EDITORIAL BOARD OF
THE INDIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY
(1st April, 2023 to 31st March, 2026)
Chief Editor
Prof. Y. Vimala, FBS, FSPRB, FLS (London), MNASc, UNESCO- ITC Fellow
Emeritus Professor, Department of Microbiology, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut 250004 (former Pro-Vice Chancellor, Dean, Faculty of Science and Head of the Department of Botany), and Director, School of Biotechnology, Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Applied Science and Technology, Shobhit deemed University, Modipuram, Meerut – 250110 (UP.).
Email : editorjibs@gmail.com
Associate Editors
Prof. Nalini Pandey, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow – 226 007 (former HOD of Botany). Email: nalinipandey@rediffmail.com
Prof. Rajesh Sharma, (former Principal and Head) Department of Botany, SSV PG College, Hapur– 245101 (UP) Email: drrksharmasharma@gmail.com
Editorial Board and Section Editors
Section I (Mycology, Microbiology and Plant Pathology)
Section Editors
Prof. C. Manoharachary, FNASc
NASI Senior Scientist & Platinum Jubilee Fellow, Former Professor & Head, Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500 007, Email: cmchary@rediffmail.com
Prof. D. K. Maheshwari, UGC-BSR fellow, UNESCO-ITC Fellow
Former Head and Vice Chancellor, P.G. Studies in Research in Microbiology & Botany, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar - 249 404.
Email: maheshwaridk@gmail.com
Prof. Jitender Singh
Head, Department of Microbiology, CCS University, Meerut-250004
Email- jeets80@gmail.com
Members of the Editorial Board
Prof. Amritesh C. Shukla, Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow 226007, India, Email- amritesh.shukla@rediffmail.com
Prof. Rekha Bhadauria, School of Studies in Botany (Former Head), School of Studies in Botany, Jiwaji University, Gwalior-474011.Email: b2_rekha@yahoo.com
Dr. Prashant Singh, Department of Botany, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221 005, email: p.singh@bhu.ac.in.
Dr. Nisha Tak, Assistant Professor, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Email nishatak13@gmail.com
Dr. Narendra Tyagi,Department of Biology, Research Specialist-II, narender@email.unc.edu
Dr. Vidyasagar, M Gunagambhire, Senior Professor, Dept. of Post Graduate Studies and Research in Botany, Gulbaraga University Kalaburagi- 585106 Karnataka. Email : gmvidyasagar@gmail.conm
Section II (Algae, Bryophytes and Pteridophytes)
Section Editors
Dr. D.K. Upreti, FNA, FNASc,
Former Acting Director and Area Coordinator, Chief Scientist and CSIR Emeritus Scientist, CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow, Email:upretidk@rediffmail.com
Prof. J.I.S. Khattar, Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala-147 002 Email : jisk@pbi.ac.in
Members of the Editorial Board
Dr. Sanjeev Nayaka, Lichenology Laboratory, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow-226001, Phone: 0522-2297856, Email: sanjeeva_n@nbri.res.in; nayaka.sanjeeva@gmail.com
Prof. Partha Pratim Baruah, former Head, Department of Botany, Guwahati University, Guwahati-781014. Email: partha_ghy16@rediffmail.com; ppbaruah@gauhati.ac.in
Prof. D.P. Singh, Deptt. of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala-147002, Email: dp.khokhar@rediffmail.com, dpkhokhar@gmail.com
Dr., Rajveer Singh Chauhan, Asstt. Professor, Deptt.of Botany, DDU University, Gorakhpur. Email: nichediversion@gmail.com
Dr. M.N. Srivastava (Retd.), Senior Principal Scientist, Botany Division, CSIR-CDRI Lucknow-226 001; Res. : B-4/279, Vineet Khand Gomti Nagar Lucknow-226010 Email: drsrivastavamn@gmail.com
Section III (Seed Plants: Anatomy and Reproductive Biology)
Section Editors
Dr. R.R.Rao , FNA, FNASc, FASc
INSA Honorary Scientist, No. 303, Sharda Nivas 15th Cross 6th main II Stage, Indira Nagar Bengluru-560038 Email: raocimap@gmail.com
Prof. A.K. Pandey, FNASc
Pro-Chancellor, Mansarovar Global University, Bhopal, and Former Professor of Botany, Univesity of Delhi, Delhi=110007.Email: arunpandey79@gmail.com
Prof. Rajesh Tandon, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007 Email: tondan.raj@gmail.com, rjtnd@rediffmail.com
Members of the Editorial Board
