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Mahfuz Rahman1 , Mosaddiqur Rahman2 and Tofazzal Islam2 \*

1 Extension Service, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

2 Department of Biotechnology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh

\*Address all correspondence to: tofazzalislam@yahoo.com

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