New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Prof. H. B. Singh works as Distinguished Professor, Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, Mathura from August 1, 2020 to date. He is a Visiting Professor at Cornell University and University of Illinois, USA, Sau Paulo State University, Sorocaba, Brazil. He is honoured with 22 National and International prestigious awards including the CSIR Award for S&;T Innovation and Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences Successfully completed 21 research projects funded by various funding agencies. Established fruitful research collaborations with academic and industry researchers and published jointly with national and international collaborators in high impact journals and obtained 19 patents Dr. Anukool Vaishnav is working as a Postdoctoral Scientist (Swiss excellence fellow) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is also associated with the Department of Biotechnology, GLA University, India, as an Assistant Professor. He has operated the SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship as Principal Investigator at the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. As an active researcher, he has published more than 45 publications and 6 books. He has also received several fellowships and young scientist awards from different agencies.

• 1. Alternative strategies to synthetic chemical fertilizers: revitalization of soil quality for sustainable agriculture using organic-based approaches2. Application of biostimulants to improve agronomic and physiological responses of plants: a review3. Green Nanotechnology: A Paradigm, Panacea and New Perspective For Sustainable Agriculture4. Feasibility and Challenges of Biopesticides Application5. How the soil nitrogen nutrient promotes plant growth- a critical assessment 6. Morphological and Phytochemical Changes of Cannabis Sativa L. Affected by Light Spectra7. Application of phosphite as a biostimulant in agriculture8. Sustainable mainframes for control of early shoot borer, Chilo infuscatellus (Snellen) in sugarcane crop9. Levulinic acid: a potent green chemical in sustainable agriculture10. Role of Chitosan in eco-friendly management of plant diseases for sustainable agriculture11. Role of trehalose in induced abiotic stress tolerance and plant-rhizobia interaction12. Combinative effect of seed priming with PGPR and green chemicals on plant growth and stress tolerance13. Burgeoning trends using green chemicals to impede the obliterating invasive insects14. Routing microbial biosurfactants to agriculture for revitalization of soil and plant growth15. Nano-priming in sustainable agriculture: Recent Advances, Emerging Challenges and Future Prospective16. Toxicological assessment of biobased products: trends and challenges17. Advance technology for Biostimulants in Agriculture18. Chitin and chitosan as elicitors in sustainable production of medicinal crops19. Deciphering the role of phytohormones in the regulation of AM fungal symbiosis and mechanisms involved20. Bio preservation: an alluring method to safeguard food from spoilage21. Sustainable Agriculture Through Improved on Farm Processing Techniques and Value Added Organic Food Products