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  1. Seaweed Carrageenan as Promoter of Plant Growth and Elicitor of Natural Defenses Against Magnaporthe oryzae in Rice

    Article • April 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  2. From Gut to Green: Cross-Kingdom Adaptation of Human Pathogens in Plant Hosts

    Article • Stresses, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  3. Comprehensive virome analysis of potato crops in Bangladesh reveals diverse viral communities and the first report of potato virus V

    Article • Virology Journal, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  4. Glycinebetaine Improves Photosynthetic Performance and Antioxidant Defense in Barley Under Water Deficit Conditions

    Article • Biomolecules, March 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  5. Harnessing sustainable agricultural practices with plant growth-promoting fungi for abiotic stress management

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  6. Plant-Mediated Synthesis of Nanoparticles for Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  7. Biological Management of Soil-Borne Pathogens Through Tripartite Rhizosphere Interactions with Plant Growth-Promoting Fungi

    Article • Applied Microbiology, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  8. Genotypic control of root sodium uptake drives ion imbalance and stress sensitivity under salinity and waterlogging

    Article • Plant Science, November 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  9. Addressing Bipolaris sorokiniana in wheat: challenges, management strategies, and future directions for sustainable food security

    Article • Discover Agriculture, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  10. Reinforced Defenses: R-Genes, PTI, and ETI in Modern Wheat Breeding for Blast Resistance

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  11. Phyllosphere Antagonistic Bacteria Induce Growth Promotion and Effective Anthracnose Control in Cucumber

    Article • Applied Microbiology, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  12. Tackling Threats from Emerging Fungal Pathogens: Tech-Driven Approaches for Surveillance and Diagnostics

    Article • Stresses, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  13. Eco-friendly biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from banana flower extract for protective role against the rice blast pathogen Pyricularia oryzae

    Article • Materials Research Express, September 2025, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  14. Advancing soybean rust resistance: Strategies, mechanisms, and innovations in gene pyramiding

    Article • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, September 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  15. Additive effects of Trichoderma isolates for enhancing growth, suppressing southern blight and modulating plant defense enzymes in tomato

    Article • PLOS One, July 2025, PLOS

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  16. Stress Responses and Mechanisms of Phytopathogens Infecting Humans: Threats, Drivers, and Recommendations

    Article • Stresses, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  17. Decoding Late Blight of Potato and Tomato: Insights into Pathogen Dynamics, Host Interactions and Emerging Solutions

    Article • OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, April 2025, Science Publications

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  18. New insights into viral threats in soybean (Glycine max) crops from Bangladesh, including a novel crinivirus

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2025, Frontiers

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  19. Bio-Exploration of Plant Growth-Promoting Fungus Trichoderma as a Potent Candidate for Plant Disease Management: An Overview

    Article • OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, January 2025, Science Publications

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  20. Unraveling the Mechanisms of Plant Structural Defenses against Insect Pests

    Article • OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, January 2025, Science Publications

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  21. Plant disease dynamics in a changing climate: impacts, molecular mechanisms, and climate-informed strategies for sustainable management

    Article • Discover Agriculture, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  22. White Mold: A Global Threat to Crops and Key Strategies for Its Sustainable Management

    Article • Microorganisms, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  23. Molecular characterization of aphid and their mutualistic and antagonistic interactions with co-occurring herbivore in country bean

    Article • Discover Agriculture, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  24. Enhancing drought tolerance in common bean by plant growth promoting rhizobacterium <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i>

    Article • Acta agriculturae Slovenica, October 2024, University of Ljubljana

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  25. First report of Dichotomophthora basellae causing leaf spot of Basella alba in Bangladesh

    Article • New Disease Reports, July 2024, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  26. Utilization of Stenotrophomonas koreensis and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens for Improving Growth, Reducing Nitrogen Fertilization and Controlling Bipolaris sorokiniana in Wheat

    Article • Caraka Tani Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, January 2024, Universitas Sebelas Maret

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  27. Understanding Phakopsora pachyrhizi in soybean: comprehensive insights, threats, and interventions from the Asian perspective

