Epigenetic Regulations in Plants Mechanisms, Plant Development and Stress Responses

Section 1: Introduction to epigenetics

1.  Molecular components of chromatin serving as epigenetic modifiers in plants
Susmita Behara, Swastika Rakshit, Titir Guha, Prajita Kundu, Rita Kundu, Snehalata Majumdar and Aditi Nayak

2. Role of DNA methylation in plant growth regulation
Sachin Patil, Prashant Palkar, Vishal Kamble and Jaganath Patil

3. Methylation and histone editing in epigenetic regulation in plants
Aryadeep Roychoudhury, Heeya Gupta and Konkona Lahiri

4. Non coding RNAs in epigenetic regulation
Ashmaul Husna, Noorie Shama, Sayak Chakraborty, Chandan Roy, Rita Kundu, Snehalata Majumdar and Aditi Nayak

5. CRISPR/Cas-based epigenetic regulation in plants
Dhanawantari L. Singha, Abhik Gogoi, Ankita Gogoi, Nikha Borah, Arpita Talukdar, Ratul Nath and Channakeshaviah Chikkaputtaiah

6. Emerging technologies and methodologies in epigenetics research
Parama Majumdar, Mayanak Varun and Mousumi Bhowal

Section 2: Epigenetic responses in model plants

7. Plant epigenomes: Plasticity and mapping to understand growth and development
Savita Bhardwaj, Dhriti Sharma, Ajay Kumar, Yanchen Dolma, Bharat Kapoor and Dhriti Kapoor

8. Mechanisms for epigenetic regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana
Bushra Hafeez Kiani, Irshad Arshad and Ayesha Khan

9. Dynamics of epigenetic regulation in the physiological processes, gene expression and defense in rice
Debabrata Panda, Suraj K. Padhi and Jayanta K. Nayak

10. Insight into the epigenetic regulation of cereal crops in controlling physiology, development and stress defense
Bornita Bose and Harshata Pal

Section 3: Epigenetics in plant physiological processes

11. Epigenetic regulation of photosynthesis in plants
Hanuman Sharma, Renu Sharma, Apexa Pareek and Payal Lodha

12. Nitrogen and sulfur metabolism and their epigenetic regulation in plants
Poonam Jodha, Gourav Chouhan, Lata Sharma, Suman Parihar and Gyan Singh Shekhawat

13. Epigenetic regulation of nitrogen and sulfur metabolism in plants
Sumali Sucharita, Ankur Singh and Aryadeep Roychoudhury

14. Epigenetic regulation of plant response to mineral nutrient availability: Recent updates
Aman Singh, Haritha Si, Shelvy S, Archana Sahani and Lekshmy Sathee

15. Epigenetic regulation of photoperiodic flowering in plants
Parama Majumdar and Suman Ganger

16. Epigenetic mechanisms of plant reproduction, heterosis and tissue culture
Dilawar Ali, Asad Azeem and Sami Ul-Allah

17. Epigenetic regulation in the signalling of phytohormones and plant growth regulators
Uma S, Nisha Sam Nirmala, Ashwini R and Sivarama Krishna Lakkaboyana

18. Chromatin modeling and epigenetic regulation in DNA damage repair in plants
Sakshi Sharma, Ritika Dadhwa and Ritesh Banerjee

Section 4: Epigenetics in plant stress responses

19. MicroRNAs: Mastering epigenetic regulation in plant stress responses
Subhasis Karmakar and Sabarinathan Selvaraj

20. Crop improvement through epigenetic technologies: Case studies
Ashwini R, Nisha Sam Nirmala, Uma S, Sivarama Krishna Lakkaboyan and Pamarthi Satyanarayan

21. Epigenetic regulation in plant-microbe interaction and plant immunity
Bijendra Singh, Ashish Chandran and Satyajit Singh

22. Epigenetic regulation in plant tolerance to salinity and drought stress
Faiza Munir, Shahab, Qurat ul ain Ali, Nimra Ghafoor and Ramsha Tariq

23. Epigenetic regulation in plant tolerance to heat stress and thermomorphogenesis
Louis Noble, M. S. Amritha and Jos T. Puthur

24. Cold stress tolerance and epigenetic memory in plants
Priya Kushwaha and Amit Kumar Singh

25. Epigenetic responses to heavy metal stress in plants
Priya Kushwaha and Amit Kumar Singh

26. Epigenetic memory of ultraviolet and light stress in plants: Mechanism, crosstalk and application
Aryadeep Roychoudhury, Swayambhik Mukherjee and Abhinaba Banerjee

27. Ethical and regulatory considerations in plant epigenetic regulation during diverse stress conditions
Muhammad Younis, Hafiz Muhammad Nadeem, Jianxu Wang, Sana Khalid, Tasveer Zahra Tariq, Behzad Murtaza and Muhammad Shahid

28. Unravelling the prospects of epigenetic memory: Insights into the resilience against abiotic stressors
Dibakar Ghosh and Swarnendu Roy     

29. Epigenetics: A tool for modifying the plants to combat against environmental stress
Sachin Patil and Jagannath Patil

30. Epigenetic regulations in plant-environment interactions
Nisha Sam Nirmala, Eyerusalem Goitom Kidane, Uma S, Ashwini Ravi and Sivarama Krishna lakkaboyana

Biography

Prof. Aryadeep Roychoudhury is currently working as a Professor in the Discipline of Life Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India. Earlier, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He earned his B.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany from Presidency College, Kolkata, and M.Sc. in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He pursued his doctoral research at Bose Institute, Kolkata and earned his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in the area of stress biology in plants. Following his Ph.D. work, he joined the University of Calcutta as a Research Associate (post-doctorate), pursuing translational research on transgenic rice. He is presently involved in active research in the field of abiotic stress responses in plants with perspectives to the physiology, molecular biology, and cell signalling under diverse stress conditions. He has 25 years of research experience in the concerned discipline. He has handled several government-funded projects as prin­cipal investigator and supervised five Ph.D. students as principal investigator. Prof. Roychoudhury has published over 290 articles in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in books of international and national repute. He has already edited 16 books with publishers like Wiley, Elsevier, Springer, Taylor & Francis Group, and Nova, and has also handled special issues as Guest Editor for several renowned inter­national journals. He is a regular reviewer of articles in high-impact, international journals, editorial board member of several journals and Life Member of different scientific associations and societies. He is the recipient of the Young Scientist Award 2019, conferred upon him by International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, at the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He also received the recipient of Distinguished Scientist Award – 2024 conferred upon him recently by the Institute of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Sciences, India. His name is included in the Stanford University’s List of World’s Top 2% most influential scientists.