Elsevier Plants and their Interaction to Environmental Pollution: Damage Detection, Adaptation, Tolerance, Physiological and Molecular Responses

Plants and their Interaction to Environmental Pollution:  Damage Detection, Adaptation, Tolerance, Physiological and Molecular Responses presents novel strategies that optimize the production of medicinal plants in the vicinity of contaminated sites and those impacted by environmental pollution. The book discusses the latest trends and response of medicinal plants tolerance and adaptation to environmental pollution and presents opportunities and future challenges in medicinal plants omics studies. As exposure to environmental pollution can induce acute or chronic injury based on the pollutant concentration, exposure duration, season and species, this book is an ideal resource. Medicinal plants and their parts contain chemically active constituents and create a physiological response when used in the treatment of various ailments. Environmental pollution is one of the most serious global challenges, and in the case of medicinal plants can result in toxic impurities accumulating and affecting their medicinal properties and the people who use them. Review Examines the global trends of environmental pollution and its impact on medicinal herbs, including damage detection, repair, acclimation, adaptation, and more About the Author Prof. Azamal Husen (MSc from Hamdard University, New Delhi, India, and PhD from Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India) is a Foreign Delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Wolaita, Ethiopia. He has served the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, as a Full Professor of Biology, where he has also worked as the Coordinator of MSc Program and the Head of the Department of Biology. He was also a Visiting Faculty of the Forest Research Institute, and the Doon College of Agriculture and Forest at Dehra Dun, India. He has more than 20 years of teaching, research, and administrative experience. Husen specializes in (i) physiological, biochemical and molecular strategies adopted by plants for their sustenance under often-challenging environments, (ii) plant response to nanomaterials, (iii) nanomaterials and their applications in cutting-edge areas, and (iv) clonal propagation and improvement of tree species. He has conducted several research projects sponsored by various funding agencies, namely the World Bank, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), the Indian Council of Forest Research Education (ICFRE), the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), etc. In brief, he has produced over 100 research papers, review articles, book chapters, edited books, some conference papers, and over a dozen of manuals and monographs. A member of five scientific organizations, Husen has received four fellowships from India and a recognition award from University of Gondar, Ethiopia, for excellent teaching, research, and community service. An active organizer of seminars/conferences and an efficient evaluator of various international research projects and book proposals as he is, Husen has been on the editorial board and the panel of reviewers of several reputed international journals. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Plant Physiology.