Auxins, Cytokinins and Gibberellins Signaling in Plants

Tariq Aftab received his Ph.D. in the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India, and is currently Assistant Professor there. He is Recipient of a prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh (India) and Government of India. After completing his doctorate, he worked as Research Fellow at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, and as Postdoctorate Fellow at Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Dr. Aftab also worked as Visiting Scientist at Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, USA. He is Member of various scientific associations from India and abroad. He has edited 14 books with international publishers, including Elsevier Inc., Springer Nature, and CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), co-authored several chapters, and published over 65 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on crop and medicinal plants.

• How the three organ-produced signals: auxin, cytokinin and gibberellin, induce and regulate wood formation and adaptation.- Role of plant growth regulators in the plant-environment interaction and epigenetic regulation of auxin.- The role of auxin and cytokinin signaling components in de novo shoot organogenesis.- Mechanism of crosstalk between cytokinin and gibberellin.- In vitro responses of some Mediterranean fruit crops to auxin, cytokinin and gibberellin treatments.- Integrative approach of the root architecture by interaction between auxin and nutrients.- Insights into Biosynthesis and Signaling of Cytokinins during Plant Growth, Development and Stress Tolerance.- Cytokinin signaling in plants under salt stress.- Auxin and Cytokinin Signaling in Plant Stress Response.- Gibberellins' cross talk and signal transduction in plant stress response.- Crosstalk between Salicylic acid and Auxins, Cytokinins and Gibberellins under biotic stress.- Understanding the crosstalk between chromatin remodeling mechanism and phytohormones signaling for maintenance of plant developmental plasticity: an insight.- Phytohormone-mediated regulation of sprouting in tuber and storage root crops.- Role of phytohormones in plant-microbial interaction.- Iron toxicity tolerance in rice: roles of auxins and gibberellins.- New auxin and cytokinin related compounds based on synthetic low molecular weight heterocycles.