Chief Executive Editor
Mahesh Kumar Dadhich
CEO, National Medicinal Plants Board,
(NMPB),
New Delhi,
India National Medicinal Plants Board,
New Delhi, India, ceo-nmpb@nic.in
Editor-In-Chief
GP Rao
Emeritus Scientist
Dr. Govind P. Rao Division of Plant Pathology,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
Pusa Campus, New Delhi
110012, India
Orcid ID: 0000-0003-1057-7826
medplantjour@gmail.com
Cell no: 9717763384
Executive Editors
R Murugeswaran
Dy Advisor (Medicinal Plants),
NMPB, New Delhi,
India National Medicinal Plants Board,
New Delhi India
Email: dr.murugesh.nmpb@gov.in
HB Singh
Ex-Head
Department of Plant Pathology,
Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi - 221005, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-7452-5331
E-mail: hbs1@rediffmail.com
Manish Das
Director
ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Research,
Anand, Gujarat, India
Orcid Id: 0009-0000-3621-5167
e-mail: manishdas50@gmail.com
Virendra S Rana
Principal Scientist
Natural Product Chemistry,
Division of Agricultural Chemicals,
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
Pusa Campus,
New Delhi - 110 012, India
Orcid Id: 0000 0002-0414 113X
e-mail: ranavs2000@yahoo.com
K Rajamani
Professor
Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Crops
TNAU,
Coimbatore, India
e-mail: med@tnau.ac.in
T Sekar
Professor & Head
Department of Environment Science,
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University,
Amarkantak,
Madhya Pradesh, India
e-mail: tsekar@igntu.ac.in
Umesh K Patil
Professor & Head
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Dr. H.S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya,
Sagar, MP, India
e-mail: tsekar@igntu.ac.in
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-2096-9922
e-mail: umeshpatil29@gmail.com
Managing Editor
Ramesh Kumar Srivastava
Principal Scientist & Head
CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants,
Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-7815-0231
e-mail: rksrivastava@cimap.res.in
Assistant Managing Editor
GR Smitha
Principal Scientist
Division of Flowers and Medicinal Crops,
ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research,
Bengaluru, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-4052-9756
e-mail: smithagingade@gmail.com
Advisory Board
Prabodh Kumar Trivedi
Director and Professor (AcSIR)
CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CSIR- CIMAP)
Kukrail Picnic Spot Road,
Lucknow 226015, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0001-6463-1731
e-mail: director@cimap.res.in
Saurabh Sharma
Manager (Marketing & Trade)
National Medicinal Plants Board,
New Delhi, India
saurabh.nmpb@gov.in
Sunil Dutt
Research Officer
(Medicinal Plants/Agronomy)
National Medicinal Plants Board,
New Delhi, India
romps.nmpb@gov.in
A. R. Nautiyal
Professor
High Altitude Plant Physiology Research Centre,
H.N.B. Garhwal University
(A Central University),
Srinagar Garhwal 246174,
Uttarakhand, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-6223-7682
arnautiyal@gmail.com
Veena Gupta
Principal Scientist
National Bureau Of Plant Genetic Resources,
New Delhi- 110012
veena.gupta@icar.gov.in
S. S. Samant
Former Director
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
samantss2@rediffmail.com
Alok Kalra
Scientist G and Head
Crop Protection Division,
CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants,
Lucknow
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-3314-0179
a.kalra@cimap.res.in
Chinmay Rath
Research Officer (Botany)
National Medicinal Plants Board,
New Delhi, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0003-4173-6180
chinmay.rath@gov.in
Vedpriya Arya
Scientist E
Patanjali Herbal Research Department,
Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Orcid Id: 0000-0001-7562-1731
vedpriya.arya@prft.in
Jeetendra Kumar Vaishya
Research Officer
(Medicinal Plants/Agronomy)
National Medicinal Plants Board,
New Delhi India
rompsagro-nmpb@gov.in
Nazim Sekeroglu
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Gaziantep University,
Arts and Sciences Faculty,
Biology Department,
Gaziantep-Turkey
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-0630-0106
nsekeroglu@gmail.com
A. Arunachalam
Director
ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute
arun70@gmail.com
Editorial Board (2025-26)
Archana Raina
Principal Scientist
National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources,
New Delhi, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-6559-890X
aprraina@yahoo.co.in
Heng Yen, Khong
Professor
Faculty of Applied Sciences,
Universiti Teknologi MARA,
