List of Contributors

Ganesh Kumar Agrawal
Department of Education, Global Research Arch for Developing Education (GRADE)
Academy Pvt. Ltd.
Birgunj, Nepal

Department of Biotechnology, Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB)
Kathmandu, Nepal

Naser A. Anjum
Department of Botany
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India

Mohammad Wahid Ansari
Department of Botany
Zakir Husain Delhi College
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India

Rajeev Nayan Bahuguna
Center for Advanced Studies on Climate Change
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Samastipur, Bihar, India

Agriculture Biotechnology
National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute
Sector 81, SAS Nagar
Mohali, India

Gurdeep Bains
Department of Plant Physiology
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

Shivendra Bajaj
Federation of Seed Industry of India
New Delhi, India

Alma Balestrazzi
Department of Biology and Biotechnology
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Ruchi Bansal
Division of Plant Physiology
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi, India

Sahana Basu
Department of Life Science
Central University of South Bihar
Gaya, Bihar, India

Jyotsna Bharti
Plant Biology and Biotechnology
Nutritional Improvement of Crops Group
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
New Delhi, India

Abhishek Bohra
Centre for Crop & Food Innovation
State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre
Food Futures Institute
Murdoch University, Murdoch
Western Australia, Australia

Isorchand Chongtham
Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences
Molecular Biotechnology Center
University of Turin, Turin, Italy

Sudeshna Das
Center for Advanced Studies on Climate Change
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Samastipur, Bihar, India

Karabi Datta
Department of Botany
University of Calcutta
Kolkata, India

Swapan K. Datta
Department of Botany
University of Calcutta
Kolkata, India

Sharma Deepika
Department of Botany
Zakir Husain Delhi College
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India

Laboratory of Soil Biology and Microbial Ecology
Department of Environmental studies
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India

H. K. Dikshit
Department of Genetics
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi, India

Conrado Dueñas
Department of Biology and Biotechnology
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Murugesh Eswaran
Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Nutritional Improvement of Crops Group
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
New Delhi, India

Shraddha Shridhar Gaonkar
Department of Biology and Biotechnology
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Vikrant Goswami
Laboratory of Soil Biology and Microbial Ecology
Department of Environmental studies
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India

Adriano Griffo
Department of Biology and Biotechnology
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Ramwant Gupta
Department of Biology
University of Guyana
Georgetown, South America

Present Address: Department of Botany
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University
Gorakhpur, UP, India

Ratnesh K. Jha
Center for Advanced Studies on Climate Change
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Samastipur, Bihar, India

Rohit Joshi
Division of Biotechnology
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
CSIR-HRDC Campus
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Rashmi Kaul
Plant Biology and Biotechnology
Nutritional Improvement of Crops Group
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
New Delhi, India

Tanushri Kaul
Plant Biology and Biotechnology
Nutritional Improvement of Crops Group
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
New Delhi, India

Nafees A. Khan
Department of Botany
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India

SM Paul Khurana
Amity Institute of Biotechnology
Amity University Haryana
Gurugram, Haryana, India

David Kothamasi
Laboratory of Soil Biology and Microbial Ecology
Department of Environmental studies
University of Delhi
New Delhi, India

Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance
University of Strathclyde Glasgow
United Kingdom

Gautam Kumar
Department of Life Science
Central University of South Bihar
Gaya, Bihar, India

Narendra Kumar
Department of Botany
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalayaa Central University
Bilaspur-495009(C. G.), India

Sudarshna Kumari
Department of Plant Physiology
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India

Ratna Kumria
Federation of Seed Industry of India
New Delhi, India

Sayanta Kundu
Center for Advanced Studies on Climate Change
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University
Samastipur, Bihar, India

Anca Macovei
Department of Biology and Biotechnology
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Shuvobrata Majumder
Department of Botany
University of Calcutta
Kolkata, India

Mamun Mandal
Laboratory of Applied Stress Biology
Department of Botany
University of Gour Banga
Malda, West Bengal, India

Asim Masood
Department of Botany
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India

Piyush Mathur
Department of Botany
Microbiology Laboratory
University of North Bengal
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India

Jyoti Maurya
National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR)
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi, India

Moaed Al Meselmani
School of Biosciences
Grantham Centre
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield, England

Francesca Messina
Department of Biology and Biotechnology
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Khaled Fathy Abdel Motelb
Plant Biology and Biotechnology
Nutritional Improvement of Crops Group
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
New Delhi, India

Mamta Nehra
Plant Biology and Biotechnology
Nutritional Improvement of Crops Group
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
New Delhi, India

Andrea Pagano
Department of Biology and Biotechnology
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Paola Pagano
Department of Biology and Biotechnology
University of Pavia
Pavia, Italy

Hadi Pirasteh-Anosheh
Department of Agronomy Research
National Salinity Research Center
Agricultural Research
Education and Extension Organization (AREEO)
Yazd, Iran
Natural Resources Department
Fars Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center
AREEO, Shiraz, Iran

Manoj Prasad
National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR)
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi, India

Ravinesh Rohit Prasad
Department of Geography
Fiji National University
Lautoka, Fiji Islands

Swati Priya
Department of Botany
Kurukshetra University
Kurukshetra, Haryana, India

Nandula Raghuram
Centre for Sustainable Nitrogen and Nutrient Management
University School of Biotechnology
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
New Delhi, India

Randeep Rakwal
Department of Education, Global Research Arch for Developing Education (GRADE)
Academy Pvt. Ltd.
Birgunj, Nepal

Department of Biotechnology, Research Laboratory for Biotechnology and Biochemistry (RLABB)
Kathmandu, Nepal

Department of Health and Sport Science, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Faisal Rasheed
Department of Botany
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India

Anamika Roy
Laboratory of Applied Stress Biology
Department of Botany
University of Gour Banga
Malda, West Bengal, India

Swarnendu Roy
Department of Botany
Plant Biochemistry Laboratory
University of North Bengal
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India

Bhuvnesh Sareen
Division of Biotechnology
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abhijit Sarkar
Laboratory of Applied Stress Biology
Department of Botany
University of Gour Banga
Malda, West Bengal, India

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