Catalyst by Amine Titration Method (2005)

B.C. Roy, M.S. Rahman, M.A. Rahman

Amorphous silica-alumina catalyst samples of different Si:Al ratio as of 90:10, 70:30 and 50:50 were prepared from sodium metasilicate and aluminum sulphate by co-precipitation and gelation methods...

Management Practices on Hoar Fisheries in Itna Upazila, Kishoreganj (2005)

M.K. Hossain, S. Ahammed, M.R. Rahman, B. Mondal, ...

The experiment was conducted in Itna Upazila, Kishoreganj from July 2001 to June 2002. It has included survey of waterbodies, implementation of different management policies and affect of aquatic...

Performance of IR68877H and IR69690H (BRRI Hybrid Dhan1) in the South-central Region of Bangladesh (2004)

M.A. Hossain, B.C. Roy, M.A. Rahman, A.I. Khan, A.W. Julfiquar

On farm trials were established with two advanced hybrid rice lines, IR68877H and IR69690H during the boro season 2000-2001 in five locations-Fakirhat, Babuganj, Bhola sadar, Mothbaria and Nalchhiti...

AFLP Analysis of Genome Difference Between Male and Females in Dioecious Plant Rumex acetosa (2004)

M.A. Rahman, C.C. Ainsworth

Sorrel (Rumex acetosa L.) is dioecious model plant with heteromorphic sex chromosome system with 2n=12+XX in females and 2n=12+XY1Y2 in males. Sex is determined by the X:autosome balance. The major...

Performance of Cold Stored and Diffuse Light Stored Seeds of Some Indigenous Potato Varieties in Bangladesh (2004)

M. A. Rahman, M. G. Rabbani

Investigation was carried out at the Horticulture Farm of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during 1992-93 and 1993-94 growing seasons to study the effects of storage conditions of seed...

Ratooning Ability of Photoperiod-Sensitive Rice Varieties Transplanted in the Boro Season (2004)

B.C. Roy, M.A. Hossain, M.A. Rahman

Field experiment was conducted at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Charbadna farm, Barisal, from boro 2001 to aman 2002. Seven photoperiod-sensitive rice varieties including three fine grain...

Isolation and expression of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) serine 8-type GnRH coding and regulatory sequences (2003)

Farahmand, H., Rahman, M.A., Sohm, F., Hwang, G.L., Maclean, N.

The complete Serine 8-type gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) coding sequence with a substantial 5-prime regulatory sequence (5 kb) has been isolated and characterised in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis...

An Efficient Algorithm For Codebook Design In Transform Vector Quantization (2003)

Momotaz Begum, Nurun Nahar, Kaneez Fatimah, M. K. Hasan, M. A. Rahman

In this paper, a new wavelet-domain codebook design algorithm is proposed for image coding. The method utilizes mean-squared error and variance based selection schemes for good clustering of data...

Genetic Analysis of Some Yield Contributing and Quality Characters in Spring Wheat (Triticum aestivum) (2003)

M.A.Rahman, N.A.Siddquie, M.Robiul Alam, M.S.Alam

Genetic analysis of yield and quality characters in spring wheat was studied in seven cultivars and their F1s obtained from a diallel cross without reciprocals at Bangladesh Agricultural University,...

Growth and Harvestable Maturity of Red Amaranth at Different Sowing Dates (2003)

S.R. Saha, M. Nazim Uddin, M.A. Rahman, S.M. Sharifuzzaman

A study was conducted to optimize the time of sowing and stage of harvest of red amaranth during winter season to obtain higher yield without loss of palatability. It was observed that in November...

Evaluation of Botanical Product as Grain Protectant Against Grain Weevil, Sitophilus granarious (L.) on Wheat (2003)

M.A. Rahman, M.A. Taleb, M.M. Biswas

The present study was carried out to evaluate the botanical products viz. leaf powder and extract of Nishinda (Vitex negunda Linn.), eucalyptus (Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.muell.), Bankalmi (Ipomoea...

