Md. Abubakar Siddik (Ph.D.) is an Assistant Professor and Chairman (Acting) in the Department of Crop Botany at Habiganj Agricultural University, Habiganj, Bangladesh. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Hons.) from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University. He also completed a Master of Science in Agricultural Botany from the same university. He received his Ph.D. with a dissertation on “Responses of Crop Yield and Quality during Pre- and Post-heading to Extreme Temperature” in the Institute of Crop Science from Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GSCAAS), Beijing, China with a GSCAAS Scholarship 2016 and Beijing Government Scholarship 2018. Later, he got a postdoctoral research fellowship “National Expo Management Committee No.: ID 251149 in 2020 on Ecology at GSCAAS, while due to the pandemic, it was not possible to join physically in the institute. Dr. Siddik has fifteen scientific journal publications among those two in Q1 journal (First Author- European Journal of Agronomy, Co-author- Geoderma). His publications are cited over 219 times as per Google Scholar with an h-index: 8 and i10-index: 8. He is an active member of several professional societies including the member of Krishibid Institution Bangladesh, Alumni Association of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University and GSCAAS etc. He also received a research fellowship from the Bangladesh Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) in 2013/2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Siddik has more than six years of research experience in Bangladesh and China. He was the Project Investigator (PI) for the projects from R&D 2023-24 funded by MoST and HAURES 2023-24 funded by UGC. His other completed projects: one (1) project (Ministry of Science and Technology, Beijing, China), two (2) internationally funded projects (Islamic Relief, Bangladesh) and two (2) national projects (MoST and UGC) as an Assistant Researcher. Dr. Siddik has focused on Computational biology, Climate Smart Agriculture, Precision Agriculture, GAP, IoT, Plant Stress Physiology, Climate Change Effects on Crops, Crop Yield and Quality, Crop Adaptation and Food Safety & Security etc.

Research Articles

1. Biswas, P., Siddik, M. A., Islam, M. S., Ullah, M. Z., Shamsuzzoha, M., Akter, H., ... & Robin, M. H. (2024). Effect of Different Mulch Materials on Yield and Nutrition Profile of Common Capsicum (Capsicum annuum) Cultivars in Bangladesh. Agricultural Sciences, 15(2), 246-255.
2. Siddik, M.A. (2024). Rooftop Garden to Enrich Research, Study and Biodiversity at Habiganj Agricultural University, “3rd International Conference of BSPST on Plant for Food Security under Changing Climate”, 23-24 February 2024, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute
3. Siddik, M. A., Zhang, J., Chen, J., Qian, H., Jiang, Y., kareem Raheem, A., ... & Zhang, W. (2019). Responses of indica rice yield and quality to extreme high and low temperatures during the reproductive period. European Journal of Agronomy, 106, 30-38.
4. Raheem, A., Zhang, J., Huang, J., Jiang, Y., Siddik, M. A., Deng, A., ... & Zhang, W. (2019). Greenhouse gas emissions from a rice-rice-green manure cropping system in South China. Geoderma, 353, 331-339.
5. Siddik, M. A., Islam, M. M., Hoque, M. A., Islam, S., Parvin, S., & Rabin, M. H. (2015). Morpho-physiological and yield contributing characters and yield of sesame with 1-Napthalene Acetic Acid (NAA). Journal of Plant Sciences, 3(6), 329-336.
6. Islam, S., Islam, M. M., Siddik, M. A., Afsana, N., Rabin, M. H., Hossain, M. D., & Parvin, S. (2017). Variation in growth and yield of tomato at different transplanting time. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 7(2), 142-145.
7. Siddik, A., Shirazy, B. J., Islam, M. M., Hoque, A., & Haque, M. (2016) Combined Effect of Nitrogen and NAA on Morphological Characters of Sesame, 3(1), 7-14
8. Rabin, M. H., Razzaque, M. A., Zamil, S. S., Zaman, A., & Siddik, A. (2016). Foliar application of urea and magic growth liquid fertilizer on the yield and nutrient content of aman rice cultivars. American-Eurasian Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, 16, 737-743.
9. Rabin, M. H., Razzaque, M. A., Zamil, S. S., Zaman, A., & Siddik, A. (2016). Foliar application of urea and magic growth liquid fertilizer on the yield and nutrient content of aman rice cultivars. American-Eurasian Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, 16, 737-743.
10. Siddik, A., Shirazy, B. J., Islam, M. M., Hoque, A., & Haque, M. (2016). Combined effect of nitrogen and NAA on the yield of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Scientia, 13(1), 1-9.
11. Imrul, M. H., Jahan, M. A., Rabin, M. H., Yeasmin, M., Siddik, M. A., & Islam, S. (2016). Influence of nitrogen and phosphorus on the growth and yield of BRRI dhan57. Plant Science Today, 3(2), 175-185.
12. Rimi, T. A., Islam, M. M., Siddik, M. A., Islam, S., Shovon, S. C., & Parvin, S. (2015). Response of seed yield contributing characters and seed quality of rapeseed (Brassica campestris L.) to nitrogen and zinc. International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 5(11), 187-193.
13. Parvin, K., Ahamed, K. U., Islam, M. M., Haque, M. N., Hore, P. K., Siddik, M. A., & Roy, I. (2015). Reproductive behavior of tomato plant under saline condition with exogenous application of calcium. Mid East J Sci Res, 23, 2920-2926.