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2024, Frontiers

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  28. First report of Pantoea dispersa causing grain rot disease of rice in Bangladesh

    Article • New Disease Reports, January 2024, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  29. Pathogenicity of rice blast isolates (Pyricularia oryzae) in irrigated lowland of Bangladesh

    Article • Journal of Phytopathology, January 2024, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  30. Upscaling plant defense system through the application of plant growth-promoting fungi (PGPF)

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  31. Climate Change and Its Impacts on Disease Dynamics in Major Cereal Crops

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  32. New endophytic strains of Trichoderma promote growth and reduce clubroot severity of rapeseed (Brassica napus)

    Article • PLOS One, October 2023, PLOS

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  33. Evaluation of yield attributes and bioactive phytochemicals of twenty amaranth genotypes of Bengal floodplain

    Article • Heliyon, September 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  34. Seed priming with Beauveria bassiana improves growth and salt stress response in rice

    Article • Environmental and Experimental Botany, September 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  35. Genetic Mapping of Seven Kinds of Locus for Resistance to Asian Soybean Rust

    Article • Plants, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  36. Colletotrichum siamense leaf blight/spot: Characterization of a newly identified disease on Cinnamomum tamala

    Article • Journal of Basic Microbiology, April 2023, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  37. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary: Insights into the Pathogenomic Features of a Global Pathogen

    Article • Cells, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  38. First report of web blight of Lablab purpureus caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG‐5 in Bangladesh

    Article • New Disease Reports, October 2022, Wiley

    Md. Mejbah Uddin Mubin, Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  39. Bacterial antagonists control Southern blight disease in tomato

    Article • PLOS One, June 2022, PLOS

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  40. Cosmos white rot: First characterization, physiology, host range, disease resistance, and chemical control

    Article • Journal of Basic Microbiology, May 2022, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  41. A major variation in the virulence of the Asian soybean rust pathogen ( Phakopsora pachyrhizi ) in Bangladesh

    Article • Plant Pathology, May 2022, Wiley

    MD TANBIR RUBAYET , Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  42. Ethanol Positively Modulates Photosynthetic Traits, Antioxidant Defense and Osmoprotectant Levels to Enhance Drought Acclimatization in Soybean

    Article • Antioxidants, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  43. Plant growth promoting endophyte Burkholderia contaminans NZ antagonizes phytopathogen Macrophomina phaseolina through melanin synthesis and pyrrolnitrin inhibition

    Article • PLOS One, September 2021, PLOS

    Mohammad Riazul Islam, Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  44. First characterization of a newly emerging phytopathogen, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing white mold in pea

    Article • Journal of Basic Microbiology, August 2021, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  45. A review on South Asian wheat blast: The present status and future perspective

    Article • Plant Pathology, August 2020, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  46. First report of white mould caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on pea in Bangladesh

    Article • Journal of Plant Pathology, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  47. Nutritional and antioxidant components and antioxidant capacity in green morph Amaranthus leafy vegetable

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  48. Pyramiding three rust‐resistance genes confers a high level of resistance in soybean (Glycine max)

    Article • Plant Breeding, July 2019, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  49. Pathogenic variation of Asian soybean rust pathogen in Bangladesh

    Article • Journal of General Plant Pathology, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  50. Halotolerant bacteria belonging to operational group Bacillus amyloliquefaciens in biocontrol of the rice brown stripe pathogen Acidovorax oryzae

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, October 2018, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  51. Characterization of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, an Emerging Fungal Pathogen Causing Blight in Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus)

    Article • The Plant Pathology Journal, October 2018, Korean Society of Plant Pathology

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  52. Plant material as an alternative tool for management of aphid in country bean field

    Article • International Journal of Pest Management, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Md. Ramiz Uddin Miah MIAH, Prof. Dr. M. Mofazzal Hossain, Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  53. Methods for the Characterization of Plant-Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria

    Article • December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  54. Role of ethylene signalling in growth and systemic resistance induction by the plant growth-promoting fungus Penicillium viridicatum in Arabidopsis

