Plant Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Volume One provides effective ways for organizing precision and sustainable agriculture. Plant Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Volume Two explores methods of precise management of biotic stressors including pests and pathogens.
Plant Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Volume One provides effective ways for organizing precision and sustainable agriculture. The methods include the use of advanced molecular techniques covering multiple omics, high-throughput technology, computational biology, epigenetic manipulation, and CRISPR genome editing. These methods can advance the development of high-yield, high-quality, and stress-resilient crops that meet the requirements for supporting global food and nutrition security.
The book proposes strategies for omics-assisted and speed breeding techniques, exploring molecular mechanisms of plant abiotic stress caused by temperature, drought, salinity, and various pollutants. These are uncovered by QTL analysis and mapping, genomic selection, functional genomics, multiple omics, high-throughput sequencing, and high-throughput phenotyping, and are integrated into the various systems of crop improvement.
Plant Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Volume One presents emerging and comprehensive knowledge and is an ideal reference for students, researchers, teachers, and professors. It inspires ideas for investigations in the fields of plant stress physiology, plant functional genomics, plant multiple omics, plant genetic engineering, systems biology, and crop breeding.
Plant Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Volume Two explores methods of precise management of biotic stressors including pests and pathogens. This is based on advanced molecular technologies including mutagenesis, genetic engineering, genome-wide association study, marker-assisted selection, genomic selection, molecular marker-based platforms, functional genomics, multiple omics tools, high-throughput technologies, computational biology, epigenetic manipulation, and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome editing.
This book proposes strategies involving immunity-boosting through releasing genetic resources from naturally resistant plants, regulating defense systems by phytohormones, promoting disease tolerance by biostimulants, and nanotechnology such as nanocarriers for managing biotic stressors. These positive approaches help to advance and accelerate breeding programs for disease-tolerant crops against various pests and pathogens.
Plant Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Volume Two is an ideal reference for the research fields of plant pathology, plant disease management, plant physiology, plant functional genomics, multiple omics, systems biology, and crop breeding. The book inspires ideas from the reader regarding future research on disease-resilient crops to face the challenge of global climate change and the increasing human population.
Vol 1
1. Redesigning Photosynthesis: Balancing Yield and Stress Tolerance
Pablo I. Calzadilla, Giles N. Johnson
2. Plant Tolerance to Alkaline Salinity: A Gordian Knot to Untie
Silvia Busoms, Maria Almira-Casellas, Juan Barceló, Charlotte Poschenrieder
3. Metabolic Markers and Metabolite Quantitative Trait Loci (mQTLs) for the
Breeding of Crop Quality and Resistance
Tzitziki Gonzįlez-Rodrķguez, Josaphat Montero-Vargas, Roberto Gamboa-Becerra,
Silverio Garcķa-Lara, Robert Winkler
4. Plants Abiotic Stress Responses: Molecular Mechanisms of Stress Tolerance
and Breeding Strategies
Jemaa Esseminea, Zhan Xub, Jen-Tsung Chen, Mingnan Qu
5. Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in
Plant Breeding
Neha Sharma, Manish Kumar, Nimisha Sharma, Nagendra Kumar Singh
6. CRISPR-based Precision Breeding for Crop Improvement: Current Achievements
and Future Directions
Divya Raj Bharti, Biswajit Pramanik, Amitava Paul, Sandip Debnath
7. Applications of CRISPR on Improving Plant Growth and Development Through
Secondary Metabolism