Dr. Sarita Srivastava, Professor & Head, C.M.P. PG College, Allahabad University Allahabad-211001 Email: saritasrivastava21@gmail.com
Dr. K.S. Rajput, Dept. of Botany, M.S. University of Baroda,Vadodara -390020, Email: ks.rajput15@yahoo.com
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Former Principal, SSV Degree College, Hapur, Email: drrksharmasharma@gmail.com
Prof. Meenakshi Vaidya , Vice Principal Science Faculty, S.V.K.M's Mithibai College Email- Meenakshi.Vaidya@mithibai.ac.in
Section IV (Seed Plants: Taxonomy, Ethnobotany and Plant Resource Utilization)
Section Editors
Prof. S. R. Yadav, FNA, FNASc,
INSA Honorary Scientist, and Professor, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. 416 004 (MS)India Email: sryadavdu@rediffmail.com
Prof. M. Sabu, FNA, FASc
CSIR-Emeritus Scientist, Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences, Calicut 673014, Kerala; Former Professor and Head, Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala; Email: msabu9@gmail.com
Dr. Ashiho A. Mao, FNASc
Director, Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, 3rd MSO Building, Block F, 5th & 6th Floor, DF Block, Sector-I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata -700064, India
Email: aamao2008@gmail.com
Members of the Editorial Board
Prof. Santhosh Nampy, Dept. of Botany, University of Calicut, Calicut Email: santhoshnampy@yahoo.com,
Prof. T.S. Rana, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow – 226001. Email: ranatikam@gmail.com
Dr. Sudhansu Sekhar Dash, Scientist E, Scientist In-charge, Technical Section, Botanical Survey of India, CGO Complex, 3rd MSO Building, Sector-1, Salt Lake. KOLKATA-64, India Email- ssdash@bsi.gov.in
Prof. S.K. Chaturvedi, Former Dean Science Faculty, Former Head Botany Department, Nagaland University, Ballard, Nagaland 797004, Email: sunchat1@rediffmail.com
Prof. R.L.S. Sikarwar, Department of Environmental Science, and Director, Centre for Traditional Knowledge Research & Application, AKS University, Sherganj, Satna - 485 441 (M.P.). Email: shikarwarrls@gmail.com
Dr. Manoj M. Lekhak, Asst. Professor, Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. 416 004 (MS) Email: mlekhak@gmail.com
Dr. Rashmi Dubey, Scientist D, Botanical Survey of India, Western Regional Centre 7 Koregoan Raod, Pune-411001; Angiosperm Taxonomy Ph.: +919405757204, Email: dr.rashmidubey@gmail.com
Section V (Cell and Molecular Biology, Cytogenetics and Plant Breeding)
Section Editors
Dr. U.C. Lavania, FNA, FNASc
INSA Senior Scientist, CSIR-National Botanical Research institute, Lucknow – 226001. Email: lavaniauc@yahoo.co.in
Prof. Manoj K. Dhar, FNASc
School of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, Jammu -180006 (former Vice Chancellor and Director). Email: manojkdhar@rediffmail.com
Dr. Shaildendra Sharma, Alexander von Humboldt fellow, JSPS fellow
Professor and Ex-Head, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut 250004. Email: Shgjus6@gmail.com
Members of the Editorial Board
Prof. Y.K. Bansal, Department of Biosciences,R.D.University, Jabalpur-482001. Email: yogendrakbansal19@gmail.com
Prof. Jyoti Kumar, Department of Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi 834008 JHARKHAND Email: jyotikumar1@yahoo.com
Dr. Sangeeta Srivastava, Principal Scientist and Head of the Division, Indian Institute of Sugar Cane Resarch (IISR) Bareilly Road, Lucknow-226002. Email: sangeeta_iisr@yahoo.co.in
Dr. Surochita Basu, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Tripura Central University, Suryamani Nagar, Agartala – 799022, Email: surochitabasu@yahoo.co.in
Prof. R. K. Raghuvanshi, Dept. of Botany, University of Rajasthan, JAIPUR - 302004 (Retd.) Email: ravi_raghuvanshi@rediffmail.com
Dr. Manish Adhikari, Staff Research Scientist, Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ,4301 W. Markham St., Biomed-2 Building, Rm. 213-2 ,Litlle Rock, AR 72205-7199,Mob. No.: +1 301 728 8296. E-mail: MAdhikari@uams.edu ; manishadhikari85@gmail.com
Section VI (Ecology & Environmental Biology)
Prof. SK Barik, FNA, FNASc
North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022, Meghalaya, and former Director, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow.
Email :
Prof. N K Dubey, FNASc, FNAAS
Centre for Advanced studies in Botany, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi-221005 India Email : nkdubeybhu@gmail.com
Prof. D.R. Batish, FNASc
Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh - 160 014, India. Email: daizybatish@yahoo.com
Members of the Editorial Board
Dr. Supriya Tiwari, INSA Young Scientist, Centre for Advanced studies in Botany Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi-221005. Email: supriyabhu@gmail.com
Dr. Pankaj Arora, Ramalingam fellow, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. Email: arora484@gmail.com
Dr. Sahdev Sharma, Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: sahadev.isro@gmail.com
Prof. Prasenjit Mukherji, Botany Department, K.K.M. College, Pakur, Jharkhand. Email: prasanjitmukherjee701@gmail.com
Section VII (Plant Physiology and Biochemistry)
Section Editors
Prof. Shanti S. Sharma
Sr. Professor, Department of Botany (Former Head), School of Life Sciences, 6th Mile, Sikkim University, Gangtok -737102, Sikkim. Email: shantissharma@hotmail.com
Prof. Nalini Pandey
Former Head, Department of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow-226007, Email: nalinipandey@rediffmail.com
Members of the Editorial Board
Prof. Rajesh K Tewari, Department of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow -226007. Email: rktewari_bot@yahoo.com
Prof. K. Jaganmohan Reddy, Dept. of Botany, Kakatiya University, Warangal- 506009. Email : reddykankanala@yahoo.com
Prof. S.K. Garg, former Head of the Dept. of Plant Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, M.J.P. RohilKhand University, Bareilly-243 006.
Email: gargskplantscience@gmail.com
Prof. V. N. Pandey, former Head, Department of Botany, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur-273009, U P, Email: vnpgu@yahoo.co.in
Prof. Pinki Vishwakarma, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology, Medical Education, Research, LLRM Meerut. Email: drpinkivkm@yahoo.com
Dr. Ishwar Singh, Dept. of Botany, CCS University, Meerut.
Email-www.ishwarsingh@gmail.com
Prof. Rana Pratap Singh, FNASc
Senior Prof. Environmental Science (Retd), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya Vihar, Rae Bareilly Road, Lucknow-226025, and Hon. Director, Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, R & D Centre of PHSS Foundation (www.phssfoundation.org)
Email- dr.ranapratap59@gmail.com
Dr. Nikhil Kumar, Former Senior Scientist, CSIR- NBRI, Lucknow - 226001, Email: nkumar1650@gmail.com
Dr. Sushil Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut-250004.
Email: skg1979@gmail.com
Dr. Amit Singh, Professor, Dept of Biotechnology, Sharda University, Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida -201306. Email: amitk.singh@sharda.ac.in
Dr. Zsuzsanna Várkonyi, Former Director, Biological Research Centre of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Plant Biology, Szeged, Hungary. Email: zsvarkonyi@gmail.com
Section VIII (Plant Biotechnology)
Section Editors
Dr. Jitender Giri, FNASc, INSA Young Scientist,
Staff Scientist IV, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, Email: jitender@nipgr.ac.in
Dr. P. Giridhar,
Chief Scientist & Coordinator, AcSIR, Plant Cell Biotechnology Deptt. CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru - 570 020 Email: giridharp@cftri.res.in
Prof. G.S. Shekhawat, BOYSCAST Fellow, DST-SERB Young Scientist
Head, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Jai Narain Vyas University
Jodhpur- 342001. Rajasthan. Email: gyans.shekhawat@gmail.com
Members of the Editorial Board
Dr. Rajesh Arora, Scientist 'G' & Associate Director, Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DRDO), Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi-110054 New Delhi Email: rajesharoradr2025@gmail.com
Dr. Upendra Kumar, Professor, Department of Plant Science, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly; Email: baliyan.upendra@gmail.com
Dr. Neha Pandey, Asst. Professor, Department of Botany, Allahabad University, Allahabad-211001 Email: nehapandey87@gmail.com
Dr. Anuj Sharma, Staff Scientist, Nanotechnology laboratory, Department of Physics- Princeton University, New Jersey. Email: aksharma@princeton.edu
Dr. Ragini Gothalwal, Department of Biotechnology Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Email- Ragini_gothalwal@yahoo.com
Dr. Amita Mohan, Research Scientist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.Email- amitamohan05@gmail.com
Prof. Y. Karamalakova, Professor Assoc & Head, Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry,,Medical Faculty,Trakia University,11 Armeiska Str., 6000 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, Email: yanka.karamalakova@trakia-uni.bg,Mobile: +359-896964908, Phone: +359942664227
Dr. Ankit Tanwar, Research Scientist , Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Forchheimer Building, Room 405, Bronx, NY 10461 USA, Phone: +1- 718.430.4154,+1- 718.430.8711, +1-347-679-1463 Email: ankit.tanwar@einsteinmed.edu
