Tariq Aftab, PhD, is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, where he earned his PhD. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, a Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and a Young Scientist Award from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh (India) and Government of India. After completing his doctorate, he worked as Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, and as Postdoctorate Fellow at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Dr. Aftab was also a visiting scientist at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, USA. He is a member of various scientific associations in India and abroad. He has edited over 11 books with international publishers, co-authored several book chapters, and published over 60 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and aromatic plants.

This new volume highlights the various emerging techniques and molecular applications that are currently being used in plant abiotic stress physiology. It provides a thorough overview of omics approaches in response to stressors such as low water accessibility (drought), excess water (flooding/waterlogging), extremes of temperatures (cold, chill, frost, and heat), salinity, mineral deficiency, and heavy metal toxicity-many of which are the result of climate change. The book, with chapters contributed by specialists in the field, emphasizes the broad variety of themes using an omics analysis of plants under abiotic stress factors at the cellular and molecular levels.

The chapter authors explore a variety of approaches to address plant abiotic stress, including proteomic approaches, genome editing applications, and system biology approaches. The volume takes into consideration, from omics perspective, how to use the plant-microbe interaction to make plants more resilient to changing climates. It also looks at the role of ionomics (the study of complete mineral nutrient and trace elemental composition of a plant species) and osmoprotectants to address multiple abiotic stress tolerance in plants.

Omics Analysis of Plants under Abiotic Stress provides the fundamental information for all who are working in or have interest in this specific field. Unquestionably, this volume will be beneficial for common use of research students, teachers, and persons who have interest in plant abiotic stress physiology.

1. An Overview of Omics Approaches in Response to Abiotic Stresses in Plants

Preetha Bhadra, Sagar Maitra, and Akbar Hossain

2. Proteomic Approaches in Physiological Studies of Plant Abiotic Stress

Jitesh Kumar, Khushbu Jain, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, et al.

3. Genome Editing Applications in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

Pooja Saraswat, Mrinalini Prasad, Anamika Gupta, and Rajiv Ranjan

4. Omics Perspective on Plant-Microbe Interaction for Improving Crop Species' Resilience to Changing Climate

Preetha Bhadra, Sagar Maitra, and Akbar Hossain

5. The Role of Ionomics as Functional Genomics of Elements in Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance

Nikwan Shariatipour, Zahra Shams, and Bahram Heidari

6. Molecular Mechanism and Adaptation Strategies of Plants Under Nutrient Deficiency/Toxicity Conditions

Anamika Gupta, Pooja Saraswat, Mrinalini Prasad, and Rajiv Ranjan

7. Emerging Roles of Osmoprotectants in Response to Multiple Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

Udit Nandan Mishra, Debanjana Saha, Jyoti Chauhan, et al.

8. System Biology Approaches Used for Climate Change Resilient Crops

Ambika Chaturvedi, Pooja Saraswat, Anamika Gupta, et al.

9. Proteomics in Perspective of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

Chandrakant Singh