Sustainable Horticulture: Microbial Inoculants and Stress Interaction

Author Biography

Dr. Musa Seymen is currently working at Selcuk University, Horticulture Department of Agriculture Faculty, Konya/Turkey. Dr. Seymen completed his doctoral research from The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science of Selcuk University Konya/Turkey. He has published more than seventy research articles and book chapters in leading International and National journals or books. He has a wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Plant-Microbe Interactions, In addition, he has publications in journals such as Agricultural Water Management and Scientia Horticulturae belonging to the world famous Elsevier group. He is also acting as a reviewer in some leading journals. He is still working on research on the effects of beneficial bacteria in vegetables on plant growth and physiology and produces book chapters on the subject Dr. Ertan Sait Kurtar is currently working at Selcuk University, Horticulture Department of Agriculture Faculty, Konya/Turkey. Dr. Kurtar completed his doctoral research from The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science of Çukurova University Adana/Turkey. He has a wide area of research experience, especially in the field of tissue culture (regeneration Dr. Ceknas Erdinc is currently working at Van Yuzuncu Yil University, l Biotechnology Department, Van/Turkey. Dr. Erdinc completed his doctoral research from The Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science of Van Yuzuncu Yil University Van/Turkey. He has published more than seventy research articles and book chapters in leading International and National journals or books. He has wide area of research experience, especially in the field of Microbe Interactions, vegetable breeding, plant physiology and drought and salt stress. In addition, he has publications in journals such as Biochemical Systematics and Ecology and Scientia Horticulturae belonging to the world-famous Elsevier group. He is also acting as a reviewer in some leading journals. He is still working on the effects of PGPR and AMF in vegetables on plant growth and physiology and produces book chapters on the subject Dr. Ajay Kumar is currently working as an assistant professor at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India. Dr. Kumar recently completed his tenure as a visiting scientist from Agriculture Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel. He has published more than 175 research, review articles, and book chapters in international and national journals. He serves as an associate editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and as guest editor for various journals such as Plants, Microorganisms, and Sustainability. Dr. Kumar has also edited more than 32 books with the leading publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. Dr. Kumar’s research experience is in the field of plant–microbe interactions, postharvest management, cyanobacterial biology, and so on.