Dr. Peerzada Yasir Yousuf earned his B.Sc. from the University of Kashmir in 2008 and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Botany from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi in 2010 and 2016 respectively. He worked in Molecular Ecology Lab. as a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Botany Jamia Hamdard New Delhi. He taught environmental science as guest faculty in Jamia Hamdard in different faculties like the Faculty of Unani Medicine, Faculty of Information Technology, etc.

Dr. Peerzada Arshid Shabir received his Ph.D. in the field of Plant Reproductive Ecology and Genetic Diversity and is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Higher Education, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He is actively engaged in the teaching of Plant reproductive Ecology, Plant Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Genetic Engineering of Plants. He has published many research papers, review articles, and book chapters in reputed international journals.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, is Professor at King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (Botany; specialization in Plant Eco-physiology and Molecular Biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India, for a short period. Later, he joined Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, and worked there as a Post-doctorate Fellow and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) for several years. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions, as well as in environmental studies.

Klappentext

Plants, being sessile, are negatively affected by the biotic and abiotic (environmental) stresses, reducing plant growth, productivity, and quality to a larger extent. Plant have evolved different physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms to combat these stress conditions to maintain their growth, development, and productivity.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction to Plant miRNAs

Chapter 2 Plant miRNAs: Biogenesis, Mode of Action, and their Role.

Chapter 3 miRNAs And Plant Development

Chapter 4 Dynamic Function of miRNAs in Sensing and Signaling Nutrient Stress in Plants

Chapter 5 Salt Stress-Responsive Plant miRNAs

Chapter 6 Heavy Metal-Regulated miRNAs

Chapter 7 Tolerance to Radiation Stress in Plants with Reference to microRNAs

Chapter 8 miRNAs and Plant-Pathogen Interactions

Chapter 9 Plant Response to Bacterial Infections: miRNAomics Approach

Chapter 10 miRNAs: A novel TARGET for Improving Stress Tolerance in Plants using Transgenics

Chapter 11 Engineering Stress Tolerance in Plants using miRNAomics Approach: Challenges and Future Perspectives