Dr. Bed Prakash Bhatta is an Assistant Professor of Agronomy at the Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Alcorn State University, Lorman, Mississippi. He completed his PhD studies in Horticulture at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. His research interests include vegetable breeding, genetics, and pathogenomics. He teaches several undergraduate and graduate courses including Plant Development & Physiology, General Horticulture, Advanced Plant Breeding, and Biotechnology Research Seminar. He routinely mentors undergraduate/graduate students to train next generation of scientists. Dr. Bhatta is a member of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences.