Growth Regulation and Quality Improvement of Vegetable Crops: Physiological and Molecular Features
About this ebook
The chapters cover topics such as seed germination processes, root trait regulation for defense mechanisms, essential nutrient management for optimal growth, stomatal function dynamics in vegetables, fruit development pathways, secondary metabolism roles in quality enhancement, abiotic stress response strategies, biotic stress resistance mechanisms, and post-harvest physiology in vegetable crops. The book provides a thorough examination of climate-smart technologies aimed at ensuring sustainable vegetable production amidst global climate change challenges. It addresses critical topics like food safety through detoxification of pesticide residues and explores innovative approaches such as hormonal regulation techniques, nanotechnology, the use of growth regulators, biostimulants, and grafting to enhance growth and stress tolerance in vegetables.
This volume is an indispensable resource for professionals in olericulture, horticulture, and plant sciences. Researchers and advanced university students will find it particularly valuable for its comprehensive coverage of vegetable crop growth and quality improvement. The book's focus on sustainable agricultural practices makes it a must-read for anyone committed to addressing global food security challenges in the context of climate change.
About the author
Dr. Golam Jalal Ahammed is an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China. Dr. Ahammed received his Ph.D. in Olericulture and completed two consecutive postdoctoral programs at the Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology and the Institute of Crop Science at Zhejiang University. His primary research interests include stress physiology of vegetable crops, phytohormones, biological control of plant diseases, and environmental pollution. Dr. Ahammed has authored over 170 peer-reviewed papers in internationally reputed journals. He serves as an Associate Editor for AoB Plants, BMC Plant Biology and the Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. He has been recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide for the last four consecutive years by Stanford University, as published by Elsevier. Dr. Ahammed has also been recognized on the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list by Clarivate.
Dr. Jie Zhou is a Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He received a Ph.D. in Vegetable Science from Zhejiang University in 2013 under a joint doctoral program with the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, USA. Afterward, he started his academic career as a lecturer at Zhejiang University and became a full professor in 2018. His fields of specialization include protein modification and degradation in horticultural plant tolerance to stresses, phytomelatonin in plant response to abiotic stress, and autophagy in plant growth, development and regulation. Prof. Zhou is one of the leading young scholars in the area of vegetable science in China. He was awarded many honors such as National Outstanding Youth Scholar. He has been serving as Associate Editor for several domestic and international journals including Plant Stress. Dr. Zhou authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers in internationally reputed journals.
