Agricultural Biostimulants for Mitigation of Salt, Drought, and Heat Stress

M. Naeem is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India. His research focuses on escalating the production of medicinal plants and their active principles using potent PGRs under normal and stressful environmental conditions. His research also focuses on abiotic stress tolerance in medicinal plants. Dr. Naeem has published over 100 research papers in reputable international journals. He has also authored 12 books and co-authored several book chapters published by international publishers. Based on his research contributions, Dr. Naeem has received multiple awards and recognitions. Sarvajeet Singh Gill is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India. His research areas include agricultural plant biotechnology, biotic and abiotic stress biology, plant microbe interaction, and in-silico understanding of plant genomes. He has 12 years of research and 10 years of teaching experience. Dr. Gill has written over 50 book chapters and published over 100 peer reviewed publications in reputed SCI journals and edited around 30 books published by International publishers such Springer-Verlag, Wiley-Blackwell, CRC Press, and Elsevier, among others. He has carried out four R&D projects funded by prominent National funding agencies as Principal Investigator.

• 1. An overview of the use and importance of biostimulants in agriculture2. Biostimulants in mitigation of drought stress in crop plants3. Biostimulants in mitigation of cold stress in crop plants4. Application of plant growth-promoting bacteria in crops for salt stress tolerance5. Role of biochar in drought stress tolerance in agricultural crops6. Biostimulants for waterlogging stress in crops7. Role of biochar supplementation in mitigating salt stress in plants8. Nanoformulations to boost growth and salinity tolerance in crop plants9. Effects of essential oil-based nanoparticles on the plant defense system10. Enhancing crop heat and drought tolerance with karrikins (KARs)11. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for drought tolerance in crops12.. Biostimulants and plant homeostasis13. Role of natural biostimulants (seaweed extracts, humic acids, beneficial bacteria, and fungi) in leguminous crops14. Exopolysaccharides-producing bacteria: their use in arid agriculture15. Polyamines and their role in abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants16. Polyamines and hormonal crosstalk: enhancing plant resilience17. Mitigation of salt stress in agricultural crops through various plant growth regulators18. Exploring the potential of biostimulants for enhancing drought stress resistance in cereal crops19. Halophilic bacteria stimulate plant growth and improve the affected soil20. From sea to soil: an exploration of seaweed extracts as natural biostimulants for crop improvement21. Role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in abiotic stress tolerance and plant growth regulation22. Plant growth-promoting bacteria for thermotolerance in plants23. Plant-based biostimulants for abiotic stress management: an emerging sustainable agriculture approach24. Underlying mechanisms responsible for abiotic stress responses and defense adaptation in plants25. Plant responses to abiotic stress and mitigation strategies26. Conclusion and future perspectives of biostimulant-mediated mitigation of salt, drought, and heat stress in plants