Bioactive Molecules in Plant Defense

Introduction.- Plant Growth Promoting Fungi: Diversity and Classification.- Microbial Signaling and Plant Growth Promotion.- Role of Elicitors in Plant Defense Signaling.- Plant-Microbe Interaction: Gene-to-Metabolite Network.- Phytohormones in the Modulation of Plant Cellular Responses to Stress.- Reactive Oxygen Species Generation-Scavenging and Signaling.- Lipoxygenase Signaling in Plant Defense.- Alkaloid Role in Plant Defense.- Beta-Glucosidades as detonators of Plant Chemical Defense.- Plant Nutritional Deficiency and its Impact on Crop Production.

Dr. Sudisha Jogaiah is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Studies in Biotechnology and Microbiolgy and is currently the coordinator of Karnatak University's "Plant Healthcare and Diagnostic Centre for Northern Karnataka," supported by the Vision Group of Science and Technology (VGST), Government of Karnataka. He has published more than 60 research papers in national and international journals, and 7 book chapters on various aspects of the molecular communication between host and pathogen, and the development of novel strategies for ecology-based or sustainable agriculture. He has received research grants from a number of national and state funding agencies, such as UGC, DST, JSPS and VGST to work on plant-microbe interactions and disease management. He has also received 14 Indian National Awards, including Young Scientist Award for Agriculture Microbiology from the Association of Microbiologist of India and two international awards, such a postdoctoral researcher award from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and the Japan International Award for Young Agricultural Researchers in 2012 from the Japanese Government. In 2016 and 2017 he received the Karnatak University best research paper award. He is a member of the editorial board of various journals, including Scientific Reports (Nature Publication), BMC Plant Biology (Biomed Central Publications) PLOS ONE (Plos Group), Frontiers in Plant Science (Frontiers Publication) and Annals of Crop Sciences and Agriculture (Austin Publishing group) and many more.

Mostafa Abdelrahman obtained his Ph.D. Degree from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, in 2015. His research focuses on understanding the transcriptomic and metabolomic variability of various cropping system in response to biotic stress, in particular, the Fusarium pathogen. From November 2015 to March 2018, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Graduate School of Life Science, Tohoku