Srinivasa Rao Mentreddy

Dr. Srinivasa Rao Mentreddy, an Indian-born American citizen, is a Professor of crop science at Alabama A&M University, Alabama, USA. His research focuses on developing cover crop-based sustainable crop production practices for vegetable and medicinal herbs in the open field and agroforestry systems, evaluating low-temperature plasma for ensuring food safety and improving crop productivity, and climate-smart agricultural practices using cover crops and alley cropping. Dr. Mentreddy earned a BS and MS in Agriculture from the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India, and a Ph.D. in Agronomy from the University of Tasmania, Australia. Dr. Mentreddy is well-published, with about 48 peer-reviewed journal articles, five book chapters, and more than 196 conference proceedings abstracts.