Flavonoids for Plant Development and Stress Tolerance

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 an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Lovely Professional University, India. He has extensive experience in various areas of biotechnology and nanotechnology, having worked at several prestigious institutes and universities in India, including Panjab University Chandigarh, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, and Himachal Pradesh University. Prof. Parissa Taheri is a Plant Pathologist, Mycologist, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. Her research focuses on plant pathology; fungal taxonomy and virulence factors, systematics and population genetics of phytopathogenic fungi; molecular plant-microbe interactions; plant defense signaling pathways; cytomolecular and biochemical aspects of plant resistance; redox biology and signaling in plant defense to biotic and abiotic stresses, identification and application of biocontrol agents or bioactive natural products with antifungal effects; and mechanisms of biological control and plant growth promotion via beneficial fungi. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Elsevier journal “Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology”, and Managing Guest Editor of the special issue “Beneficial Microorganisms in Agriculture”. She is editor of other international journals, such as Frontiers in Plant Science and Rhizosphere. She is Managing Guest Editor of the special issue entitled “Natural Plant Protectants against Pathogens and Pests”, published in a new Elsevier journal “Journal of Natural Pesticide Research”.

• Section 1: Introduction to flavonoids1. Flavonoids in plants: diversity, importance, and applications2. Flavonoid biosynthesis: characterization of genes and transcription factors in model and other plant types3. Epigenetic regulation of flavonoid metabolism4. Phytohormonal regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis and associated stress tolerance in plantsSection 2: Flavonoids in plant development and stress responses5. Emerging role of flavonoids in plant signaling pathways6. Flavonoids as regulators of plant germination, vegetative growth, and development7. Regulation of plant reproductive growth, flowering, and yield by flavonoids8. Flavonoids as signals for plant-beneficial microbe interactions9. Flavonoids regulating plant responses against various abiotic stresses10. Flavonoids for light and UV stress regulation11. Flavonoids for salt stress regulation12. Role of flavonoids in plant heat stress regulation13. Understanding the potential of flavonoids in the regulation of drought stress in plants14. Plant-pathogenic interaction: flavonoid internetworking15. Flavonoid crosstalks for overall plant development and environmental responses: understanding biochemistry and molecular biology in plantsSection 3: Role of biotechnology in flavonoid research16. Advances in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway through advanced biotechnological tools17. Scope of plant metabolic engineering of the flavonoid pathway for crop sustainability18. Scope of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria-mediated regulation of plant flavonoids in various stress responses19. miRNA and flavonoid regulation in and across the plant kingdom20. Engineering the flavonoid pathway to regulate plant responses to climate change21. Flavonoid engineering for crop quality improvement and enhanced human health benefits