Editorial Team

Dr. Ram Asrey

Editor-in-Chief

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

Mail ID: editorinchiefijh@gmail.com

ORCID

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

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=r8-j2TYAAAAJ&hl=en

^{Prof (Dr.) Radha Mohan Sharma}

Section Editor- I

Principal Scientist (Horticulture- Fruit Science) Div. of Fruits and Horticultural Technology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012, Delhi, India.

Research areas: Breeding, Stress Physiology, Rootstock
rmsharma345@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4171-2963
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en-US&user=K4GqU-4AAAAJ

^{Dr. Hare Krishna}

Section Editor-II

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.

kishun@rediffmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5072-366X

Editorial Board

^{Dr. M. Sankaran}

Member

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}

Member

^{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}

Member

^{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}

Member

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.

damhort73@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2891-2960 https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=2Kise9IAAAAJ

^{Dr. Bikash Das}

Member

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.

bikash41271@gmail.com
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=pGMGm4kAAAAJ&hl=en

^{Dr. Rajiv Kumar}

Member

^{Principal Scientist (Horticulture), Division of Flower & Medicinal Crops, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hesaraghatta Lake Post, Bengaluru-560089, Karnataka, India.}

Research areas: Flower Crops: Improvement, Genetic Resource Management

florirajiv@gmail.com Rajiv.Kumar11@icar.gov.in
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sw-hPYIAAAAJ&;hl=en

^{Dr. Alka Singh}

Member

^{Principal and Dean,ASPEE College of Horticulture Navsari Agricultural University,Navsari-396450, Gujarat, India.}

Research areas: Protected cultivation, Postharvest technology, Dry flower technology, Potted ornamentals, Flower physiology and biochemistry, Ornamental plant breeding, Molecular biology, etc

alkaflori@nau.in maildralkasingh@gmail.com deanachf@nau.in
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ouUM2iQAAAAJ&hl=en

^{Dr. Dinesh Kumar}

Member

^{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 Sunil Pareek}

Member

^{Department of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship & Management(Institute of National Importance, under Ministry of Food Processing Industries, GoI) Kundli, Sonipat, Haryana-131028, India.}

Research areas: Postharvest Technology, Horticulture Postharvest Science, Fruit Science.

sunil_ciah@yahoo.co.in sunil.pareek@niftem.ac.in
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=xUWEmUQAAAAJ

^{Dr. Maheswarappa H.P}

Member

^{Director of Research, Directorate of Research, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot-587102, Karnataka, 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. Nripendra Vikram Singh}

Member

^{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

International Advisory Board

^{Prof (Dr.).Edward A. Evans}

Member

^{Professor and Centre Director}

University of Florida, Tropical Research and Education Centre; 18905 SW 280th Street, Homestead FL 33031, USA

Research areas: Tropical and Subtropical Crops and Natural Resources.

e-mail: eaevans@ufl.edu
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=OXev9M0AAAAJ

^{Dr Sukhvinder Pal (SP) Singh}

Member

^{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

e-mail: sp.singh@dpi.nsw.gov.au
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=h8RCqxcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

^{Dr. Prof. Xuming Huang}

Member

^{Director of Pomology Department}

College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China Research areas: Physiology, Calcium, Carbohydrates, grape, litchi, longan, water relation

e-mail: huangxm@scau.edu.cn
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Xuming-Huang

^{Prof. (Dr.) Silvana Nicola}

Member

Full Professor of Horticulture, Dean of the Research Group on Horticulture and Landscape, leader of the Group Horticulture-Vegmap, Inhortosanitas laboratory. University of Turin, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences – DISAFA, Inhortosanitas Lab. Italy

Research areas: Vegetables, Medicinal & Aromatic plants, Soil and Soilless Culture, Hydroponics, Vertical and Indoor Farming, Protected Cultivation, Advanced culture systems, Vertical Farming, Urban and Rural Horticulture Development, Quality and Safety, Pre- and Postharvest handling and processing, Fresh-cut produce chain, Supply Chain Management and Efficiency System

e-mail: silvana.nicola@unito.it
ORCID: 0000-0003-4458-5939; Researcher ID: B-8800-2008.

^{Dr. Zora Singh}

Member

Foundation Professor Horticultural Science

School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia

Research areas: Production and Postharvest Horticulture

e-mail: z.singh@ecu.edu.au
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=bYBcnGcAAAAJ&hl=enid/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2946-172X

^{Prof (Dr.) Zeynel DALKILIÇ}

Member

^Professor,

Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, South Campus 09100 Aydın, TÜRKİYE

Research areas: Subtropical fruit genetics and breeding, molecular biology, and biotechnology

e-mail: zdalkilic@adu.edu.tr
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-1036

^{Prof.(Dr.) Ryutaro Tao}

Member

^Professor

Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University Kitashirakawa-oiwake, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

Research areas: Fruit and Fruit Tree Science

email: tao.ryutaro.8c@kyoto-u.ac.jp
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-5789
https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=Qzq-_k8AAAAJ&hl=ja&oi=ao

^{Prof.(Dr.) Rajasekaran R. Lada.}

Member

^{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, B2N5E3, Canada

Research areas: Seed, Plant, Stress and Eco physiologist Disruptive Innovations and Product Development Research

raj.lada@dal.ca
https://www.dal.ca/faculty/agriculture/plant-food-env/faculty-staff/our- faculty/rajasekaran-lada.html

^{Prof (Dr.) Bhimanagouda (Bhimu) S. Patil}

Member

^{Director, Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center; Director, USDA National Center of Excellence-Melons Regent Professor and Leonarad 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