Plant Small RNA in Food Crops

Praveen Guleria is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at DAV University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. She has worked in the areas of Plant Biotechnology, Plant Metabolic Engineering and Plant Stress Biology at CSIR- Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, H.P. India.Her research interests include plant stress biology, plant small RNA Biology, plant epigenomics and nanotoxicity. She has published several research articles in various peer-reviewed journals. She is also serving as the editorial board member and reviewer for certain international peer reviewed journals. She has been awarded the SERB- Start Up Grant by DST, GOI. She has also been awarded the prestigious “Bharat Gaurav Award” by the India International Friendship Society, New Delhi. She has also received various awards like CSIR/ ICMR- Junior research Fellowship, CSIR- Senior research fellowship, State level merit scholarship awards. Dr. Vineet Kumar is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, at IIMT University, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research primarily focuses on wastewater treatment and metagenomics, with a strong emphasis on developing sustainable and effective approaches to mitigate the environmental impact of refractory pollutants present in wastewater and sludge. Dr. Kumar has published articles in peer-reviewed international journals of repute, alongside book chapters and books and has been serving as a guest editor and reviewer in various journals. He has received a number of fellowships and awards in recognition of his expertise.Beixin Mo is a “Distinguished Professor of Guangdong Province Talent Special Support Plan”.  She received her Bachelor’s degree in Plant Developmental and Molecular Biology from Peking University, China, and received her Ph.D. degree from Guelph University, Canada. Her research area includes elucidation of molecular mechanisms involved in the biogenesis, degradation and movement of plant small RNAs. She has received extensive research funding and published over 50 papers in distinguished journals, such as Nature Communications, Nature Plants, the Plant Cell and Genome Biology

• Section 1: Basics1. Introduction: Small RNA Biogenesis and Food crops2. Small RNA identification and characterization: Techniques & Approaches3. Small RNA identification from various food cropsSection 2: Recent advancements in small RNA mediated regulation of food crops4. Small RNA mediated regulation of food crop germination5. Small RNA regulates vegetative growth of food crops6. Small RNA mediated regulation of food crops productivity  7. Importance of small RNA in secondary metabolism of food crops 8. Food crops grain development and reproductive stress tolerance: Role of Small RNA9. Salt Stress and Small RNA10. Small RNA and temperature stress tolerance11. Drought tolerance in food crops: Role of small RNA 12. Regulation of biotic stress mediated pathogenesis in food crops by Small RNA 13. Beneficial food crop-microbial interaction: Role of small RNASection 3: Applications and Future scope14. Food Crops Improvement: Comparative Biotechnological Approaches 15. Abiotic stress tolerant food crops through small RNA technology16. Biotic stress tolerant food crops through small RNA technology17. Scope and Future prospective of small RNA technology in food crop improvement and sustainability