Editor-in-Chief

Ram Chander Sihag

Dr. R.C. Sihag is serving humanity as Independent Researcher. He was earlier Dean, College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. Dr. Sihag had been on the Faculty of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar in different capacities. He has more than 40 years of distinguished record in teaching / research, and educational management and administration. He was Assistant Scientist, Honey bees (1979-1988), Associate Professor & Research Leader, Beekeeping (1988-1995), Professor of Environmental Biology / Apiculture (1995-2012), Head, at Department of Zoology & Aquaculture (1997-2000), Dean at College of Basic Sciences & Humanities (2001-2006). During these years, Dr. Sihag has made several significant research contributions in the discipline of Apiculture/ Crop Pollination Ecology/ Fish Pathology/ Vermiculture and Environmental Biology. He has published more than 180 research and semi-technical articles in reputed national/ international journals/ books, and authored six books. As far as concerned to his achievements, Dr. Sihag has been widely recognized at national and international levels including, he is the recipient of highly prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Prize of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (1980-82) for his outstanding work on the biology of megachilid bees; co-recipient of “Group Award-cum-Certificate of Appreciation (1993)” from the United States Department of Agriculture (USA) for the work on conservation and management of some solitary bees for crop production efficiency; “Scroll of Honour (2005)” in the International Conference on Plant Sciences at Amravati (India) for the conservation of pollinators; “Life Time Achievement Award for Conservation of Biodiversity and Environment” from the Environment Society of India, Chandigarh (2007); “E.P.Odum Memorial Award for Conservation of Environment” from the Educational, Cultural and Social Welfare Society of India, Hisar (2008); Ambedkar Fellowship Award (1998) for his distinguished social services. He was elected Fellow of the highly prestigious “Royal Entomological Society, London” in 1997; he has been the Chairperson of Pollination Section of Asian Apicultural Association (Japan) from 1992 to till date. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Entomology; Editor of International Journal of Ecology, and Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment; Regional Editor of 4 International Journals; Associate Editor of 2 International Journals and a member of the editorial board of more than 15 national and International Journals. He has guided 29 postgraduate scholars.

Regional Editors

	Cesar G. Demayo Professor, Mindanao State University, Philippines
	Chellaram Chinnachamy Assistant Professor, Sur College of Applied Sciences, Ministry of Higher Education, Sultanate of Oman
	Michael Gabriel Paulraj Research Scientist, Entomology Research Institute, India
	Kitherian Sahayaraj Head and Associate Professor, Saint Xavier College (Autonomous), India
	Majid Mirab-Balou Associate Professor, Ilam University, Iran
	V.K. Rahmathulla Research Scientist, Central Silk Board, India

Associate Editors

	Mohamed Abdel-Raheem Ali Abdel-Raheem Professor , National Research Centre, Egypt
	Ayman A. El-Badry Professor, College of Medicine & King Fahad Hospital of the University, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. - kasr Al-Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
	Norma-Rashid Yusoff Professor, University of Malaya, Malaysia
	Nabil Mohamed Emara El Wakeil Professor of Biological Control of Insect Pests, National Research Centre, Egypt
	Ram Krishna Tiwari Principal, B. R. D. Girls Degree College, Itahara, India

Technical Editors

	Sobhy Abdel-Shafy Associate Professor, National Research Center, Egypt
	Atef Sayed Abdel-Razek Mohammed Senior Lecturer, National Research Centre, Egypt
	Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Ebieda Research Scientist, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt
	Vimalanathan Arunprasanna Research Scientist, Zhejiang Univeristy
	Bassim Shehab Hamad Director and Research Scientist, Integrated Pest Control Research Centre, Baghdad, Iraq
	Rachid Bouharroud Researcher , INRA-Agadir, Morocco
	Deepak Sumbria Teaching Associate, Post-graduate Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, India
	El-Sayed Abdel-Malek Elmadany El-Sheikh Lecturer, Zagazig University, Egypt
	Ghulam Ali Bugti Assistant Professor, Lasbela University of Agriculture Water & Marine Sciences, Uthal , Balochistan, Pakistan
	G.K. Ramegowda Assistant Professor, University of Horticultural Sciences, India
	Hala Salah Elwakil Professor, Ain Shams University, Egypt
	Mohammad Monobrullah Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, India
	Manojkumar Pardeshi Research Scientist, Bhagavathi Ana Labs Pvt. Ltd., India
	Masoud Latifian Associate Professor, Horticulture Science Research Institute of Iran
	Moustafa Mohammed Sabry Bakry Research Scientist, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
	M. Muniaraj Senior Scientist, Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, India
	Mahmoud Saleh Abdel-Dayem Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Nahed Fawzy Abdel -Aziz Abdel-Moniem Associate Professor, National Research Centre, Egypt
	Naveen Samuel Singh Associate Professor, Lucknow Christian College, Lucknow University, India
	Isaac O. Oyewole Head of Department, Babcock University, Nigeria
	Rowaida Salah Saleh Ahmed Professor, Suez Canal University, Egypt
	Sarwan Kumar Senior Entomologist, Punjab Agricultural University, India
	Essam Abdel Salam Shaalan Professor, Aswan University, Egypt
	Soad I. Abd el-Razak Ramadan Associate Professor, University of Hafr Albatin, Saudi Arabia
	R.P. Soundararajan Associate Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India
	Kathirvelu Baskar Research Scientist, Ross Lifescience Pvt. Ltd, India
	Shahram Hesami Head of Department, Islamic Azad University, Iran
	Yako Andrew Bmibmitawuza Research Scientist, Nasarawa State University, Nigeria
	Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud Professor, National Research Center, Egypt