University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

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Heat shock proteins and molecular chaperones: role in regulation of cellular proteostasis and stress management -- Heat response, senescence and reproductive development in plants -- Ethylene, nitric oxide, and hemoglobins in plant tolerance to flooding -- Monitoring the activation of jasmonate biosynthesis genes for selection of chickpea hybrids tolerant to drought stress -- Genetic engineering crop plants to sustain drought tolerance -- Physiology and biochemistry of salt stress tolerance in plants -- Sugarcane (Saccharum sp.) salt tolerance at various developmental levels -- The impact of ozone pollution on plant defense metabolism: detrimental effects on yield and quality of agricultural crops -- Potentiality of ethylene in sulphur-mediated counteracting adverse effects of cadmium in plants -- Heavy metal and metalloid stress in plants: the genomics perspective -- Influence of arsenic and phosphate on the growth and metabolism of cultivated plants -- Plant responses to abiotic stresses in sustainable agriculture -- Interactive role of polyamines and reactive oxygen species in stress tolerance of plants -- Indirect and direct benefits of the use of Trichoderma harzianum strain T-22 in agronomic plants subjected to abiotic and biotic stresses -- Role of microorganisms in alleviation of abiotic stresses for sustainable agriculture.