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Improving Stress Resilience in Plants

Physiological and Biochemical Basis and Utilization in Breeding

1st Edition - January 1, 2024

Editors: Mohammad Abass Ahanger, Javaid Akthar Bhat, Parvaiz Ahmad, Riffat John

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Improving Stress Resilience in Plants: Physiological and Biochemical Basis and Utilization in Breeding addresses the urgent need for improved understanding of major plant stress… Read more

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Improving Stress Resilience in Plants: Physiological and Biochemical Basis and Utilization in Breeding addresses the urgent need for improved understanding of major plant stress tolerance mechanisms, the identification of the genes, and gene products that are key to improving those mechanisms and means of optimizing those genes through molecular approaches. With a focus on plant physiological and biochemical attributes at both cellular and whole plant levels, this book includes the latest information on crosstalk between the various signaling molecules and quantitative trait locus (QTL). Further, it explores the extension of these mechanisms to breeding approaches, confirming overall understanding and inspiring further research. Written by a team of global experts, and presented in three thematic sections, the book provides insights into physical adaptations, metabolism and pathways, and breeding techniques including CRISPR and conventional approaches to reduce the negative effects of stresses and improve crop yield even under stress conditions. It is an ideal resource for researchers, academics and advanced students seeking to improve stress tolerance among crop plants and developing key future strategies for sustainable food production.

Physiology

1. Physiological adaptation of plants to abiotic stresses

2. Modulation of physiology in plants through osmolytes application

3. Studying the physiology of genetically modified crop plants

4. Root traits and water relations in plants under stresses

5. Role of soil microbes in modulating the physiological attributes of plants under extreme environmental conditions

6. Morphological modulations in plants exposed to abiotic and biotic stresses

7. Physiological modulations/ adaptations of plants for improved mineral nutrition under stresses

8. Regulation of photosynthesis under stress

9. Water relation, photosynthesis and plant growth

10. Modification of physiological attributes by nano-fertilizes attributes for improved stress tolerance

11. Physiological modification in plants under fungicide and pesticide stress

Biochemistry
12. Modulation of plant biochemistry through excess use of fungicides and herbicides in plants

13. Enzyme functioning and environmental stresses

14. Plant nitrogen metabolism: effects of stresses and the mitigating role of mineral elements and phytohormones

15. Plant nitrogen metabolism: effects of stresses and the mitigating role of compatible osmolytes

16. Modulation of sulphur metabolism in plants under stress conditions: role of mineral elements

17. Sulphur metabolism and phytohormones interactions in plants under stress

18. Antioxidant system: role and regulation under environmental stresses vis-à-vis mineral nutrition

19. Understanding the role of plant growth regulators as key players in stress signalling

20. Role of phytohormones in improving stress tolerance: Focus on the antioxidant system

21. Understanding the role of thiols in stress biology of crop plants

22. Ascorbate-Glutathione Pathway: abiotic stress tolerance in plants and modulations by exogenous osmo-protectants

23. Photosynthesis: role of antioxidant system and glyoxylase system

24. Reactive oxygen species production: production. Signalling, and antioxidant and glyoxylase defence systems

25. Understanding the biochemical basis of stress signalling in plants

26. Breeding and Plant Stress Tolerance

27. Integrated approaches of "omics" for the improvement of stress tolerance in plants

28. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance in plants by using genomic approaches

29. Prognosis for genetic improvement of yield potential of major grain crops under environmental stress

30. Genotypic variation for stress tolerance in legume crops

31. Genomics-assisted breeding for the development of stress tolerant crop varieties

32. Marker assisted selection in plant breeding for stress tolerance

33. Recent advances in plant breeding for the improvement of plant stress tolerance: Prospects and limitations

34. QTLs for stress tolerance in plants

35. CRISPR gene editing and stress tolerance

36. Genetic approaches for tolerance to multiple stresses

Mohammad Abass Ahanger

Dr. Mohammad Abass Ahanger is currently working as Assistant Professor at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China. Dr. Ahanger completed his Postgraduate education in Botany from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India in 2010 specializing in plant stress physiology and biochemistry. After receiving M Phil, Dr Ahanger completed his Ph D in 2016 from the same university. After working on allelopathic stress for another one year, Dr Ahanger was involved in teaching Plant Physiology and biochemistry to graduate student. Thereafter, he joined Northwest A&F University Yangling, China as post-doctoral fellow and worked on the phytohormone, mineral nutrient and nano material mediated abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants. Later Dr Ahanger joined Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan and worked on rice stress signalling. His main research interests are elucidation of tolerance mechanisms in plants for improved abiotic stress tolerance. He has published research in reputed national and international journals, and has edited books, and contributed book chapters to internationally published volumes.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan China

Javaid Akthar Bhat

Dr Bhat is an Associate Professor, International Genome Centre, Jiangsu University, China. He also worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at State Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University (June-2018 to November-2021). Dr. Bhat is recipient of Research Associateship at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Human Resource Development Group, CSIR Complex, PUSA, New Delhi in 2017 (2016-2018). He is mainly engaged in Plant Genetics, Molecular Breeding, Functional and Applied Genomics, and Computational Biology; In addition, he is engaged in Plant Stress Physiology, Signalling and Genetics particularly for the case of abiotic stresses including heavy metals/metalloids. He has published more than 80 papers in many well reputed SCI Journals serves as editor/Associate editor of journals including Frontiers in Genetics, Environmental Pollution, Functional Plant Biology, Biocell, Biomolecules and Physiologia Plantarum, as well as reviewer of many other SCI journals.

Affiliations and expertise

Associate Professor, International Genome Centre, Jiangsu University, China

Parvaiz Ahmad

Dr. Parvaiz Ahmad is working as Senior Assistant Professor at Department of Botany at Govt Degree College Pulwama, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India and also Visiting Scientist at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He completed his post-graduate degree in Botany in 2000 at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. After receiving a Doctorate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India, he joined the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, in 2007. His main research area is Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology. He has published more than 100 research papers in peer reviewed journals, and 50 book chapters. He is also an Editor of 30 book volumes published by Studium Press Pvt. India Ltd., New Delhi, India; Springer, New York; Elsevier USA; and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. He is a recipient of the Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship award, granted by CSIR, New Delhi, India. Dr. Ahmad was awarded the Young Scientist Award under the Fast Track scheme in 2007 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Dr. Ahmad is actively engaged in studying the molecular and physio-biochemical responses of different agricultural and horticultural plants under environmental stress.

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Botany, Govt Degree College Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir India; Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Riffat John

Dr. Riffat John is a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. She is currently working as senior assistant professor in the Department of Botany, University of Kashmir. She is a dedicated and enthusiastic academician and researcher with 15 years of refined teaching and research experience in plant stress biology and molecular biology. She has also been successful in obtaining various extra mural grants. Dr. Riffat John is also the recipient of an Indo-US Getin Fellowship by IUSSTF. She was awarded Young Scientist Award by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir in 2015. Dr. Riffat has published 31 papers in International Journals and six book chapters.

Affiliations and expertise

Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, India