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About the Author

Irshad Mahmood, an erudite Professor of Plant Pathology and Nematology in the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Aligarh Muslim University in the field of Plant Pathology and Nematology. He has been engaged with the teaching programme of undergraduate and post-graduate level students for the last 30 years and has made many overseas visits, including to the United States, France and the UK. He has attended a significant number of national and international conferences on a wide area of agricultural sciences and has published around 150 original research papers, review articles and book chapters in various refereed national and international publications. He has successfully completed many training courses in various ICAR sponsored research institutes in India and also at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA. He is also an active member of national and international scientific organizations, served as an expert for selection committees, reviewer of journals, doctoral theses and funding agencies, and is a recipient of a scientist of the year award in the field of Plant Pathology and Nematology. He has guided ten Ph.D., several M. Phil. students and a large number of M.Sc. dissertations.