245 extension media contract of the farmers had negative relationships with their constraints faced in IPM practices whereas age, total family members, rice cultivation area, annual family income and agricultural experience had no significant relationships with the constraints faced in IPM practices in rice cultivation.

Reproductive health is an emerging issue in Bangladesh as well as in the world. Women reproductive health is relatively a new area of health intervention in Bangladesh and recently it is an important issue. Among the women, married adolescents are particularly vulnerable regarding reproductive health problem in Bangladesh. This descriptive cross sectional study was carried among 534 married women of reproductive age by purposive sampling from 22nd to 28th December, 2012 in different villages of Dhamrai Upazila, Dhaka. Data were collected on a pretested questionnaire by face to face interview. Data were analyzed manually and by using computer. The study revealed that majority of the women had either primary (33%) or secondary level (39%) education with mean age of 29±7.33 years. Most of them (86%) were house-wives and dependant on their husband for financial support and major segment (52%) had poor monthly income (TK <9000). Among all, about 58% respondents were found having 2-4 number of children and 58% gave birth of first child during adolescence (15-19 years) with mean age of 19±3.5 years. About (79%) received TT immunization and (77%) utilized antenatal care. Most of the delivery (52%) were conducted at home by skilled birth attendant (30%) and untrained birth attendant (22%). About 31% had problems during last pregnancy. Among them adverse outcomes were Abortion (21%), PPH (22%) and Obstructed labor (28%). Reproductive health problems faced by the women included Menstrual disturbance (52%), Leucorrhoea (41%) and Urinary Tract Infections (35%). Reproductive health practice was still worse among the rural community of the study area. The study recommends formulation and implementation of effective strategies to improve reproductive health status of the rural women. Anwer Khan Modern Medical College Journal Vol. 4, No. 2: July 2013, Pages 31-36 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/akmmcj.v4i2.16940

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The effect of eight Trichoderma based substrates viz. rice bran, wheat bran, lentil bran, gram bran, black gram bran, mustard oil cake, grass pea bran and saw dust in mixing with peat soil and water were used in the formulation, these were evaluated for sporulations of Trichoderma harzianum and acting against Sclerotium rolfsii for the management of damping off of eggplant seedlings with control. The effect of the treatments varied significantly in terms of production of Trichoderma spore and reducing damping off and tip over increasing germination percentage, plant height, seedling vigor and fresh weight of eggplant seedlings in comparison to control. Among the treatments soil application with T 5 (Trichoderma + Black gram bran + Peat soil + Water), T 7 (Trichoderma + Grass Pea bran + Peat soil + Water) and T 4 (Trichoderma + Gram bran + Peat soil + Water) showed the promising effect in controlling pre-emergence damping off, post-emergence damping off, tip over and increasing germination percentage, plant height, vigor index and fresh weight of seedlings. The highest germination percentage (78.00%) was observed in treatment T 5 at 16 days after sowing (DAS). The lowest percentage (6.33%) post-emergence damping off was observed in T 5 in eggplant seedling at 16 DAS. The lowest pre-emergence damping off and tip over were observed in T 5 in eggplant (2.33% and 1.33%).

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