Meet the editor

Dr. Bimal Kumar Ghimire is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Crop Science, College of Sanghuh Life Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. He received his MS in Botany (major in Cytogenetics) from North Bengal University, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Agriculture Science from Kangwon National University, South Korea, in 2008. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Botany, Sikkim University,

India, as an assistant professor. He has published more than 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books. He has edited and written several books and contributed chapters on different aspects of plant sciences including light sources generally used in controlled agriculture, genetic transformation, and secondary metabolites of medicinal plants. His research interests and experience include plant anatomy, genetic diversity in bioenergy crops, allyl compounds, tissues and cell culture, bioreactor culture, and genetic transformation of important medicinal plants.

Contents

*and Brian Wilson*

*by Jyoti Rani*

Sources for Biodiesel Production

*by Inam Ullah Khan and Syed Aftab Hussain Shah*

*by Sinan Meriç, Tamer Gümüş and Alp Ayan*

**Preface III**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 21**

**Chapter 3 39**

**Chapter 4 57**

**Chapter 5 93**

Insights into Metabolic Engineering of the Biosynthesis of Glycine Betaine and Melatonin to Improve Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance *by Cisse El Hadji Malick, Miao Ling-Feng, Li Da-Dong and Yang Fan*

Optimization and Characterization of Novel and Non-Edible Seed Oil

microRNA Utilization as a Potential Tool for Stress Tolerance in Plants

Soil Carbon Storage Potential of Tropical Grasses: A Review *by Bezaye Gorfu Tessema, Heiko Daniel, Zenebe Adimassu* 

Plant-based Vaccines: The Future of Preventive Healthcare?
