Fungal Endophytes Volume II: Applications in Agroecosystems and Plant Protection

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Dr. Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam is currently working as a research professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute Agricultural Research Center Giza Egypt. Kamel earned his PhD in molecular plant pathology from Christian Alberchts University of Kiel Germany and Suez Canal University Egypt. Dr. Abd-Elsalams research interests include developing improving and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic tools and understanding and exploiting fungal pathogen genomes. He also works on developing eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxicogenic fungi plant diseases and agroecosystems applications. He has published 20 books related to nano-biotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection.   Dr. Amr H. Hashem is currently an associate professor at Botany and Microbiology Department Faculty of Science Al-Azhar University Cairo Egypt. Hashem was granted his PhD in applied mycology from Al-Azhar University in 2018. Dr. Hashems research interests include fungal endophytes and their biomedical and agricultural applications control of fungal plant pathogens using safe biofungicides oleaginous fungi and lipid production from fungi. He has published more than 100 articles indexed in Scopus and has received the country prize for biological sciences 2021 and Abdel aal Mubasher prize for excellent mycologists 2022.