Salt Stress, Microbes, and Plant Interactions: Mechanisms and Molecular Approaches

Dr. Mohd Sayeed Akhtar (PhD) is working as an Assistant Professor in Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College, Shahjahanpur, U.P., India. He has received his PhD degree from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India in 2008, prior to conducting post-doctoral research at the Botanical Institute, University of Basel (BIB), Switzerland (2008–2010), and Chonbuk National University (CBNU), Republic of Korea in 2011. He was an Assistant Professor, Jimma University, Ethiopia (2011-2014), and a fellow researcher at the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), (2014-2015). Dr. Akhtar has more than 15 years of research, and 10 years of teaching experience in soil microbiology, applied microbiology, environmental microbiology, molecular biology, plant pathology and plant nanobiotechnology. He is author and co-author of more than hundred articles in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters, and has edited 12 books with international publishers. He is serving the scientific community as editorial board member and reviewer of several high-impact international journals. His current research is focused on the rhizospheric plant-microbe interactions and their molecular biotechnology, bioremediation, biomineralization, nano-fertilizers and nanobiotechnology.

• Chapter 1. Microbial management of crop salinity stress: mechanisms, applications and prospects.- Chapter  2. Adaptive Mechanisms of Plants Against Salt Stress and Salt Shock.- Chapter 3. Molecular approaches and salt tolerance mechanisms in leguminous plants.- Chapter 4. Crop improvement through microbial biotechnology: A Crosstalk.- Chapter 5. Role of Phytohormones in Recuperating Salt Stress.- Chapter 6. An enigma in the genetic responses of plants to salt stresses.- Chapter 7. Application of microbial biotechnology in improving Salt stress and crop productivity.- Chapter 8. Consequences of bioinoculants and intercropping approach to alleviate plant drought and salinity stress for sustainable agriculture.- Chapter 9. Role of Signaling Pathways in Improving Salt Stress in Plants.- Chapter 10. Mechanisms and Molecular Approaches for Salt Tolerance Enhancement.- Chapter 11. Crops and Methods to Control Soil Salinity.- Chapter 12. Ameliorating plants salt stress through bacterial inoculation: Prospects and Challenges.- Chapter 13. Proline accumulation and oxidative stress: Diverse roles and mechanism of tolerance and adaptation under salinity stress.