Bioresource and Stress Management (PDF)

Ratikanta Maiti,
Ph.D., D.Sc., is a renowned Botanist of international repute with
specialization in crop Physiology and Botany. He worked for nine years as a
senior botanist in Jute Agricultural Research Institute, Barrackpore (I.C.A.R.),
Kolkata, West Bengal, and for 10 years as a senior Plant Physiologist in
ICRISAT, Patancheru, A.P., India. Then, he worked as Senior Professor and
Senior Research Scientist (CONACYT, Mexico, for 18 years) in two Universities
in Mexico for 20 years. During his scientific career, he has developed
innovative techniques for the screening of salinity and drought of several
crops. As author of more than 30 books, he has won several international awards
such as international Scientist award offered by IBC, Cambridge and
Ehanobotanist Award-2003 sponsored by Friends University, U.S.A. and U.N.D.P.
and gold medal for India 2008 offered ABI.



Dr. Ch.
Aruna Kumari is working as Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Physiology,
at Agricultural College, Jagtial, Professor Jaya Shankar Telangana State
Agricultural University. She has seven years of Research Experience in varied
ICAR Institutes and in seed industry (Vibha Seeds). She is the Recipient of
CSIR Fellowship, Govt. of India during her doctoral studies. She has been an Author
in 2 books viz., Glossary in Plant Physiology, Advances in Cotton, Chilli. Her
field of specialization is Seed Dormancy.



Narayan Chandra Sarkar is a faculty member at Visva-Bharati, Department of
ASEPAN, Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agricultural Sciences), Sriniketan,
West Bengal, India. He has worked in Vibha Seeds, Syngenta India Ltd and
Nagaland University. He has received his PhD in Agronomy from Indian Agricultural
Research Institute in 2005. His current research area is soil fertility in
rice.



Ashok Kumar Thakur is a faculty member at the Dr. Yashwant Singh
Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry,
Department of Seed Science and