Amardeep Preethi, Sasikumar Janani, Pulliyampatti Gunasekaran Vishnu, Karli
Haritha, Sumithran Subhadevi Suhith Mithra, Kalaiyarasan Vijayarani,
Puzhakkal Abhirami, Arumugam Vijaya Anand
8. Plant Biochemical and Molecular Responses to Extreme Temperature
Santanu Samanta, Aryadeep Roychoudhury
9. Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies for Heat Tolerance in Plants:
An Update
Deepti Srivastava, Sandeep Kumar Singh, Saba Siddiqui, Moh Haris Siddiqui,
Deepak Kumar, Md. Shamim, Rashmi Maurya
10. Plant Cold Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding
Strategies
Anupam Kumaria, Shreni Agrawala, Richa Dasa, Indrani Bhattacharya
11. Challenges of Drought Stress: Unveiling Plant Responses and Approaches to
Confer Tolerance
Asad Azeem, Sumbul Habib, Aqsa Parvaiz, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Sarwar Khan,
Faiz Ahmad Joyia
12. Harnessing CRISPR/Cas for Enhanced Drought Tolerance and Sustainable Crop
Management
Rajaswini Rupali, Nandakumar Vidya, Krishnagowdu Saravanan, Muthukrishnan
Anand, Arumugam Vijaya Anand, Muthukrishnan Arun
13. Adaptation to Drought Stress in Cereals: A Molecular Perspective
Chayma Ikan, Fatima Ezzahra Soussania, Salma Toubali, Nizar El Mazouni,
Rachid Lahlalie, Abdelilah Meddich
14. Phytohormones Increase Plant Adaptation under Soil and Water Stresses
Augustine Antwi-Boasiako, Tuanjie Zhao, Padmore Adu-Antwi, Chunting Zhang,
Priscilla Amponsah, Zhang NanNan, Naheeda Begum, Muhammad Khuram Razzaq
15. Plant Tolerance Mechanisms to Heavy Metal Stress and Breeding Strategies
Battana Swapna, Srinivasan Kameswaran, Mandala Ramakrishna
16. Reducing the Toxicity of Heavy Metals and Metalloids on Grain Crops by
Breeding: Current Achievements on Conventional and Molecular Breeding
Approaches
Fatima El Amerany, Samia Elouali, Youssef Ait Hamdan, Iman Janah, Mohammed
Rhazi
17. Molecular Aspects of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops:
Challenges and Prospects
Lokesh Thakur, Vinay Kumar Dhiman, Devendra Singh, Vivek Kumar Dhiman,
Himanshu Pandey, Avinash Sharma
18. Brassicaceae: Stress Responses and Breeding Strategies in Unfriendly
Environments
Branka Salopek-Sondi, Mirta Tkalec, Nataa Bauer, Nenad Jasprica, Smiljana
Goreta Ban
19. Mechanisms of Tolerance to Diverse Environmental Stresses and Adaptive
Capacity: Current Achievements in Amaranth
Selene Fragoso-Ińiguez, Maryan Hernįndez-Jiménez, Angelica Barrales-López,
Guillermo Antonio Silva-Martķnez, Fabila Estefania Tristan-Flores, Laura
Foseca-Mendoza, Eduardo Espķtia-Rangel, Gerardo Acosta-Garcķa
20. CRISPR/Cas Technology: A Promising Tool for Enhancing Plant Growth and
Development
Puliyampatti Gunasekaran Vishnu, Gunasekaran Arthi, Jothi Dheivasikamani
Abidharini, Amardeep Ray Preethi, Palanisamy Sampathkumar, Ramalingam
Sivakumar, Saravanan Renuka, Arumugam Vijaya Anand
21. CRISPR Tools for Developing Plant Oxidative Stress Tolerance: Protocols,
Current Achievements and Future Directions
Gunasekaran Arthi, Venkatachalam Siva Prakash, Marimuthu Oviya, Kalaiyarasan
Vijayarani, Natarajan Pushpa, Chenniappan Anchana Devi, K. Vijayalakshmi,
Arumugam Vijaya Anand
22. Nanoparticle-Enhanced Strategies for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
Abhishek Singh, Shreni Agrawal, Richa Das, Vishnu D Rajput, Tatiana Minkina,
Saglara Mandzhieva, Mohamed S. Elshikh, Hassan Ragab El-Ramady, Abdel Rahman
Mohammad Al Tawaha, Karen Ghazaryan
23. Nanobiotechnology Approaches for Enhancing Crop Resilience to Salinity
Stress
Abhishek Singh, Shreni Agrawal, Shivangee Solanki, Vishnu D Rajput, Tatiana
Minkina, Saglara Mandzhieva, Mohamed S. Elshikh, Hassan Ragab El-Ramady,
Abdel Rahman Mohammad Al Tawaha, Karen Ghazaryan
Vol 2
1. Plant Cuticle Synthesis and Tolerance to Stress
Juan Carlos Mateos del Amo, Rafael Fernįndez-Muńoz, Eva Dominguez, Antonio
Heredia, Fernando Gallardo
2. Disease Resistance in Crops: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies
Fatima Ezzahra Soussani, Chayma Ikan, Hanane Boutaj, Wissal Benaffari, Rachid
Lahlali, Abdelilah Meddich
