Contributors

Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam
Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza,
Egypt
M. Evy Alice Abigail
Department of Chemical Engineering, Hindustan Institute of Technology and
Science, Chennai, India
Shagufta Afreen
CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-based Materials, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and
Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Farah K. Ahmed
Biotechnology English Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University,
Cairo, Egypt
Fanelwa R. Ajayi
SensorLab, Department of Chemistry, University of Western Cape, Cape Town,
South Africa
Mousa Alghuthaymi
Department of Biology, Science and Humanities College, Shaqra University,
Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia
Hassan Almoammar
ETH Zu€rich, Department of Biology, Institute of Microbiology, Zu
€rich, Switzerland;
National Centre for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and
Technology (KACST), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Ashfaq
Multidisciplinary Research Institute for Science and Technology, IIMCT,
University of La Serena, La Serena, Chile; School of Life Science, BS Abdur
Rahaman Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
Asim-Mansha
Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad,
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Anindita Behera
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be
University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Divya Chauhan
Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL, United States
Xuan Chen
College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China

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João Vinı́cios Wirbitzki da Silveira

Laboratory of Green Materials, Food Engineering, Institute of Science and
Technology, University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais,
Brazil
Khemchand Dewangan
Department of Chemistry, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak,
Madhya Pradesh, India
Sayan Deb Dutta
Department of Biosystems Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
Ahmed M. El Hamaky
Department of Mycology and Mycotoxins, Animal Health Research Institute,
Agriculture Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Farid-Un-Nisa
Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad,
Pakistan
Danielle Cristine Mota Ferreira
Laboratory of Food Materials Studies, Department of Food Technology, University
of Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mohamed Amine Gacem
Laboratory of Ecosystems Protection in Arid and Semi-Arid Area, University of
Kasdi Merbah, Ouargla; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of
Amar Tlidji, Laghouat, Algeria
Mohamed A. Gad
Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza,
Egypt; Institute of Agricultural Environment and Resources, Yunnan Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
Keya Ganguly
Department of Biosystems Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Kangwon; National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
Gina Alejandra G. Giraldo
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Center of Exact Sciences, State
University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Ayat F. Hashim
Fats and Oils Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
Atef A. Hassan
Department of Mycology and Mycotoxins, Animal Health Research Institute,
Agriculture Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Tajamal Hussain
Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
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Siavash Iravani
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical
Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Josef Jampı́lek
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius
University, Bratislava, Slovakia
S. Emmanuel Joshua Jebasingh
Department of Biotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli,
Tamil Nadu, India
Anu Kalia
Electron Microscopy and Nanoscience Laboratory, Department of Soil Science,
College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Kattesh V. Katti
Institute of Green Nanotechnology, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine;
Institute of Green Nanotechnology, University of Missouri Cancer
Nanotechnology Platform, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO,
United States
Harleen Kaur
Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Punjab
Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Harsimran Kaur
Department of Microbiology, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Punjab
Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Katarı́na Kráľová
Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University,
Bratislava, Slovakia
Ramsingh Kurrey
School of Studies in Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur,
Chhattisgarh, India
Huan Li
Institute of Leisure Agriculture, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science,
Nanjing, China
Ming-ju Li
Institute of Agricultural Environment and Resources, Yunnan Academy of
Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, China
Xinghui Li
College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
Ki-Taek Lim
Department of Biosystems Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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Muhammad Irfan Majeed

Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad,
Pakistan
Suzana Mali
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Center of Exact Sciences, State
University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
S. Mangalanagasundari
Department of Chemistry, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli,
Tamil Nadu, India
Mogda K. Mansour
Department of Biochemistry, Animal Health Research Institute, Agriculture
Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Janaı́na Mantovan
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Center of Exact Sciences, State
University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Beatriz M. Marim
Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Center of Exact Sciences, State
University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Bharti Mittu
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali,
Chandigarh, India
K. Murugan
Department of Biotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli,
Tamil Nadu, India
K. Muthu
Department of Chemistry, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli,
Tamil Nadu, India
Nimra Nadeem
Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad,
Pakistan
Syed Ali Raza Naqvi
Department of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad,
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Patrick B. Njobeh
Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Science,
University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Noha H. Oraby
Department of Mycology and Mycotoxins, Animal Health Research Institute,
Agriculture Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
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Santwana Padhi
KIIT Technology Business Incubator, KIIT Deemed to be University,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Priti Paraliker
Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra,
India
Fahmida Parvin
Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Dinesh K. Patel
The Institute of Forest Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon,
Republic of Korea
Tarun Kumar Patle
School of Studies in Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur,
Chhattisgarh, India
Nabanita Patra
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be
University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
K. Paulkumar
Department of Biotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli,
Tamil Nadu, India
Franciele Maria Pelissari
Laboratory of Green Materials, Food Engineering, Institute of Science and
Technology, University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais,
Brazil
Mahendra Rai
Department of Biotechnology, SGB Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra,
India
P. Rajiv
College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China;
Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
T. Jesi Reeta
Department of Biotechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli,
Tamil Nadu, India
Sumayya Rehaman
Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Sharmin Yousuf Rikta
Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
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Sergio Ruffo Roberto

Agricultural Research Center, Department of Agronomy, Londrina State
University, Londrina, Brazil
Rasha M. Sayed El Ahl
Department of Mycology and Mycotoxins, Animal Health Research Institute,
Agriculture Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
Sat Pal Sharma
Department of Vegetable Science, College of Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural
University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Woo-Chul Shin
Department of Biosystems Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
Kamlesh Shrivas
School of Studies in Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur,
Chhattisgarh, India
Jagvir Singh
Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Amanda Lelis de Souza
Laboratory of Green Materials, Food Engineering, Institute of Science and
Technology, University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais,
Brazil
Noor Tahir
Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad,
Pakistan
Neetu Talreja
Multidisciplinary Research Institute for Science and Technology, IIMCT,
University of La Serena, La Serena, Chile
Shafi Mohammad Tareq
Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Maxwell Thatyana
Department of Oral Biological Sciences, School of Oral Health Sciences,
University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Velaphi C. Thipe
Institute of Green Nanotechnology, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine,
University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, United States
P. Vanathi
Department of Biotechnology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Khamis Youssef
Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza,
Egypt
Muhammad Zahid
Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad,
Pakistan