Meet the editor

Dr. Mohamed A. El-Esawi is a visiting research fellow at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Egypt. Dr. El-Esawi received his BSc and MSc from Tanta University, and his Ph.D. degree in Plant Genetics and Molecular Biology from Dublin Institute of Technology, Technological University Dublin, Ireland. After obtaining his

Ph.D., Dr. El-Esawi joined the University of Warwick, United Kingdom; University of Sorbonne, France; and University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium as a visiting research fellow. His research focuses on plant genetics, genomics, molecular biology, molecular physiology, developmental biology, plant-microbe interaction, and bioinformatics. He has authored several international peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books, and has participated in more than sixty conferences and workshops worldwide. Dr. El-Esawi is currently involved in several biological science research projects.

Contents

under Hydroponic Conditions

*and Cid Naudi Silva Campos*

*and Oluwaseun Funmi Akinmoladun*

*Muhammad Shahab and Fazli Subhan*

and Carbon and Nitrogen Sink Efficiency

Neural Network in Nigeria

*and Samuel Agele*

*by Arfang Badji, Issa Diedhiou and Abdoulaye Fofana Fall*

An Emerging Threat for Safe Food and Food Security *by Muhtarima Jannat, Md. Mostafa Masud, Mushfika Nusrat, Samrin Bashar, Mamuna Mahjabin Mita, Muhammad Iqbal Hossain,* 

*Md. Zahangir Alam, Sabina Yeasmin and Md. Rashidul Islam*

*by Nnadozie Okonkwo Nnoli, Ahmed Balogun, Jerome Omotosho* 

Maize (*Zea mays*) Response to Abiotic Stress

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 25**

**Chapter 4 37**

**Chapter 5 69**

**Chapter 6 97**

Climate-Smart Maize Breeding: The Potential of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Improving Yield, Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance,

Aflatoxins and Fumonisins Contamination of Maize in Bangladesh:

Critical Dry Spell Prediction in Rain-Fed Maize Crop Using Artificial

Silicon, Potassium and Nitrogen Accumulation and Biomass in Corn

Improved Technological Processes on the Nutritional Quality of Maize

*by Cebisa Noxolo Nesamvuni, Khavhatondwi Rinah Netshiheni* 

*by Yousaf Ali, Taufiq Nawaz, Nazeer Ahmed, Muhammad Junaid, Mehwish Kanwal, Fazli Hameed, Saeed Ahmed, Rafi Ullah,* 

*by Leónides Castellanos González, Renato de Mello Prado* 
