Bioengineered Fruit and Vegetables

Mohammad Irfan, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Research Associate, working in the Plant Biology Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science at the College of Agriculture and Life Science, Cornell University, New York, USA. A well-established researcher with more than 14 years of research experience in plant and agricultural biotechnology with specialization in fruit biotechnology, Dr. Irfan has received many awards that include the Cornell Atkinson Small Grant Award by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, New York, USA (2022), among others. He has published more than 40 research and review articles and many book chapters. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals and is a review panel member of the Cornell University Schmittau–Novak Integrative Plant Science Small Grants Program and the Boyce Thompson Institute Undergraduate Research Internship Program, funded by the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Agriculture. He has given talks at many international conferences and organizations located in France, Sweden, Japan, India, and USA.Pankaj Kumar, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Himachal Pradesh, India. He did his postdoctoral studies at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi, and at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research–Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Kumar has eight years of expertise in plant genetic engineering and molecular biology. He has worked on horticultural crops (mainly fruits and vegetables) improvement using biotechnological tools. He has published over 65 research/review papers, contributed over 21 book chapters as well as several popular articles, and edited and authored textbooks. Dr. Kumar has received many awards for his scientific contributions.

• 1. Bioengineering of Fruits and Vegetables: Current Status and Future Prospects 2. Genetic Transformation of Fruit and Vegetable Crops: Challenges and Opportunities 3. Developing Bioengineered Fruits and Vegetables for Postharvest Quality Improvement Using Heterologous, Overexpression, and Combinatorial Engineering 4. Enhancing Postharvest Stability and Shelf Life of Perishable Fruits and Vegetables Using Molecular Approaches 5. RNA Interference: Applications in Postharvest Quality Improvement of Fruits and Vegetables 6. Emerging Trends of Genome Editing Technology for Improvement of Postharvest Quality of Horticultural Crops 7. Regulating Postharvest Pathogen Infection and Decay Using Biotechnological Tools 8. Promoter Engineering for Improving Fruit and Vegetable Traits 9. Epigenetic Regulation of Pre- and Postharvest Quality Traits in Fruits and Vegetables 10. Genetically Modified Leafy Vegetables 11. Genetic and Genome Engineering of Underutilized Fruit and Vegetables Crops: Challenges and Opportunities for Postharvest Quality Improvement 12. Biosensors: Recent Advancements in Postharvest Management of Fruits 13. Bioengineering of Fruits and Vegetables Using Emerging Tools: Role of H2S, NO, H2O2 in Postharvest Quality Improvement 14. Metabolic Engineering of Plant Volatiles in Fruits and Vegetables for Postharvest Quality Enhancement