Molecular Advances in Insect Resistance of Field Crops

1. Mutulistic Plant Associations related to Insect Resistance.- 2. Current Scenario of RNA Interference-Based Control of Insect and Mite Pests of Fruit Crops.- 3. Molecular markers to breed for insect resistance: Potential and limitations.- 4. Glucosinolate-Myrosinase System and its role in Specialist and Generalist Insect Herbivores.- 5. Advances in Molecular Techniques of Insect Resistance in Cereal Improvement.- 6. Evolution of Constitutive and Induced Resistance in Plants against Insect Herbivory.- 7. Biotechnological interventions for creating novel resistance against major insect pests of rice.- 8. Antixenosis and antibiosis mechanisms of resistance to turnip aphid, Lipaphis erysimi in Brassica: Conventional and Biotechnological Approaches.- 9. Genomic technology in insect pest resistance for sustainable rice production.- 10. Biogenetically Engineered Insect Resistant Crops in Integrated Pest Management Programs.- 11. Molecular/Genetic Mechanism of Insect resistance in wheat.- 12. Concept of CRISPR-CAS9 system and its application on Insect genome: A preliminary Review.- 13. Multi-omic Approaches in Insect Pest Interactions against Resistance.- 14. MicroRNA-Mediated Insect Resistance In Field Crops.- 15. Challenges in Molecular Insect Resistance Studies for Crop Improvement.

Dr Amarjit Singh Tanda is an eminent research scientist, academician & administrator with four decades of experience. Currently, he serves as the Managing Director of TPC Sydney, Australia. Dr. Tanda has more than 95 research publications in national and international journals. Among his various awards and recognition by professional societies are Elected Fellow of The Linnean Society of London, Honorary Member of the Australian Society of Plant Scientists, and Life Fellow of Entomological Society of India.