Non-Coding RNA in Plants: Modulation and Stress Responses

Non-coding RNA in Plants: Modulation and Stress Responses  is the first book to present the basics of the importance of long non-coding RNA and its potential in addressing abiotic and biotic stresses. Describing the MiRNA and small RNA and their role in plant development, this book explains the importance of long non-coding RNA in plants, including its significance in virus resistance, its transposable elements, effector trigger immunity, and fungal and bacterial resistance in plants. Non-coding RNA for Modulation and Stress Response in Plants presents the state-of-the-science from its historical foundation through application throughout the lifecycle and production of agricultural and non-agricultural plants.  While various coding has been explored within animal science, plant exposition has been minimal.  This book is designed to inspire additional research and developments toward improved plant resiliency and production.

Dr Rahul Datta is Asst. Professor in the field of Soil Science currently is working at Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. His research has focused largely on increasing crop productivity using “green” and sustainable methods. Some of the most notable problems he has addressed through his research are drought stress, heavy metal toxicity in soil, and climate change greenhouse gas. His research has helped in increasing the quality and productivity of staple crops like wheat maize, barley, rice, and other crops like mangoes, spinach, and cotton. His work has been cited in excess of 2200 times. He has published extensively and is an editorial board member of the journals PlosOne, Sustainability (MDPI), BMC Plant Biology and Open Agriculture, in which he is overseeing a special issue on current trends in agriculture (MDPI). At present, He is also a member of the Soil Science Society of America.

Dr. Chintan Kapadia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Aspee College of Horticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Navsari Agricultural University in the discipline of Plant Biotechnology. He has been working in the field of Plant biotechnology for 11 years and he has worked on the Micro RNA involved in the resistance of eggplant towards Ralstonia solanacerum infection. His main research area includes metagenomics, microbial biodiversity analysis, Sequencing, Restoration Ecology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Plant Stress Biology, Molecular Mechanisms for Plant-Insect interaction, MicroRNA and plant Microbes Interaction, Plant Growth Promoting Molecules such as Siderophore and organic acids, Relationship between nutrient-limiting environment and phage lysogeny, carbon assimilation pathways in microbes and Microalgal-based biofuel..

Dr Subhan Danish has a bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, and master’s and doctorate degrees in Agriculture (Soil Science). He is currently teaching at Bahauddin Zakariya University and Mendel University in Brno as a guest lecturer. He teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels, focusing on soil science and plant nutrition. His current research interests include soil science and plant nutrition, abiotic stress alleviation, nanoparticles in agriculture and climate-smart agriculture with artificial intelligence. His papers were published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Scientific Report, Journal of Environmental Management, Science of the Total Environment, Cleaner Production, Chemosphere etc).

Dr. Sachidanand Singh, B.Tech Biotechnology, M.Tech Bioinformatics and PhD in Bioinformatics. He has a postdoctoral research experience from college of Pharmacy, Ohio State University, USA. His specialization area includes Plant Biotechnology, Systems Biology and Drug design. He has more than 12 years of research and academic experience. He has published extensively, including on plant-based studies in association to Soil microbiome, herbal drug formulation, drug design and microbe-microbe interactions and their expression-based studies. He has served for a decade in School of Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He also worked as consultant for college of pharmacy, Ohio State University as a Statistical Genetics during the year 2018. He has published in peer reviewed journals.