Plant, Soil and Microbes

Biological function and process of interaction in soil.- Plant Soil interaction and their effect on ecological stress.- Plant microbe and soil interaction and effect on mineral nutrition.- Abiotic and biotic stresses and their responses on the plant-pathogen/soil interaction.- Sustainable crop production system.- Plant growth promoting bacteria, response and their interaction with plant and soil.- Effect of phytohormones against the environmental stresses.- Role of signalling molecules in plant-soil-microbe interactions.- Pathogenic and symbiotic interaction in plant and soil.- Nutrient and water use efficiency.- Mycorrhizal association and their role in plant disease protection.- Root nodule bacterium prospective in sustainable agricultural practices.- Effect of pesticides on the environment.- Weed control in integrated management system.- Biopesticides and crop management strategies.- Climate change and crop protection.- Formulation of growth promoting bacterium and challenges.- Techniques and methods used to understand the plant soil microbe interactions.- Biogeochemical interaction and their monitoring tool.- Mode of action and mechanism involved in the plant-microbe and soil interactions.- Understanding the mechanism of biogeocenosis.

Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (PhD) is working as a Fellow Researcher at the Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia and also a Visiting Professor at Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey. He has obtained his MSc. (Environmental Botany) as well as PhD (Botany) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India in 2006 and 2011 respectively. He has conducted his Post Doctorate in the fields of Forest dynamics and biotechnological studies from Universiti Putra Malaysia from 2012-2013. Dr. Hakeem has more than Nine years of teaching and research experience in Plant Eco-Physiology, Biotechnology & Molecular biology, Plant-Microbe-soil interactions as well as in Environmental sciences. Recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels, Dr. Hakeem has so far edited and authored more than sixteen books with International publishers. He has also to his credit more than 70 research publications in peer reviewed international journals, including 25 book chapters with foreign publishers. He is also the Editorial board member and reviewer of several high impact international Journals. Dr. Hakeem is currently engaged in studying the plant processes at ecophysiological as well as proteomic levels.




Dr. Mohd. Sayeed Akhtar (PhD) is working as a Fellow Researcher in the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. He has received his PhD degree from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India in 2008. He has conducted his postdoctoral research at the Botanical Institute, University of Basel (BIB), Switzerland (2008-2010) and Chonbuk National University (CBNU), Republic of Korea in 2011, respectively, and also worked as Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Jimma university, Jimma, Ethiopia form (2011-2014). Dr. Akhtar has more than twelve years of research and teaching experience in Soil Microbiology, Applied