**Asian Journal of Plant Sciences (AJPS)** **Scope and Focus:** The Asian Journal of Plant Sciences (AJPS) is a high-quality scientific journal dedicated to publishing original research in all areas of plant science and botany. The journal's scope includes, but is not limited to: - Plant biotechnology - Plant cell and tissue culture - Plant gene transfer - Development and growth regulation - Molecular cell biology and genetics - Signal transduction - Photosynthesis - Pathogen resistance - Nutrition - Water relations and gas exchange - Symbiosis - Stress physiology - Population genetics - Ecology - Molecular systematics **Submission and Review Process:** AJPS is currently accepting new submissions. Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts through the journal's online submission system. Each submission undergoes a rigorous peer-review process to ensure the publication of high-quality research. citeturn0search0 **Editorial Board:** **Editor-in-Chief:** - **Rajarshi Kumar Gaur:** Professor and Head, Department of Bioscience, C.U. Shah University, India. **Regional Editors:** - **Dr. G S Chakraborthy:** Professor and Principal, Parul Institute of Pharmacy & Research, India. **Associate Editors:** - **Hala Mohamed Safwat El-Bassiouny:** Professor, National Research Centre, Egypt. - **Mohammad Moneruzzaman Khandaker:** Senior Lecturer, School of Agriculture Science & Biotechnology, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia. - **Mitra Noori:** Professor, Department of Biology, Arak University, Iran. - **Mitalkumar Jayantilal Kaneria:** Assistant Professor, Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, India. - **Hongxin Cao:** Professor, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, China. - **Osama H. Sayed:** Professor, Department of Biology, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia. - **Ekta Menghani:** Professor, Department of Biotechnology, JECRC University, India. - **Mohd Sayeed Akhtar:** Assistant Professor, Gandhi Faiz-E-Aam College, India. - **Khalid Ali Khalid Ahmed:** Professor and Researcher, Department of Research of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, National Research Centre, Egypt. **Technical Editors:** - **Natchimuthu Karmegam:** Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Government Arts College, India. - **Irina Neta Gostin:** Associate Professor, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. - **Kamuran Aktas:** Professor, Department of Biology, Celal Bayar University, Turkiye. - **Ravindran Chandran:** Associate Professor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India. - **Madhu Kamle:** Post-doctoral Fellow, Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, India. - **G.K. Ramegowda:** Assistant Professor, University of Horticultural Sciences, India. - **Atul Bhargava:** Associate Professor, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, India. - **Qurban Ali Panhwar:** Senior Lecturer, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. - **Tanweer Azam:** Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Z.A. Islamia P.G. College, India. - **Devendra Kumar Payasi:** Research Scientist, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, India. - **Sarika Gupta:** Assistant Professor, Banasthali Vidyapith, India. - **Ilknur Ak:** Professor, Department of Aquaculture, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Turkiye. - **Zehra Ekin:** Professor, Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Turkiye. - **Bhupinder Dhir:** Researcher, Department of Genetics, University of Delhi, India. - **Ugur Cakilcioglu:** Associate Professor, Munzur University, Turkiye. - **Keshav Kant Sahu:** Professor, School of Studies in Biotechnology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, India. - **Md. Rostom Ali:** Professor, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. - **Engin Eroglu:** Associate Professor, Duzce University, Turkiye. - **Demir Kok:** Professor, Namik Kemal University, Turkiye. - **Rakesh Kumar:** Assistant Professor & Head, Vijay Singh Pathik Govt. (PG) College, India. - **Burhan Arslan:** Professor, Namik Kemal University, Turkiye. - **Amany Mohamed Abd El-Fatah Haroon:** Professor of Hydrobiology, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt. - **Saad Farouk Mohamed Hussien Gadalla:** Professor, Department of Agricultural Botany, Mansoura University, Egypt. - **Rafiq Ahmad Lone:** Assistant Professor,