Mechanisms of Arsenic Toxicity and Tolerance in Plants

Dr. Mirza Hasanuzzaman is Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka. He received his Ph.D. on ‘Plant Stress Physiology and Antioxidant Metabolism’ from Ehime University, Japan with a scholarship from the Japanese government. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research at the Center of Molecular Biosciences, University of the Ryukyus, Japan, as a recipient of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral fellowship. He was also the recipient of the Australian Government’s Endeavour Research Fellowship for postdoctoral research as an Adjunct Senior Researcher at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Dr. Hasanuzzaman’s current work is focused on the physiological and molecular mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance (salinity, drought, flood, and heavy metals/metalloids). Dr. Hasanuzzaman has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has edited six books and written 30 book chapters on important aspectsof plant physiology, plant stress tolerance, and crop production. According to Scopus®, Dr. Hasanuzzaman’s publications have received over 2,000 citations with an h-index of 23 and an i10-index of 44. He is an editor and reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed international journals and was a recipient of the ‘Publons Peer Review Award 2017.’ He has been honored by different authorities for to his outstanding performance in different fields like research and education, and he has received the World Academy of Science Young Scientist Award (2014).Dr. Kamrun Nahar is an Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Botany at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She received her PhD Degree on ‘Environmental Stress Physiology of Plants’ in 2016 from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University, Japan with Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship. Dr. Nahar has been involved in research with field crops emphasizing stress physiology since 2006. She has completed several research work and also continuing research project funded by Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Research System and Ministry of Science and Technology (Bangladesh). She is supervising M.S. students. Dr. Nahar published number of articles in peer-reviewed journals and books of reputed publishers. She has published 50 articles and chapters related to plant physiology and environmental stresses with Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press, Wiley, etc. Her publications reached about 2000 citations with h-index: 22 (according to Scopus). She is involved in editorial activities and reviewer of international journals. She is active member of about 20 professional societies. Dr. Nahar attended different international conferences and presented 10 papers, and posters in national and international conferences in different countries (USA, Australia, Japan, Austria, Russia, China, etc.).Dr. 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 8 books.

• 1 Arsenic Uptake and Transportation in Plants.- 2. Plant Responses to Arsenic Toxicity: Morphology and physiology.- 3. Consequences of Paddy Cultivation in Arsenic Contaminated Paddy Fields of Lower Indo-Gangetic Plane on Arsenic Accumulation Pattern and Selected Grain Quality Traits: A Preliminary Assessment.- 4.Arsenic-induced Oxidative Stress in Plants.- 5. Plants Response and Tolerance to Arsenic-induced oxidative Stress.- 6. Arsenic Toxicity in Crop Plants: Responses and Remediation Strategies.- 7. Plant’s Adaptive Mechanisms Under Arsenic Pollution.- 8. Mitigating Arsenic Toxicity in Plants: Role of Microbiota.- 9. Role of Plant-Microorganism Interactions in Plant Tolerance to Arsenic.- 10. Interaction of Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Responses to Arsenic Stress: A Collaborative Tale Useful to Manage Contaminated Soil.- 11. Potentials of Aquatic Plants and Algae for Arsenic Accumulation.- 12. Algae as a Budding Tool for Mitigation of Arsenic from Aquatic Systems.- 13. A Glimpse on Uptake Kinetics and Molecular Responses of Arsenic Tolerance in Rice Plants.- 14. Transcriptomics of Arsenic Tolerance in Plants.- 15. Agronomics Management for Arsenic Stress Mitigation. 16.Environmental Chemistry, Fate and Speciation of Arsenic in Groundwater-Soil-Crop Systems.- 17. Treatment of Arsenic Contaminated Water: Mechanism of Treatment Methods.- 18. Status of Arsenic Toxicity in the World.- 19. Arsenic toxicity: A South Asian perspective.