Editorial Team

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan (Padma Shri Awardee)
[Ph.D., FBRS, FES, FISEB, FIAT, FNRS, FNSE, FNESA, FISNS, FAS, FNAAS, FNASc, FRSC], UNDP-Equator Prize Awardee & UNEP-Borlaug Awardee Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial NABS-Life Time Achievement Award (2020) Hon. Director General Amity Institute for Herbal and Biotech Products Development & Sr. Vice President, Ritnand Balved Education Foundation (RBEF), New Delhi, - An Umbrella Body of Amity Universities and other Amity Institutions 3-Ravi Nagar, Ambalamukku, Peroorkada P.O.,Thiruvananthapuram 695005, Kerala (INDIA)
Email ID: [email protected] ; [email protected]
Formerly: Director, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow, INDIA; Director, KSCSTE-JNTBGRI, Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA; Director (add’l. charge), CSIR-CIMAP, Lucknow, INDIA; Director (add’l. charge), DBT-RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA; Scientist 'E', MoEF & CC, GoI (on deputation); Scientist 'B', CSIR-IIIM (RRL Jammu)

Prof. (Dr.) Vinay Sharma
FNASc, FBRS, and FBS Dean Research and Director, Ph.D. Programme,
Director, Amity Institute of Biotechnology (Former Associate Prof, IIT Roorkee) (Dean, Prof., & Head, Banasthali Vidyapith)
Amity University Rajasthan, RIICO Kant Kalwar Industrial Area,
Jaipur-Delhi Highway (Main Road), Jaipur, Rajasthan, 303 002
Email ID: [email protected]; [email protected]
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=pdg6o5IAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vinay-Sharma-10

Prof. S. C. Srivastava
FBS, FNASc., Former Head Department of Botany,
University of Lucknow (U.P.), India
Email ID: [email protected]
Profile link: https://frahmia.de/downloads/frahmia/frahmia_0009.pdf

Prof. Yogesh Kumar Sharma
Former Head
Department of Botany, University of Lucknow (U.P.), India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=mYEP4ZMAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yogesh-Sharma-8

Prof. C. B. Singh
Former Professor & Head
University Department of Botany, T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bihar, India
Email ID: [email protected]
ResearchGate link: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/C-B-Singh-2060520687

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Prof. (Dr.) Afroz Alam
Professor of Botany
Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan,
India Expertise: Bryophytes, Plant Systematics, Plant Physiology, Ecology, Ethnobotany, Biodiversity
Email ID: [email protected]; [email protected]
Profile link: https://banasthali.irins.org/profile/336476
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Afroz_Alam
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=wxoAUQgAAAAJ&hl=en

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

Section Editors

Physiology/Biotechnology/ Biochemistry/Molecular and Cellular Biology

Prof. Shamsul Hayat
Professor, Department of Botany
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
Email ID: [email protected]
Profile link: https://www.amu.ac.in/faculty/botany/shamsul-hayat
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=D_FlqEkAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shamsul-Hayat

Prof. Bharat Singh
Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB)
Kant Kalwar, NH-11C, Jaipur (Raj.)-303002
Email ID: [email protected]; [email protected]
Profile link: https://www.amity.edu/jaipur/aimt/faculty_details.aspx?mpgid=1370&pgidtrail=1370&facultyid=322
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=chHdMuMAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bharat-Singh-31

Prof. Dr. Ömer Faruk Coşkun
Professor, Plant Biotechnology
Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Türkiye
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar:https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=b1vZwkkAAAAJ&hl=tr&oi=ao
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Oemer-Coskun-2?ev=hdr_xprf
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5398-5737
Scopus ID:https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55788958300

Prof. Manoj Kumar Yadav
Department of Biotechnology
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut, India
Email ID: mailto:[email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=i2Gfe0sAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manoj-Yadav-10

Dr. Muhammad IDRIS
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Andalas, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia (Campus of Universitas Andalas, Limau Manis, Padang, 25163, West Sumatra, Indonesia),
India Expertise: Photobiologist and Plant Physiologist
Email ID: [email protected]
Scopus link: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57221414254
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/M-Idris-3

