Rahul Kumar Tiwari, PhD in Plant Pathology, works as a Scientist at the Central Potato Research Institute Shimla, India. He is currently working on the melatonin-mediated mitigation of soil and tuber-borne diseases and physiological disorders in crop plants. Additionally, his area of interest is on multiple aspects of pathophysiological alterations in food crops under the influence of diverse biotic and abiotic stresses.