Multiple Abiotic Stresses in Plants

Dr. Koushik Chakraborty is a senior scientist at the Plant Physiology, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, in India. His areas of specialization is are in abiotic stress physiology (salinity, submergence & waterlogging), molecular plant physiology (salinity tolerance mechanism, oxidative stress tolerance), membrane ion transport, and electro-physiology. He has served as a reviewer for international scientific journals, and has published over 56 scientific papers, authored/edited five books, and 27 book chapters. Professor in the Department of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. My research areas include Plant Stress Physiology and Agronomy. I am interested in the physiological, morphological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms of different biotic (virus, fungus) and abiotic stress tolerance (salinity, drought, waterlogged, heavy metals) on crops. Debarati Bhaduri is a senior scientist at ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, in India. A soil scientist, she has made significant contributions in quantifying soil quality by integrating soil physical-chemical-biological indicators under long-term rice-wheat system of Indo-Gangetic plain. She has proposed an alternate management of crop residues to subside burning and mitigate climate change. Her other research focuses on alteration in agronomic management for submergence tolerance in rice, optimization of agrochemicals’ doses for sustaining soil ecological health, refinement of management options for saline coastal soil with nutrient balances in soil and plants, and intervention of new-generation management to improve NUE and WUE. Somnath Roy is a senior scientist at the Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station, ICAR-National Rice Research Institute, Hazaribag, in India. His research focuses on rice breeding, plant genetic resource management, population genetics, and natural genetic variation for abiotic stress tolerance. He has published over 56 papers in international scientific journals, authored/edited one book, and 10 book chapters. Honghong Wu is a professor at Huazhong Agricultural University, China. He specializes in nano-enabled agriculture, nanozymes, nanosensors, nano-systems to deliver biomolecules, plant salt tolerance mechanisms, photosynthesis, ion transport across membrane, ROS homeostasis. Dr. Wu has served as editor and reviewer for internationally renowned journals, and has published over 50 articles.

• SECTION A. Multiple abiotic stresses in crop plants: A global climate change perspective1. Incidence of multiple abiotic stresses in crop plants and its implication for global food security2. Mechanisms and strategies to deal with compound stress in plants: an overviewSECTION B. Physiological and molecular basis of multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants3. Morphological and anatomical adaptations in plants under multiple abiotic stresses4. Photosynthetic and stomatal regulation to multiple abiotic stresses in plants5. Plant signaling and signal transduction cascade under multiple abiotic stresses in plants6. Role of reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defense in tolerating multiple abiotic stresses in plants7. Modulation of ion transport and uptake dynamics in plants under multiple abiotic stresses8. Transcription factors and their role in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants9. Role of phytohormones and plant growth regulators in multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants10. Secondary metabolites, metallothioneins, and phytochelatins in combating multiple abiotic stresses in plantsSECTION C. Approaches for improving multiple stress tolerance in plants11. Use of Plant Genetic Resources and marker-assisted breeding approaches to improve multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants12. Genomics-assisted approaches for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants13. Role of phenomics and precision phenotyping in breeding strategies to develop multiple abiotic stress tolerant crops14. Use of nanobiotechnology to improve multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants15. Transgenic and genome editing-based approaches for improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants16. Multi-omics-based approaches for developing multiple abiotic stress tolerant cropsSECTION D. Management strategies to overcome multiple abiotic stresses in plants17. Management of multiple abiotic stresses through improved agronomic practices18. Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices to mitigate multiple abiotic stresses in crops19. Alleviation of multiple abiotic stresses by improving macro- and micro-nutrient management20. Role of beneficial elements to mediate the tolerance to multiple abiotic stresses in plants21. Role of soil amendments in improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants22. Importance of beneficial microbes in improving multiple abiotic stress tolerance of plants: Special reference to PGPR and AMF23. Detection and monitoring of abiotic stresses in crops: Latest on technological applications