Prof. Qazi Fariduddin
Professor
Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
Email ID: [email protected]; [email protected]
Profile link: https://www.amu.ac.in/faculty/botany/qazi-fariduddin
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=BhMD3i0AAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qazi-Fariduddin

Dr. Mehdi Rahimi
Associate Professor of Plant Breeding
Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=G5SCVLMAAAAJ
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mehdi-Rahimi-7
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5625-3275 /

Plant Pathology

Prof. Arshad Javaid
Department of Plant Pathology
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore, Pakistan
Email ID: mailto:[email protected]
Google Scholar link: http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Tqeb-pYAAAAJ
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr_Arshad_Javaid/?ev=hdr_xprf

Microbial and Environmental Technology

Prof. Jair Putzke
Professor, Department of Botany, Univeridade Federal do Pampa, Brazil
Email: [email protected]
Google scholar profile link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=pt-BR&user=HemfH-QAAAAJ
ResearchGate link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jair-Putzke

Dr. Wafaa Mohamed Abdallah Hikal
Associate Professor
Parasitology Laboratory, Water Pollution Research Department, Environment and Climate Change Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Giza, 12622, Egypt
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=ar&user=W54CBVYAAAA
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wafaa-Hikal-2
ORCID ID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7443-072X/

Pharmacology/Ethnomedicine/Phytochemistry

Prof. Sofiane Fatmi
Professor, Department of Process Engineering
University of Béjaïa, Bejaïa, Algeria.
Email: [email protected]
Google scholar profile link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kFkF2yUAAAAJ&hl=fr
ResearchGate link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sofiane-Fatmi?ev=hdr_xprf

Prof. Kuntal Das
Professor & Research Director
Department of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, Mallige College of Pharmacy
#71, Silvepura, Chikkabanavara, Bangalore-90
Email ID: [email protected]; [email protected]
Profile link: https://www.mallige.ac.in/faculty.php
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kuntal-Das-5
LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kuntal-das-89a0851a?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3Bd0dV26haSAmSKgIMp5HqPg%3D%3D

Prof. Dr. Hussein A.H. Said-Al Ahl
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Department, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), 33 El-Behouth St. Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt
Email ID: [email protected] ; [email protected]
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=NzkuZO4AAAAJ<
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hussein-Said-Al-Ahl
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9087-6775
Scopus ID: 32868150500

Professor (Dr.) M. Fawzi Mahomoodally, PhD
Personal Chair in Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius
Email ID:[email protected]
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fawzi-Mahomoodally

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Ojha
Senior Principal Scientist
CSRI-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=7bDbFbgAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sanjeev-Ojha-2

Dr. Adarsh Kumar Agnihotri
Deputy Director and Head
Bio-processing and Herbal Division Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization, Maganwadi Wardha (442 001), Maharashtra, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Profile link: https://www.mgiri.org/new/our-team/dr-adarsh-kumar-agnihotri-f-e-s/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adarsh-Agnihotri/

Dr. Firoz Khan
Associate Professor, Department of Ilmul Saidla, University College of Unani, Tonk, affiliated to Dr. S.R. Rajasthan Ayurved University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Profile link: https://www.rumch.org/department-of-ilmul-saidla/

Agriculture Technology

Prof. Preeti Chaturvedi
Head, Department of Biological Sciences, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Profile link: http://www.gbpuat-cbsh.ac.in/departments/bs/fdetails.php?name=pchaturvedi
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Preeti-Chaturvedi-2
ORCID ID:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2408-3299/

Dr. Aqueel Hasan Rizvi
Program Manager and IFS Scientist
World Agroforestry NASC Complex, Office Block-C, DPS Marg, PUSA Campus, New Delhi, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Uwz33rkAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Emmanuel Iwuala
Faculty
Department of Plant Science, Federal University Oye-Ekiti Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uQRIDtoAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emmanuel-Iwuala

