Nematode Disease Complexes in Agricultural Crops

Khan, Mujeebur Rahman: - Mujeebur Rahman Khan is a Professor and Chairperson at the Department of Plant Protection, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India, and has served as the Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, AMU. He obtained Ph.D. in Botany (Plant Pathology & Nematology) from AMU, and worked as postdoc at the North Carolina State University, California Department of Food and Agriculture, USA, and the Commonwealth Institute of Parasitology, UK. He has to his credit more than 300 research publications and review articles, 20 books (CABI, CRC/Science, Elsevier, Springer, NOVA Science, Cambridge, Oxford and IBH, etc.), 2 patents on biopesticides (USA and India), and 10 major research projects. He has guided around 20 Ph.D. and 55 MSc students. Dr. Khan is a Fellow of the International Society of Environmental Botanists, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (India), and Indian Phytopathological Society, and Editor of Indian Phytopathology. He has received various awards, important: Dr. K. C. Mehta Award (NAAS), B. B. Mundukar Award (IPS), Outstanding Scientist Award (AMU), Prof. H. L. Chakraborti Award (ISCA), Outstanding Scientist Award (SPSS), Prof. H. M. Shah Memorial (NSI), and Best Research Project Award (AMU). His research interest includes management of mono and multi-pathogenic plant diseases, impact of climate change and environmental contamination on plant disease development, and biosynthesis of nanoparticles and their effects on plants and microbes.