Rafiq LoneRafiq Lone is presently working as Assistant Professor of Botany at Central University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir- India. He has completed his M. Sc and Ph.D. in Botany from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. Dr. Lone has been awared National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF) by SERB, DST, Government of India. Previously he was working as Assistant Professor in Botany at SBBS University, Khiala Jalandhar, Punjab, Lecturer (Academic arrangement) in higher education, Jammu and Kashmir, Teaching Assistant at School of Studies in Botany, Jiwaji University, Gwalior-India, and Project Fellow in a project funded by MPCST-Bhopal-(M.P)-India. Dr. Lone has five years of teaching and ten years of research experience. He has published more than 25 research papers in National and International journals and more than 16 book chapters, and four edited books are also to his credit. Dr. Lone has attended 25 national and international conferences and has presented papers on plant-microbe interaction and plant phenolics. His main research interest focuses on Plant-microbe interaction, Plant Nutrition, Plant Phenolics, and Invasion Biology. Read More Read Less