Formerly International Journal of Basic and Applied Agricultural Research

EDITORIAL BOARD

Members

A.K. Misra, Ph.D.
Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Krishi Anusandhan Bhavan I, New Delhi, India

Anand Shukla, Director
Reefberry Foodex Pvt. Ltd., Veraval, Gujarat, India

Anil Kumar, Ph.D.
Director, Education, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, India

Ashok K. Mishra, Ph.D.
Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation Chair, W P Carey Business School, Arizona State University, U.S.A

A. R. Sharma , Ph.D.
Director Research
Rani Laxmi Bai Central Agricultural University
Jhansi, India

B.B. Singh, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow, Dept. of Soil and Crop Sciences and Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture , Texas A&M University, U.S.A.

Binod Kumar Kanaujia, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

D. Ratna Kumari, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, College of Community / Home Science, PJTSAU, Hyderabad, India

Deepak Pant, Ph.D.
Separation and Conversion Technology, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Belgium

Desirazu N. Rao, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

G.K. Garg, Ph.D.
Dean (Retired), College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, G.B.Pant University of Agric. & Tech., Pantnagar, India

Humnath Bhandari, Ph.D.
IRRI Representative for Bangladesh, Agricultural Economist, Agrifood Policy Platform, Philippines

Indu S Sawant, Ph.D.
Director, ICAR National Research Centre for Grapes, Pune, India

Kuldeep Singh, Ph.D.
Director, ICAR - National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India

M.P. Pandey, Ph.D.
Ex. Vice Chancellor, BAU, Ranchi & IGKVV, Raipur, Director General, IAT, Allahabad, India

Martin Mortimer, Ph.D.
Professor, The Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Food Systems, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Muneshwar Singh, Ph.D.
Project Coordinator AICRP- LTFE, ICAR, Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, India

Omkar, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, India

P.C. Srivastav, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Soil Science, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India

Prashant Srivastava, Ph.D.
Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, University of South Australia, Australia

Puneet Srivastava, Ph.D.
Director, Water Resources Center, Butler-Cunningham Eminent Scholar, Professor, Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University, U.S.A.

R.C. Chaudhary, Ph.D.
Chairman, Participatory Rural Development Foundation, Gorakhpur, India

R.K. Singh, Ph.D.
Director & Vice Chancellor, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, U.P., India

Ramesh Kanwar, Ph.D.
Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Water Resources Engineering, Iowa State University, U.S.A.

S.N. Maurya, Ph.D.
Professor (Retired), Deptt. of Gynecology & Obstetrics, G.B. Pant University of Agric. & Tech., Pantnagar, India

Sham S. Goyal, Ph.D.
Professor (Retired), Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.

Umesh Varshney, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

V.D. Sharma, Ph.D.
Dean Academics, SAI Group of Institutions, Dehradun, India

V.K. Singh, Ph.D.
Head, Division of Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Vijay P. Singh, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Texas A & M University, U.S.A.

Vinay Mehrotra, Ph.D.
President,Vinlax Canada Inc., Canada



Editor-in-Chief

Manoranjan Dutta, Ph.D.
Ex Head, Germplasm Evaluation Division, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi , India



Managing Editor

S.N. Tiwari, Ph.D.
Professor
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India



Assistant Managing Editor

Jyotsna Yadav, Ph.D.
Research Editor, Directorate of Research, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India



Technical Manager

S.D. Samantaray, Ph.D.
Professor & Head, Department of Computer Engineering, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India

Development

Dr. S.D. Samantaray
Professor & Head

Brijesh Dumka
Developer & Programmer
Pantnagar Journal of Research

Lijo M Jose
Ex. Assistant Professor (TEQIP III)