Studies on Quantitative Characteristics of Fruits of Some Guava Germplasm in Both on and Off-Seasons (2003)

M.H. Rahman, M.A.Salam, M.A. Rahman

A Study on quantitative characteristics of fruits of guava germplasm in both on and off seasons was carried out at the germplasm center, Fruit-Tree Improvement Project (FTIP) of the Department of...

Studies on the Fruit Characteristics, Bio-chemical Composition and Storage Behaviour of Litchi Varieties (2003)

M. S. Islam, M. Ibrahim, M. A. Rahman, M. A. Uddin, S. K. Biswas

A study was carried out on six litchi varieties, for their fruit characteristics, bio-chemical composition and storage behaviour. The results showed significant difference among varieties. The fruit...

A Study to Evaluate the Artificial Insemination (AI) Success Rate in Cattle Population Based on Three Years Record among Different Sub-centers of Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar District of Bangladesh (2003)

M.A. Hoque, H.M. Salim, G.K. Debnath, M.A. Rahman

To evaluate the success rate of artificial insemination and average service required per conception of cows inseminated in different AI points of sub centers under Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar...

Effect of Sources of Nitrogen Supplementation on Growth and Reproductive Performance of Female Goats and Sheep under Grazing Condition (2003)

M.A. Rahman, M. Shahjalal, M. Al-Mamun

The effect of different sources of nitrogen supplementation on growth and reproductive performance of female goats and sheep under grazing condition. In addition to grazing, goats were allocated at...

Prevalence and Pathogenicity of Guava Anthracnose with Special Emphasis on Varietal Reaction (2003)

M.A. Rahman, T.H. Ansari, M.B. Meah, Tetsushi Yoshida

Guava anthracnose was found more prevalent during the main season (April-September) than in off-season (November-February). Pestalotiopsis psidii, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Botryodiplodia...

Integrated Nutrient Management in Mustard (HYV)-Boro Rice (HYV)-transplanted Aman Rice (HYV) Cropping System (2003)

Md. Kalim Uddin, K.M. Khalequzzaman, M.A. Rahman, M.M. Begum, M. Zibon Nessa

Seven different fertilizer combinations on cropping system basis were studied to develop a fertilizer package for mustardboro ricetransplant aman rice cropping system. Significantly higher grain...

Susceptibility of Different Varieties of Mango to Leaf Cutting Weevil, Deporaus marginatus P. and its Control (2003)

M. A. Uddin, M. S. Islam, M. A. Rahman, M. M. Begum

The experiments were conducted on 12 mango graft varieties/cultivars viz. BARI mango-1, BARI mango-2, BARI mango-3 (Amrapali), Fazli, Gopalbhog, Khirsapat, Kazla sinduri, Kazla-01(Subarna), Langra,...

Lablab Bean Based Intercropping System in Northwest Region of Bangladesh (2003)

M.E. Haque, M. Rahman, M.A. Rahman, A.K. Roy, B. Sikdar

Institute of Biological Science, University of Rajshahl, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh Department of Genetics and Breeding, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh Fruit Research Station, BARI,...

Diagnostic Protocol Used in Central Disease Investigation Laboratory Dhaka, Bangladesh (2003)

M. H. Rashid, M. Atikuzzaman, M.A. Rahman, M.A. Hoque

The present study was carried out during a period of four months at Central Disease Investigation Laboratory, Dhaka with the primary aim to measure the frequency of Gumboro in poultry based on sample...

Effect of Rate of Nitrogen Fertilizer and Population Density on the Yield and Yield Attributes of Maize (Zea mays) (2003)

M. Mahbubul Alam, Md. Mainul Basher, A. Karim, M.A. Rahman, M. Rafiqul Islam

Abstract: An experiment was conducted during the period from April to July 2001 to find out effect of 3 levels of plant population (53000, 66000, 80000 plants ha-1) and 4 levels of nitrogen...

Transgenic tilapia and the tilapia genome (2002)

Maclean, N., Rahman, M.A., Sohm, F., Hwang, G., Lyengar, A., Ayad, H., ...

The tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus) has an important place in the aquaculture of the developing world. It is also a very useful laboratory animal, and readily lends itself to the transgenic...

Angular Resolution of the Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescopes (2002)

Majumdar, P., Bhat, P. N., Acharya, B. S., Chitnis, V. R., Rahman, M. A., Singh, B. B., ...

The Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescopes consists of a distributed array of 25 telescopes that are used to sample the atmospheric Cerenkov Photon showers. Each telescope consists of 7 parabolic...

Effect of Weed Control Methods on the Growth and Yield of Rainfed Aus Rice (2002)

M. Robiul Alam, M. O. Hoque, M. A. Rahman, F. Islam, M. Akhtar Hossain

An experiment was conducted at Agricultural Research Station of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Pabna during April to August 2001 to see the effect of weed control methods on the...

Effect of Nonpolar Gases on the Storage of Persimmon Fruits (Diospyros khaki L.) at Different Temperatures (2002)

M. A. Rahman, A. Khair, B.K. Bala

Two tests were conducted using xenon (Xe), krypton (Kr) and nitrogen (N2) for storage of persimmon fruits. Under test-1, fruits were treated with Xe, Kr and N2 at a partial pressure of 0.3MPa for...

In vitro NMR Relaxation Study of Water Protons in the Intracellular Water of Eggplant (2002)

M. A. Rahman, B.K. Bala, A. Khair

Xenon treated eggplant fruit was studied to examine the formation of structured water through nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements. Spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) and spin-spin relaxation...

Yield Performance of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) cv. Barimung-4 as Influenced by Rhizobium Inoculation and NPK Fertilizers (2002)

M.A. Rahman, N. Islam, A. Islam, M.K. Hassan

A field experiment was conducted at the Regional Agricultural Research Station of Barisal, Bangladesh during the Kharif season of the year 2000 to find the optimum fertilizer rate for summer mungbean...

Variation and Transgressive Segregation in the Backcross Generations of Long Bean (2002)

M. A. Rahman, M. S. Saad, O. Azizah, G. B. Saleh

Variation and transgressive segregations were studied in the backcross generations of populations involving three crosses in long bean [Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) Fruw]. Trends were different for...

Genetic Variability, Heritability and Path Analysis in Snake Gourd (Trichosanthes anguina L.) (2002)

M.A. Rahman, M.D. Hossain, M.S. Islam, D.K. Biswas, M. Ahiduzzaman

Genetic variability, heritability and path coefficient analysis were studied in 24 genotypes of snake gourd. The genotypic coefficient of variation was high for fruit yield, number of fruits per...

Biodiversity Study of Fusarium spp. on Stored Cereal Grains in Karnataka State, India (2002)

M. A. Rahman, M. A. Hossain, S. S. Haque, G. R. Janardhana

A study was undertaken to find the biodiversity of Fusarium spp. on stored cereal grains (maize, sorghum and paddy) collected from different places of Karnataka State, India by testing seed health....

Solar Heat: It`s Use for Controlling Seed Borne Fungal Infections of Wheat (2002)

M. S. Hossain, M.A. Rahman

The effectiveness of solar heat in controlling seed borne fungal infections of wheat was tested by drying of seeds on concrete floor, brown paper and mixing with sand (50:50) for 0, 4, 8 and 12...

Quantitative Karyotype Analysis of Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Oxheart (2002)

M.A. Rahman, M. S. Hossain, M.A. Hossain, S.S. Haque

The chromosomes were identified individually and standard karyotype of Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Oxheart was formulated. Roots were collected from germinating seeds and were pre-treated in a...

Rooting and Survival of Air Layers in Litchi as Influenced by Layering Time and Plant Growth Regulator (2002)

M.A. Rahman, M.N. Amin, M.S. Islam, M.M. Begum, M.A. Uddin

Air layering on five different times with the help of indole butyric acid (IBA) at 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000 and 3500 ppm concentration was evaluated in BARI-1 variety of litchi. Five different...

Distributed Data Acquisition System for Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescopes (2001)

Bhat, P. N., Acharya, B. S., Chitnis, V. R., D'Souza, A. I., Francis, P. J., Gothe, K. S., ...

