Role of Antioxidants in Abiotic Stress Management

Dr. Zaid Ulhassan is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, China. In 2020, he was awarded with the International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship supported by China Postdoc Council and Zhejiang university, China. He received his PhD on “environmental stress physiology of plants and antioxidants metabolism” from the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, China with the Zhejiang University Scholarship. Primarily, his research work is focused on the physiological, biochemical and molecular analysis of field crops in response to environmental stress conditions. Besides, he has published 6 book chapters (as first author) with reputed publishers and targeted the important aspects of plant stress responses and adaptations to environmental stresses. He has attended different international conferences and presented posters in numerous international meetings. He is actively involved in reviewing papers for international journals. Dr. Yasir Hamid is working as an International Exchange Postdoc Fellow at College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University from May 2021. In 2020, he received his PhD from Zhejiang University, China under Two High Doctoral Scholarship program of Zhejiang University. Dr. Hamid’s research focuses on agro-environmental contamination by potentially toxic elements such as cadmium, lead, arsenic, copper and chromium. His work expertise includes plant nutrition, soil chemistry and environmental sciences with specific focus on abatement of heavy metal risks and their remediation technologies. Dr. Hamid has authored around 65 peer reviewed papers in reputable international journals as a first and co-author. He has also delivered oral and poster presentations in international conferences held in Asian and European countries. Dr. Hamid is a regular reviewer of several international journals of various publishing groups. Dr. Hamid is currently collaborating with reputable scientists of environmental science field from Oman, Australia, United States, Germany and Canada for various writing projects.Prof. Weijun Zhou is a Full Professor (Qiushi Distinguished Professor) in the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Institute of Crop Science, Zhejiang University, China. His research focuses on crop science, especially canola germplasm enhancement, molecular breeding, crop molecular physiology and weed control. He has published more than 150 refereed papers, 10 books/chapters and 50 conference and technical articles.  Dr. Zhou is the Executive Member of Crop Science Society of China, Oil Crops Committee of Crop Science Society of China, Weed Science Society of China, Crop Science Society of Zhejiang Province and the Deputy Head of Crop Physiology Committee of Crop Science Society of China. He spent 6 years of study and research at universities and institutes in the UK, Sweden, Germany and Japan. Prof. Zhou is a member of the board for the journals Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, Crop & Pasture Science, Journal of Integrative Agriculture, and PLoS ONE

• 1. Underlying mechanisms responsible for abiotic stress responses and defense adaptation in plants: Recent advancements and future prospectsPart 1: Role of Enzymatic and Non-Enzymatic Antioxidants2. Multifaceted roles in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance mechanisms3. Protective roles against heavy metals or metalloids stress in plants4. Involvement against drought stress or water deficiency in plants5. Mechanisms in waterlogging tolerance in plants6. Contributions toward salinity stress tolerance in plants7. Efficacy in cold stress tolerance in plants8. Addressing heat stress in plants9. Addressing ultraviolet radiations and weak or strong light stress in plants10. Combating ozone stress tolerance in plants11. Addressing nutrient deficiencies or sufficiencies in plants12. Plant adaptation to hypoxia or anoxia stress conditions13. Addressing xenobiotics stress in plantsPart 2: Practical Applications of Specific Antioxidants in Abiotic Stress Tolerance14. Novel green nanoparticles to improve the crops resilience15. Agronomic management approaches to enhance crop tolerance16. Plant defense activation via organic and inorganic molecules and biostimulants17. Activation of antioxidant enzymes utilizing micronutrients and phytohormones or signaling molecules18. Advanced target and new genome-editing approaches to improve the crops resilience against abiotic stressors19. Advanced genetic technologies to improve crop abiotic stress resilience20. Potential of soil or plant growth promotion associated microbes  in improving the abiotic-stress resilience of agricultural crops21. Conventional and Biotechnological metabolic engineering approaches to enhancing of abiotic stress tolerance in plants22. Molecular underpinning of plants hormonal signaling to abiotic stressors using plant chemical and synthetic biology approaches