Conference Proceedings

1. 23-24 February 2024,3rd International Conference on Plants for Food Security under Changing Climate.BPST, BRRI, Gazipur, Bangladesh
2. 14-17 October 2018, Crop science conference (Presenter - Global warming simulated extreme  temperature perhaps distress grain yield and quality of rice) Yangzou, Jiangsu,China
3. 8-9 September 2018,1st International Forum on Rice Development. Changsha, Hunan, China
4. 8-10 August 2018, Farming System conferences.Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
5. 17-20 August 2017, 17th National conference on developing management theory for higher yield and quality rice.Hefei, Anhui, China
6. 14-19 August 2016,7th International Crop Science congress.Beijing, China
7. 8-10 August 2016,Farming System conferences.Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
8. 16 June 2015 Conference on Pesticide Application.Syngenta, SAU, Bangladesh
9. 2016March – June 2019,More than thirty international training and Workshop on research, teaching and forthcoming project management is compulsory during Ph.D. in CAAS.Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS, Beijing, China

Posters

1. 23-24 February 2024,3rd International Conference on Plants for Food Security under Changing Climate.BPST, BRRI, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Projects

1. Identification and documentation of cultivated tea cultivars in Bangladesh

• Status: Ongoing
• Duration: Jul 2024- Jun 2025
• Funding Agency: University Grants Commission through Habiganj Agricultural University Research System 
• Role: Project Investigator (PI)

      2.  Germplasm and Herbarium to Research, Study and Enrich Diversity of plants in Habiganj Agricultural University.

• Status: Completed
• Duration: Jul 2023- Jun 2024
• Funding Agency:R&D project from Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh 
• Role: Chief Project Investigator (CPI)

      3.  Roof Top Garden to Enrich Research, Study and Biodiversity.

• Status: Completed
• Duration: Jul 2023- Jun 2024
• Funding Agency: University Grants Commission through Habiganj Agricultural University Research System 
• Role: Project Investigator (PI)

      4.  Characteristics and mechanism of responses to temperature and light of high quality and high yield rice varieties

• Status: Completed
• Duration: March 2016 – June 2019
• Funding Agency: Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
• Role: Assistant Researcher

      5.  Rooftop Gardening: Finding Potential Scopes to Socialize Green Practices of Urban Dwellers).

• Status: Completed
• Duration: Jun 2015- Nov 2015
• Funding Agency: Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Islamic Relief, Bangladesh
• Role: Assistant Researcher

      6.  Action Research on Farmers Field Laboratory Crops for Future Development)

• Status: Completed
• Duration: Jul 2015- Jun2016
• Funding Agency: Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Islamic Relief, Bangladesh
• Role: Assistant Researcher

      7.  Mitigation of Salt Stress by Foliar Application of Jasmonic Acid in Wheat)

• Status: Completed
• Duration: Jul 2014- Jun2015
• Funding Agency: Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
• Role: Assistant Researcher

      8.  Effect of Submergence on the Ripening Phase of some Hybrid Rice Varieties in Boro Season,

• Status: Completed
• Duration: Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
• Funding Agency: University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC)
• Role: Assistant Researcher