Soumya Mukherjee, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Botany, Jangipur College, University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India. He was formerly with Ramjas College, University of Delhi, India. He has published research and review articles in peer-reviewed international journals and has chapters (plant physiology, abiotic stress signaling) popular articles and book published by national and international publishers. He has been publishing edited volumes on plant signaling, communication (Springer), and root biology and has authored e-learning modules in plant physiology and biochemistry.

Piyali Mukherjee is affiliated with the West Bengal Bar Council, Kolkata, India. She studied forensic sciences and cyber forensics at the International Forensic Science Institute, Pune, India, and gained expertise in intellectual property rights and patent cooperation treaties at the World Intellectual Property Organization, Switzerland. Her experience in fingerprinting, document examination, and cyber investigations is from the Sherlock Institute of Forensic Sciences, New Delhi. She has published book chapters related to law, humanities, management, and legal perspectives associated with commercially important plants.

Tariq Aftab, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India. He was formerly Visiting Scientist at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, USA. He was a Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, and at Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi. He has edited and co-authored several books and has published over 60 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals.