Vivek Kumar is working as Sr. Associate Professor, Himalayan School of Biosciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, India and is leading the plant-microbe-interaction, bioremediation and microbial ecology research group. He is serving as editor and reviewer of several reputed international journals. He has more than hundred publications to his credit, has authored a practical manual book and edited 18 books. He also served as Microbiologist, Public Authority of Agricultural Affairs & Fish Resources, Kuwait and has been credited with first time reporting of Pink Rot inflorescence disease of Date palm in Kuwait caused by Serratia marcescens.
"""This book covers an important topic, and will be a valuable reference for faculty, students, and concerned working professionals."" — L. E. Erickson, emeritus, Kansas State University, Choice April 2022"