EDITORIAL BOARD
Editor in Chief

DR FRIDELINA SJAHRIR
Faculty of Engineering and Life Sciences
Bestari Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

ASSOC. PROFESSOR. DR. SAIDATULAKMAL MOHD
Deputy Dean (Research, Postgraduates & Networking)
School of Social Sciences Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 Penang, MALAYSIA

PROF.DR WANXI PENG
College of Forestry
Henan Agricultural University
Henan, Zhengzhou
China.

PROF.DR SUN YANG
Deputy Director & Professor, Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Utilization of Straw, Black Soil Protection Ministry of Education, China.
Jilin Agricultural University Changchun 130118, China.
Managing Editor

DR YAZMIN BUSTAMI
School of Biological Sciences,
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

JIBAN SHRESTHA
Scientist, Nepal Agricultural Research
Council,Agriculture Botany Division,
Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

DR. NADIRAH MUSA
School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu,Malaysia
ASSOCIATE EDITORS

DR. GAB OLULAKIN ADESINA
Department of Crop and Environmental Production
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Oyo, -State, Nigerial
Editorial Board Members

PROFESSOR. DR. BAHARUDDIN SALLEH
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Pulau Pinang

PROFESSOR. DR. GHIZAN SALEH
University College of Agroscience
Malaysia(UCAM),Malaysia

PROFESSOR. DR. IDRIS ABD GHANI
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
Malaysia

PROFESSOR. C SIVAYOGANATHAN
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

PROFESSOR. S L RANAMUKAARACHCHI
Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

PROFESSOR. M J S WIJERATNE
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Prof. Devaka K Weerakoon
Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences
University of Colombo Sri Lanka

PROFESSOR. COLIN N. PEIRIS
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

PPROFESSOR. K K D S RANAWEERA
University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka

PROFESSOR. A A Y AMARASINGHE
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

DR. SHOAIB AHMED WAGAN
HANDS-Institute of Development Studies, Karachi, Pakistan

PRAKASH ACHARYA
Seed Quality Control Center
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Nepal

RABIHAH MD.SUM
Faculty of Science and Technology
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM), Bandar Baru Nilai, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan

SAGAR BIST
Sai institute of paramedical and allied sciences
(M.Sc.horticulture) agriculture officer
Bheemdatt-11 Kanchanpur Nepal

UMAR KHASAN
KH. A Wahab Hasbullah University

Prof. Petros Gikas
School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Technical University of Crete
Chania, Greece

Prof Dr. Nasim Uddin
Director
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
USA

Prof. Dr. Claudio M. Amescua García
Professor
Department of Publications, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Professor Dr. Jasmine Siu Lee Lam
Maritime Chair Professor
Technical University of Denmark

Prof. Dr. Shokoofeh Shamsi
School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences
Charles Sturt University, Boorooma St
NSW 2678, Australia

LEE WEN CHIAT
Department of Economics and Agribusiness, School of Economics, Finance and Banking, Universiti Utara Malaysia

MD. ABU SADAT
Basic and Applied Research on Jute project, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

ABISHKAR KHATIWADA
B.Sc. Ag, Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan, Nepal

INTAN AZURA SHAHDAN
Department of Biomedical Science, International Islamic University, Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, Kuantan, 25200, Pahang

ZARINA ZAINUDDIN
Department of Plant Science, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

DR. MD. MAMUNUR RAHMAN
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Bangladesh

KOLAPO ADETOMIWA
Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.

JUBAIDUR RAHMAN
Scientific Officer, Agronomy Division Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute Regional Agricultural Research Station Jamalpur-2000

WISEMAN NDLOVU
Institute for Rural Development, P. Bag X5050, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

BOUTHEINA DOUH MHAMDI
Department of Rural Engineering, High Agronomic Institute of Chott Mériem, Université de Sousse, BP 47, Chott Mériem Sousse 4042, Tunisia

RASAQ ADEKUNLE OLABOMI
National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Jos Nigeria

CHIKE ONYEKA MADUEKE
Department of Soil Science and Land Resources Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P.M.B. 5025, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria.

DR. MD. SHIBLY NOMAN
Bangladesh Jute Research Institute
Ministry of Agriculture
Jute Research Regional Station
Faridpur, Bangladesh.

MURUGAN KARUPPASAMY
Ex Faculty of Microbiology,
Sree Amman Arts and Science College,
Erode District, Tamilnadu, India.

DR. MD. MAHMUDUL HASAN KHAN
Scientist (Scientific Officer), Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
Oilseed Research Centre (ORC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Rahmatpur, Barishal-8211, Bangladesh.

PROF. DR AHMED JALAL KHAN CHOWDHURY
Faculty of Agriculture,
Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA), Tutong TB1741
Negara Brunei Darussalam

Dr. Md. Bodrul Munir
Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali
Brunei Darussalam

PROFESSOR MADYA DR CONNIE F. KOMILUS
University Sultan Zainal Abidin,
Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

Md. Mahfuzul Hasan
Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES)
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

PROFESSOR. U K JAYASINGHE-MUDALIGE
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

PROFESSOR. A A Y AMARASINGHE
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

PROFESSOR. LAL VIDANA ARACHCHI
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

PROFESSOR. D M A GUNARATHNE
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

PROFESSOR. MIRZA BARJEES BAIG
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

PROFESSOR. GARY S. STRAQUADINE
The Ohio State University, USA

PROFESSOR. FAISAL SULTAN AL-SUBAIEE
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

PROFESSOR. SERAFIN L NGOHAYON
Ifugao State University, Philippines

PROFESSOR. DEIRDRE LEMERLE
Charles Sturt University, Australia

PROFESSOR. SHABBIR A SHAHID
International Center for Biosaline
Agriculture, United Arabs Emirates

PROFESSOR. DR. KHAN BAHADAR MARWAT
The University of Agriculture, Pakistan

PROFESSOR. SANDRA ARIFIN AZIZ
Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

PROFESSOR. NAOKI YAMAUCHI
Yamaguchi University, Japan

PROFESSOR. MASAYOSHI SHIGYO
Yamaguchi University, Japan

DR. ROBERT BLAKEMORE
Hanyang University, South Korea

PROFESSOR MADYA DR CONNIE F. KOMILUS
University Sultan Zainal Abidin,
Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

DR. HA HOW CHEW
University Sultan Zainal Abidin,
Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia

DR. AJAR NATH YADAV
Eternal University, Baru Sahib,
Himachal Pradesh, India

DR. A K M MOMINUL ISLAM
University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

PROFESSOR. MAHINDA WIJERATNE
University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

DAMIAN FELLADAM TANGONYIRE
Agriculture for Social Change Department
Regentropfen College of Applied Sciences-Kansoe
Bolgatanga Upper East Region
Ghana

DR EMAD ALI ALSHERIF
Department of Botany
Faculty of Science
Beni Suef University, Egypt.

DR. COSMAS PARWADA
Department of Natural Resources Management
Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
Marondera, Zimbabwe