List of contributors

Shadma Afzal
Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India
Nitika Arora
P.G. Department of Botany, Hansraj Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar,
India
Upma Arora
Department of Botany, Layallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar,
India
Neeru Bala
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Aditya Banerjee
Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College
(Autonomous), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Chanda Bano
Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University
of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
Renu Bhardwaj
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Pablo C. Bogino
Departamento de Biologı́a Molecular, Universidad Nacional de
Rı́o Cuarto, Rı́o Cuarto, Argentina; Instituto de Biotecnologı́a
Ambiental y Salud (INBIAS), CONICET-UNRC
Selim Cetiner
Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Faculty
of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University,
Istanbul, Turkey
Cem Ciftci
Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Faculty
of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University,
Istanbul, Turkey

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Shalini Dhiman
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

H.K. Dikshit
Division of Genetics, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India

Neera Garg
Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Panjab,
India
Walter Giordano
Departamento de Biologı́a Molecular, Universidad Nacional de
Rı́o Cuarto, Rı́o Cuarto, Argentina; Instituto de Biotecnologı́a
Ambiental y Salud (INBIAS), CONICET-UNRC
Shikha Gupta
Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar
Pradesh, Noida, India
Neha Handa
Department of Botany, School of Bioengineering and
Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India
Imtiyaz Hussain
Department of Botany, Government Degree College, Kargil,
India
Sonali Jandyal
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Shivam Jasrotia
Girdari Lal Dogra Memorial Degree College, Hiranagar, India
Rashmi Kalia
Department of Botany, BBK DAV College, Amritsar, India
Dhriti Kapoor
Department of Botany, School of Bioengineering and
Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India
Jatinder Kaur Katnoria
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Gurvarinder Kaur
Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Harpreet Kaur
Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
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Parminder Kaur
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Ravinderjit Kaur
Zoology Department, S.R. Government College (W), Amritsar,
India
Kanika Khanna
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Shubhra Khare
Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University
of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Jaspreet Kour
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Manish Kumar
Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Rahul Kumar
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, DAV University, Sarmastpur,
Jalandhar, India
Sandeep Kumar
Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Shiv Kumar
Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management Program,
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas,
Rabat, Morocco
Anjana Kumari
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Avinash Kaur Nagpal
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Fiorela L. Nievas
Departamento de Biologı́a Molecular, Universidad Nacional de
Rı́o Cuarto, Rı́o Cuarto, Argentina; Instituto de Biotecnologı́a
Ambiental y Salud (INBIAS), CONICET-UNRC
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Niharika
Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University
of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
Puja Ohri
Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar,
India
Sangeeta Pandey
Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University Uttar
Pradesh, Noida, India
Ripu Daman Parihar
Department of Zoology, DAV University, Jalandhar, India
Naleeni Ramawat
Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University, Noida,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Aryadeep Roychoudhury
Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College
(Autonomous), Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Sheilja Sareen
Department of Biotechnology, BBK DAV College, Amritsar, India
Savita
Department of Botany, Hindu College, University of Delhi, New
Delhi, India
Amrita Sharma
Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, Panjab,
India
Ashita Sharma
Department of Environmental Sciences, Chandigarh University,
Mohali, India
Ashutosh Sharma
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, DAV University, Sarmastpur,
Jalandhar, India
Indu Sharma
Department of Botany, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Khiala,
Jalandhar, India
Nandni Sharma
Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar,
India
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Pooja Sharma
Department of Microbiology, DAV University, Sarmastpur,
Jalandhar, India; Department of Botanical and Environmental
Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

Poonam Sharma
Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, India

Priyanka Sharma
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

Vikas Sharma
Department of Botany, Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Khiala,
Jalandhar, India

Aishwarya Singh
Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India

Ajey Singh
Department of Botany, Nehru Gram Bharti (Deemed to be
University), Prayagraj, India

Akanksha Singh
Amity Institute of Organic Agriculture, Amity University, Noida,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Arun Dev Singh
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
N.B. Singh
Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University
of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
Navdeep Singh
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India
Geetika Sirhindi
Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Dilek Tekdal
Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Letters,
Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey; Department of Biological
Sciences and Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering and
Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Ravi Kumar Yadav

Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University
of Allahabad, Allahabad, India
Vijaya Yadav
Plant Physiology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University
of Allahabad, Allahabad, India