Managing Salt Tolerance in Plants: Molecular and Genomic Perspectives

Dr. Shabir Hussain Wani received his Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics on "Transgenic rice for abiotic stress tolerance" from the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India in 2009. After his PhD, he worked as a research associate in the Biotechnology Laboratory, Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture (ICAR), Rangreth Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India for two years up to October 2011. In November 2011, he joined the KrishiVigyan Kendra (Farm Science Centre) as Programme Coordinator (i/c) at Senapati Manipur India. Since May 2013, he has been an assistant professor/scientist at the Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, SKUAST-K, Srinagar, Kashmir, India. He teaches courses related to plant breeding, seed science and technology, and stress breeding and has published more than 75 papers in journals and books of international and national repute. He has also edited several books on current topics in crop improvement. His Ph.D. research fetched the first prize in north zone at national level competition in India. He received a young scientist award from the Society for Promotion of Plant Sciences, Jaipur, India in 2009. He is a fellow of the Society for Plant Research, India. He has presented his research at several international and national conferences.

Dr. Mohammad Anwar Hossain received his PhD in Agriculture with specialization in plant abiotic stress physiology and molecular biology from Ehime University, Japan, in 2011. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Agriculture and Genetics and Plant Breeding from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He also earned his Master of Science in Agriculture degree from Kagawa University, Japan. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh, since September 2011. Dr. Hossain teaches plant breeding, advanced plant breeding, mo