Plant Stress Tolerance

Plant Stress Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies, Volume Two explores methods of precise management of biotic stressors including pests and pathogens.

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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. Plant Cuticle Synthesis and Tolerance to Stress

Juan Carlos Mateos del Amo, Rafael Fernández-Muñoz, 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