Salt and Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants

Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a Professor of Agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Prof. Hasanuzzaman has published over 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books, edited 3 books, and written 35 book chapters on important aspects of plant physiology, plant stress responses, and environmental problems in relation to plant species. He is an editor or reviewer for more than 50 peer-reviewed international journals and the recipient of the 'Publons Peer Review Award 2017.' In addition, he is an active member of 40 professional societies and is the Publication Secretary of the Bangladesh Society of Agronomy. He received the World Academy of Science (TWAS) Young Scientist Award in 2014. 

An overview of salinity tolerance mechanism in plants.- Plant responses and tolerance to combined salt and drought stress.- Special adaptive features of plant species in response to salinity.- Special adaptive features of plant species in response to drought.- Special anatomical features of halophytes: Implication for salt Tolerance.- Plant roots- the hidden half for investigating salt and drought stress responses and tolerance.- Plant responses and tolerance to extreme salinity: Learning from halophytes tolerance to extreme salinity.- Programmed cell death and drought stress signaling.- Overview of signal transduction in plants under salt and drought stresses.- Calcium signaling in plants under drought.- ROS signalling in modulating salinity stress tolerance in plants.-  Phytohormone signaling in response to drought.- Physiological Role of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid in Salt Stress Tolerance.- NAC transcription factors in drought and salinity tolerance.- Genetic manipulation of drought stress signaling pathways in plants.- QTL mapping for drought stress tolerance in plants.