Editorial Board
22 Editors in 13 Countries/Regions
Editor-in-Chief
Rodomiro Ortiz 
[email protected] Professor, Department of Plant Breeding, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Alnarp), Sweden
Research Interests: Basic, strategic and applied research in crop improvement and crop quality.
Associate Editors
Min Huang
Professor, Department of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
Research Interests: Rice physiology; Rice cultivation; Nitrogen management; Nitrogen use efficiency; Rice grain quality; Yield–quality relationships; Cropping systems; Sustainable agriculture.
Palacios Rojas Natalia
Head of Department, Global Maize program, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
Research Interests: Plant biochemistry, food chemistry, crop improvement
Lluís Palou
Professor, Institut Valencià d'Investigacions Agràries (IVIA), Postharvest Technology Center, Valencia, Spain
Research Interests: Postharvest pathology; Fresh Fruits; Integrated Disease Management; Alternatives To Chemical Fungicides; Antifungal coatings
Boddupalli Maruthi Prasanna
Regional Director for Asia at the Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Texcoco, Mexico
Research Interests: • Maize germplasm improvement • Drought tolerance breeding • Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) resistance • Vitamin E enrichment in maize (biofortification) • Genomic prediction and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) • Root architecture and salinity tolerance • Mycotoxin management (Gibberella ear rot) • Sustainable pest management • Seed systems and participatory trials with farmers
Editorial Board Member
Muhammad Adeel
Associate Professor, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
Research Interests: Environmental Nanobiotechnology, Nano safety, Rhizosphere Engineering, Crop improvement, Soil fauna
Mukhtar Ahmed
Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Arid Agriculture: Rawalpindi, Punjab, PK
Research Interests: Climate Change impact assessment, Modeling and Remote sensing/GIS, Climate extremes Adaptation, Modelling biomass flows, Biogeochemical cycling
Fernando M. Alferez
Associate Professor, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL 34142, USA
Research Interests: fruit ripening; citrus quality; postharvest physiology
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Jacqueline Batley
Professor, Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia (M084,M090), 6009 Perth, Australia
Research Interests: Crop genomics; Brassica; Disease resistance; Pan genomics; Evolutionary genomics; Population genomics
Watkins Christopher Brian
Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Horticulture Section, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
Research Interests: Agricultural Development, Postharvest Science Of Fruits And Vegetables, Sustainable Agriculture And Food Systems, Value Chains
MacRae Elspeth
Director, Bioeconomy Futures, New Zealand
Research Interests: Plant physiology, biochemistry and genetics; Biobased manufacturing,3D printing/additive manufacturing, Carbon metabolism, Secondary metabolism, Genetic manipulation and policy, Bioeconomy science and policy, Woody perennials, Industrial biotechnology
Jinying Gou
Professor, Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Research Interests: Wheat molecular genetics: focusing on gene cloning and molecular mechanism analysis of high photosynthetic efficiency and stripe rust resistance in wheat, conducting genetic research by integrating artificial and natural variations to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms, so as to provide theoretical basis and germplasm resources for the breeding of high-yield and disease-resistant functional wheat varieties.
Trine Hvoslef-Eide
Emeritus Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway
Research Interests: Cell Culture; Tissue Culture; Western Blot Analysis; Molecular Cell Biology; Gel Electrophoresis; Gene Expression; Cell Line Culture; SDS-PAGE; Electrophoresis; Genetics
Amit K. Jaiswal
Lecturer, School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Faculty of Sciences and Health, Technological University, Dublin, Ireland.
Research Interests: Food Quality & Safety; Food Processing; Functional Ingredients; Food Packaging & Preservation; Food Biotechnology.
Spyridon A. Petropoulos
Professor, Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
Research Interests: bioactive compounds; essential oils; fruit quality; greenhouse production; horticulture; salinity; stress physiology; vegetable quality; vegetable production; water stress
Nikola Puvača
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Management in Biotechnology, University Business Academy in Novi Sad Novi Sad, Serbia
Research Interests: Animal Nutrition, Food Quality, Toxicology
Fulu Tao
Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, and University of Chinese Academy of Science Beijing, China.
Research Interests: Agricultural systems modeling, Climate-smart agriculture & adaptation, Food-water-energy nexus, Crop productivity & GEM interactions
Jianmin Wan
Professor, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Research Interests: Rice genetics; Molecular breeding; Grain quality; Yield–quality relationships; Crop improvement; Genomic selection; Disease resistance.
Feibo Wu
Professor, Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, China
Research Interests: Molecular physiology of abiotic stress tolerance in crops; gene expression; gene regulation; Molecular Physiology of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops
Wei Wu
Professor, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
Research Interests: Crop quality & lodging resistance, Nitrogen & mulching management, GEM interactions & sustainability
Pei Xu
Professor and Dean of the College of Life Sciences, Director, Zhejiang-Israel Joint Lab for Plant Metrology & Equipment Innovation, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Research Interests: Plant phenomics; Molecular breeding; Crop genomics; Vegetable crops; Legume biology; Stress response; Crop quality and safety.
Junior Editorial Board Member
Muhammad Mohsin Abrar
PostDoc. Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Research Interests: Nutrient Management; Nutrient Cycling; Soil Ecology; Carbon Sequestration; Soil Chemistry; Biogeochemistry; Soil Biology; Pedology; Soil Organic Matter; Climate Change
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