Meet the editor

Mahmood-ur-Rahman Ansari, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology at the Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, GC University – Faisalabad, Pakistan. He received his BSc (Hons) in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, in 2003. He obtained an MPhil and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, Lahore, Pa-

kistan, in 2006 and 2011, respectively. He has published more than eighty papers in international peer-reviewed journals in the fields of molecular biology, biotechnology, and bioinformatics. He has also published more than fifteen book chapters and edited four books. His research interest is to understand the molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance in plants. He has been involved in the genetic modification of rice and cotton, their greenhouse and field testing, as well as biosafety studies. He is a member of various national and international professional societies.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

Challenges and Prospects

*and Muhammad Ramzan*

*by Juan Manuel Sánchez-Yañez*

*by Astrid Jankielsohn*

Current Knowledge

*and Keilor da Rosa Dorneles*

Insect Pest Complex of Wheat Crop

for Wheat and Other Plants: A Short Review

Consequences of Management Practices

**Preface XI**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Biotic Stress in Wheat **15**

**Chapter 2 17**

**Chapter 3 47**

**Chapter 4 73**

**Chapter 5 103**

**Chapter 6 115**

Introductory Chapter: Current Trends in Wheat Research

Breeding Wheat for Biotic Stress Resistance: Achievements,

*by Mirza Abdul Qayyum, Shafqat Saeed, Unsar Naeem-Ullah, Amar Matloob, Muhammad Wajid, Abou Bakar Siddique, Rumail Shahid, Hafiz Ubaid Ur Rehman Zia, Huda Bilal* 

*Xanthobacter autotrophicus* an Endophytic Beneficial Bacterium

Russian Wheat Aphid Distribution in Wheat Production Areas:

Silicon Use in the Integrated Disease Management of Wheat:

*by Leandro José Dallagnol, Andrea Elizabeth Román Ramos* 

*by Harmeet Singh Bakala, Kamalpreet Singh Mandahal, Ankita, Loveleen Kaur Sarao and Puja Srivastava*

*Akmaral U. Issayeva and Mahmood-ur-Rahman Ansari*

*by Nazia Nahid, Parwsha Zaib, Tayyaba Shaheen, Kanval Shaukat,* 
