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Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu1 \*, Artho Baroi2 , Juwel Rana3 , Shariful Islam4 , Raunak Jahan<sup>5</sup> , Md. Shipon Miah6 and Md. Asaduzzaman7 \*

1 Plant Pathology Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur, Bangladesh

2 Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

3 Department of Nutrition and Food Engineering, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

4 Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

5 Department of Aquaculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh

6 Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Extension, Moulvibazar, Bangladesh

7 Olericulture Division, Horticulture Research Center, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh

\*Address all correspondence to: tipubari2013@yahoo.com and asadcbt@yahoo.com

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