Preface
Introduction
Section I: Strigolactones in Plant Biology
1. Biosynthetic regulation of strigolactones in plants
2. Roles of Strigolactone in Plant Growth and Development
3. Strigolactones; Regulators of Root Development
4. Regulatory roles of Strigolactones in Drought tolerance in plants
5. Strigolactones in plants: Web networking with phytohormonal crosstalk
6. Strigolactone in Abiotic Stress Tolerance of Crop Plants
7. Host Parasitic Plant Interaction: The Key Role of Strigolactones
Section II: Alkamides- Ecophysiological and pharmacological perspectives
8. Alkamides and humic acids: Insights to soil fertility
9. Alkamides in Root Development
10. Alkamides and Plant Microbe Interactions in Rhizosphere: Current Status & Future Perspectives
11. Humic acids and fatty acid amides: soil-plant interactions
12. Alkamides symbiosis in plants as source of new antibiotics
13. Alkamides as metabolites in plants
14. Pharmacological potential of plant-derived alkylamides
Section III: Karrikins in Plant Biology
15. Karrikins: Molecular Association with Strigolactones: Role in Plant Growth Regulation, and Quorum Sensing Modulation
16. Induction of dormancy release in agricultural weed seeds by plant-derived smoke and smoke-derived karrikin 1 (KAR1) a relationship with plant hormones
17. Application of smoke-water and KAR1 in plant biotechnology
18. The role of karrikins to address pressing global challenges: plant abiotic stress tolerance, biodiversity restoration andlC2