1st Edition
Non-Coding RNAs Molecular Tools for Crop Improvement
Chapter 1: Small RNAs in Plants: Are These Magic Bullets for Imparting Climate Resilience in Crops?
Sandip Das and Swati Singh
Chapter 2: Regulatory Role(s) of Plant Small Non-Coding RNAs in Relation to Trait Improvement in Crops
Sicon Mitra, Abhijit Dey, Uttpal Anand, Niraj Kumar Jha, Devendra Kumar Pandey, Milan Kumar Lal, Sayanti Mandal, Mahipal S Shekhawat, Mimosa Ghorai, Potshangbam Nongdam, Satarupa Dey, Pradeep Kumar, Madhu Kamle, and Santosh Kumar Gupta
Chapter 3: Plant Non-Coding miRNA and Their Importance in Plants Physiology
Neelam Kumari, Ravi Kant Bhatia, Akanksha Sharma, and Nitesh Kumar
Chapter 4: miRNA-Regulated Transcription Factor Networks in Response to Osmotic Stress
Sudhir Kumar, Yuniet Hernandez, and Neeti Sanan-Mishra
Chapter 5: MicroRNA-Mediated Strategies for Conferring Biotic Stress Tolerance in Plants
Priyanka Sharma, Shivaraj S.M., Varsha Arun Mahadik, Narendra Kadoo
Chapter 6: Identification and Characterization of Plant ncRNA Responsive to Climate Change
Suraj Patil, Shrusthti Joshi, and Vinay Kumar
Chapter 7: Plant Non-Coding RNAs and their Regulation in Salinity and Heavy Metal Stress
Arunima Bhattacharya and Aryadeep Roychoudhury
Chapter 8: Ionizing Radiation Induced Non-Coding RNA in Plants and Their Implication in Mutation Breeding
Suvendu Mondal, Subham Bhakta, Parmeshwar K. Sahu, and Richa Sao
Chapter 9: Role of Non-Coding RNAs in Abiotic Stress Response & Adaptation in Chickpea
Neeraj Kumar, Anjali Soni, C. Bharadwaj, T. Vinutha, Manish Roorkiwal, Rajeev K. Varshney, and S. K. Chaturvedi
Chapter 10: Plant Functional Long Non-Coding RNAs: Yesterday’s Dark Matter, Today’s Regulatory Component for Abiotic Stress Response
Sayanti Mandal, Deepak Khairnar, and Swati Hazra
Chapter 11: Machine Learning Approaches for Long Non-Coding RNA Identification in Plants
Sarthak Chordia, Nikhil Bhamwani, Mehul Gupta, Niharika Sharma, and Rita Sharma
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Biography
Dr. Penna Suprasanna is a Professor & Director, Amity Centre for Nuclear Biotechnology, Amity University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is the Former-Head of the Nuclear Agriculture & Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. His research interests are agricultural biotechnology, climate-smart agriculture, molecular plant stress physiology, and nuclear agriculture. He has served as an expert with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria) and Member, Food Security Committee, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, DAE. He has more than 360 research publications to his credit and has edited books on Plant Nutrition and Food Security, Plant metal interactions, Stress tolerance and mutation breeding.
Dr. Vinay Kumar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, P.E.S. Modern College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune, India. His research interests are plant-environment interactions, environmental stress biology, crop biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, antimicrobial resistance, nanotechnology, and natural products. He has published more than 75 research articles and 7 published books to his credit.
Dr. Ashish Kumar Srivastava is a Scientific Officer ‘G’ at the Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India. He completed his Ph.D. from Homi Bhabha National Institute, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai, India. His research work is focused on understanding the molecular mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in crops. So far, he has published 65 research articles and edited 2 books.
