List of Contributors

Fakiha Afzal,     Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Parvaiz Ahmad,     Department of Botany, S.P. College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Fizza Akhter,     Department of Microbiology, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Jincy J. Akkarakaran,     Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, India

Muhammad Arif,     Agricultural Officer, Pesticide Quality Control Laboratory, Institute of Soil Chemistry and Environmental Science, Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Department of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Ashraf,     Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Aslam,     Arid Zone Agricultural Research Institute, Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan

M.M. Azooz,     Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Faisal University, Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia

Imam Bakhsh,     Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Gomal University, D.I. Khan Kyber, Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Shagun Bali,     Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

A. Banerjee,     Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, India

Ricardo Luis Louro Berbara,     Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Soils Department, Seropédica, Brazil

Renu Bhardwaj,     Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Muhammad Bilal,     Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Shazia Anwar Bukhari,     Department of Chemistry, GC University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Natalia A. Burmistrova,     Institute of Plant Physiology Russian Academy of Science, Botanicheskaja, Moscow, Russia

Petronia Carillo,     Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche e Farmaceutiche, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, Italy

Theocharis Chatzistathis,     Laboratory of Pomology, Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Loredana F. Ciarmiello,     Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura- Unità di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura di Caserta (Fruit Tree Research Unit, CRA-FRC), Caserta, Italy

Jagoda Czarnecka,     Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska, Poznań, Poland

Antonio De Luca,     Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura—Unità di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura di Caserta (Fruit Tree Research Unit, CRA-FRC), Caserta, Italy

Anupam Dikshit,     Biological Product Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

Mariana R. Fontenelle,     Laboratory of Soil Science, Embrapa Vegetables, Brazil

Masayuki Fujita,     Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan

Andrés Calderín García

Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Soils Department, Seropédica, Brazil

Agricultural University of Havana, Chemistry Department, Tapaste, San José de Las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba

Surbhi Goel,     Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Ghader Habibi,     Department of Biology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Abdul Hannan,     Office of Assistant Land Reclamation Officer, Factory Area, Near Madni Masjid, Sargodha, Directorate of Land Reclamation, Irrigation Department, Pakistan

Mirza Hasanuzzaman,     Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rosa Mary Hernández-Hernández,     Centro de Agroecología Tropical, Universidad Simón Rodríguez, Caracas, Venezuela

Ismael Hernández-Valencia,     Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Tayyab Husnain,     Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore, Pakistan

Amir Hussain,     Agriculture Officer (Technical) Office of District Officer Agriculture, Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan

Syed Sarfraz Hussain,     Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia

Shabina Iram,     Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Fernando Guridi Izquierdo,     Agricultural University of Havana, Chemistry Department, Tapaste, San José de Las Lajas, Mayabeque, Cuba

Sumira Jan,     Centre of Research for Development, Kashmir University, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Dhriti Kapoor,     Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Parminder Kaur,     Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Ravinderjit Kaur,     Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Alvina Gul Kazi,     Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Anjali Khajuria,     Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Ejaz Ahmed Khan,     Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Gomal University, D.I. Khan Kyber, Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Agnieszka Kiełbowicz-Matuk,     Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska, Poznań, Poland

Marina S. Krasavina,     Institute of Plant Physiology Russian Academy of Science, Botanicheskaja, Moscow, Russia

Ghulam Kubra,     Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Carlos Eduardo P. Lima,     Laboratory of Soil Science, Embrapa Vegetables, Brazil

Helal Ahmad Lone,     Department of Botany, A.S. College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Danilo López-Hernández,     Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

Bhawna Madan,     Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India

Qaisar Mahmood,     Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Leonora M. Mattos,     Laboratory of Soil Science, Embrapa Vegetables, Brazil

Rohit K. Mishra,     Biological Product Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

Vani Mishra,     Nanotechnology Application Centre, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

Celso L. Moretti,     Laboratory of Soil Science, Embrapa Vegetables, Brazil

Kamrun Nahar

Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan

Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Puja Ohri,     Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Avinash C. Pandey

Nanotechnology Application Centre, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India

Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India

Pasquale Piccirillo,     Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura—Unità di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura di Caserta (Fruit Tree Research Unit, CRA-FRC), Caserta, Italy

Muhammad Qasim,     Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, GC University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Mahmood-ur -Rahman,     Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, GC University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Galina N. Raldugina,     Institute of Plant Physiology Russian Academy of Science, Botanicheskaja, Moscow, Russia

Bushra Rashid,     Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Thokar Niaz Baig, Lahore, Pakistan

Saiema Rasool,     Department of Botany, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India

Amandeep Rattan,     Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Muneeb U. Rehman,     Molecular Biology Laboratory, Division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sheri Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology, Shuhama, Alastang, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Saleha Resham,     Atta-ur-Rehman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Sheikh Riazuddin,     Allama Iqbal Medical College, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Abdul Gaffar Sagoo,     MLL Land Reclamation Research Station Chak No. 37 TDA, Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan

Steven A. Sargent,     Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, USA

Tayyaba Shaheen,     Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, GC University, Allama Iqbal Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Bujun Shi,     Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, Urrbrae Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia

Ravinder Singh,     Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India

Shailza Singh,     National Centre for Cell Science, NCCS Complex, Ganeshkhind, Pune University Campus, Pune, India

P. Suprasanna,     Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, India

Orooj Surriya,     Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Marcia Toro,     Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

P.S. Variyar,     Food Technology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, India

Kinza Waqar,     Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Waqas,     Directorate General of Agricultural Extension, Office of Agricultural Officer, Kahna Nau, Punjab, Pakistan

Pasqualina Woodrow,     Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche e Farmaceutiche, Seconda Università di Napoli, Caserta, Italy