Editorial Team

Editors-in-Chief

Prof. Dr. Ligeng Jiang
College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, China. 
Expertise: Agronomy; Crop Physiology; Crop Growth Modelling; Soil Fertility; Fertiliser Management; Nutrition.
Email: jiang(at)gxu.edu.cn. ResearchGate. Scopus Profile

Dr. Izhar Ali
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture & College of Environmental and Resources Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, Zhejiang, China. 
Expertise: Plant-microbe Interaction; Greenhouse Gases; Crop Physiology; Fertilizer Use Efficiency; Stress Physiology.
Email: izharali48(at)gmail.com. ResearchGate. Scopus Profile.  Google Scholar

Dr. Saif Ullah
Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China.
Expertise: Agroforestry; Plant Physiology; Plant-Soil Interactions; Plant Nutrition; Sustainable Agriculture; Soil Fertility; Soil Chemistry; Fertilizers; Nutrient Management; Soil And Water Conservation; Nutrient Cycling
Email: saif(at)gxu.edu.cn. ResearchGate. Scopus Profile. Google Scholar

Managing Editor(s)

Dr. Muhammad Ali (Associate Professor)
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China. 
Expertise: Plant pathogen interaction; Plant environment interaction; Plant molecular biology; Single-cell RNA-sequencing; Spatial transcriptomics. Emails: alinhorti(at)yahoo.com; ali(at)zafu.edu.cn,  ResearchGate. Scopus Profile,

Dr. Niyaz Ali 
State Key Laboratory of Subtropical Silviculture, College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China. 
Expertise: Soil Microbiology; Plant Virology; Integrons; Antimicrobial Resistance; Gene Cassettes; etc,
Email: niyazali200(at)gmail.com. ResearchGate. Scopus Profile,

Editorial Advisory Board

  • Dr. Shah Fahad (Assistant Professor), Department of Agronomy, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 23200, Pakistan. 
    Expertise: Plant nutrition; plant environmental stress; sustainable agriculture; weed science; climate change and agriculture; abiotic stress tolerance; soil carbon; heavy metals; phytoremediation; plant-soil interactions. 
    Email: shahfahad(at)awkum.edu.pk . Scopus Profile, 
  • Dr. Babar Iqbal (Associate Professor). School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China. Expertise: Crop ecology; plant nutrition; plant physiology; Invasive alien plant microplastics.Email: babar(at) ujs.edu.cn Google Scholar, Scopus Profile, ORCID
  • Dr. Aziz Khan  (Senior Researcher).College of Agronomy, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian, China. Expertise: Crop physiology; environmental pollution; Production and molecular breeding; Phytohormones; Crop Management; Sustainable Breeding; Soil Fertility. Email: Google Scholar, 
  • Dr. Nazir Ahmad, (Post-Doctoral Research Associate) The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, United States. Expertise: plant breeding and genetics; molecular breeding; mutation breeding; tissue culture; cytogenetics and biotechnology; abiotic stress (NP); Root System architecture. Scopus Profile,  Google Scholar, Email: nahmad2(at)tennessee.edu
  • Dr. Arshad Jalal (Post-Doctoral Research Associate), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 23955, Saudi Arabia.  Expertise: Plant nutrition; biofortification; biostimulants; plant physiology; sustainability. Email:  Scopus Profile, Google Scholar
  • Dr. Anas Iqbal (Associate Researcher)., South China Agricultural University, Guangdong. China. Expertise: Organic farming; greenhouse gas emissions; rice physiology; rice quality; heavy metals; roots; nitrogen.Email: anasiqbalagr(at)gmail.com, Scopus Profile, Google Scholar, 

Editorial Board members

  • Dr. Nabil Ibrahim Elsheery (Professor), Agriculture Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Egypt. Expertise:  Stress physiology; photosynthesis; plant biotechnology; antioxidants; salinity. Scopus,  Google Scholar.Email.
  • Dr. Muneeb Ahmad Wani (Assistant Professor). Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology And Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad, India. Expertise: Horticulture; floriculture; land-scaping; protected cultivation; plant physiology.Google Scholar,  Scopus Profile
  • Dr. Gabriela Medeiros (Professor). Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paranádisable,Cascavel, Brazil. Expertise: Plant environments; bioindicators; abiotic stress; Nutrient management; microbiome.  Scopus Profile, ORCID, Email(1)/(2),
  • Dr. Fazal Munsif (Assistant Professor), The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, Pakistan. Expertise: Sustainable Agriculture, Plant Nutrition, Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Plant Physiology, Field Experimentation, Organic Farming; Climate Change and Agriculture Conservation; Nutrient Management; Weed Science.Scopus Profile, Google Scholar
  • Dr. Neelesh Kumar (Assistant Professor), Department of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Expertise: Medicinal plants; biofertilizers;, fish emulsion fertilizer; Pantnagar; Uttarakhand-263145 India. Email: neeleshkr.cof(at)rlbcau.ac.in; neeleshkumar_phd2k17(at)dtu.ac.in Scopus Profile, Google Scholar
  • Dr. Saqib Farooq (Associate Professor), College of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University. Expertise: Food quality and safety; Pomology; Plant Protection; Molecularly imprinted polymers; pesticide detection; HPLC analysis; liquid chromatography; food quality and safety. Email, Scopus Profile
  • Dr. Muhammad Rafiullah Khan (Assistant Professor), College of Health Management, Shangluo University, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China. Expertise: Horticulture; food science; crop quality; and fruit quality. Email: Rafiullah192(at)yahoo.com
  • Dr. Shakeel Ahmad (Senior Researcher), College of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture Resource & Environment, Shihezi University, Xinjiang Shihezi (832003), China.  Expertise: Abiotic stress tolerance; agronomy; drought maize; chlorophyll; photosynthesis; reactive oxygen species. Google Scholar.
  • Dr. Muhammad Nauman Khan (Associate Researcher). School of Breeding and Multiplication (Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication), Hainan University, Sanya, 572025, China. Profile. Expertise: Agronomy; seed priming; nano priming; seed technology; seed physiology; seed germination. Scopus Profile,  Google Scholar.Email.
  • Dr Imran (Associate Researcher). South China Agriculture University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.  Expertise: Soil and plant nutrition; carbon;  farming; climate change management; food security; sustainable agriculture; biofertilizers; soil and water conservation; agro-biodiversity; phosphorus. Scopus Profile, Google Scholar, Email.
  • Dr. Rafiq Ahmad (Associate Researcher). School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry and Sanya Institute of Breeding and Multiplication, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China. Expertise: Fertilizer management; soil aggregates; soil erosion; heavy metals; biochar; nitrogen. Email
  • Dr. Quaid Hussain (Associate Researcher), College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang A&F University. Zhejiang, China. Expertise: Crop breeding; crop biotechnology; molecular plant breeding; CRISPR/CAS9; gene cloning; transcriptomic analysis; genome-wide association studies; abiotic stresses; heavy metals. Google Scholar. Scopus Profile.
  • Dr. Qaisar Khan (Senior Researcher), Agriculture College, Guangxi University, Nanning, China. Expertise: Marker-assisted selection; plant biotechnology; transcriptomics; plant breeding; proteomics; plant pathology; polymerase chain reaction; metabolomics; plant physiology; plant-soil interactions; plant phylogenetics.  Scopus Profile.