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
	Michael Gabriel Paulraj Research Scientist, G.S. Gill Research Institute, Guru Nanak College Campus, Chennai, India

Associate Editors

	Ayman A. El-Badry Professor, Department of Microbiology, Medical Parasitology Section, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
	Mohamed Abdel-Raheem Ali Abdel-Raheem Professor , Pests & Plant Protection Department, Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Technical Editors

	Essam Abdel Salam Shaalan Professor, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Egypt
	G.K. Ramegowda Assistant Professor, University of Horticultural Sciences, India
	Soad I. Abd el-Razak Ramadan Associate Professor, University of Hafr Albatin, Saudi Arabia
	Mohammad Monobrullah Principal Scientist, ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, India
	M. Muniaraj Senior Scientist, Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, India
	Moustafa Mohammed Sabry Bakry Research Scientist, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
	Kathirvelu Baskar Research Scientist, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai -600 034, India
	R.P. Soundararajan Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
	Sarwan Kumar Senior Entomologist, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University, India
	Youssef Ahmed Mahmoud Professor, Pests and Plant Protection Department, National Research Centre, Elbehooth Street, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
	Vimalanathan Arunprasanna Research Analyst, R&D Division, Masa Pest Management, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
	Mahmoud Saleh Abdel-Dayem Professor, Department of Plant Protection, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
	Bassim Shehab Hamad Director and Research Scientist, Integrated Pest Control Research Centre, Baghdad, Iraq
	Masoud Latifian Professor, Horticulture Science Research Institute of Iran
	Shahram Hesami Head of Department, Islamic Azad University, Iran
	El-Sayed Abdel-Malek Elmadany El-Sheikh Professor, Zagazig University, Egypt
	Sobhy Abdel-Shafy Professor, National Research Center, Egypt
	Hala Salah Elwakil Professor, Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt
	Nahed Fawzy Abdel -Aziz Abdel-Moneim Professor, National Research Centre, Egypt
	Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed Ebieda Research Scientist, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt
	Isaac O. Oyewole Head of Department, Babcock University, Nigeria