Biotic Stress Management of Crop Plants using Nanomaterials (PDF)

Krishna Kant Mishra is currently working as Principal Scientist and Incharge Head, Crop Protection Division in Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan, Almora, Uttarakhad, India. Dr. Mishra received his B.Sc. (Biology) degree from the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India with Gold Medal. He obtained his M.Sc. (Plant Pathology) and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology with minor in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India. He worked as Junior Research Officer at the Department of Plant Pathology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, India from 2006 to 2010. He was given the P.R. Verma Award by the Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Udaipur, India in 2006 for his Ph.D. thesis, as well as the Young Scientist Award by Uttarakhand State Science and Technology Congress in 2011. During his career, Dr. Mishra has published a more than 50 research papers, two edited books, two authored books, three technical bulletins, more than 30 book chapters, 30 extension leaflets, and more than 50 popular articles. He has attended and participated in many local and international workshops and conferences. He was elected the Zonal President-2021, Mid-Eastern Zone by the Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi. He has served as a member of organizing committees and as editorial board member and reviewer for a number of scientific journals.

Santosh Kumar is currently working as Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Harcourt Butler Technical University, Kanpur, India. He has also served as Research Professor in the Department of Organic and Nano System Engineering, Division of Chemical Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Kumar received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry and D.Phil. in Organic Chemistry from the