AgrotechGamma irradiation centre opens at BINA to help farm exports
A Tk 89 crore gamma irradiation centre at BINA's regional station in Gazipur will let mangoes, jackfruit and other farm produce be sterilised and kept longer for export.
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AgrotechAgrotechBINA has bred 139 crop varieties, 96 of them with radiation
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture has released 139 improved varieties of 22 crops, 96 through mutation breeding, plus 10 biofertilisers; its ion-beam rice Binadhan-14 took just four years.
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BINA takes nuclear-bred crop varieties to Sunamganj's haor farmers
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture's Sunamganj sub-station is training haor farmers in regionally suited rice, mustard and groundnut varieties developed with nuclear techniques and mutation breeding.
FruitsBINA Sofeda-1: nuclear agriculture institute releases large-fruited sapodilla
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture has released BINA Sofeda-1, a sapodilla variety developed with gamma rays and registered by the National Seed Board in 2023, whose fruits weigh 250 to 450 grams.