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Prime Minister Disclosed Genome Sequencing of Local Jute (Corchorus capsularis)
Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced that Bangladeshi researchers led by Dr. Maqsudul Alam have decoded the genome of locale jute (Corchorus capsularis). Earlier in 2010, Dr. Alam also successfully led the discovery of the tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius) genome.