Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Muzammil Hussain

Dr. Muzammil Hussain has significant interdisciplinary research experience in plant microbial ecology and functional genomics. He holds BSc and MSc degrees in Plant Pathology from the University of Sargodha (Sargodha, Pakistan), and a PhD in Microbiology from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China). He is currently a distinguished researcher at Shenzhen University, China. In recent years, he has published articles in high-reputed journals including Trends in Plant Science, Nano Today, Environment International, Science of the Total Environment, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Plant Disease and Applied Soil Ecology.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muzammil-Hussain-20
Mubashar Raza

Dr. Mubashar Raza has significant interdisciplinary research experience in fungal taxonomy and ecology. He holds BSc and MSc degrees in Plant Pathology from the University of Sargodha (Sargodha, Pakistan), and a PhD in Microbiology from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China). He is currently a distinguished researcher at Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. In recent years, he has published articles in high-reputed journals including Fungal Diversity, Studies in Mycology, Mycosphere, Frontiers in Microbiology, Database and Plant Disease.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mubashar-Raza-2
Chief Editors
Muhammad Adeel

Dr. Muhammad Adeel is distinguished associate professor at Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China. His research is focused on plant (nano)ecotoxicology, terrestrial organisms, environmental chemistry and micro/nano plastic. In recent years, he has published a series of articles in high-reputed journals including Nano Today, ACS Nano, Journal of Hazardous Material, Environment International, ES&T Letters and Environmental Pollution.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad-Adeel-9
Xin Zhou

Dr. Xin Zhou is distinguished assistant professor at Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China. He worked on interactions between host plant, plant microbiome and plant pathogens. His expertise includes synthetic microbiota, metagenomics, microbial ecology, and other new research fields in Microbiology. He has published over 10 research articles in high-reputed journals including Nature Communications, Microbiome, Food Research International, Food Control, Microbial Ecology and other important journals.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xin-Zhou-103
Syed Adeel Zafar

Dr. Syed Adeel Zafar is a distinguished researcher at the University of California, Riverside, USA. His research is focused on plant developmental biology, reproductive development, abiotic stresses, plant-insect interactions, and how effectors trigger or hijack plant immunity. In recent years, he has published articles in high-reputed journals including New Phytologist, Plant Physiology, Journal of Advanced Research and Journal of Experimental Botany.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Syed-Zafar-3
Muhammad Arshad

Dr. Muhammad Arshad is a distinguished researcher associate professor at Department of Bioinformatics & Biotechnology at the International Islamic University, Islamabad Pakistan. His reaserch focused health biotechnology, infectious diseases and roles of potent medicinal plants in inducing various apoptotic pathways. In recent years, he has published articles in high-reputed journals including Diabetes, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Oncotarget, Genes, Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad-Arshad-57
Busayo Babalola

Dr. Busayo Babalola is a distinguished belowground ecologist, currently working as a postdoc at the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA. His research focus is understanding what makes microbial species' communities unique and how they will adapt in the face of increasing anthropogenic disturbances. He is currently investigating the intricate interplay between plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi, with a special focus on the mechanisms by which plants discern and elect to partner with specific fungal species to establish mycorrhizal symbiotic relationships. In recent years, he has published articles in high-reputed journals including New Phytologist, Biology and Fertility of Soils, Environmental Research and Frontiers in Microbiology.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Busayo-Babalola
M. Imran Hamid

Dr. Muhammad Imran Hamid is distinguished associate professor at Department of Plant Pathology, University College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan. His research is focused on fungal genetics and biological control of plant diseases. In recent years, he has published articles in high-reputed journals including Fungal Genetics and Biology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, FEMS Microbiology Ecology and Plant Disease.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/M-Imran-Hamid
Editors
Nouman Shakoor

Dr. Nouman Shakoor is a distinguished researcher at China Agricultural University, China. His research is focused on nanoparticles impact on soil system as well as on soil plant relationship. In recent years, he has published articles in high-reputed journals such as Nano Today, Journal of Hazardous Material, Environmental Pollution, Science of the Total Environment and NanoImpact.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Noman-Shakoor
Adeel Hassan

Dr. Muhammad Adeel Hassan is a distinguished researcher at USDA-ARS Beltsville Agriculture Research Center, Maryland, USA. He worked on validation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based high throughput phenotyping/remote sensing for early detection of important crop attributes to predict physiological changes, abiotic stress, grain yield. He has published several articles in well reputed journals such as New Phytologist, Plant Physiology, The Plant Journal and Plant Methods.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad-Hassan-59
Muhammad Ali Abid

Dr. Muhammad Ali Abid is a distinguished researcher at North Carolina State University, USA. He worked on molecular breeding and functional genomics of cotton. His expertise includes transcriptomic and genomic analysis. He has published over 20 research and review articles in well reputed journals including Plant Biotechnology Journal, Environmental and Experimental Botany and Journal of Advanced Research.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad-Abid-31
Muhammad Wariss

Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Wariss is Assistant Professor at Department of Botany, University of Sargodha, Pakistan. His research is focused on plant systematic, phylogenomics, conservation genomics, ethnobotany and conservation of endangered plant species. In recent years, he has published a series of articles in high-reputed journals such as New Phytologist, Molecular Ecology, Giga Science and other important journals.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad-Wariss
M. Khashi u Rahman

Dr. Muhammad Khashi u Rahman is a distinguished researcher at University of Salamanca, Spain. His research broadly focuses on plant-soil microbes interaction, plant invasions, interplant competition and allelopathy. He has published research in well reputed journals like Molecular Plant, Trends in Plant Science, Environmental Microbiology, Biology and Fertility of Soils, and Plant and Soil.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad-Khashi-U-Rahman-2
Sajad Hussain

Dr. Sajad Hussain is a distinguished researcher at Sichuan Agricultural University, China. His research is focused on plant gaseous exchange, photosynthetic pigments, chlorophyll fluorescence and nutrient uptake. In recent years, he has published articles in high-reputed journals such as Journal of Hazardous Material, Environmental Pollution and Science of the Total Environment.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sajad-Hussain-3
Yerlan Suleimen

Yerlan Melsuly Suleimen is a professor at the Kazakh University of Technology and Business. His research focused on the investigation of composition of plants of Kazakstani flora (essential oils, mono- and sesquiterpenoids, flavonoids and coumarins). Structure elucidation of isolated natural compounds and its synthesized derivatives. Investigation of biological activity of isolated compounds and of obtained synthetic derivatives. He has published articles in highly reputed international journal such as Molecules, Planta Medica, Natural Product Research, Journal of Chemistry and Chemistry of Natural Compounds.
https://scholar.google.be/citations?user=AWqpMd4AAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yerlan-Suleimen
Bahadur Basnet

Dr. Buddha Bahadur Basnet is researcher at Sunmoon University, Asan, South Korea. His research is focused on metabolomics and genomic analysis of lichen, mushrooms and moss associated organism. In the recent years he has published his research in high reputed journals including Organic Letter, Planta Medica, Journal of Chemistry and RSV Advance.
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Buddha-Basnet