Sustainable Management of Nematodes in Agriculture, Vol.2: Role of Microbes-Assisted Strategies

Dr. Kamal Kishore Chaudhary obtained his PhD while working on bacterial antagonist, Pasteuria penetrans against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne species at India’s premier research institute ICAR-CAZRI, Jodhpur. He served as Assistant Professor at Samara University, Samara (Ethiopia), Associate Professor, Hamelmalo Agricultural College, Keren (Eritrea) and as Associate Professor-Biotechnology at Mangalatayan University, India. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. He is the member of Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA), America. He is editor/reviewer for several international journals. He has several publications (research articles, review papers and book chapters) to his credit.

Dr Mukesh K Meghvansi received his PhD in 2007 from MDS University, Ajmer (India) while working on biofertilizers under a multinational research project sponsored by the European Commission. He also holds an MBA degree with specialization in project management. For a stint, he served as lecturer at Bundelkhand University Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh, India) and then joined DRDO in July 2008 as a scientist 'C'. His area of research interest includes organic waste management. He has to his credit more than sixty research publications in various reputed international and national journals. He has filed three patents, three designs and one trademark in India. He is life member of several national/international professional bodies/societies including of Microbiologists Society India (MBSI), Biotech Research Society India (BRSI), The Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Glocal Environment & Social Association (GESA), Asian Biological Research Foundation (ABRF), Indian Botanical Society (IBS), and Assam Science Society. He is reviewer of many national/international journals. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Biology (UK) and ABRF, India. He has authored/edited eight books including five with Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.  He is a recipient of ‘Best Innovation Award’ by MLS University Udaipur & MBSI for Advanced Biodigester as well as ‘Biotechnology Research Excellence Award-2023’ by BRSI and Society of Life Sciences, India. Currently, he is working as Scientist 'F' at Bioprocess Technology Division, Defence R&D Establishment, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh), India.

Dr. Sazada Siddiqui, PhD (Botany) has more than fifteen years of research/teaching experience. She obtained her PhD in 2002 from Barkatullah University, Bhopal (India) and joined subsequently as a faculty in botany department at Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (India). Currently she is serving as Associate Professor, King Khalid University, Abha (Saudi Arabia). She has more than fifty international and national publications (research articles, review articles, and book chapters) to her credit. His research interest includes phytoremediation, biological nutrient removal Cytotoxicity, and Allelopathy. She is a reviewer for many international journals. She has edited a book with Springer on Pesticide Bioremediation. Her another book entitled ‘Laboratory Techniques of Cytogenetics and Microbiology’ (ISBN 1530332222) is used in King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for undergraduate and postgraduate students.