Bioactive Molecules in Plant Defense

Introduction.- Production of Plant Bioactive Triterpenoid and Steroidal Saponins.- Metabolic and Functional Diversity of Saponins.- Saponins versus Plant Fungal Pathogens.- Saponin-Detoxifying Enzymes.- Isolation and Characterization of Triterpenoid and Steroidal Saponins.- Method of Estimation in Biological Sample.- Genetic Engineering of Saponin Target Genes to Improve Yields.

Dr. Mostafa Abdelrahman obtained his Ph.D. Degree from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, Japan, in 2015. His research focuses on understanding the transcriptomic and metabolomic variability of various cropping system in response to biotic stress, in particular, the Fusarium pathogen. From November 2015 to March 2018, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Graduate School of Life Science, Tohoku University, Japan, where he used the RNA-Seq-based transcriptome to identify the genetics and molecular mechanisms of Phomopsis asparagi resistance in wild and cultivated asparagus plants. Since April 2018, Mostafa has been a JSPS Fellow at the Molecular Breeding Lab, Arid Land Research Center at Tottori University, where he is working on metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses to isolate the functional gene(s) associated with heat stress tolerance in wheat in order to understand cell responses under stress conditionsand ultimately develop new crop varieties. He has published more than 31 research and review articles in peer-reviewed journals, and he is the editor the Springer book The Allium Genomes published in the Compendium of Plant Genomes, 2018.

Dr. Sudisha Jogaiah is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Studies in Biotechnology and Microbiolgy and is currently the coordinator of Karnatak University's "Plant Healthcare and Diagnostic Centre for Northern Karnataka," supported by the Vision Group of Science and Technology (VGST), Government of Karnataka, India. He has published more than 60 research papers in national and international journals, and 7 book chapters on various aspects of the molecular communication between host and pathogen, and the development of novel strategies for ecology-based or sustainable agriculture. He has received research grants from a number of national and state funding agencies, such as UGC, DST, JSPS and VGST to work on