Pachmarhi Array of \v Cerenkov Telescopes (PACT) consists of a 5$\times$5 array of \v Cerenkov telescopes deployed over an area of 100 $m$ $\times$ 80 $m$, in the form of a rectangular matrix. The...

Pachmarhi Array of \v{C}erenkov Telescopes and its Sensitivity (2001)

Chitnis, V. R., Acharya, B. S., Bhat, P. N., Gothe, K. S., John, A. V., Majumdar, P., ...

Pachmarhi Array of \v{C}erenkov Telescopes (PACT) has been designed to search for celestial TeV $\gamma-$rays using the wavefront sampling technique. PACT, located at Pachmarhi, (latitude 22$^\circ$...

Very High Energy Gamma Ray Emission from Crab Nebula with the PACT Array (2001)

Vishwanath, P. R., Acharya, B. S., Bhat, P. N., Chitnis, V. R., Majumdar, P., Rahman, M. A., ...

The Crab nebula has proved to be the nearest to a standard candle in VHE $\gamma-$ ray astronomy. Results on the gamma ray emission from the nebula at various energies have come in the last decade...

Angular Resolution of Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescopes (2001)

Majumdar, P., Acharya, B. S., Bhat, P. N., Chitnis, V. R., Rahman, M. A., Singh, B. B., ...

Pachmarhi Array of \v{C}erenkov Telescopes(PACT), consisting of a distributed array of 25 telescopes is used to sample the atmospheric \v{C}erenkov Photon showers. The shower front is fitted to a...

Very High Energy Gamma Ray Emission from Crab and Geminga Pulsars (2001)

Vishwanath, P. R., Acharya, B. S., Bhat, P. N., Chitnis, V. R., Majumdar, P., Rahman, M. A., ...

The main inference from the experiments of the '80s that the time-averaged energy spectra of pulsars had to steepen in the GeV-TeV energy region has been reinforced in the '90s from experiments with...

Observations of Mkn 421 using Pachmarhi Array of \v{C}erenkov Telescopes (2001)

Bhat, P. N., Acharya, B. S., Chitnis, V. R., Majumdar, P., Rahman, M. A., Singh, B. B., ...

Pachmarhi Array of \v{C}erenkov Telescopes (PACT), based on wavefront sampling technique, has been used for detecting TeV gamma rays from galactic and extra-galactic $\gamma $-ray sources. The...

Growth and nutritional trials on transgenic Nile tilapia containing an exogenous fish growth hormone gene (2001)

Rahman, M.A., Ronyai, A., Engidaw, B.Z., Jauncey, K., Hwang, G.L., Smith, A., ...

In a long-term growth trial, transgenic tilapia Oreochromis niloticus L. showed a 2ยท5-fold increase in growth compared with non-transgenic siblings. At 7 months, mean mass of transgenic tilapia was...

Gamma Ray and Hadron generated \v{C}erenkov Photon Spectra at Various Observation Altitudes (2001)

Rahman, M. A., Bhat, P. N., Acharya, B. S., Chitnis, V. R., Majumdar, P., Vishwanath, P. R.

We study the propagation of Cerenkov photons generated by Very High Energy gamma-rays and hadrons in the atmosphere. The photon production height distributions are estimated from semi-empirical...

Influence of Intracellular Structured Water Formed by Xe Gas on the Shelf Life of Eggplant Fruit (Solanum melongena L.) (2001)

M. A. Rahman, A. Khair, B.K. Bala, F. M. Rabbi

Formation of structured water by dissolution of non-polar gas increases the viscosity of water and results in suppression of metabolic activity due to the resultant low rate of enzymic reaction. This...

Population Dynamics of Tenualosa ilisha of Bangladesh Water (2000)

M. A. Rahman, G. C. Haidar, M. A. Mazid

Population parameters of Tenualosa ilisha were estimated using FISAT software with length-frequency data collected from different landing centre of Bangladesh. The von Bcrtalanffy growth parameters L...

