List of Contributors

      Richa Agnihotri ICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research Indore Madhya Pradesh India

      Hina Bansal Amity Institute of Biotechnology Amity University Noida Uttar Pradesh India

      Abhishek Bharti ICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research Indore Madhya Pradesh India

      Kalpana Bhatt Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidhyalaya Haridwar Uttarakhand India

      Pankaj Bhatt Integrative Microbiology Research Centre South China Agricultural University Guangzhou P.R. China

      Sunita Chauhan Amity Institute of Biotechnology Amity University Kant Rajasthan India

      Rakhi Dhankhar Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak Haryana India

      Ajinath Dukare ICAR‐Central Institute of Post‐Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) Ludhiana Punjab India

      Bandita Dutta Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata West Bengal India

      Saurabh Gangola Graphic Era Hill University Bhimtal Uttarakhand India

      Mudasir Gani Faculty of Agriculture Sher‐e‐Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Kashmir (SKUAST‐K) Wadura, Sopore, Kashmir Jammu‐Kashmir (UT) India

      Sayantani Garai University of Engineering and Management Kolkata West Bengal India

      Tripti Grover Gargi College University of Delhi New Delhi India

      Pooja Gulati Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak Haryana India

      Aparna Gunjal Dr. D.Y. Patil Arts, Commerce and Science College Pune Maharashtra India

      Shweta Kulshreshtha Department of Biotechnology, Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute Jaipur Rajasthan India

      Arun Kumar Department of Agronomy Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana Punjab India

      Kapila Kumar Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies Faridabad Haryana India

      Sanjeev Kumar Department of Basic Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh India

      Reena Kumari Department of Biotechnology, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh India

      Rekha Kushwaha University of Missouri Columbia MO, USA

      Dibyajit Lahiri University of Engineering and Management Kolkata West Bengal India

      Hemant S. Maheshwari Ecophysiology of Plants, Faculty of Science and Engineering GELIFES‐Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences Groningen The Netherlands

      and

      ICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research

      Indore

      Madhya Pradesh

      India

Reema Mishra Gargi College University of Delhi New Delhi India

      Aparajita Mohanty Gargi College University of Delhi New Delhi India

      Moupriya Nag University of Engineering and Management Kolkata West Bengal India

      Sharon Nagpal Department of Microbiology Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana Punjab India

      Neha Patil PDEA’s Annasaheb Magar Mahavidyalaya Pune Maharashtra India

      Suresh Chandra Phulara Department of Biotechnology Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation Guntur Andhra Pradesh India

      B. Jeberlin Prabina Tamilnadu Agriculture University Coimbatore Tamilnadu India

      Varsha Rani Department of Biotechnology Shoolini University Solan Himachal Pradesh India

      Rina Rani Ray Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology Kolkata West Bengal India

      Balram Sahu Department of Agricultural Microbiology Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya Raipur Chhattisgarh India

      Pawan Saini Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana Punjab India

      and

      CSB‐Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute (CSR&TI)

      Pampore

      Jammu‐Kashmir (UT)

      India

      Pooja Saini Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, Dr. Khem Singh Gill College of Agriculture Eternal University (EU) Baru Sahib Himachal Pradesh India

      Deepka Sharma Department of Biotechnology, College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh India

      Mahaveer P. Sharma ICAR‐Indian Institute of Soybean Research Indore Madhya Pradesh India

      Prachie Sharma Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies Faridabad Haryana India

      Sonali Shinde MES Abasaheb Garware College Pune Maharashtra India

      Ravindra Soni Department of Agricultural Microbiology Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidhyalaya Raipur Chhattisgarh India

      Nimmy Srivastava Amity Institute of Biotechnology Amity University Ranchi Jharkhand India

      Deep Chandra Suyal Department of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences Eternal University Baru Sahib Sirmour Himachal Pradesh India

      Neha Trivedi Indian Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi India

      Amit Verma S.D. Agricultural University Palanpur Gujarat India

      Madan L. Verma Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Information Technology Una Himachal Pradesh India

      Shulbhi Verma S.D. Agricultural University Palanpur Gujarat India

      Meghmala Waghmode PDEA’s Annasaheb Magar Mahavidyalaya Pune Maharashtra India