Radiation Spectrum and Plant Metabolism: Interactions from the Subcellular to the Ecosystem Level (Plant Biology, Sustainability, and Climate Change)

Radiation Spectrum and Plant Metabolism brings together advances in photobiology, biophysics, and metabolite chemistry to illuminate how light shapes plant structure, function, and ecological performance. The volume follows the pathways through which radiation interacts with plant systems, offering an integrated perspective that links subcellular processes to whole‑plant behavior and ecosystem dynamics.
Covering the full breadth of plant–light relationships, the book examines the optical properties of leaf tissues, the coordination of photoreceptors and pigments, and the metabolic networks through which plants interpret spectral cues. It outlines how shifts in light quality influence development, stress responses, and the production of secondary metabolites, providing a mechanistic foundation for understanding plant adaptability under both natural and controlled environments.

As climate change alters terrestrial and cosmic radiation patterns, a comprehensive view of plant responses has become increasingly critical. This reference resource synthesizes emerging insights into changing spectral regimes, their biochemical and physiological consequences, and the broader implications for plant fitness, crop resilience, and phyllosphere interactions. Later chapters connect these concepts to applied practice, highlighting innovations in horticultural lighting technologies and the measurement techniques that support precision light management.
Designed for researchers and advanced practitioners across the plant sciences, this volume offers a rigorous framework for interpreting how variable radiation environments shape biological systems and the metabolic processes that sustain them.

• Opens with fundamentals and advances to specialized topics―including spectral reflectance, ionizing radiation stress contexts, and coordinated metabolic regulation―to provide a stepwise understanding of increasingly complex interactions
• Details how leaf structural traits modulate radiation capture and spectral filtering, linking physical attributes to downstream biochemical pathways rarely consolidated in a single reference source
• Synthesizes wavelength‑specific signaling, enabling readers to distinguish how different regions of the spectrum drive discrete physiological and developmental responses

Dr. Sumira Jan has worked out numerous medicinal plants, focusing on their phyto-geographical distribution, ontogenetic changes, chemical profiling, chemo diversity, and pharmaceutical potential. She received BioCaRe Early Career Scientist Award (2014), prestigious Fast Track Young Scientist Award (2015) and CSIR pool scientist award (2018). She has published over 40 research papers, 16 book chapters and four books (Three with Elsevier and One with Springer). All these books are authored versions focused on the abiotic stress, eco-physiology and metabolomics of various crops.

Dr. Gowhar Hussain Bhat, Ph.D in theoretical nuclear physics. He has worked on “Triaxial Projected Shell Model Study of Transitional Nuclei”. This work has been published in journals of international repute. He has published more than 111 research articles in the reputed international journals and is working in collaboration with numerous international organizations. He is also engaged in teaching as well as supervising the research of postgraduate and doctorate students. He was awarded with Alburuj R. Rahman Prize sponsored by the University of Kashmir in Collaboration with Ohio State University of USA.