Dr. Tarık Balkan received his PhD in Plant Protection from Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University in 2019 and became an Associate Professor in 2024. He currently serves as a faculty member at the Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University.
Dr. Balkan has published over 50 research articles on pesticide residues, degradation kinetics, and insecticide resistance. He has participated in international conferences, contributed to various projects, and served as a reviewer for scientific journals.
Muhammad does research in agronomy, agricultural plant science, plant protection, and animal health. His main research area is molecular characterization of plant viruses, especially begomoviruses. Muhammad is also working on integrated pest management of commercial crops like wheat, cotton, and fruits. He is also working on the detection of new fungal and bacterial endophytes associated with the vegetation of Sakarya Province, Turkiye. His main goal is to use these endophyes as BCAs.
Dr. Song earned his Ph.D. from the School of Life Science at Anhui Agricultural University in Hefei. Currently, he holds the position of Scientific Researcher at the College of Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering West Anhui University, Luan, China. Dr. Song has long been engaged in the development and utilization of Chinese herbal medicine resources. He is presiding over 3 open projects of the Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory (Center), and participating in 1 open project of the National Key Laboratory and the Anhui Provincial Natural Fund. Proficient in medicinal plant tissue culture, synthesis and regulation of secondary metabolites, gene cloning, genetic transformation, bioinformatics analysis and other technologies. Main research directions: functional genomics, secondary metabolism regulation, plant-microorganism interaction. He has published 2 provincial textbooks, participated in the formulation of 2 group and local standards, published more than 50 academic papers, and authorized 8 Chinese patents. Dr. Song serves as an editorial board member and reviewer of several high-impact international scientific journals from Elsevier, Springer Nature, Frontiers Publishers.
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