Agro-industrial Perspectives on Sugarcane Production under Environmental Stress

1 Growth and development of sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrid) and its relationship with environmental factors.- 2 Impact of climate change on sucrose synthesis in sugarcane varieties.- 3 Impact of salinity stress on sugarcane yield and quality: management approaches for higher cane sugar productivity.- 4 Potential parents for developing climate-resilient sugarcane varieties in India- A breeding perspective.- 5 Bioactive silicon: approach to enhance sugarcane yield under stress environment.- 6 Anatomy of tolerance mechanisms in sugarcane crop to abiotic stresses.- 7 Interaction of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria with sugarcane plants for alleviating abiotic stresses and improving crop yields.- 8 Morpho-physiological, biochemical and ultrastructural modifications on sugarcane to prolonged water deficit.- 9 Impact of heavy metal toxicity on sugarcane growth, development and productivity.- 10 Defense-related proteins in sugarcane andtheir role in disease resistance: molecular advancements and beyond.- 11 Impact of green and organic fertilizers on soil fertility and sugarcane productivity.- 12 Silicon-induced mitigation of low temperature stress in sugarcane.- 13 Agro-technologies to sustain sugarcane productivity under abiotic stresses.- 14 Biotechnological approaches to improve sugarcane quality and quantum under environmental stresses.- 15 Biotic stresses in sugarcane plants and its management.- 16 Weeds management in sugarcane: recent developments and future perspectives.- 17 Synergistic integration of sugarcane - proteogenomics to decipher the mechanism of disease resistance in sugarcane.- 18 The metabolic interaction of potassium salt of active phosphorus (PSAP) and its stimulatory effects on the growth and productivity of sugarcane under stressful environment.

Dr. Krishan K. Verma is working as Visiting Scientist at Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China. He did his B.Sc. (Biol.), M.Sc. and Ph.D. (Botany) from the Chhatrapati Sahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur and University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India. He has research experience in Plant Stress Functional Biology and Enviro-toxicology at C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur and University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India. His research interests include plant physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, and role of nanoparticles (NPs) on growth and development of sugarcane subjected to abiotic stresses. He is a recipient of Young Scientist Fellowship Award by Science and Engineering Research Board, DST, Govt. of India and Award of Excellence 2021 by Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China. He is a Reviewer of many International and National highly reputed journals.

Dr. Xiu-Peng Song is working as Research Associate Professor (Assoc. Prof.) at Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China. His ongoing research focuses on plant physiology and biochemistry of stress resistance, occurrence mechanism and comprehensive control of diseases and insect pests in sugarcane. He received his Master and Ph.D. degree (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) from Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, China. He presided over 4 projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation China and participated in 16 projects, i.e., National/ International cooperation. He received six awards such as Guangxi Science and Technology Progress Award. He has published 66 scientific publications.Dr. Vishnu D. Rajput is working as Leading Researcher at Sothern Federal University (SFedU), Russia. He is working on soil contaminations, i.e., potentially toxic elements/nanoparticles and comprehensively detailed the state