Editorial Team

Dr. Ram Asrey

Principal Scientist & Professor
Food Science &Postharvest Technology Division
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi- 110 012 (India)

ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-2362

Dr. Hare Krishna

Principal Scientist, Division of Vegetable Production ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi-221305, Uttar Pradesh, India.
 
Research areas: Micro propagation, Nursery management, Crop production, Organic cultivation, Fruit trees, Protected Cultivation.

Dr. P. Suresh Kumar

Dr. P. Suresh Kumar
Principal Scientist
ICAR-NRC for Banana
Thogamalai Road,
Trichy - 620 102,
Tamil Nadu, India.

Research areas: Micro propagation, Nursery Management, Crop Production, Organic Cultivation, Fruit Trees, Protected Cultivation
Suresh.Paramasivam@icar.gov.in , Suresh.Paramasivam@icar.gov.in
psureshars@gmail.com
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Editorial Board

Dr. M. Sankaran

Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Fruit Crops, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru-560089, Karnataka, India
Research areas: Breeding and Biotechnology of Perennial Horticultural Crops
kmsankaran@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XfH2pMcAAAAJ& hl=en

Dr. D. Prasath

Project Coordinator, AICRP Spices, and Principal Scientist (Horticulture), ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode-673012, Kerala, India.

Research areas: Genetic resources, breeding and applied genomics in horticultural crops.
Prasath.D@icar.gov.in
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=aCRvT14AAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. A.T. Sadashiva

Director (R & D), Nethra Crop Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru-560091, Karnataka, India, Former Head, Division of Vegetable Crops, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesaraghatta Lake Post, Bengaluru-560089, Karnataka, India.

Research areas: Vegetable Breeding, Tomato crop Improvement, Multiple Disease resistance breeding, Breeding for processing
atsbrs@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=0T040ysAAAAJ&;hl=en

Dr. T. Damodaran

Director, ICAR Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Rehmankela, Kakkori PO, Lucknow-226101, Uttar Pradesh, India.
 
Research areas: Banana and Mango breeding, Utilization of rhizosphere diversity for biotic and abiotic stress management in fruit crops - Metabolomics- Banana Fusarium wilt management - banana in-vitro mass multiplication using tissue culture.

Dr. Bikash Das

Director, ICAR-NRC on Litchi Mushahari, Ramna, Muzaffarpur- 842002, Bihar, India.
 
Research areas: Genetic resource management of fruit crops, fruit production systems under rain-fed conditions, High-density orcharding in fruit crops, and Canopy management in horticultural crops.

Dr. Dinesh Kumar

Head, Division of Food Science & Post-harvest Technology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi-110012, Member of Codex committee, Scientific panel Fruits and vegetables and their products of FSSAI, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Technology expert of Ministry of Food Processing (MoFPI), Cluster development of oranges in Ministry of MSME.

Research areas: Post harvest Management, Waste utilization, Boactive compounds, Antioxidants, Phytochemicals, Functional food.
dineshscn@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.com.tw/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=vdWgNOsAAAAJ

Dr. Nripendra Vikram Singh

Senior Scientist, Division of Fruits and Horticultural Technology, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi-110012, India.

Research areas: Pomegranate Propagation, Plant Tissue Culture, Biopriming, Pomegranate production, Germplasm characterization
nripendras72@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HBkbUcUAAAAJ&;hl=en

Dr. H.P. Maheswarappa

Dr. H.P. Maheswarappa

Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kudlu (Post), Kasaragod-671124, Kerala, India.

Research areas: Plantation Crops Management, Cropping/Farming System Research, Nutrient Management, Organic Farming, Natural Farming, Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration
maheshcpcri@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=YKRvAysAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Tsering Stobdan

Dr. Tsering Stobdan

Scientist 'F' & Head, Horticulture Division, DRDO-Defence Institute of High Altitude Research, Leh, Ladakh-194101, Union Territory of Ladakh.

Research areas: Temperate Fruits, Protected Cultivation, Tribal Farming System, Hill Agriculture
tstobdan@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WcfjCocAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Shrawan Singh Sirowa

Dr. Shrawan Singh Sirowa

Principal Scientist, Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India.

Research areas: Genetic Improvement of Cole Crops
singhshrawan@rediffmail.com
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ResearchGate
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Dr. Reeta Bhatia Dey

Dr. Reeta Bhatia Dey

Principal Scientist, Division of Floriculture and Landscaping, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, India.

Research areas: Genetic Improvement of Flowers
reetaiari@yahoo.com
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=g6aQkQEAAAAJ&hl=en

International Advisory Board

Prof. (Dr.) Avtar Krishan Handa

Professor, Center for Plant Biology, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, 134 Whistler Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2010, USA.

Research areas: Biology and Technology of Horticultural Crops
ahanda@purdue.edu
Purdue Profile
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6127-7562

Dr. Sukhvinder Pal (SP) Singh

Dr. Sukhvinder Pal (SP) Singh

Institute Director

New South Wales Department of Primary Industries
Central Coast Primary Industries Centre
Locked Bag 26, Gosford NSW 2250, Australia
Research areas: Postharvest Horticulture, Produce Safety and Traceability
sp.singh@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Google Scholar
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3277-0566

Dr. Muhamed Salim Bin Mohd Ali

CEO, International Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet), P.O. Box 334, UPM Post Office, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

salim@itfnet.org

Dr. Balakrishnan Prithiviraj

Professor & Vice President (International Relations), Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada.

Research areas: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction, Marine Bioproducts, Functional Foods
bprithiviraj@dal.ca
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3732-516X
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Dr. Zora Singh

Foundation Professor of Horticultural Science

School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia
Research areas: Production and Postharvest Horticulture
z.singh@ecu.edu.au
Google Scholar
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2946-172X

Prof. (Dr.) Ryutaro Tao

Professor

Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwake, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Research areas: Fruit and Fruit Tree Science
tao.ryutaro.8c@kyoto-u.ac.jp
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-5789

Prof. (Dr.) Rajasekaran R. Lada

Emeritus Professor

Former Department Chair, Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Founding Director, Christmas Tree Research Centre
Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, P.O. Box 550, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 5E3, Canada
Research areas: Seed, Plant, Stress and Eco Physiology, Disruptive Innovations and Product Development
raj.lada@dal.ca
Dalhousie Profile

Prof. (Dr.) Bhimanagouda (Bhimu) S. Patil

Director, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center; Director, USDA National Center of Excellence-Melons; Regent Professor and Leonard Pike University Inaugural Professor

Texas A&M University, 1500 Research Blvd, Suite A120, College Station, TX 77843, Texas, USA
Research areas: Horticulture, Postharvest, Chemometrics, Foods for Health
Bhimanagouda.Patil@ag.tamu.edu
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7189-0432
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