3. Mutagenesis: A Promising Strategy for Elevating Plant Tolerance to Biotic
Stress
Mohd Ali, Sandeep Kour, Deepak kumar, Roohi Sharma, Parkirti, Vikram, Rajesh
Kumari Manhas, Harish Changotra, Puja Ohri
4. Enhancing the resilience of apple to fire blight and winter injury in a
warming world
Dustin E. MacLean, Yunfei Jiang, Rachid Lahlali, Ian R. Willick
5. Recent advancement in Genetic engineering techniques in disease resistance
of crops: An outlook
Licon Kumar Acharya, Suryakant Manik, Madhuri Pradhan, Ajanta Birah, M.K
Khokar, Debjyoti Majumder, Akbar Hossain
6. Phytohormones: Crucial factors for plant stress tolerance
Priyanka Saha, Bishal Debnath, Neha Sharma, Suman Dutta, Anamika Barman,
Anurag Bera, Swagata Mandal
7. Integration of Multi-omics Approaches and Speed Breeding for Plant Stress
Tolerance: Challenges and Opportunities
Asad Azeem, Furqan Tayyab, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Faiz Ahmad
Joyia
8. Understanding Stress-Related Genes and the Role of Biostimulants in Biotic
and Abiotic Stress Response to Improve Plant Breeding and Cultivation
Methods
K. Varun, B. S. Lakshmi
9. ABC proteins as regulators of plant tolerance to biotic and abiotic
stresses
Gohar Sahakyan, Naira Sahakyan
10. Plant genome editing for pest management: Current achievements and future
directions
Prodipto Bishnu Angon, Md. Shafiul Islam, Sharah Jabeen Mou, Arpita Roy, Md.
Inzamam-Ul-Haque, Akivha Akter Sweety, Monisha Mondol
11. Plant genome editing for viral disease management: Current achievements
and future directions
Shitosri Mondal, Prodipto Bishnu Angon, Md. Shakil Uddin, Arpan Das, Monisha
Mondol, Md. Shafiul Islam
12. CRISPR plants against fungal diseases: Methods and applications
Lara Jadhav, Richa Das, Shreni Agrawal, Indrani Bhattacharya, Pradeep Kumar,
Amit Kumar Singh, Vishnu D Rajput, Tatiana Minkina, Kavindra Nath Tiwari,
Sunil Kumar Mishra
13. Plant Bacterial Disease Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding
Strategies
Abdul Razak Ahmed, Kübra Budak Tek, Mümin Ibrahim Tek
14. Alternative strategies to control bacterial diseases in plants
Khadija Benamar, Ikram Legrifi, Mohammed Radi, Kaoutar Bourak, Salma
Benchlih, Tourya Sagouti, Rachid Lahlali
15. Beneficial Microbes for Phytonematode Control in Vegetable Crops
Salah-Eddine Laasli, Najwa Seddiqi Kallali, Ikram Leghrifi, Fouad Mokrini,
Abdelfattah Dababat, Rachid Lahlali
16. The role of microbial consortia in controlling soilborne pathogens
Oumaima Benaissa, Ikram Legrifi, Salah-Eddine Laasli, Kaoutar Bourak, Tourya
Sagouti, Zineb Belabess, Rachid Lahlali
17. Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies for Inset Pest Resistance in
Fruit Crops
Priscilla Amponsah, Augustine Antwi-Boasiako, Justice Frimpong Amankwahd,
Muhammad Khuram Razzaq
18. Physiological and molecular mechanism of insect-herbivory tolerance in
plants: A potential tool for resistance breeding
Kaushik Pramanik, Amit Layek, Durga Mahalanobish, Debashis Roy, Debjyoti
Majumder
Dr. Jen-Tsung Chen is a professor of cell biology at the National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. He also teaches genomics, proteomics, plant physiology, and plant biotechnology. Dr. Chens research interests include bioactive compounds, chromatography techniques, plant molecular biology, plant biotechnology, bioinformatics, and systems pharmacology. He is an active editor of academic books and journals to advance the exploration of multidisciplinary knowledge involving plant physiology, plant biotechnology, nanotechnology, ethnopharmacology, systems biology, and drug discovery. He serves as an editorial board member and a guest editor in several reputed journals. Dr. Chen published books in collaboration with international publishers on diverse topics such as drug discovery, herbal medicine, medicinal biotechnology, nanotechnology, bioengineering, plant functional genomics, plant speed breeding, CRISPR-based plant genome editing, and artificial intelligence. In 2023, Dr. Chen has been included in the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University.
