Stress-responsive Factors and Molecular Farming in Medicinal Plants

Dr. Divya Singh is presently working as Scientist-B in Department of Mulberry Physiology, CSRTI, Mysore, India. Her research specialization is primarily in genetics, proteomics, metabolomics, toxicology, bioinformatics, and molecular biological evaluation in various plant models to elucidate the physiological changes under stress condition. In her 11 years of research experiences, she has published 9-peer reviewed publications, two books (1 edited and 1 authored) including 6 book chapters and several meeting presentations at local and international scientific meetings.Dr. Amit Kumar Mishra is currently working as assistant professor in Department of Botany at Mizoram University, Aizawl, India. He has 12 years of research experience in physiological and molecular mechanisms of plant responses to high carbon dioxide levels, tropospheric ozone, drought, heat, nitrogen limitation, ultraviolet-B radiation, and other abiotic stresses. He has published 13 research articles in reputed journals and 1 edited-book including 3 chapters during his research work. He has also visited Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and Texas A&M University, United States of America. Dr. Akhileshwar Kumar Srivastava works as a Research Associate (ICMR) in CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, India. In his 11 years of research, he has published more than 17 research articles in international journals of repute, 2 Books (Elsevier publication) including 9 book chapters. His research specialization is primarily in the area of pharmacognosy with genetics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, and molecular biology associated targeting virulent factors of diseases. Also, he has studied at Augusta University (formerly, Georgia Regents University) in Augusta, GA, USA on a J-1 Exchange Scholar Visa and at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. He is also a life member fellow in Indian Science Congress and Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy, UK.

• Chapter 1. An overview of medicinal plants: Drugs of tomorrow.- Chapter 2. Medicinal properties of plant under adverse environmental condition.- Chapter 3. Response of Secondary Metabolites of Ocimum gratissimum L. Under Copper Stress Condition.- Chapter 4. Resilience mechanism of medicinal plants under harsh environment.- Chapter 5. Nature Interpretation Sites (NIS) A New Hope of Ex-situ garden for Conservation and cultivation of Economically Important RET MAP’s In Higher Himalayan Regions.- Chapter 6. Gene expression in medicinal plants in stress condition.- Chapter 7. Revealing the epigenetic mechanisms underlying the stress response in medicinal plants.- Chapter 8. Transcriptional Regulation in biosynthesis of phytochemicals in medicinal plants under stress conditions.- Chapter 9. Role of miRNA in medicinal plants under stress condition.- Chapter 10. Secondary metabolites biosynthesis and related gene expression under Ultraviolet-B radiation.- Chapter 11. Signaling molecules in medicinal plants response to cold stress.- Chapter 12. Aquaporins gene expression in plants under stress condition.- Chapter 13. Genomic instability in medicinal plants in response to heavy metal stress.- Chapter 14. Proteomics response of medicinal plants to salt stress.- Chapter 15. Regulation of PGPR-related genes in medicinal plants in adverse condition.- Chapter 16. Role of phytomelatonin in plant tolerance under environmental stress.- Chapter 17. Omics’ approaches to analysis of stress responses genes in medicinal plants.- Chapter 18. Next generation sequencing (NGS) for metabolomics study in medicinal plants under stress condition.- Chapter 19. Targeted improvement of medicinal plants under stress condition through CRISPR/Cas mediated genome engineering.- Chapter 20. Molecular farming of medicinal plants in the face of environmental challenges.