Nitric Oxide in Plant Resilience to Abiotic Stress

Ravi Gupta is an assistant professor at Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea. He obtained his PhD in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry from the University of Delhi, India, and then spent more than five years as a postdoctoral fellow and Research Professor at Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. Dr. Gupta is the author of more than 130 scientific publications and has also edited two books. He is a recipient of many prestigious national and international awards and is serving as an Editorial board member of several reputed journals. Dr. Gupta has gained almost 15 years of experience in the field of plant stress physiology. Yiming Wang is a professor at Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. He obtained his PhD in Agriculture from Gyeongsang National University, Korea, and did his postdoctoral research in Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany. Dr. Wang has focused on the research on plant-microbe interaction for 20 years, and has published more than 30 scientific publications as first and/or correspondence author. Riyazuddin Riyazuddin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Instituto de Bioingeniería, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Spain. His research interests include determining the role of LSD1-like protein complexes in regulating gene expression and chromatin structure. He worked as a research associate at the Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Hungary, where he was involved in characterizing RLCK kinases in environmental stress responses. He investigated the role of glutathione peroxidase in response to salt and drought stresses, as well as its regulation by phytohormones. He has authored more than 20 scientific publications and several book chapters related to stress physiology. In addition, he has been awarded three international fellowship grants from the Hungarian government, as well as international awards, including the Young Research Scholar Award and the Best Young Poster Presentation Award. Additionally, he has presented my work at over 20 national and international conferences.

• Section I: Biosynthesis and signaling of NO1. NO properties and quantification strategies2. Biosynthesis of NO in normal as well as challenging environmental conditions3. Characterstics and role of NO donors, inhibitors, and genetic modifications in modulating NO levels in plants4. NO-induced signaling and downstream targets5. NO-mediated S-nitrosylation6. NO-mediated tyrosine nitrationSection II: NO in abiotic stress resilience7. Role of NO in mitigation of cold stress8. Role of NO in mitigation of heat stress9. Role of NO in mitigation of flooding/hypoxia stress10. Role of NO in mitigation of drought stress11. Role of NO in mitigation of heavy metal stress12. Role of NO in mitigation of salinity stress13. Role of NO in mitigation of mineral stress14. Role of NO in mitigation of UV stressSection III: NO crosstalk with other signaling molecules for sustainable agriculture15. NO crosstalk with phytohormones in shaping abiotic stress tolerance16. NO crosstalk with emerging plant growth regulators in shaping abiotic stress tolerance17. Potential role of NO in sustainable agriculture