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 subsequently spent several years as a postdoctoral fellow and Research Professor at Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. Dr. Gupta is the author of numerous scientific publications and has also edited multiple books. He is the recipient of prestigious national and international awards and serves as an editorial board member for several reputed journals. Dr. Gupta has extensive 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.