Plant Stress Tolerance

Dr. Jen-Tsung Chen is a professor of cell biology at the National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan. He also teaches genomics, proteomics, plant physiology, and plant biotechnology. Dr. Chen’s research interests include bioactive compounds, chromatography techniques, plant molecular biology, plant biotechnology, bioinformatics, and systems pharmacology. He is an active editor of academic books and journals to advance the exploration of multidisciplinary knowledge involving plant physiology, plant biotechnology, nanotechnology, ethnopharmacology, systems biology, and drug discovery. He serves as an editorial board member and a guest editor in several reputed journals. Dr. Chen published books in collaboration with international publishers on diverse topics such as drug discovery, herbal medicine, medicinal biotechnology, nanotechnology, bioengineering, plant functional genomics, plant speed breeding, CRISPR-based plant genome editing, and artificial intelligence. In 2023, Dr. Chen has been included in the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University.

• 1. Plant Cuticle Synthesis and Tolerance to StressJuan Carlos Mateos del Amo, Rafael Fernández-Muñoz, Eva Dominguez, Antonio Heredia, Fernando Gallardo2. Disease Resistance in Crops: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding StrategiesFatima Ezzahra Soussani, Chayma Ikan, Hanane Boutaj, Wissal Benaffari, Rachid Lahlali, Abdelilah Meddich3. Mutagenesis: A Promising Strategy for Elevating Plant Tolerance to Biotic StressMohd Ali, Sandeep Kour, Deepak kumar, Roohi Sharma, Parkirti, Vikram, Rajesh Kumari Manhas, Harish Changotra, Puja Ohri4. Enhancing the resilience of apple to fire blight and winter injury in a warming worldDustin E. MacLean, Yunfei Jiang, Rachid Lahlali, Ian R. Willick5. Recent advancement in Genetic engineering techniques in disease resistance of crops: An outlookLicon Kumar Acharya, Suryakant Manik, Madhuri Pradhan, Ajanta Birah, M.K Khokar, Debjyoti Majumder, Akbar Hossain6. Phytohormones: Crucial factors for plant stress tolerancePriyanka Saha, Bishal Debnath, Neha Sharma, Suman Dutta, Anamika Barman, Anurag Bera, Swagata Mandal7. Integration of Multi-omics Approaches and Speed Breeding for Plant Stress Tolerance: Challenges and OpportunitiesAsad Azeem, Furqan Tayyab, Ghulam Mustafa, Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Faiz Ahmad Joyia8. Understanding Stress-Related Genes and the Role of Biostimulants in Biotic and Abiotic Stress Response to Improve Plant Breeding and Cultivation MethodsK. Varun, B. S. Lakshmi9. ABC proteins as regulators of plant tolerance to biotic and abiotic stressesGohar Sahakyan, Naira Sahakyan10. Plant genome editing for pest management: Current achievements and future directionsProdipto Bishnu Angon, Md. Shafiul Islam, Sharah Jabeen Mou, Arpita Roy, Md. Inzamam-Ul-Haque, Akivha Akter Sweety, Monisha Mondol11. Plant genome editing for viral disease management: Current achievements and future directionsShitosri Mondal, Prodipto Bishnu Angon, Md. Shakil Uddin, Arpan Das, Monisha Mondol, Md. Shafiul Islam12. CRISPR plants against fungal diseases: Methods and applicationsLara Jadhav, Richa Das, Shreni Agrawal, Indrani Bhattacharya, Pradeep Kumar, Amit Kumar Singh, Vishnu D Rajput, Tatiana Minkina, Kavindra Nath Tiwari, Sunil Kumar Mishra13. Plant Bacterial Disease Tolerance: Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding StrategiesAbdul Razak Ahmed, Kübra Budak Tek, Mümin Ibrahim Tek14. Alternative strategies to control bacterial diseases in plantsKhadija Benamar, Ikram Legrifi, Mohammed Radi, Kaoutar Bourak, Salma Benchlih, Tourya Sagouti, Rachid Lahlali15. Beneficial Microbes for Phytonematode Control in Vegetable CropsSalah-Eddine Laasli, Najwa Seddiqi Kallali, Ikram Leghrifi, Fouad Mokrini, Abdelfattah Dababat, Rachid Lahlali16. The role of microbial consortia in controlling soilborne pathogensOumaima Benaissa, Ikram Legrifi, Salah-Eddine Laasli, Kaoutar Bourak, Tourya Sagouti, Zineb Belabess, Rachid Lahlali17. Molecular Mechanisms and Breeding Strategies for Inset Pest Resistance in Fruit CropsPriscilla Amponsah, Augustine Antwi-Boasiako, Justice Frimpong Amankwahd, Muhammad Khuram Razzaq18. Physiological and molecular mechanism of insect-herbivory tolerance in plants: A potential tool for resistance breedingKaushik Pramanik, Amit Layek, Durga Mahalanobish, Debashis Roy, Debjyoti Majumder