Biofungicides: Eco-Safety and Future Trends

Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam, Ph.D., is currently a research professor at the Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza. Kamel earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Pathology from Christian Albrechts University of Kiel (Germany) and Suez Canal University (Egypt). Dr. Kamel’s research interests include developing, improving, and deploying plant biosecurity diagnostic tools; understanding and exploiting fungal pathogen genomes; and developing eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for controlling toxicogenic fungi, plant diseases, and agroecosystems applications. He has published 20 books related to nano-biotechnology applications in agriculture and plant protection. Since 2019, he has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier book series "Nanobiotechnology for Plant Protection." He also serves as the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series "Genome Modified Plants and Microbes in Food and Agriculture." Mousa A. Alghuthaymi, Ph.D. is currently a professor, he obtained a Ph.D. in Microbiology from King Saud University in 2013. Dr. Mousa research interests include the development, improvement, and deployment of plant biosecurity diagnostic tools, the understanding and exploitation of fungal pathogen genomes, and the development of eco-friendly hybrid nanomaterials for the control of toxicogenic fungi, plant diseases, and Agroecosystems applications. He has been the head of the Biology Department at the College of Science and Human Studies in Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia and a member of the University’s Scientific Council since March 2022, and previously worked as the Head of the Chemistry Department between 2016-2018. He published 14 chapters in 12 books and published about 40 research papers in refereed scientific journals.

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