List of contributors

Chedly Abdelly
Laboratoire des Plantes Extrêmophiles,
Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj-Cedria (CBBC), Tunisia

Fakiha Afzal
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences,
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST),
Islamabad, Pakistan

Mohammad Abass Ahanger
Stress Physiology Lab, Department of Botany,
Jiwaji University Gwalior, India

Parvaiz Ahmad
Department of Botany, S.P. College,
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Muhammad Asif Ahsan
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics,
University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia

Muhammad Ali
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin
Zakariya University, Multan and Government College
University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

E.F. Abd Allah
Plant Production Department, College of Food and
Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia

Galieni Angelica
Faculty of Bioscience and Technologies for Food, Agriculture
and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy

Muhammad Shahzad Anjam
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Bahauddin
Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan and Rheinische
Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn, INRES - Molecular
Phytomedicine, Bonn, Germany

Saroj Arora
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India

Muhammad Ashraf
Pakistan Science Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan

Habib-ur-Rehman Athar
Institute of Pure and Applied Biology,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Maurizio Badiani
Dipartimento di Agraria, Università Mediterranea
di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy

Shagun Bali
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India

Nahidah Bashir
Institute of Pure and Applied Biology,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Maali Benzarti
Laboratoire des Plantes Extrêmophiles,
Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj-Cedria (CBBC),
Tunisia

Renu Bhardwaj
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India

Faical Brini
Plant Protection and Improvement Laboratory,
Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS) University of Sfax,
Sfax, Tunisia

David J. Burritt
Department of Botany, University of Otago, Dunedin,
New Zealand

Devendra Kumar Chauhan
D.D. Pant Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory,
Department of Botany, University of Allahabad,
Allahabad, India

Ahmed Debez
Laboratoire des Plantes Extrêmophiles, Centre de
Biotechnologie de Borj-Cedria (CBBC), Tunisia

Murat Dikilitas
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture,
Harran University, S. Urfa, Turkey

Nawal Kishore Dubey
Center of Advanced Study in Botany,
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Fabio Stagnari
Faculty of Bioscience and Technologies for Food,
Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy

Kaouthar Feki
Plant Protection and Improvement Laboratory,
Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS)
University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

Estrella Garrido
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry,
Universidad Católica del Maule, Curicó, Chile

Vandana Gautam
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India

Naima Ghalmi
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique d'Alger,
El Harrach, Algeria

Sónia Gonçalves
Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-Alimentar do
Alentejo (CEBAL), Beja, Portugal

Alvina Gul
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences,
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST),
Islamabad, Pakistan

Ghader Habibi
Department of Biology, Payame Noor University (PNU), Iran

Roghieh Hajiboland
Plant Science Department, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Neha Handa
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru
Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India

Abeer Hashem
Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science,
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Anwar Hossain
Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, Bangladesh
Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Syed Sarfraz Hussain
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics,
University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia,
Australia and School of Agriculture, Food and Wine,
University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia,
Australia

Sameen Ruqia Imadi
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences,
National University of Sciences and Technology,
Islamabad, Pakistan

Sumira Jan
ICAR-Central Institute of Temperate Horticulture,
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Tehseen Kanwal
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology,
Bahauddin Zakariya University,
Multan, Pakistan

Sema Karakas
Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition,
Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University,
S. Urfa, Turkey

Harpreet Kaur
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India

Maria Khalid
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences,
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST),
Islamabad, Pakistan

Mourad Latati
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique d'Alger,
El Harrach, Algeria

Mohamed Lazali
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique d'Alger,
El Harrach, Algeria

Hamid Manzoor
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology,
Bahauddin Zakariya University,
Multan, Pakistan

Seema Mahmood
Institute of Pure and Applied Biology,
Bahauddin Zakariya University,
Multan, Pakistan

Pisante Michele
Faculty of Bioscience and Technologies for Food,
Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo,
Teramo, Italy

Enrique Misle
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry,
Universidad Católica del Maule, Curicó, Chile

Narghes Morad-Talab
Plant Science Department, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

Sibgha Noreen
Institute of Pure and Applied Biology,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Puja Ohri
Department of Zoology, Guru Nanak Dev University,
Punjab, India

Ghania Ounane
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique d'Alger,
El Harrach, Algeria

Sidi Mohamed Ounane
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique d'Alger,
El Harrach, Algeria

Hassan Pakniyat
Crop Production and Plant Breeding Department,
College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Mohammad Pessarakli
School of Plant Sciences, The University of Arizona,
Tuscan, Arizona, USA

Hadi Pirasteh-Anosheh
National Salinity Research Center, Yazd, Iran

Poonam
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India

Muhammad Kamran Qureshi
Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Bushra Rashid
National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology,
Thokar Niaz Baig University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Sumaira Rasul
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan

Amandeep Rattan
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India

Kilani Ben Rejeb
Laboratoire des Plantes Extrêmophiles,
Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj-Cedria (CBBC),
Tunisia and Adaptation des Plantes aux Contraintes
Environnementales, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
(UPMC), Paris, France

Armin Saed-Moucheshi
Crop Production and Plant Breeding Department,
College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Arnould Savouré
Adaptation des Plantes aux Contraintes Environnementales,
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France

Anket Sharma
Department of Botanical and Environmental Sciences,
Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab, India

Bu-Jun Shi
Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics,
University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia,
Australia and School of Agriculture, Food and Wine,
University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, South Australia, Australia

Zoya Siddique
Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National
University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

Shweta Singh
D.D. Pant Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory,
Department of Botany, University of Allahabad,
Allahabad, India

Geetika Sirhindi
Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Punjab, India

Agostino Sorgonà
Dipartimento di Agraria,...