Growth Regulation and Quality Improvement of Vegetable Crops

Dr. Golam Jalal Ahammed is an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China. Dr. Ahammed received his Ph.D. in Olericulture and completed two consecutive postdoctoral programs at the Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology and the Institute of Crop Science at Zhejiang University. His primary research interests include stress physiology of vegetable crops, phytohormones, biological control of plant diseases, and environmental pollution. Dr. Ahammed has authored over 170 peer-reviewed papers in internationally reputed journals. He serves as an Associate Editor for AoB Plants, BMC Plant Biology and the Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. He has been recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide for the last four consecutive years by Stanford University, as published by Elsevier. Dr. Ahammed has also been recognized on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list by Clarivate. Dr. Jie Zhou is a Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He received a Ph.D. in Vegetable Science from Zhejiang University in 2013 under a joint doctoral program with the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, USA.  Afterward, he started his academic career as a lecturer at Zhejiang University and became a full professor in 2018.  His fields of specialization include protein modification and degradation in horticultural plant tolerance to stresses, phytomelatonin in plant response to abiotic stress, and autophagy in plant growth, development and regulation. Prof. Zhou is one of the leading young scholars in the area of vegetable science in China. He was awarded many honors such as National Outstanding Youth Scholar. He has been serving as Associate Editor for several domestic and international journals including Plant Stress. Dr. Zhou authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers in internationally reputed journals.

• Chapter 1. Introduction to vegetable crops growth and developmental biology.- Chapter 2. Seed germination and seedling development in vegetable crops.- Chapter 3. Regulation of shoot architecture in vegetable crops.- Chapter 4. Leaf senescence and its regulation in vegetable crops.- Chapter 5. Root traits regulation for growth and defense in vegetable crops.- Chapter 6. Regulation of essential plant nutrients in vegetable crops.- Chapter 7. Regulation of photosynthesis for improving yield in vegetable crops.- Chapter 8. Stomatal movements and functions in vegetable crops.- Chapter 9. Regulation of fruit development in vegetable crops.- Chapter 10. Regulation of secondary metabolism in vegetable crops.- Chapter 11. Diversity in organ color and regulation of pigmentation in vegetable crops.- Chapter 12. Abiotic stress and mechanisms of stress tolerance in vegetable crops.- Chapter 13. Plant defense and biotic stress tolerance in vegetable crops.- Chapter 14. Role of beneficial microorganisms in vegetable crop production and quality improvement..- Chapter 15. Light quality regulation for improved growth and stress tolerance in vegetable crops.- Chapter 16. CO2 enrichment in protected vegetable production.- Chapter 17. Hormonal regulation of stress tolerance in vegetable crops. - Chapter 18. Beneficial elements for growth and development of vegetable crops.- Chapter 19. Detoxification of pesticide residue for safe vegetable production.- Chapter 20. Regulation of nutraceuticals in vegetables for human health benefits.- Chapter 21. Non-microbial bio stimulatants for quality improvement in fruit and leafy vegetables.- Chapter 22. Post-harvest physiology of vegetable crops and its regulation.- Chapter 23. Advances and perspectives of biofortification in vegetable crops.- Chapter 24. Perspectives on carbon-neutral protected vegetable production.- Chapter 25. Grafting as a tool for improving growth and stress tolerance in vegetable crops.- Chapter 26. Epigenetic regulation of growth and defense in vegetable crops.- Chapter 27. Functional genomics approaches for vegetable crop improvement.- Chapter 28. Advances in speed breeding technologies in vegetable crop improvement.- Chapter 29. Climate-smart strategies for sustainable production of vegetable crops.- Chapter 30. Nano-technology in regulation of growth and stress tolerance in vegetable crops.