Hormonal Cross-Talk, Plant Defense and Development: Plant Biology, Sustainability and Climate Change focuses specifically on plants and their interaction to auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, abscisic acid, jasmonates, brassinosteroids, strigolactones, and the potential those interactions offer for improved plant health and production. Plant hormones (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, abscisic acid, jasmonates, brassinosteroids, salicylic acid, strigolactones etc.) regulate numerous aspects of plant growth and developmental processes. Each hormone initiates a specific molecular pathway, with each pathway integrated in a complex network of synergistic, antagonistic and additive interactions. This is a valuable reference for those seeking to understand and improve plant health using natural processes. The cross-talks of auxins - abscisic acid, auxins - brassinosteroids, brassinosteroids- abscisic acid, ethylene - abscisic acid, brassinosteroids - ethylene, cytokinins - abscisic acid, brassinosteroids - jasmonates, brassinosteroids - salicylic acid, and gibberellins - jasmonates - strigolactones have been shown to regulate a number of biological processes in plant system. The cross-talk provides robustness to the plant immune system but also drives specificity of induced defense responses against the plethora of biotic and abiotic interactions.

Prof. Azamal Husen is a scholar with over 25 years of experience in botanical sciences, nanobiotechnology, plant physiology, environmental botany, medicinal plants, and clonal propagation. He previously served as a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Biology at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, and is currently a foreign delegate at Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Graphic Era University, India. He has also held senior academic roles at Sankalchand Patel University, the Forest Research Institute, and Doon College of Agriculture and Forest in Dehradun, India. Prof. Husen’s research has been supported by major organizations including the World Bank, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and Japan Bank for International Cooperation. He has contributed extensively to curriculum development, faculty training, and international conferences. A prolific author and editor, he was recognized among the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University in 2022–2024. Professor Wenying Zhang earned his MSc from Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, and PhD from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He has served the Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China, as a Full Professor of Crop Science, and also worked as the vice dean of School of Agriculture, Director of Research Center of Crop Stress Resistance Technologies, Yangtze University. He was a visiting scientist of the Institute of Crop Genetics and Breeding of University of Kiel, Germany. He has more than 20 years’ experience of teaching, research, and administration. Dr. Zhang’s research focuses on the genomic function analysis and abiotic stresses such as waterlogging, drought, salt in crops. He has hosted dozens of research projects sponsored by various funding institutions, including National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key R&D Program of China. He has published over 60 research papers, review articles in international peer reviewed journals. Dr Zhang received more than twenty Achievement Prizes from the provincial government and/or Yangtze University of China, for excellent teaching, research. Dr Zhang acts as the editorial board member of journal of Plant Growth and Regulation.