Editorial Board

Dr. Alberto Isaac Zepeda Jazo currently working as a Research professor in University of La Ciénega of Michoacán de Ocampo state. He completed his M. Sc. in University of Colima – Master in Physiological Sciences from 2004-2006, Ph. D. in University of Colima – PhD in Physiological Sciences from 2006-2010.

Ionic Channels, Signals transductions, Abiotic Stress, Polyamines, Reactive Oxygen species, Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Rhizobium.

Mohamed Ahmed ELSadek Hassan was received his Ph.D from Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Japan.  

Improvement of Horticulture Crops, Medicinal Plants, ornamental Plants

Dr. Idress Hamad Attitalla, (Professor, 2015) has completed his PhD at the age of 31 years from Uppsala University (Sweden) and postdoctoral studies from USM University Sains Malaysia. He is the director of Research and Study at Agriculture Research Center (ARC) up to 2014, and Scientific Consultant, Libya and director of departments of microbiology at (Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Al-Bayda, LibyaÙˆup to now). He published more than 80 papers in reputed journals and serving as an editorial board member of repute, and 1 book in Arabic about Algae and 1 translated book about proteomic. 

Microbiology; Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Biosciences; Mycology and Bacteriology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Agriculture and Forestry; Molecular Evolution

Associate Professor. Roslyn Gleadow graduated with a PhD in Botany from the University of Melbourne in 1999. She worked for several years in Plant Sciences in the Faculty of Agriculture at The University of Melbourne. She has been a pioneer in the use of innovative teaching methods and spent 2 years with a joint appointment between Botany and the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at The University of Melbourne. At Monash, she leads the Plant Ecophysiology and Monash Cyanogenesis Groups and co-ordinates the core undergraduate program in scientific practice and communication. She has worked extensively on the effect of environmental variables such as drought and elevated carbon dioxide on the partitioning of resources between growth and defence (especially cyanide production) in plants. This research has led to a series of projects that aim to reduce the amount of cyanide in the diet of humans and animals. She is regularly asked to give lectures, radio and television interviews. She is on several science advisory boards and is immediate Past President of the Australian Society of Plant Scientists.

Plant-animal interactions, Climate change and its impact on plant growth and composition, Food security

Dr Deqiang Zhang is a Professor, and Vice Dean of College of Biological Sciences and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100081, China.His reserach are includes Association genetics, epi-genetics and genomics, Population genetics and gene conservation, QTL mapping and marker assisted breeding, Integration of biotechnology with breeding, Inter-specific hybridization and strategy.

Association genetics, epi-genetics and genomics, Population genetics and gene conservation, QTL mapping and marker assisted breeding, Integration of biotechnology with breeding, Inter-specific hybridization and strategy

Dr. Marques graduated in 2006 in Biological Science from the Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba. In undergraduate school, Dr. Marques focused on plant anatomy, mainly on understanding the plant cell/tissue response against viruses, bacteria and fungi. In 2008, he received his Master’s degree in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology from the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of São Paulo (USP). In his Master’s, Dr. Marques conduced a histopathological study on lesions caused by Citrus leprosies virus in leaves, stems, and fruits. Dr. Marques obtained his PhD title in 2012 also in Plant Biochemistry and Physiology (ESALQ-USP) with the thesis named “Histopathology of postbloom fruit drop caused by Colletotrichum acutatum in citrus flowers”. Nowadays, Dr. Marques a Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of São Paulo, Brazil, and he is currently conducting part of his research at School of Plant, Soil and Environmental Science, Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University, USA. His work is focused on plant histopathology, ultrastructure, and histochemistry of sweet orange, sugarcane, and grapevine diseases. Dr. Marques has received financial support from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and his results have been awarded at national and international congresses. In 2014, Dr. Marques was awarded the Best Thesis Award in the Agricultural Field, from the University of São Paulo. Dr. Marques has authored several papers, which have been published in international journals of high impact factor, focused on plant defense responses against pathogens. Dr. Marques has also acted as a referee for international journals in the botanical and phytopathological fields.

Plant Anatomy; Plant Ultrastructure; Plant-Pathogen Interaction, Plant Histopathology, Histochemistry, Microscopy Techniques and Plant Morphology.

