New Frontiers in Plant-Environment Interactions, 1st ed. 2023 Innovative Technologies and Developments Environmental Science and Engineering Series

Tentative table of contents: PART -I: Plant-Environment Interactions: Responses and Adaptations in Plants Plant-environment interactions in a challenging world Molecular investigation of plant-environment interaction at functional level Innovations in crop improvement and production: combination of physiology and technology Absorption, accumulation and partitioning of chemical species in plants Ecological aspects of the soil-water-plant-atmosphere system Responses and adaptation of photosynthesis and respiration under challenging environment Model plants for studying plant responses to air pollutants and other environmental stresses PART -II: Plant-Environment Interactions: Bioprospecting and Biomonitoring Impacts of particulate matter pollution on plants: Prospects for environmental biomonitoring The role of plant-soil interactions in carbon and nutrient cycles in terrestrial ecosystems Functional analysis of Nitrogen/Phosphate Use Efficiency in crops under challenging environment PART -III: Plant-Environment Interactions: Genomics and Genetic Engineering Perspective Role for genetically modified plants in protection against environmental pollution Genomic and proteomic approaches to study stress tolerance in plants for creating stress resilient species Redesigning root architecture for improved performance of plant under stress CRISPR-Cas mediated genome editing for improves stress resilience in plants Metabolite flux analysis to understand effects of climate change on crop physiology PART -IV: Plant-Environment Interactions: Developing Stress Resilient Plants Plant-microbe interaction in developing crop species resilient to climate change Traditional and emerging climate resilient agricultural practices for enhancing food production and nutritional quality International initiatives/policies for climate resilient and adaptive agricultural practices Sustainable crop production practices to reduce trace gas emissions and conserving germplasm resource and climate-resilient crop species for future generations Tentative list of contributors: Nabeel Khan Niazi Environmental and Soil Chemistry & Hydrogeochemistry, Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Faisalabad 38040, PAKISTAN Ashish Srivastava Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA Dileep K Singh Department of Botany, University of Delhi, INDIA Abdul Razaque Memon Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Usak University, 1 Eylul Campus, Usak, TURKEY Zishan Ahmad College of Biology and environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, Jiangsu, CHINA Tim Sandle School of Health Sciences, Division of Pharmacy & Optometry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM AG Khan Department of Academic, Western Sydney University, Ambarvale, AUSTRALIA Neerja Srivastava Department of Biochemistry, IBSBT, CSJM University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA Ana Paula Honrado Pinto Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Institute for Advanced Studies and Research, Évora University, Pólo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, PORTUGAL Kingsley Erhons Enerijiofi Samuel Adegboyega University, College of Basic and Applied Sciences Department of Biological Sciences, Ogwa, Edo State, NIGERIA Mirco Bundschuh iES Landau, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz-Landau, Fortstraße 7, D-76829, Landau, GERMANY Josef Jampílek Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA Akbar Hossain Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute (BWMRI), Nashipur, Dinajpur-5200, BANGLADESH Aryadeep Roychoudhury Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata 700016, West Bengal, INDIA Parvaiz Ahmad Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, SAUDI ARABIA Gladys Vidal Grupo de Ingeniería y Biotecnología Ambiental, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, CHILE

Tariq Aftab received his Ph.D. in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, and is currently Assistant Professor there. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh (India) and Government of India. After completing his doctorate, he has worked as Research Fellow at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, and as Post-doctorate Fellow at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Dr. Aftab also worked as Visiting Scientist at Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, USA. He is Member of various scientific associations from India and abroad as well as Editorial Board Member of various international scientific journals. He has edited 22 books with international publishers, including Elsevier Inc., Springer Nature, and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), co-authored several book chapters, and published over 80 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and crop plants.