New Special Issue: Current Trends in Plant Science and Microbiome for Sustainability
PLANT SCIENCE TODAY (PST)
Volume 12 | Special Issue No. 1 | 2025
Plants are one of the most important creatures on the planet as they have been playing a beneficial role in other creatures’ lives. The plant provides food and shelter to animals and microbes. Microbes show synergism with plants help in the protection from biotic (pest and pathogens) and abiotic (moisture, salt, temperature, ionic and heavy metals) stresses, and provides nutrients to plants. The plant science and microbiome have various applications in agriculture and the environment for sustainability. The special issue on “Current Trends in Plant Science and Microbiome for Sustainability” is an effort to compile the latest information, innovations, and advancements in the field of plant sciences and microbiome. Moreover, it will cover the different aspects of plant microbial synergistic interactions, plant microbiome, genomics, and their application for sustainability.
Topics to be covered include:
• Bioactive compounds and Secondary Metabolites of plants
• Plants stress
• Plants, pests, and pathogens
• Plants, microbes, and climate change
• Cross-talk between plants and microbes
• Phytoremediation and bioremediation
• Phytohormones and their roles
• Microbial diversity from diverse plants host
• Plant-microbes Interactions
• Mechanisms of plant growth promotion under natural and abiotic stress conditions
• Plant microbes for bioactive compound production for industrial sustainability
• Microbiomes diversity (Epiphytic/endophytic/rhizospheric/soil)
• Role of microbiomes in plant growth, protectivity, and productivity
• Omics Sciences in plant, soil and phytomicrobiome research
• Biotechnological applications of microbes for agriculture and environments
GUEST EDITORS
1. Dr. Ajar Nath Yadav, GPB and Biotechnology, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, HP, India
2. Dr. Tanvir Kaur, Biotechnology, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India
3. Dr. Joginder Singh, Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Nagaland, India
4. Prof. Dr. Abd El-Latif Hesham, Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University, Egypt
Dr. Ajar Nath Yadav is Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) and Assistant Controller of Examination at Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 9 years of teaching and 15 years of research experience in the field of Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity, and plant-microbe interactions. Dr. Yadav obtained doctorate in Microbial Biotechnology, jointly from IARI, New Delhi and BIT, Mesra, Ranchi, India. Dr. Yadav has 350 publications, with h-index of 90, i10-index of 312, and 22777 citations. Dr. Yadav is editor of 18 Springer-Nature, 7 Taylor & Francis, 2 Elsevier and 1 Wiley book. Dr. Yadav is Editor-in-Chief of "Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology". He has been serving as an editor/associate editor for 10 national & international journals and a reviewer for 130 different national & international peer-reviewed journals. He has lifetime membership of Association of Microbiologist in India, and Indian Science Congress Council, India. Dr. Yadav is listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientist in 2022 and 2023 (Stanford University, California, United States). Dr. Yadav is listed in the World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists (in a Single Year)- 2022. Dr. Yadav is among the 1% leading scientists in the world by the 3rd edition of Research.com. Dr. Yadav received the University Best Researcher Award 2022 & 2023 and the University Best Teacher Award 2018 by Eternal University. Dr. Yadav is the University Best Scientist (First Rank) 2020-2024 by AD Scientific Index. Dr. Yadav is First Rank in the University in SCOPUS (215 publications with h-index of 46)- 27% of University publications.
Please visit https://sites.google.com/view/ajarnathyadav/ for more details.
E-Mail: ajarbiotech@gmail.com
Contact: +91-9882545085
Dr. Tanvir Kaur is Assistant Coordinator, IQAC at Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, India. She obtained her doctorate degree in Biotechnology (Microbial Biotechnology) from Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India; Dr. Kaur has 76 publications with h-index 29, i10-index 49, and 2845 citations. In her credit ~400 microbes (bacteria and fungi) isolated from diverse sources. She has deposited 31 nucleotide sequences. Dr. Kaur has developed NPK microbial consortium for the crops growing in hilly region of Himachal Pradesh. She has been serving as reviewer for 18 different national and international peer-reviewed journals and reviewed 61 manuscripts.
Dr. Joginder Singh is working as a Professor at the Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Nagaland, India. Previously, he worked as a Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India and as a Young Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University, in a research project funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations, including Association of Microbiologists of India, Indian Society of Salinity Research Scientists, Indian Society for Radiation Biology, and European Federation of Biotechnology. He has more than 160 research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals, edited 27 books published by Springer International Publishing, Elsevier Science Publishing and authored/co-authored 60 chapters in edited books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals. Dr Singh attended several International and National Seminars, Symposia, and conferences, chaired technical sessions, and presented papers.
Prof. Abd El-Latif Hesham is Professor of Microbial Genetics and Environmental Meta-Genome Biotechnology, and presently working as Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Beni-Suef University (BSU), Egypt. He is PhD degree from Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He awarded postdoctoral studies about "Meta-Genome Biotechnology" from CAS-TWAS. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in reputed journals, two books and 9 book chapters in international reputed publishers like Elsevier, Springer-Nature, Taylor & Francis and John Wiley & Sons. Prof. Hesham has been the scientific & organizing committee member and invited speaker in various international conferences. Prof. Hesham serves as an associate editor and editorial board member for international reputed journals such as, Scientific Reports; Frontiers in Microbiology; BMC Microbiology; Current Bioinformatics; International Journal of Genomics; Journal of Food Biochemistry; All Life Journal (Frontiers in Life Science); Biocatalysis & Agricultural Biotechnology, and Current Research in Microbial Sciences.
Submission deadline: November 30, 2024
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