Rhizomicrobiome in Sustainable Agriculture and Environment

Prof. Joginder Singh is a Professor at the Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami, Nagaland, India. Previously, he worked as a Professor in the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University and also as a Young Scientist at Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory, Department of Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University on a research project funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations, including the Association of Microbiologists of India, the Indian Society of Salinity Research Scientists, the Indian Society for Radiation Biology, and the European Federation of Biotechnology. He has published extensively with Elsevier and Springer both in journals and books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals, including Current Research in Engineering, Science and Technology; Journal of Cleaner Production; Science of the Total Environment; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Pedosphere; Soil and Sediment Contamination; Symbiosis; International Journal of Phytoremediation; Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety; Annals of Agricultural Sciences; and Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Vikas Sharma is currently working as Associate Professor in School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-Jalandhar. He has published research, review articles and book chapters in leading International and National journals or books. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, in vitro plant propagation and assay development for screening of beneficial plant microbe interactions related with the medicinal plants. Dr Sharma also serves as a member of editorial board of Plant cell biotechnology & molecular Biology. Dr. Sharma has attended several International and National Seminars, Symposia, Conferences and chaired technical sessions and presented papers in them. He has also organised funded National level conferences and workshops.