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The December Issue of BAPTC&B Journal Has Just Been Published

Dhaka 20th Feb., '09. The December issue of the Journal of PTC&B has just been published six seeks later than the usual publication  date due to reasons beyond the control of the Management Committee. However the delay has been compensated by its richness of global representation including China, Thailand, Japan, Iraq and a Mediterranean island and enlarged page numbers .that include a review article. As readers may have noticed that the journal has added one new feature. from now on potential contributors and directly submit their papers. The finally revised article(s) will be displayed online before it is time for  a particular number to appear in actual print as a regular issue. To view the contents click here.

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Contents of the June Issue of PTC&B Are Available online

Dhaka 14th July, '08. The present issue  now available online has 11 articles of which seven are plant tissue culture related and three on molecular biology. We have introduced a new feature, "News and Views".  The article in this category is by a GNOBB member, Dr. Abdur Rahman Sikder. Hope others will follow his example.  Read the contents and the titles of the articles by clicking here.

This is the 18th year since the publication of Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology.   Browsers all over the world including the Spanish and Portuguese speaking world view this journal. The World Map provided by site meter  (Click here to see the site meter recording the last 100 hits) will corroborate the statement.

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December Issue of the J. Plant Tissue Culture & Biotech is on line
Dhaka, January 22, 08.  The articles of the December issue  of the J. Plant Tissue Culture & Biotech are now available on line including supplemental information if provided by the author (http://www.gnobb.org/Jute_Homology_table.doc). The hard copies will be out in a couple of days. In keeping with the  current trend there are  more and more articles (5 out of 12 in 17(2) in biotechnology in the last two issues of the journal. Many of our members are frank enough to tell us that  they will consider to submit their articles to this journal, only when we shall attain international standard. We don't blame them. However, it reminds us of the age-old adage: egg first or chicken first. Submission of articles containing important research results will surely raise the journal's standard helping it  to be included and indexed by ISI.  At present it is indexed by Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Elsevier Bibliographic Databases. We do hope that GNOBB members will bear in mind that together we can make this journal internationally competitive. According to GNOBB database there are more than 250 biotech SCIENTISTS working in Bangladesh and abroad. There is no reason why with this skilled manpower we cannot earn this distinction. Certainly it is within our reach. The contents  of the current issue is only one click away.
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June issue of Plant Tiss. Cult. & Biotech vol 17(1)  – 1/3^rd Articles on Biotechnology
Austin, July 8, 2007. Including two short communications, there are 13 articles of which five are related to different aspects of molecular biology. Since the announcement of the change of  title of the journal  from the Journal of Plant Tissue Culture to the Journal of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology, to cover  a wider variety of articles, this is the first time that more than one third of its contents are on topics

of  biotechnology. GNOBB take this opportunity to  warmly congratulate the contributors, who chose this journal to publish their research findings. As representative organization of the biotech community,

GNOBB and the Editorial Board of the Journal sincerely hope that more and more  BB will consider  publishing some of their important findings in BAPTC&B. This move will  make the journal internationally competitive, elevating its standard and impact factor. The journal is at present  indexed by Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Elsevier Bibliographic Databases; and its application for inclusion in the  “Current Contents” is under consideration. The contents of the current  issue can be accessed by clicking here or the title.

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Vol. 16, No. 1 of  J. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotechnology  (2006) is out
Austin June 29, 2006. The first issue of volume 16 of the Journal of Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology  (2006) is just out including its online version. The online version can be viewed at the following link: http://www.baptcb.org. It contains a mini-review on a much talked-about topic, “Three Different Methods of Expression Profile Analysis in Plants”  by Mari L Salmi, Thomas J Bushart, Greg B Clark MCDB, UT, Texas. From this issue onward, the journal would be indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews and Elsevier Bibliographic Databases
Through this Forum the Editor appeals to GNOBB members to enrich this journal by their articles. Of course,  it is well nigh impossible that  Bangladeshi researchers working in the developed world can submit their papers to PTCB journal but they can always send mini reviews in their area of specialization. Furthermore, those who are engaged in Ph.D. or M.S. research may consider approaching their supervisors to send us their preliminary findings, currently  inadequate for publication in the  European, American and Japanese journals.
The controversy which is first: chicken or egg boggles our minds. Forum members  may think that they would wait until this  journal  reaches international  standard. But the truth is that “the more good quality articles are published in this journal, the faster its standard will go up.”  That way it is up to us what we should do to upgrade this journal.  It may be mentioned here that by its rich contents and quality, the recently launched, “Indian journal of Biotechnology” has already earned worldwide recognition. With the cooperation of the BB, this seemingly impossible task may come to reality. That day Bangladeshis will feel proud to publish their papers in the Journal of PTC&B.
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December  Issue of Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology Jour is available online Austin, Feb 7, '07. "For reasons having resulted from disruption of normal life in Dhaka city, the publication of the December issue of the Journal of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology has been delayed by five weeks," informs the Chief Editor. Please click the title to access the full length articles in PDF format. Besides research papers there are two review articles on transgenic crops.
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The December  issue (Vol 16 (2) of   J.  Plant Tiss. Cult. & Biotech is Out
Austin Feb. 5, 06. The December issue of the above journal published by Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology has appeared in hard print and online in pdf format. Please click the title above to know its contents. By clicking the captions you can access the articles that have been published in this issue.  The following article  by the GNOBB member, Ahmad Islam as the lead author has featured in this issue. Islam et al. (2005) Preliminary Progress and Potential in Jute (Corchorus species) Genome Analysis. J Plant Tissue. Cult. & Biotech. 15 (2):145-156
In the past, a number of GNOBB members  have published their review/research papers in this journal. GNOBB.

Note from the Editor: "For reasons having resulted from disruption of normal life in Dhaka city, the publication of the December issue, i.e., vol. 16 (2) of the Journal of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology has been delayed by five weeks," informs the Chief Editor. Please click the title to access the full length articles in PDF format. Besides research papers there are two review articles on transgenic crops.