Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement
- 1st Edition - February 13, 2023
- Latest edition
- Editors: M. Iqbal R. Khan, Amarjeet Singh, Peter Poor
- Language: English
Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement examines the signaling pathways and mechanisms associated with phytohormones, with particular focus on stress resilience. The growing populatio… Read more
Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement examines the signaling pathways and mechanisms associated with phytohormones, with particular focus on stress resilience. The growing population of world and unpredictable climate puts pressure on the agriculture production. Current constraints such as increasing temperatures, drought, salinity, cold, nutrient deficiency, along with biotic interactions trigger exquisitely tuned responsive mechanisms in plants. The main coordinators of all stress-related mechanisms are phytohormones, which can be transported over long distances and play a significant role in controlling physiological, agronomic and growth traits, metabolites and sustained crop productivity. Therefore, understanding the mechanisms influencing the stress responses mediated by phytohormones is crucial to ensure the continuity of agricultural production and food security.
This book aims to address sustainable agricultural approaches to improve biotic and abiotic stress resilience in crop plants, covering different topics from perception and signaling plant hormones to physiological and molecular changes under different cues.
Plant Hormones in Crop Improvement
is an essential read for students, researchers and agriculturalists interested in plant physiology, plant genetics and crop yield improvement.- Comprehensive review of phytohormone pathways and mechanisms in relation to stress tolerance
- Crosstalk between phytohormones and signaling molecules under optimal and stress affiliated responses
- Omics approaches in plant responses to stress adaptation
1. Regulatory role of phytohormones in plant growth and development
2. Deciphering the physiological and molecular functions of phytohormones
3. Regulatory role of phytohormones in plant interaction with insect herbivores
4. Role of phytohormones in regulating agronomically important seed traits in crop plants
5. Phytohormone signaling in osmotic stress response
6. Role of phytohormones in plant response to drought and salinity stresses
7. Regulation of plants nutrient deficiency responses by phytohormones
8. Extended role of auxin: reconciliation of growth and defence responses under biotic stress
9. Jasmonic acid biosynthesis pathway and its functional role in plants
10. Brassinosteroids in plant growth and development
11. Understanding the role of phytohormones in governing heat, cold and freezing stress response
12. Drought-induced plant miRNAome and phytohormone signaling crosstalk
13. Interaction between the key defence-related phytohormones and polyamines in crops
14. Interplay between phytohormones and hydrogen sulfide regulates plant growth and development under normal and abiotic stresses
15. Emerging trends in plant metabolomics and hormonomicsto study abiotic stress tolerance associated with rhizospheric probiotics
16. The main fungal pathogens and defence-related hormonal signalling in crops
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 13, 2023
- Language: English
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M. Iqbal R. Khan
Dr. M. Iqbal R. Khan currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Botany, and Deputy Director of The Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi. Also, an Adjunct Professor at the Korea University, Seoul, South Korea and Adjunct Associate Professor at The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Exposure of agricultural crops to environmental stress–induced adversities pose a serious threat to global food and nutritional security. Dr. Khan research has primarily focused on major staple crops, particularly wheat, with the objective of reducing their susceptibility to environmental stress under projected future climatic pressures and contributing toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Dr. Khan has published more than 100 articles, edited 11 Books, and authored 14 Book Chapters in reputed Publishers. He has an h-index of 57 and i10-index of 98, with more than 14600 citations to his credit as per Google Scholar as per bibliometric data in Jan 2026. He has been recognized as Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in Animal and Plant Science category and is in the list of Top 2% Scientists (Elsevier) of the World (2021-2025). Dr. Khan has been awarded with The National Academy of Sciences (NASI) - Membership in Plant and Agricultural Sciences (2024), and recipient of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Associates (2024). Further, his work has attracted prestigious awards, including R.H. Dastur Gold Medal Award-ISPP (2023), Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award-NASI (2021), and Young Scientist Award-ISPP (2018). He is on the Editorial Board of many renowned journals as the Section Editor in Plant and Soil, Associate Editor in Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 3-Biotech, and Plant Physiology Reports. Also served as Guest Editor in the Agriculture, Frontiers in Plant Science, Sustainability and Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.
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Amarjeet Singh
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