Special Issue on: Soil and Phytomicrobiomes for Plant Growth and Soil Fertility

11-06-2021

Special issue on “Soil and Phytomicrobiomes for Plant Growth and Soil Fertility” is an effort to compile the latest information, innovations, and advancements in the field of all aspects of soil and phytomicrobiomes research, including providing fundamental insights into the understanding of plant-microbes interactions, microbial biodiversity of soil and microbes associated with plant systems. Moreover, it will cover the different aspects of microbial i.e. archaeal, bacterial, fungal and algal biodiversity in normal as well as extreme habitats and their potential role in plant growth promotion, mitigation of biotic/abiotic stress and nutrient cycling in ecosystems.

Potential topics

  1. Plant-microbes Interaction
  2. Biodiversity of soil microbiomes
  3. Biodiversity of endophytic, phyllospheric and rhizospheric microbiomes
  4. PGP mechanisms (Solubilization, nitrogen fixation, phytohormones productions)
  5. Beneficial microbes for nutrient uptake, cycling and soil fertility
  6. Extremophiles (Archaea, Bacteria, Fungi etc.) in improving crop productivity
  7. Microbe-mediated drought/salinity/heat/cold stress in plants
  8. Microbes in biotic stress management
  9. Metabolic engineering for strain improvements for plant growth promotion
  10. Nanotechnology in agriculture for plant growth and soil fertility
  11. Biofertilizers and biopesticides

Submission Deadline: November 30, 2021

Publication: Accepted article will be published immediately in the “Special Issue”

Article processing charges (APC):  Discounted  (50%) APC is applicable upon acceptance of the submissions (see details here)

Special Issue Editors:

Guest Editor 1
Title and Name: Dr. Ajar Nath Yadav
Affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour-173001, Himachal Pradesh, India
E-Mail: ajarbiotech@gmail.com; ajar@eternaluniversity.edu.in
Research Interests: Plant Microbe- Interaction; Microbial Biotechnology
Webpages:
• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6911-7050
• https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Drt5z1gAAAAJ&hl=en

Guest Editor 2
Title and Name: Dr. Divjot Kour
Affiliation: Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
E-Mail: kourdivjot@gmail.com
Research Interests: Microbial Biotechnology, Plant-Microbe Interactions
Webpage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1384-5104

Guest Editor 3
Title and Name: Dr. Amrik Singh Ahluwalia
Affiliation: Department of Boatny, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour-173001, Himachal Pradesh, India
E-Mail: pvc@eternaluniversity.edu.in
Research Interests: Applied Mycology; Phycology, Plant-microbe Interactions
Webpage: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1136-7310


Biography of Guest Editors

Dr. Ajar Nath Yadav is Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) and Assistant Controller of Examinations at Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 8 years of teaching and 12 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 245 publications, with h-index of 56, i10-index of 153, and 8330 citations (Google Scholar- on 05/05/2021). Dr. Yadav is editor of 18 Springer-Nature, 7 Taylor & Francis, 2 Elsevier and 1 Wiley book. Dr. Yadav is editor-in-chief for "Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology". He has been serving as an editor/editorial board member and a reviewer for 29 different national and international peer-reviewed journals. He has lifetime membership of Association of Microbiologist in India, and Indian Science Congress Council, India. Please visit https://sites.google.com/view/ajarnathyadav/ for more details.

Dr. Divjot Kour is currently working as Senior Researcher at Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Dr. Kour obtained doctorate degree in Microbial Biotechnology from Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. Her research areas include microbial diversity, stress adaptive microbes, and biofertilizers. In her credit 79 publications in different reputed international, national journals and publishers. She is editors of 04 books in Springer-Nature and as editor for “Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology". In her credit more than 700 microbes (bacteria and fungi) isolated from diverse sources. She has the membership of National Academy of Sciences and Agro Environmental Development Society, India.

Dr. Amrik S. Ahluwalia is Pro Vice Chancellor, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He is Professor at Department of Botany, Akal College of Basic Sciences. Dr. Ahluwalia has 39 years of teaching and 43 years of research experiences in experimental phycology, algal biofertilizers and biotechnology, algae in aquaculture, food and environmental phycology, allelopathy, Azolla biology, carbon sequestration and biodiesel from microalgae, medicinal plants. Dr. Ahluwalia obtained doctorate in botany from Banaras Hindu University, M.Sc. from Panjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. In his credit more than 150 national and international publications. He delivered more than 155 lectures in national/Internationally. He is editor of many national and international books. He has been on the editorial board of reputed international and national journals. He has supervised many M. Phil and Ph.D. students and completed many research projects. Dr Ahluwalia has lifetime membership of Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta; National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad; Indian Botanical Society, India; International Allelopathy Society, USA.; Asian Allelopathy Society, China.