Root Biology / Soil Biology Bd.52 (PDF)

Dr Bhoopander Giri: Received his Ph.D in Mycorrhizal Research from the Department of Botany, University of Delhi in 2001. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, Swami Shraddhanand College, University of Delhi, Delhi. He is a recipient of CSIR Research Associateship (2003), DST Young Scientist Fellowship (2005), and Raman Post Doctoral Fellowship for United Sates of America (2014). He has served as a General Secretary (from 2013-2015) for International Symbiosis Society (ISS), USA. Dr Giri is a life-member/member of many prestigious academic societies, like Indian Science Congress Association, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Indian Mycological Society, Delhi University Botanical Society, Botanical Society of America, International Symbiosis Society, International Society of Applied Life Sciences. Besides, he is invited as reviewers to review several manuscripts from international and national journals, including Experimental and Environmental Botany, Planta, Applied Soil Ecology, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Agroforestry System, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Scientia Horticulture, Acta Physiologia Plantarum, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research. Journal of Experimental Botany, Institute for Life Long Learning (ILLL), University of Delhi (e-content) and UGC-CEC (pre-view subject expert, Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr Giri has published more than 30 papers in the national and international peer-reviewed journals, and books. Recently, his paper "Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in alleviation of salt stress" published in Annals of Botany ISSN 0305-7364 104: 1263-1280 Oxford Press, UK has been listed among TOP 10 Cited Publications (from 2009-2014) in the area of Biological Science and agriculture by International Comparative Performance of India's Research Base, Department of Science and Technology Report 2015, India. He has