Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

- Plants Stress Responses to Drought: Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Basis.- Photosynthesis and Abiotic Stress in Plants.- Ecotoxicological effects of insecticides in plants assessed by germination and other phytotoxicity tools.- Variation in Plant Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activities under Salt Stress.- Response of plants to salinity stress and the role of salicylic acid in modulating tolerance mechanisms: physiological and proteomic approach.- The role of beneficial elements in triggering adaptive responses to environmental stressors and improving plant performance.- Plant adaptation to stress conditions: the case of Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs).- Phosphite as an inductor of adaptive responses to stress and stimulator of better plant performance.- Nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species interactions in plant tolerance and adaptation to stress factors.- Involvement of Reactive Species of Oxygen and Nitrogen in Triggering Programmed Cell Death in Plants.- Progress and prospects in Capsicum breeding for biotic and abiotic stresses.- MicroRNA (miRNA) and Small interfering RNA (siRNA) - Biogenesis and functions in plants.- Bryomonitoring of Environmental Pollution.- Bioinformatics resources for the stress biology of plants.

Dr. Sharad Vats is currently working at the Department of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Rajasthan, India and has more than a decade of research and teaching experience. He has authored two books and published five book chapters and more than 30 research papers in internationally recognized journals on important aspects of plant secondary metabolites, tissue cultures, antioxidants and related topics.