DEVELOPING SEEDLESS POINTED GOURD (Trichosanthes dioica)

ABU TAREQ SARKER

DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING

SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

DHAKA-1207

JUNE, 2009
DEVELOPING SEEDLESS POINTED GOURD (Trichosanthes dioica)

BY

ABU TAREQ SARKER

REGISTRATION NO. 03-01178

A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE

IN

GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING

SEMESTER: JULY- DECEMBER, 2007

Approved by:

(Dr. Md. Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan) (Dr. M. Ali Akbar) Professor

Professor Ex. PSO, BARI
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding Co-supervisor
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Supervisor

______________________
(Firoz Mahmud)
Chairman
Examination Committee
 SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that thesis entitled, “DEVELOPING

SEEDLESS POINTED GOURD (Trichosanthes dioica)”
submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in
GENETICS & PLANT BREEDING, embodies the result of a
piece of bona fide research work carried out by Abu Tareq
Sarker, Registration No. 03-01178, under my supervision
and guidance. No part of the thesis has been submitted for
any other degree or diploma.

I further certify that such help or source of information,

as has been availed of during the course of this investigation
has been duly acknowledged by him.

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________________
Dated: June, 2009 (Dr. Md. Shahidur
Rashid Bhuiyan)
Place: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Professor
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
Supervisor