Sustainable Plant Nutrition

Tariq Aftab received his PhD degree in the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, India, and is currently an Assistant Professor there. He received prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, a Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh and Government of India. He has worked as Visiting Scientist at IPK, Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, United States. He has edited 14 books with international publishers, including Elsevier Inc., Springer Nature, and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), co-authored several book chapters, and published over 65 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and crop plants. Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem (PhD) is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has more both teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions as well as in environmental studies. He has served as the visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. He has more than 110 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals has extensive book publishing experience as well. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. He is a fellow of Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea.

1. Plant nutrition and soil fertility: Physiological and molecular avenues for crop improvement 2. Nutrient acquisition, transport and metabolism within the plant cells 3. Molecular basis of plant nutrient use efficiency - concepts and challenges for its improvement 4. Role of mineral nutrients in biological nitrogen fixation 5. Physiological and molecular aspects of macronutrient uptake by higher plants 6. Physiological and molecular aspects of micronutrient uptake by higher plants 7. Physiological, molecular and epigenetic revelations in nutrient requirement status of crops influenced by intercropping 8. Nutrient sensing in plants 9. Use of nano-fertilizers to improve the nutrient use efficiencies 10. Why and how to prevent over-fertilization for sustainable crop productivity 11. Molecular basis of abiotic stress alleviation by micronutrients 12. Nutrient dependent regulation of root architecture 13. Phytohormone dependant regulation of mineral nutrients in plants 14. Strategies for enhancing nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency in crop production systems 15. Metabolite flux analysis to understand effects of mineral nutrition on crop physiology 16. Role of microorganisms in plant nutrition and soil health 17. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria and root system functioning 18. Regulation of expression of genes encoding nutrient transporters in higher plants 19. Improving nutrient use efficiency by exploiting genetic engineering of crops 20. Role of inorganic biostimulants and beneficial elements in improving nutrient uses efficiency in crops