Plant Nutrients and Abiotic Stress Tolerance

Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2012, he received his PhD on Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan with Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research in Center of Molecular Biosciences (COMB), University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan with Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellowship. Subsequently, he joined as Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania with Australian Governments Endeavour Research Fellowship. He joined as a Lecturer in the Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in June 2006. He was promoted to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor in June 2008, June 2013, and June 2017, respectively. Prof. Hasanuzzaman has been devoting himself in research in the field of Crop Science, especially focused on Environmental Stress Physiology since 2004. He has been performing as team leader/principal investigator of different projects funded by World Bank, FAO, University Grants Commission of Bangladesh, Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh) and so on.Prof. Hasanuzzaman published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books. He has edited 2 books and written 35 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress responses, and environmental problems in relation to plant species. These books were published by the internationally renowned publishers (Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, Wiley, etc.). His publications got over 2000 citations with h-index: 23 (according to Scopus). Prof. Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a research supervisor of undergraduate and graduate students and supervised 20 M.S. students so far. He is Editor and Reviewer of more than 50 peer reviewed international journals and recipient of Publons Peer Review Award 2017. Dr. Hasanuzzaman is active member of about 40 professional societies and acting as Publication Secretary of Bangladesh Society of Agronomy. He has been honored by different authorities due to his outstanding performance in different fields like research and education. He received the World Academy of Science (TWAS) Young Scientist Award 2014. He attended and presented 25 papers and posters in national and international conferences in different countries (USA, UK, Germany, Australia, Japan, Austria, Sweden, Russia, etc.). Masayuki Fujita is a Professor in the Laboratory of Plant Stress Responses, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. He received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, and M.Agr. and Ph.D. in plant biochemistry from Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. His research interests include physiological, biochemical, and molecular biological responses based on secondary metabolism in plants under various abiotic and biotic stresses; phytoalexin, cytochrome P450, glutathione S-transferase, and phytochelatin; and redox reaction and antioxidants. In the last decade his works were focused on oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in plants under environmental stress. His group investigates the role of different exogenous protectants in enhancing antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems in plants. He has supervised 4 M.S. students and 13 PhD students as main supervisor. He has about 150 publications in journal and books and has edited 4 books. Kamrun Nahar is an Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Botany at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She obtained B.Sc.Ag. (Hons.) and M.S. in Agricultural Botany from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She perused her second M.S. degree in 2013 from Kagawa University, Japan. She also received her PhD Degree on Environmental Stress Physiology of Plants in 2016 from the United Graduate School of A

Chapter 1. Biological functions, uptake and transport of essential nutrients in relation to plant growth.- Chapter 2. Role of Plant Nutrients in Plant Growth and Physiology.- Chapter 3. Foliar Application of Micronutrients in Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Crop Plants.- Chapter 4. Biofortification of Plant Nutrients: Present Scenario.- Chapter 5. Trace elements in abiotic stress tolerance.- Chapter 6. Biomolecular functions of micronutrients towards abiotic stress tolerance in plants.- Chapter 7. Phosphorus nutrition: plant growth in response to deficiency and excess.- Chapter 8. Role of potassium in governing photosynthetic processes and plant yield.- Chapter 9. Heavy Metal Tolerance in Two Algerian saltbushes: A Review on Plant Responses to Cadmium and Role of Calcium in Its Mitigation.- Chapter 10. Role of sulfur in plant abiotic stress tolerance: Molecular interactions and defense mechanisms.- Chapter 11. The role of siliconin plant tolerance on abiotic stress.- Chapter 12. Mechanisms of selenium-induced enhancement of abiotic stress tolerance in plants.- Chapter 13. Plant Nutrients and their Roles under Saline Soil Conditions.- Chapter 14. Ionic Basis of Salt Tolerance in Plants: Nutrient Homeostasis and Oxidative Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 15. Role of Micronutrients in Salt Stress Tolerance to Plants.- Chapter 16. Role of beneficial trace elements in salt stress tolerance of plants.- Chapter 17. Nutrient Homeostasis and Salt Stress Tolerance.- Chapter 18. Ion homeostasis and antioxidant defense towards salt tolerance in plants.- Chapter 19. Salinity Stress Alleviation by Organic and Inorganic Fertilization.- Chapter 20. Aspects of co-tolerance towards salt and heavy metal stresses in halophytic plant species.- Chapter 21. Role of mineral nutrients in plants growth under extreme temperatures.- Chapter 22. Molecular Approaches toNutrient Uptake and Homeostasis in Plants under Abiotic Stress.