Biostimulants for Crop Production and Sustainable Agriculture

Mirza Hasanuzzaman (Edited By) 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 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has edited six books and written 30 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress tolerance, and crop production. According to Scopus®, Dr. Hasanuzzaman's publications have received over 2,500 citations with an h-index of 26. 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 received the World Academy of Science Young Scientist Award (2014). Barbara Hawrylak-Nowak (Edited By) Dr Barbara Hawrylak-Nowak is Associate Professor, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland. She is an expert in the field of plant physiology, plant nutrition and metal/metalloid stress. Published 1 book, 10 book chapters chapters and more than 50 research articles. Md Tofazzal Islam (Edited By) Dr Md. Tofazzal Islam is Professor and Director, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh. He is one of the renown biotechnologists in Bangladesh and a leader in wheat blast research. His current research is focussed on the use of biostimulants, especially plant probiotic and soil endophytes for crop production and protection. Masayuki Fujita (Edited By) Dr. Masayuki Fujita is 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 the main supervisor. He has about 150 publications in journal and books and has edited 10 books.

1: Biostimulants in Sustainable Agriculture. Bornita Bose and Harshata Pal. 2: Diversity and Functions of Biostimulants in Crop Plants. Durdana Hossain Prium, Sadrina Afrin Mowna, Yusha Araf, Tawfiq Alam, Md. Asad Ullah, Moutoshi Chakraborty, Most. Waheda Rahman Ansary and Tofazzal Islam. 3: Biostimulants for Promoting Eco-Friendly Sustainable Agriculture. Faria Rahman Jeba, Maisha Farzana, Tahani Tabassum, Tanjim Ishraq Rahaman, Md. Asad Ullah, Yusha Araf, Most Waheda Rahman Ansary, Dipali Rani Gupta, Moutoshi Chakraborty and Tofazzal Islam. 4: Biofortification for Crop Quality Enhancement. Hira Ali, Shamim Akhtar, Nazneen Bangash, Malik Tahir Hayat, Hafiz Muhammad Tauqeer Khan and Durr-e-Nayab. 5: Biostimulants-Induced Improvement of Soil Health and Water Use Efficiency in Plant. Usman Tariq, Adnan Younis, M. Ahsan and M. Nadeem. 6: Silicon-Based Biostimulators for Sustainable Agriculture. Grankina Alina, Bocharnikova Elena and Matichenkov Vladimir. 7: Application of Iodine, Selenium and Silicon for Promotion Crop Production.Aleksandra Golob, Anja Mavric Cermelj and Mateja Germ. 8: Organic Manure for Promoting Sustainable Agriculture. Muhammad Yasir Arfat, Ahmad Sher, Sami Ul-Allah, Abdul Sattar, Muhammad Ijaz, Abdul Manaf, Bushra Sarwar and Muhammad Muneer-ul-Husnain. 9: Use Of Organic Substrates in Sustainable Horticulture. Adnan Younis, M. Ahsan, Ahsan Akram, Ki-Byung Lim, Faisal Zulfiqar and Usman Tariq. 10: Biostimulants: An Alternative to Chemical Pesticides for Crop Protection. Ambika Chaturvedi, Pooja Saraswat, Ayushi Singh, Parul Tyagi and Rajiv Ranjan. 11: Role of Humic Substances on Growth and Yield of Crop plant. Yasser A. El-Tahlawy and Osama A.M. Ali . 12: Growth Stimulating Effects of Chitosan Biopolymer in Plants. Moutoshi Chakraborty and Tofazzal Islam. 13: Effect of Plant Extracts on Improvement of Crop Yield. Muhammad Ijaz, Haji Muhammad, Ahmad Sher, Abdul Sattar, Muhammad Zain Saleem and Muhammad Asif. 14: Use of Seaweed Extracts for Enhancement of Crop Production. Bhupinder Dhir. 15: Biostimulants for Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance. Neerja Srivastava. 16: Molecular Priming of Plants with Biostimulants: An Effective Strategy Foralleviation of Environmental Stresses in Crop Plant. Malay Kumar Adak. 17: Biostimulants As Regulators of Stress Metabolites to Enhance Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance in Plants. Fahim Nawaz, Sadia Majeed, Muhammad Farman, Mohamed S. Sheteiwy, Abdullah Al-Mamun, Maria Nawaz and Günter Neumann. 18: Seed Priming with Biostimulants for Better Crop Production under Stresses. Faisal Nadeem, Yamin Bibi, Umair Hasan, Muhammad Zubair, Husnain Jawad, Waseem Ahmed and Abdul Qayyum. 19: Biological Trace Elements Confer Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plant. Aditi Shreeya Bali, Gagan Preet Singh Sidhu, Dipti Grover and Bhawna Dahiya. 20: Role of Polyamines in Abiotic and Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plant. Katarzyna Rubinowska. 21: Role of Osmolytes in Enhancement of Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance. L. Jeyanthi Rebecca and Eiji Hirasawa. 22: Enhancement of Plant Productivity and Stress Tolerance by The Application of Exogenous Supply of Vitamins. Sadia Sabrina Alam, Afsana Hoque Akhi, Faridul Alam, Mirza Hasanuzzaman and Md. Motiar Rohman. 23: Sugar Signaling in Plants under Physiological and Stress Conditions. Zhong-Guang Li. 24: Role of Nanoparticles in Improving Stress Tolerance in Crop Plant.Abdul Qayyum, Faisal Nadeem, Yamin Bibi, Raza Ullah, Husnain Raza Bajwa, Husnain Jawad and Ahmad Sher. 25: Role of Organic Amendments in Stress Tolerance of Plant. Muhammad Ateeq, Ahmad Sher, Sami-Ul-Allah, Abdul Sattar, Muhammad Ijaz, Bushra Sarwar and Abdul Qayyum. 26: Endophytes As Potential Biostimulants to Enhance Plant Growth for Promoting Sustainable Agriculture. Munirah Tharek, Saidu Abdullahi, Md Abdul Baset Mia, Nazalan Najimudin and Amir Hamzah Ghazali. 27: Plant Endophytes in Growth Promotion and Sustainable Management of Crop Pests. Hossain Sohrawardy and Tofazzal Islam. 28: Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria as Biostimulants in Sustainable Crop Production.Aniruddha Sarker, Debasis Mitra, Pradeep K. Das Mohapatra, Most. Waheda Rahman Ansary and Tofazzal Islam. 29: Endophytes: The Immune System Modulators of Rice Plant under Abiotic Stresses. Deepanwita Deka, Jnandabhiram Chutia and Bhaben Tanti. 30: Plant-Microorganism Interactions Remediate Heavy Metal Contaminated Ecosystems. Aditi Shreeya Bali, Gagan Preet Singh Sidhu, Bhawna Dahiya and Dipti Grover. 31: Alleviation Of Salinity Stress in Non-Legumes by Beneficial Salt Tolerant Bacteria. M A Baset Mia.