    Article • Journal of Phytopathology, May 2017, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  55. First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing pod rot disease on okra in Bangladesh

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  56. New sources of resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus in Capsicum annuum

    Article • Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  57. The locus for resistance to Asian soybean rust in PI 587855

    Article • Plant Breeding, July 2016, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  58. Isolation and Identification of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria from Cucumber Rhizosphere and Their Effect on Plant Growth Promotion and Disease Suppression

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2016, Frontiers

    Professor Tofazzal Islam, Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  59. Effect of Oxytetracycline on Thai Silver Barb (Barbonymus gonionotus) and on it’s Culture Environment

    Article • Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science, August 2015, Science Alert

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  60. Multiple Rpp-gene pyramiding confers resistance to Asian soybean rust isolates that are virulent on each of the pyramided genes

    Article • July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  61. Genetic variation for induced and basal resistance against leaf pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 among Arabidopsis thaliana accessions

    Article • SpringerPlus, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  62. Prevention of leaf yellowing in Asian soybean rust infected plants is associated with green cotyledon color and the infection index

    Article • Euphytica, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  63. Molecular mapping of Asian soybean rust resistance in Chinese and Japanese soybean lines, Xiao Jing Huang, Himeshirazu, and Iyodaizu B

    Article • Euphytica, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  64. Integrated effect of microbial antagonist, organic amendment and fungicide in controlling seedling mortality (Rhizoctonia solani) and improving yield in pea (Pisum sativum L.)

    Article • Comptes Rendus Biologies, November 2014, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  65. Molecular mapping of Asian soybean rust resistance in soybean landraces PI 594767A, PI 587905 and PI 416764

    Article • Plant Pathology, April 2014, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  66. Growth promotion effect ofFusariumspp. PPF1 from bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) rhizosphere on Indian spinach (Basella alba) seedlings are linked to root colonisation

    Article • Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  67. The Plant Growth-promoting Fungus Penicillium spp. GP15-1 Enhances Growth and Confers Protection against Damping-off and Anthracnose in the Cucumber

    Article • Journal of Oleo Science, January 2014, Japan Oil Chemists' Society

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  68. Chilli rhizosphere fungusAspergillusspp. PPA1 promotes vegetative growth of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) plants upon root colonisation

    Article • Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  69. A comparative screening of hybrid, modern varieties and local rice cultivar for brown leaf spot disease susceptibility and yield performance

    Article • Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection, August 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  70. Induction of Defense Responses in Cucumber Plants by Using the Cell-free Filtrate of the Plant Growth-Promoting Fungus Penicillium simplicissimum GP17-2

    Article • Journal of Oleo Science, January 2013, Japan Oil Chemists' Society

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  71. Involvement of the Salicylic Acid Signaling Pathway in the Systemic Resistance Induced in Arabidopsis by Plant Growth-Promoting Fungus Fusarium equiseti GF19-1

    Article • Journal of Oleo Science, January 2013, Japan Oil Chemists' Society

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  72. Induction of systemic resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana in response to a culture filtrate from a plant growth‐promoting fungus, Phoma sp. GS8‐3

    Article • Plant Biology, December 2008, Wiley

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  73. Systemic resistance to bacterial leaf speck pathogen in Arabidopsis thaliana induced by the culture filtrate of a plant growth-promoting fungus (PGPF) Phoma sp. GS8-1

    Article • Journal of General Plant Pathology, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  74. Elicitation of systemic resistance against the bacterial speck pathogen inArabidopsis thalianaby culture filtrates of plant growth-promoting fungi

    Article • Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  75. Differential inducible defense mechanisms against bacterial speck pathogen in Arabidopsis thaliana by plant-growth-promoting-fungus Penicillium sp. GP16-2 and its cell free filtrate

    Article • Plant and Soil, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain

  76. The Plant Growth-Promoting Fungus Penicillium simplicissimum GP17-2 Induces Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana by Activation of Multiple Defense Signals

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, October 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Md. Motaher Hossain