Plant Physiology, Plant Physiology, Cell and Microbiology

Dan Cristian VODNAR, 32 years old, is assistant Professor at University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca. His research experience started to be accumulated working as PhD student in the frame of the Doctoral Scholarship Grant No. BD-200 and as Postdoctoral researcher in the POSDRU Fellowship Project (grant. no. 3/03.01.2011). The research stays as PhD student for 6 months at Leibniz Institute fur Agrartechnik Bornim, ATB, Potsdam, Germany and as Erasmus student at University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany are also significant for developing the research skills. The research work conducted so far shows that Dr. Dan Vodnar is able to conduct independent, novel, and high quality research. Dr. Dan Vodnar has been mostly involved within the fields of lactic acid fermentation, food science and technology, bioactive packaging using methods which are able to provide informations about strains metabolites into different conditions. The experience accumulated during the last years is mostly related to the study of the metabolic capacity of strains (e.g. Lactobacillus ssp. Rhizopus ssp. Bacillus ssp. and Bifidobacterium ssp.) to produce lactic acid form renewable feedstocks (Vodnar et al., 2010a) food wastes (Vodnar et al., 2010b) and crude glycerol (Vodnar et al.,2013), a topic which has a great impact worldwide due to lactic acid application in food, pharmaceutical, textile, chemical industries and as monomer in the production of biodegradable polymers (PLA) and to protect lactic bacteria using microencapsulation during harsh acid conditions of gastro intestinal juices (Vodnar et al., 2014; Vodnar et al., 2012, Vodnar et al., 2010). More precisely, the selection of strains with high lactic acid yield, the production of L (+) lactic acid in batch fermentation using lucerne green juice and barley hydrolysate as nutrients substitute, the ability of lactic bacteria to produce lactic acid on food waste substrates, the survivability of microencapsulated lactic bacteria during exposure to simulated gastro-intestinal conditions were the main topics of the studies. The methods used for the characterization of fermentation processes were chromatographically, spectroscopically and microbiologically. Basically, for metabolites production and substrate consumption HPLC and FTIR techniques were used and for bacterial viability during fermentation and exposure into microencapsulated form to simulated gastro-intestinal juices microscopically counting and pour plate techniques were used. The research activity conducted so far resulted in the publication of a total of twelve scientific articles in representative ISI journals in the field, among which eight were published as principal author and a PhD thesis entitle „Optimization of lactic acid fermentation induced by different types of microorganism on vegetal substrates”.

lactic acid fermentation, food science and technology, bioactive packaging

Youry Pii  is working as an Assistant Professor at University of Bolzano-Bozen Faculty of Science and Technology, Italy

plant nutrition and the rhizosphere processes underlying nutrients uptake. In particular, the study of the complex relationship between plant, soil and microorganisms in the process of nutrient acquisition is one of the central topics in the research activity of dr. Youry Pii. He applied thereby interdisciplinary methodologies, such as molecular biology, genomics, genetics, biochemistry, analytical chemistry and plant physiology, aimed at identifying the molecular mechanisms that control important plant traits related to mineral nutrient acquisition, biotic and abiotic stress tolerance.

Research associate at Department of Agril. Microbiology additional responsibility of UG teaching as Junior teacher to assist Dr. R. V. Vyas (Professor and Head, Dept. of Agril. Microbiology) has been given, as a part of which thought 2 undergraduate courses

Isolation, molecular characterization, mass production as well as laboratory and field testing of agriculturally beneficial bacteria useful as biofertilizer and biodegrader

Dr. Jameel Akhtar, Senior Scientist, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources India. During last five years, under PGR exchange tested >1.5 Lakh imported germplasm samples and made significant interceptions of quarantine pathogens, such as Phompsis longicolla in Helianthus annuus from USA, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerina in cucumis melo from USA, Peronospra manshurica in Glycine max from Costa Rica and USA, Phomopsis eres on Robinia from Hungary.

Plant Pathology

I joined Dr. A.B. Das’s Cytogenetics laboratory at Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar, and Orissa for my PhD degree and I took up research problem on chromosomal characteristics, genome size and DNA markers of Indian mangroves and their associates. I reported many chromosomal counts of different mangroves for the first time and some reports with modifications against the earlier report. Besides, I carried out molecular phylogeny analysis with various DNA markers in Indian Minor mangroves and their associates as these plants are more diverse living in both salt as well as sweet water. I published six papers on chromosomal count and their karyotypic study (please see publication list). Then I jointed DARL, Pithorgarg and worked three months for inducing polyploidy of desert plants for for camouflaging. Subsequently, I also worked in NRCMAP, Anand on piper chromosomes.

Molecular genetics like genetic mapping, QTL analysis, Comparative genomics, phylogeny and evolution, population genetics and diversity analysis.

Assistant Professor Department of Botany, Kalimpong College, Rishi Bankim Chandra Park, Po. Kalimpong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India and also working as a Research associate in National Agricultural Technology Project (NATP). In
Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Mohitnagar Research Station.
(CPCRI-ICAR)

Crops Research

Dr. Azamal Husen  is working as an Associate Professor at Department of Biology, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia (Under UNDP Project, the Ministry of Education, Ethiopia). He was also a Visiting Faculty of the Forest Research Institute, and the Doon College of Agriculture Science and Technology at Dehra Dun, India.

Biochemical/physiological strategies adaptation by plant species for their sustenance under abiotic stress, Nanoparticles fabrication from plants/microbes and their applications in cutting-edge areas, Nanoparticles transportation/accumulation/growth response/stress modulation in plant system, Clonal propagation (influence of physiological and chemical factors).

