Role of Antioxidants in Mitigating Plant Stress

Azamal Husen served as Professor and Head of the Department of Biology, University of Gondar, Ethiopia and is a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. Previously, he was a Visiting Faculty of the Forest Research Institute, and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehra Dun, India. Husen’s research and teaching experience of 20 years includes biogenic nanomaterial fabrication and application, plant responses to nanomaterials, plant adaptation to harsh environments at the physiological, biochemical, and molecular levels, herbal medicine, and clonal propagation for improvement of tree species. Dr Husen contributed to R&D projects of World Bank, ICAR, ICFRE, JBIC etc. He has >250 publications . He is Series Co-Editor of ‘Plant Biology, Sustainability and Climate Change’, Elsevier.

1. Current understanding of antioxidants and plant productivity: an overview
2. Enzymatic antioxidant defense systems in plants
3. Non-enzymatic antioxidant defense systems in plants
4. ROS/RNS metabolism, signaling in plant defense systems
5. Enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defense in plants under drought and flooding stress
6. Enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defense in plants under toxic metals stress
7. Enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defense in plants under temperature extremes
8. Enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defense in plants under cold or chilling stress
9. Enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defense in plants under nutrient deficiency stress
10. Antioxidants acceleration for crop plant leaf physiological features for stress mitigation
11. Coordination of antioxidants and plant hormones for higher plant performance under various stresses
12. Coordination of antioxidants and PGPR for higher plant performance under various stresses
13. Foliar exposure to various chemicals for enhancing the impact of antioxidants in plant stress mitigation
14. Regulation of enzymatic antioxidants and stress-related gene expression in plant system
15. Regulation of non-enzymatic antioxidants and stress-related gene expression in plant system
16. Oxidative stress suppression in plant system and elevation of antioxidant gene expression under diverse stress situations
17. Significance of antioxidants for stress-tolerant transgenic plant development
18. Antioxidants and OMICS prospectives for stress resilience in crop plants
19. Significance of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant defense systems under various biotic stress situations
20. Omics, transgenics, genome editing and use of AI with reference to stress mitigation in plants
21. Understanding carbon flow from photosynthesis to carbon assimilation with reference to stress mitigation in plants
22. Genome editing for antioxidant-based manipulation for abiotic stress tolerance in plants
23. Abiotic stress-induced regulation of antioxidant enzyme genes using microarray techniques
24. Nanoparticles and abiotic stress: Going deep into the antioxidative enzymatic resistance, signaling, and defense mechanisms in plants
25. Interactions of Oxidative Stress and Ultraviolet-B Radiation in Plant System
26. SMART Plant Breeding utilizing the antioxidant mechanism for Developing Climate-Resilient Cereals