Pachmarhi array of Cerenkov telescopes (2000)

Bhat, P. N, Acharya, B. S, Chitnis, V. R., D' Souza, A. I, Francis, P. J, Gothe, K. S, ...

Pachmarhi Array of Cerenkov Telescopes (PACT) consisting of 25 telescopes has been installed at Pachmarhi (longitude : 76d 26' E, latitude : 22d 28' N and altitude : 1075m) recently. The telescopes...

Photophysics of Laser Dyes in Aqueous Polymer Media. (1998)

Rahman, M. A., Farahat, M. S.

The photophysical properties of a series of coumarin laser dyes in an aqueous polyelectrolyte medium have been measured. The binding of the dyes to poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) in water has been...

Taxonomic studies in the family Asclepiadaceae / (1990)

Rahman, M. A.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Aberdeen, 1990.

Synthetic studies on slaframine [microform] / (1981)

Rahman, M. A.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Lakehead, 1980.

Escherichia coli peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase gene: regulation of expression and role in protecting against oxidative damage.

Moskovitz, J, Rahman, M A, Strassman, J, Yancey, S O, Kushner, S R, Brot, N, ...

The Escherichia coli peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase gene (msrA) encodes a single-subunit polypeptide of 212 amino acid residues (M. A. Rahman, H. Nelson, H. Weissbach, and N. Brot, J. Biol....

Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus during early infection with human immunodeficiency virus.

Rahman, M A, Kingsley, L A, Atchison, R W, Belle, S, Breinig, M C, Ho, M, ...

Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in early human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was investigated in 49 homosexual men who seroconverted to HIV (cases) as compared with 49 matched...

Glomerular arachidonate lipoxygenation in rat nephrotoxic serum nephritis.

Lianos, E A, Rahman, M A, Dunn, M J

Arachidonate lipoxygenation to monohydroxylated eicosatetraenoic acids (HETE) was studied in rat nephrotoxic serum nephritis (NSN). A single infusion of nephrotoxic serum enhanced conversion of...

Increased leukotriene B4 synthesis in immune injured rat glomeruli.

Rahman, M A, Nakazawa, M, Emancipator, S N, Dunn, M J

We examined glomerular synthesis of the 5-lipoxygenase metabolite, LTB4, in normal and immune-injured rat glomeruli. Glomeruli isolated from normal rats and from rats with nephrotoxic serum nephritis...

Changes in AIDS case reporting after hospital site visits.

Fife, D, McAnaney, J, Rahman, M A

In an effort to improve AIDS case reporting, site visits (meetings with hospital staff to encourage reporting) were made to all Philadelphia hospitals. Comparisons of hospitals visited during a...

Escherichia coli peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase gene: regulation of expression and role in protecting against oxidative damage.

Moskovitz, J, Rahman, M A, Strassman, J, Yancey, S O, Kushner, S R, Brot, N, ...

The Escherichia coli peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase gene (msrA) encodes a single-subunit polypeptide of 212 amino acid residues (M. A. Rahman, H. Nelson, H. Weissbach, and N. Brot, J. Biol....

Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus during early infection with human immunodeficiency virus.

Rahman, M A, Kingsley, L A, Atchison, R W, Belle, S, Breinig, M C, Ho, M, ...

Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in early human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was investigated in 49 homosexual men who seroconverted to HIV (cases) as compared with 49 matched...

Glomerular arachidonate lipoxygenation in rat nephrotoxic serum nephritis.

Lianos, E A, Rahman, M A, Dunn, M J

Arachidonate lipoxygenation to monohydroxylated eicosatetraenoic acids (HETE) was studied in rat nephrotoxic serum nephritis (NSN). A single infusion of nephrotoxic serum enhanced conversion of...

Increased leukotriene B4 synthesis in immune injured rat glomeruli.

Rahman, M A, Nakazawa, M, Emancipator, S N, Dunn, M J

We examined glomerular synthesis of the 5-lipoxygenase metabolite, LTB4, in normal and immune-injured rat glomeruli. Glomeruli isolated from normal rats and from rats with nephrotoxic serum nephritis...