ABIOTIC STRESS THEMES:

1. Signalling pathways as a response to drought.

2. Signal transduction pathways under the waterlogging situation.

3. SOS Signalling pathways under salt stress.

4. Osmotic/oxidative stress signalling and Antioxidant response under specific abiotic stresses.

5. Abiotic stress-inducible genes and their response in crop plants.

6. Regulation of gene expression by transcription factors specific for each abiotic stress.

7. Isolation of stress-responsive genes

8. Functional genomics

9. Genetic engineering advances to impart abiotic stress tolerance.

10. Engineering drought or  high temperature or low temperature or  salt tolerance in crop plants.

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      BIOTIC STRESS THEMES:

1. Molecular approaches to crop diseases management.

2. Host induced-Gene silencing for biotic stress management.

3. Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns and Their Perception in Plants.

4. Plant Defense mechanism using specific proteins.

5. Advances in Cascade response to Biotic Stresses.

6. Transcriptomic Studies for Plant-Pathogen Interaction

7. Proteomic Studies for Plant–Pathogen Interaction

8. Role of Pathogenesis-Related (PR) Proteins

9. Physical barriers of the plant to biotic interference.

10. Natural defense mechanism by plants to biotic stress.