Sarawak, Malaysia
Orcid Id: 0000-0001-9539-0248
khonghy@uitm.edu.my
S.K Tewari
Chief Scientist & Professor
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute,
Lucknow, U.P., India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-6107-5124
tewari.nbri@gmail.com
Ivan Salamon
Professor
University of Presov,
Presov, Slovakia
Orcid Id: 0000-0001-5379-3989
ivan.salamon@unipo.sk
Rachana
Professor
Department of Biotechnology,
JIIT,
Noida, Noida
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-8686-0372
rachana.dr@iitbombay.org
Ashwani Kumar
Scientist
Patanjali Herbal Research Department,
Patanjali Research Foundation,
Haridwar, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0001-9316-3236
dr.ashwanikumar@patanjali.res.in
Wahyu Widowati
Professor
Maranatha Christian University,
Faculty of Medicine,
Indonesia
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-5401-7794
wahyu_w60@yahoo.com
Veena Gupta
Principal Scientist
National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources,
New Delhi, India
veena@nbpgr.ernet.in
Satyanshu Kumar
Principal Scientist
ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research,
Anand, Gujarat, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0003-1212-0096
satyanshu66@gmail.com
Arun Chandan
Regional Director
Research Institute in Indian Systems Of Medicine,
Mandi, HP, India
rcfcnorth@gmail.com
V. Sivaram
Professor
Department of Botany,
Bangalore University,
Bangalore, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0003-2077-6861
sivaram900@gmail.com
Alfred Maroyi
Professor
Dept. Biotechnology & Biological Sciences,
University of Fort Hare,
Alice, South Africa
Orcid Id: 0000-0001-7965-3415
amaroyi@ufh.ac.za
S.K. Prabhuji
Director
M.G. Post Graduate College,
Gorakhpur, India
shaktiprabhuji@rediffmail.com
Suresh Kumar
Professor
Medicinal Plant Research Laboratory,
Department of Botany,
Ramjas College,
University of Delhi
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-4011-7006
suresh.kumar@ramjas.du.ac.in
Ravinder Raina
Director
Raina Naturals & Educational Consultants Pvt Ltd,
New Delhi
Orcid Id: 0000-0003-1776-9652
raviraina57@gmail.com
T. Parimelazhagan
Professor & Head
Dept. Botany,
Bharathiar University,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-5737-1756
drparimel@gmail.com
Reena V. Saini
Professor
Deptt. of Bioscience & Technology,
MMEC, Maharishi Markandeshwar,
Ambala, HR, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-8163-5790
reenavohra10@gmail.com
Wilfred Otang-Mbeng
Professor,
Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences,
University of Mpumalanga,
Mbombela, S. Africa
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-5705-6449
wilfred.mbeng@ump.ac.za
Rakesh Pandey
Principal Scientist
Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants,
Lucknow, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-1450-618X
rakeshpandey66@gmail.com
Rajiv Ranjan
Professor
Department of Botany,
Faculty of Science,
Dayalbagh Educational Institute,
Agra, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-1509-5634
rajivranjanbt@gmail.com
Sharangouda J. Patil
Professor
Department of Zoology,
NMKRV College for Women,
Bengaluru, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0001-8643-3998
shajapatil@gmail.com
Akula Chinapolaiah
Scientist
Directorate of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research,
Boriavi, Anand,
Gujarat, India
apreddymaps@gmail.com
P. L. Saran
Principal scientist
ICAR-Directorate of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Research,
Boriavi, Anand,
Gujarat, India
Orcid Id: 0000-0003-1623-1930
plsdehradun@gmail.com
Vashist N Pandey
Professor
Department of Botany,
DDU Gorakhpur University,
Gorakhpur, U.P., India
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-1001-0451
vnpgu@yahoo.co.in
Felix Nchu
Professor
Department of Horticultural Sci.,
Faculty of Applied Sci.
Cape Peninsula University of Technology,
South Africa
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-9910-5085
nchuf@cput.ac.za
M. Senapathy
Associate Professor
Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension,
College of Agriculture,
Wolaita Sodo University,
Ethiopia, East Africa
Orcid Id: 0000-0002-8371-3035
drsenapathy@gmail.com
Gopala C. Nanda
Scientist
Dr. PDKV, Akola,
AICRP on Linseed,
College of Agriculture,
Nagpur
Orcid Id: 0000-0003-4220-723X
gplpatho33@gmail.com
Ravi Y.
Scientist
ICAR-National Research Center on Seed Spices Tabiji,
Ajmer, India.
Orcid Id: 0000-0003-2540-7037
ravi.y@icar.gov.in
Lakshman Prasad
Principal Scientist
Division of Plant Pathology,
ICAR-IARI,
New Delhi 110012
laxmanprasad25@yahoo.com