Emerging Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture

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. Tariq Aftab received his PhD from the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, where he is currently a Senior Assistant Professor. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz DAAD fellowship from Germany, a Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from both the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India. He has also served as a Visiting Scientist at IPK Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University, United States. Dr. Aftab has edited numerous books for major international publishers, including Elsevier, Springer Nature, and CRC Press. He has co-authored several book chapters and published extensively in peer-reviewed, international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and crop plants.

• 1. Emerging roles of plant growth regulators for plants adaptation2. Role of salicylic acid–induced abiotic stress tolerance3. Physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms4. Mechanism and function of salicylate in plant toward biotic5. Jasmonates: role in stress tolerance6. Physiological roles of karrikins in plants under abiotic stress conditions7. Emerging roles of strigolactones in plant responses toward biotic stress8. Nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide interaction in plants under adverse environmental conditions9. Melatonin: an elicitor of plant tolerance under prevailing environmental stresses10. Strigolactones: regulation of biosynthesis, hormonal crosstalk, and its role in abiotic stress adaptation11. Physiological roles and signaling of polyamines in plants under stressed conditions12. Physiological roles of hydrogen sulfide under heavy metal stress13. Role of glycine betaine in stress management in plants14. Biogenic amines in plant cell at norma and stress: probes for dopamine and histamine15. Alleviation of abiotic stress by newly discovered fire-instigated hormone: Karrikin16. Role of sugars in crop stress tolerance under challenging environment17. Acquisition of physiological modulations in medicinal plants through degraded natural polysaccharides under dynamic environment18. Roles of turgorins and systemins in promoting agriculture19. Effects of triazoles, strobilurins, and trinexapac ethyl on growth and development of crop plants under stress conditions20. Use of biostimulants in tolerance of drought stress in agricultural crops