Plant Stress Tolerance

Plant Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Volume One provides effective ways for organizing precision and sustainable agriculture, to advance the development of high-yield, high-quality, and stress-resilient crops

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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. Chen's 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.

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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 González-Rodríguez, Josaphat Montero-Vargas, Roberto Gamboa-Becerra, Silverio García-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-Iñiguez, Maryan Hernández-Jiménez, Angelica Barrales-López, Guillermo Antonio Silva-Martínez, Fabila Estefania Tristan-Flores, Laura Foseca-Mendoza, Eduardo Espítia-Rangel, Gerardo Acosta-García

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