Kavita Shah is an Indian environmental biotechnologist at the Institute of Environmental and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University. She is one of the six directors and the only woman director of Banaras Hindu University

Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Cytogenetics & Plant Breeding

Associate Professor at Horticulture department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University,
Cairo, Egypt

Plant growth and development,Plant ecology and evolution, Plant Biotechnology and molecular biology

Fernando Almeida-Souza holds a Technical Education in Chemistry (1999) from Federal Institute of Technological Education of Maranhão, Brazil; Bachelor's in Veterinary Medicine (2009) and MSc in Animal Science (2011) from Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Brazil; PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology (2015) from Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Brazil. Currently is professor of Immunology (2012 to date) at Master’s in Animal Science, guiding doctoral and master’s students of Master’s in Animal Science, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão. Has research funding by FAPEMA, FAPERJ, CNPq and CAPES.

Pharmacology, immunology and pathology studies of zoonosis, with an emphasis in leishmaniasis; ethnobotanical compounds, in particular from Brazilian amazon, and synthetic compounds for leishmanial, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory and wound healing activity; in vitro assays, in vivo infection and treatment in murine and canine models, with the overall aim to identify novel drugs and targets, as well clarify the immunopathology.

Dr. Xiaobao Ying work as biological scientist in Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida at present. He earned his Ph. D degree from Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. His work on RDR1 was published in Plant cell, the top journal in plant science. He went to US as postdoctoral associate in 2011. His research focused on Huanglongbing. Dr. Ying has lot of experience in plant virology, RNA interference, and molecular plant and pathogen interaction.

Enhance citrus resistance to Huanglongbing by transgenic approach.

Mr .Mukul Machhindra Barwant working as the Assistant Professor of Department of Botany Sanjivani Arts Commerce and Science College Kopargoan Ahmednagar Maharashtra India. I have teaching experience five year of teaching experience in different streams of botany. I have 1-year industrial experience as position Production Incharge in Herbal Medicine Ashwamedh Pvt Ltd Kopargoan Ahmednagar Maharashtra India. In the year 2018 I have qualified PET (Ph.D. Entrance Test) of Shivaji University Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India By securing 6 th Rank. Now I am doing a Ph.D. in Shivaji University Phycology. I have published 29 research articles in the Notational and International journal as well as the conference presented. I have published 10 book chapters in Immortal publication. 3 Edited book I have published my article reputed journal like Springer ,Elsevier,Springer ,CRC Press Taylor and francis and, UGC care list Journal I am Reviewer of journal and publisher more than 20 and also editorial member 6 . I have membership like Member of National Teacher Organization in Life Science from 2020. Member of The Indian Botanical Society Meerut Annual member 2020-21 , Membership of Society of Learning Technology (SOLETE) at Ahmed street Prasadampadu Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India 2021 life time I have received award like Best Presenter Award-2021 in the “Virtual International Conference on Advancements in Arts, Science and Humanities [VICAASH-2021] virtual presentation entitled Review on Nutritive value of Brown seaweed & their health benefits organized by the Association of Global Academicians and Researchers in collaboration with Association of Indian Biologists, Tamil Nadu, Best Presenter Award-2021 in the “Virtual International Conference on Advancements in Arts, Science and Humanities [VICAASH-2021] virtual presentation entitled Importance of Seaweed improving Immunity and health benefits of seaweed organized by the Association of Global Academicians and Researchers in collaboration with Association of Indian Biologists, Tamil Nadu, Awards of AIB-VSC-Best Young Speaker Award-2021 In speech Competition entitled Impact and Awareness about Covid-19 in the“Virtual Speech Competition on COVID-19 [VSC]” organized by the Association of Global Academicians and Researchers in collaboration with Association of Indian Biologists, Tamil Nadu., Young Researcher Award 2021 organized by International Journal For Innovative Engineering and Management Research (IJIMER) ELSEVIER ,Social Science Research Network (SSRN) sponsored by Society of Learning Technology (SOLETE) at Hotel Midcity Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Best Teacher Award in DSRBTA Meet 2021 organized by Society of Learning Technology (SOLETE) at Hotel Midcity Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India Rajyastariya Gunwant Shikshak Gurugaurav Shikshanratn Puraskar 2021 by MVLA Trust ( Manushybal Vikas Lokseva Akadmi ), Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: The Iron Man of India:2021 Academic Award for the Best Young Scholar on the occasion of the International Award Ceremony on the Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel organized by Universal Group of Institutions, Lalru, Chandigarh, Punjab, India in collaboration with International Association of Research and Developed Organization & Conference World. I have arranged national state, and International webinar guest lecture conference workshop also participate for the institute

Plant Pathology, Plant Physiology, Cytogenetics & Plant Breeding, Environmental Botany, Plant Biotechnology, Systemic Botany and Allelopathy.