Amaranthus

Dr. Atul Bhargava is currently working as Associate Professor, Department of Botany at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, India. He completed his PhD in 2005 from National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow and postdoctoral studies from University of Delhi. Dr. Atul Bhargava specializes in genetic improvement of crop plants, phytoremediation and nanobiotechnology. He has over 15 years of teaching experience in plant genetics and is known for his pioneer research work on ‘Quinoa’ from the Indian subcontinent. Dr. Bhargava has about 55 research papers in reputed journals, 5 books and 25 book chapters to his credit. He also has more than 3500 citations to his work. He has also been an expositor in several International Conferences. Dr. Atul Bhargava is also serving as an editorial board member of several international journals of repute. Dr. Shilpi Srivastava completed her Ph.D in Biotechnology (Specialization: Nanotechnology) in the year 2013. She is currently serving as Assistant Professor (Biotechnology) at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Campus, Lucknow. Dr. Srivastava has about 14 years of research and teaching experience in biotechnology. She specializes in nanobiotechnology, fungal microbiology and bioremediation. She has published 5 books, numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals, many book chapters, and has over 1400 citations and an h index of 13 in Google Scholar. Dr. Srivastava has also attended and presented her research work in several national and international conferences.

• 1. Amaranthus: an introduction2. Origin, History and Domestication3. Taxonomy and Phylogeny4. Cytogenetics and Genome size5. Botany6. Agronomy7. Chemistry8. Economics: Uses, Market and Valorisation9. Medicinal Uses: Traditional and Ethnobotanical10. Pharmacological Studies11. Stress Tolerance12. Genetic Resources13. Breeding: Conventional Approaches14. Breeding: Molecular Approaches15. Allelopathy16. The Future of Amaranth