We are pleased to inform you that Springer Nature has commissioned a book entitled “Environment, Climate, Plant and Vegetation Growth” edited by Dr. Shah Fahad, Prof. Dr. Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Prof. Dr. Imtiaz Ali Khan, Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Alam, Dr. HidayatUllah, Dr. Muhammad Saeed and Dr. Muhammad Adnan.

Based on your expertise we wish to cordially invite you and your group to contribute a manuscript (Book Chapter/Review/Mini-review) on any of the themes listed below for book

The main objective of the proposed book is to provide state-of-the-art knowledge of recent research works and developments on Environment, Climate, Plant and Vegetation Growth. Our aim is to bring together a galaxy of eminent experienced scientists to present latest developments in this field.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Climate change: A global perspective

2. Plant distribution in the world as affected by climate change

3. Climate change and plant biodiversity

4. Effect of weather and climate on vegetation

5. Land use pattern under climate change

6. Overview of environmental stress

7. Environmental pollution and plant growth

8. Soil fertility decline under climate change

9. Climate change and wheat production

10. Climate change and maize production

11. Climate change and rice production

12. Climate change and legume production

13. Climate change influencing cereal qualities

14. Plant growth and morphological changes in plants under abiotic stress

15. Crop production under changing climate – past, present, and future

16. Climate change and plant growth: South Asian perspectives

17. New tools and methods in agronomy for sustainable crop production

18. Effect of environmental changes on plant growth

19. Future perspective of oxidative stress and antioxidant defense

20. Plant physiology under environmental adversities

21. Role of biotechnology in climate resilient agriculture

22. Water availability and productivity under climate change

23. Water crisis and crop production in the era of climate change

24. Climate change and coastal plant lives

25. Application of biochar for the mitigation of abiotic stress-induced damages

26. Climatic variability and agronomic cropping patterns

27. Salinity and plant growth under climate change

28. Bio molecular intervention in understanding plant adaptation to climate change

29. Plant–plant interactions and environmental change

30. Plant-microbe interaction under climate change

31. Emerging strategies to face challenges imposed by climate change and abiotic stresses

32. Impacts of climate change on plants and environment

33. Mapping QTLs for abiotic stress

34. Recent and future climate change and their implications for plant growth

35. Extreme temperature and plant life

36. Climate change forecasting and modelling

37. Climate change and the future of Plant Breeding

38. Impact of climate change on Biodiversity of insect pests

39. Future strategies for combating climate change in Agriculture

40. Integrative strategies for improving crop yield

41. Fate of environment in next decade and responsibility of researchers

42. Climate change and Indoor Agriculture, the Environment for plants

43. Quality or Quantity? Agriculture in diversified climate

44. Effectiveness of conventional crop improvement strategies vs Omics

45. Impact of Climate on Insects Diversity

46. Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural and Forest Pests

47. Impacts of Climate Change on Household Pests

48. Emerging Challenges in IPM

49. Climate change, Insects and Global Food Production

50. Entomophagy: Eating Insects as a Contribution to Global Food Production

51. Insect-Plant interactions

52. Role of insect pests in climate change

53. Interaction of insect pests and climate

54. Biological control

55. Population Ecology

56. Chemical Ecology

57. Behavior

58. Community and Ecosystem Ecology

59. Insect-Symbiont Interactions

60. Pollinators Ecology and Management

61. Physiological Ecology

62. Interaction of Environment and Entomology

63. Soil Management and changing climate

64. Biochar as climate change mediator

65. Soil productivity in changing climate

66. Agricultural contribution in global warming

67. Climate change and soil fertility

68. Role of deforestation in climate change

69. Soil biodiversity in changing climate

70. Human induced climate change

71. Oceans as the driver of the global carbon cycle

72. Remedy for climate change

73. Relationship between Organic farming and climate change

74. Carbon cycle in response to global warming

75. Biological nitrogen fixation in changing climate

76. Climate change in 2050

77. Climate change induced soil degradation

78. Impact of climate change on irrigation water quality

79. Nitrogen management in changing climate

80. Phosphorus management in changing climate

81. Climate change induced crop nutritional crises

82. Fate of micronutrient in soil in changing climate

83. Elevated CO2 threatens Ecosystem

84. Bio fertilizer as a tool for soil fertility management in changing climate

Topics dealing with food, nutrition, organic farming, pest control are also considered.It can also be noted that high-quality research group – as yours – are encouraged to submit more than one chapter.

The full chapter submission deadline is 30th June 2019. The book will be published in 2019. A pdf of the published chapter will be provided free of charge.

Further details regarding proposal, editors and how to prepare manuscript please see the attached PDF file.

If you cannot contribute at present then kindly suggest us few names of possible contributors. We will be obliged to invite them. We are looking forward to hearing from you soon and it will be our pleasure to work with you in this exciting project. Kindly confirm your contribution by sending tentative title of your choice, along with Author's Name, Affiliation, Contact details, to Dr Shah Fahad and Dr Muhammad Adnan in a MS word file up to 30th January. Kindly maintain the plagiarism ratio below 17% in your article at the time of submission. Waiting for your kind response.

Articles should be submitted in MS world form to Dr Shah Fahad at [email protected] and cc email to Dr. Muhammad Adnan at [email protected]

With best regards,

Dr. Shah Fahad (Ph.D. &Post Doc)

Chief Editor