Tissue Culture Techniques and Medicinal Plants: Enhancing Propagation and Production

About

Azamal Husen is a Professor at Sankalchand Patel University Visnagar India; and Adjunct Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University) Dehradun Uttarakhand India. He is also working as a Visiting Professor at University Putra Malaysia Selangor Malaysia; and acting as a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University Wolaita Ethiopia. Previously he served as Professor and Head of the Department of Biology University of Gondar Ethiopia. He also worked as a Visiting Faculty of the Forest Research Institute and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehra Dun India. His research and teaching experience of 25 years encompasses biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application; plant responses to nanomaterials; plant adaptation to harsh environments at the physiological biochemical and molecular levels; herbal medicine; and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species. He has conducted research sponsored by the World Bank the National Agricultural Technology Project the Indian Council of Agriculture Research the Indian Council of Forest Research Education and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Husen has published extensively (~300) and served on the Editorial Board and as reviewer of reputed journals published by Elsevier Frontiers Media Taylor & Francis Springer Nature RSC Oxford University Press Sciendo the Royal Society CSIRO PLOS MDPI John Wiley & Sons and UPM Journals. He is on the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing UK. He is a fellow of the Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists and a member of the International Society of Root Research Asian Council of Science Editors and International Natural Product Sciences. He is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Plant Physiology and a Series Editor of Exploring Medicinal Plants (Taylor & Francis Group USA); Plant Biology Sustainability and Climate Change (Elsevier USA); and Smart Nanomaterials Technology (Springer Nature Singapore). He has been achieved the distinguished honour of being recognized as one of the Worlds Top 2% Scientists for the year 2022 and again for the 2023 by Stanford University USA. This recognition has also been prominently featured in the Elsevier Data Repository. Manu Pant is currently working as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Graphic Era Deemed to be University Dehradun Uttarakhand India. She received her master's degree in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology from Banasthali Vidyapith in Rajasthan India and her doctorate in Biotechnology from HNB Garhwal University (A Central University) in Srinagar India. She has extensive experience in the field of plant tissue culture having worked as a research fellow at the Forest Research Institute and the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education on nationally funded projects. Her research work on orchids has been funded by the state governments earning her recognition and awards at the national level. She has several peer-reviewed international papers to her credit published patents and delivered numerous oral and poster presentations keynote addresses and invited talks at national and international scientific events. Pant has conducted many national and international conferences seminars and trainings related to the thrust areas in plant sciences. She has been supervising PhD MSc and BSc students in their research work on different aspects of orchids medicinal plants and indigenous crop species. For her work in the field of plant sciences Pant has received appreciation from State and National level bodies.