Dr. Navneet Joshi
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., FSASS, FMIOASD
Department of Biosciences, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh 332311, Sikar, Rajasthan, India
Email ID: [email protected] [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=fBk81mIAAAAJ&hl=en
SCOPUS:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57214272386

Paleobotany and Geology

Dr. Pankaj Saini
Director, Geological Survey of India Sikkim, India
Email ID: [email protected]
ResearchGate link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pankaj-Saini-4

Dr. Gaurav Srivastava
Scientist E
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=DrROeecAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gaurav-Srivastava-14

Lichenology

Dr. Gaurav Kumar Mishra
Scientist
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=WmOL_-EAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gaurav-Mishra-26

Dr. Himanshu Rai
Director of Plant Sciences
Plant and Environmental Research Institute (PERI), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=nc0oyZEAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Himanshu_Rai

Plant Systematics and Diversity

Dr. Praveen Kumar Verma
Scientist D
Forest Botany Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun (U.K.)
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=J7NZVZMAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Praveen-Verma-4

Dr. Alok Yadav
Scientist E
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aLJXeDkAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alok-Yadav-19

Dr. Abdussalam A. K.
Associate Professor
Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany Sir Syed College, Taliparamba, Kannur-Kerala, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IOQkl8sAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile link:
https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/AK-Abdussalam-35845281

Dr. Khansaa R. Al-Joboury
Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Taxonomy at Iraq Natural History Researches Center & Museum, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=ar&view_op=list_works&authuser=1&gmla=AJsN-F665oo_PuXhXns6Qc2MObrUn0KQXHOcbjTbmv1FBZ7TSwr9pyoTDt6p6tTbHLWY7py0s8i7713ldaPfz5WYH_Xo-oqKVDUXOcdQl_oeDiOntsy04rA&user=JMxDJOQAAAAJ
ResearchGate profile link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Khansaa_Al-Joboury

Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Dr. Amit Singh
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7fD4O0kAAAAJ&hl=en
Profile profile link:
https://udrc.lkouniv.ac.in/department/ViewProfile?EId=40

Cryptogamic Botany (Algae, Fungi, Bryophytes, Fungi, Pteridophytes

Dr. Marko Sabovljevic
Full University Professor and Full Research Professor
Institute for Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Takovska 43, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
Department of Botany, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Mánesova 23, 040 01 Košice, Slovakia
Center of Plant Biotechnology and Conservation (CPBC), Takovska 43, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Email ID: [email protected]
WoS Researcher ID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/2112700
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marko-Sabovljevic
SciProfile link:https://sciprofiles.com/profile/692797
Publons link:https://publons.com/researcher/1428319/marko-sabovljevic/
SCOPUS Id:6602173525/

Dr. Ajit Pratap Singh
Senior Principal Scientist
Plant Diversity, Systematic & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, 2-Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-U.P. Pin-226 001-India
Email ID: [email protected]
ResearchGate profile link: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ajit-Singh-3
Profile link:https://nbri.res.in/diversity-scientists/dr-ajit-pratap-singh/

Dr. D. K. Singh
Scientist E and HoO
AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, West Bengal, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Profile link:
https://bsi.gov.in/bg-scientist-profile/en?rcu=140
ResearchGate link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Devendra-Singh-39

Dr. K. K. Rawat
Assistant Professor (AcSIR)
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-RXqfVoAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/K-Rawat-3

Dr. Rajendra Lavate
Associate Professor
Shikshasanmahrshi Dr. Bapuji Salunkhe Collage, Miraj, District Sangli-416410, Maharashtra, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=q_q-yu0AAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rajendra-Lavate

Dr. Rajveer Singh Chauhan
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur-273009 (U.P.), India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=BEdcSqQAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rajveer-Singh-Chauhan-2

Dr. Vinay Sahu
Assistant Professor (AcSIR)
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=CPA5ffkAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vinay-Sahu-3

Dr. Dildar Hussain
Associate Professor
School of Life and Basic Sciences, Jaipur National University main campus, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Email ID: [email protected]
Google Scholar link:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cwwn0mAAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate link:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dildar-Husain-2