Higher plants are sessile and therefore cannot escape hostile environmental conditions that are a constant threat throughout their lifecycle. Unfavorable growth conditions such as extreme temperatures, drought, flood, and contamination of soils with high salt concentrations are considered the major abiotic environmental stressors that can not only limit plant growth and development, but also determine the geographic distribution of plant species and directly affect agronomical yield.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction of amino acids and their role in living organisms2. Differential distribution of amino acids in plants
3. Amino acid synthesis and transport in plant cells
4. Amino acid metabolism and regulatory function in plants
5. Regulation of amino acid metabolic enzymes and transporters in plants under abiotic stress
6. Molecular mechanisms of amino acid metabolism under abiotic Stress.
7. The role of amino acids and amino acid-derived molecules in plant responses and adaptation under salinity stress
8. Approaches in modulating amino acid metabolism in plants for drought stress
9. Evaluation of amino acids profile of different plants in relation to heat stress
10. Effect of amino acid application in freezing tolerance of plants under diverse conditions
11. Effect of UV radiation on the amino acid biosynthesis of different plant species
12. Effects of flooding on the amino acid and nitrogen metabolism of plants
13. Connections between amino acid metabolisms and biotic stress tolerance in plants
14. Influence of amino acids metabolism on crosstalk between plants and pathogen
15. Influence of microbes on the amino acid metabolism and plant abiotic stress tolerance: New insights
16. Role of biosynthetic and synthetic biology in amino acids metabolism of plants under abiotic stresses
17. 5-aminolevulinic acid: a key frontier amino acid in conferring abiotic stress tolerance in plants
18. Application of different biostimulants to enhance amino acid portfolio under hostile climatic conditions
19. Effect of biochar on nitrogen use efficiency, grain yield and amino acid content of different traditional crops
20. Role of different agriculture interventions on amino acid metabolism portfolio under abiotic stresses
Authors
Noreen Zahra Assistant Professor in Plant Physiology, Department of Botany, Government College Women University, Pakistan.Noreen Zahra is working as Assistant Professor in Plant Physiology, Department of Botany, Government College Women University Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan. She completed her Ph.D. in Botany from the Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. She published 30 refereed journal papers, many of which have sought to understand the morphological, physiological, biochemical and molecular basis of crop responses to individual and concurrent abiotic stresses and mechanisms imparting tolerance for such stresses. She devised promising strategies for improving crop performance under sub-optimum conditions (salinity, drought, submergence, temperature extremes, metal toxicity) and suggested various novel indicators for augmenting stress tolerance in plants.
Muhammad Bilal Hafeez Northwest A&F University, China.Muhammad Bilal Hafeez is doing Ph.D. from College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, China. He did M.Sc (Hons.) Agronomy from the Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. He published over 40 refereed journal papers and 8 book chapters. He does research in Agricultural Plant Science (plant physiology, abiotic stresses, especially salinity, drought and heavy metal stresses). He is currently focusing on combined abiotic stress tolerance in crops perspective of food and nutrition security.
Abdul Wahid Professor, Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahid is working as Professor from the Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, Pakistan. He published over 200 refereed journal papers. He completed his Ph.D. in Botany from the Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. Environmental stresses are major constraints to the productivity of crops throughout the world. It is therefore imperative that mechanisms and causes of the stress effects on plant growth and development may be determined systematically, and strategies may be adopted to overcome adverse effects of stresses in order to achieve maximum productivity from the salinity, high temperature and drought-hit areas. His current interests are focused on the expression of stress proteins and other stress related primary and secondary metabolites under water, salinity, heat and cadmium stresses, and finding strategies to fetch greater yields under such conditions. He has more than twenty years of teaching/research experience in Botany.
Muhammad Farooq Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. Muhammad Farooq is Associate Professor at the Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. He also holds the positions of Associate Professor at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia, Adjunct Professor at the Dankook University, Korea. He was also Young Affiliate fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (2015-2019) and is member of Global Young Academy and Pakistan Academy of Sciences. He received 'Best Young Research Scholar Award' from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (2013 and 2014). He was honored with the COMSTECH Award for Excellence in Research (2016) by Organization of Islamic Conference and Gold Medal (2017) by Pakistan Academy of Sciences. He received the Best University Teacher Award (2018) from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and was named as Highly Cited Researcher by the Web of Science (2018 and 2019). He received the distinguished researcher award (2020) from the Sultan Qaboos University. He has edited and co-edited eight books, and authored and co-authored more than 380 research articles and 49 book chapters. His citations, on google scholar, exceed 22,000 with h-index of 72.
