Santosh Kumar Upadhyay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Panjab University, India, with over 16 years of experience in Plant Science. His research focuses on green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, and key defense-related proteins, as well as long non-coding RNAs involved in stress responses. He has made significant contributions to plant defense and genome editing research. Dr. Upadhyay has received prestigious awards including the INSA Associate Fellowship and the INSA Medal for Young Scientist.

• 1. An introduction to the calcium transport elements in plants.2. Calcium-cytoskeleton signalling induced modification of plant development3. Mechanism of Ca2+　homeostasis across the plant membranes.4. Calcium transport elements in model and crop plants.5. Evolution of Ca2+ transporters in plants.6. Cation/H+ exchanger (CAX) in plants: roles in development and stress response7. Role of Ca2+ ATPases in calcium homeostasis in plants during development and stress8. Cation/Ca2+ exchanger (CCX) proteins function in plants 9. The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger like proteins from plants: an overview10. Ca2+ channels and transporters in plants under salinity stress11. An overview of Annexins in plants12. Multimember CNGC family in plants: Role in development and stress management13. Functional analysis of glutamate receptor-like channels in plants14. Calmodulin and Calmodulin-like Ca2+ binding proteins as molecular players of abiotic stress response in plants15. Calmodulin-binding Transcription Activator (CAMTA)/ factors in plants16. Mechanosensitive ion channels in plants17. CBL and CIPK interaction in plants for calcium mediated stress response18. Calcium signalling network in abiotic stress tolerance in plants19. Role of calcium nutrition on product quality and disorder susceptibility of horticultural crops: processes and strategies for biofortification20. Calcium transport in chloroplast and mitochondria of plant cell21. Calcium uptake and translocation in plants22. Interaction between Ca2+ and ROS signalling in plant cell23. Methods for detection and measurement of Calcium in plants24. Application of Calcium transport elements in plants improvement: a future perspective