Agronomy

Prof. Dr. Leslie A. Weston

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Gulbali Centre for Agriculture, Water and Environment Research, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
Interests: metabolomics/bioinformatics; plant interactions including competition and allelopathy; herbicide discovery; natural products; invasive weed management
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Prof. Dr. Essaid Ait Barka

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Research Unit Induced Resistance and Plant Bioprotection, University of Reims, Reims, France
Interests: plant-microbe interaction; stress physiology plants responses to biotic and abiotic stress; crop protection; biological control
* Section: Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry
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Dr. Gianni Bellocchi

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Grassland Ecosystem Research Unit (UREP), French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Interests: climate; climate change; climate variability; climate modeling; regional climate modeling; climate reconstruction; climate change adaptation; environmental impact assessment; agronomy; weather; agricultural and environmental climatology; biogeochemical fluxes; hydro-meteorology
* Section: Grassland and Pasture Science
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Prof. Dr. Junliang Fan

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College of Water Resources and Architectural Engineering, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: mechanisms and regulation of efficient water and fertilizer use in crops
* Section: Water Use and Irrigation
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Prof. Dr. Azucena González Coloma

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Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Interests: plant protection; bioprospecting; plant extracts; pest control; botanical and fungal biopesticides; phytochemistry; plant essential oils; insect antifeedants; nematicides
* Section: Pest and Disease Management
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Prof. Dr. Priti Krishna

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School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
Interests: agricultural biotechnology; plant stress responses; hormone biology; indoor farming; sustainable agriculture
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Prof. Dr. Peter Langridge

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School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae, SA 5064, Australia
Interests: plant genomics; genetic engineering; cereal genetics
* Section: Crop Breeding and Genetics
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Prof. Dr. Carlo Leifert

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1. Plant Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, East Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
2. Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (IMB), University of Oslo, 0372 Oslo, Norway
3. Livadopa Farm, Sivas Festos, 70200 Crete, Greece
Interests: soil management; crop protection; crop breeding for low-input systems; ‘low-input’ and organic agricultural systems development; nutritional quality of organic and low-input dairy production systems; resource use efficiency; food quality and safety assurance; food processing technology; nutritional control of gastrointestinal diseases in monogastric farm animals (pigs/poultry)
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Prof. Dr. Youssef Rouphael

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Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy
Interests: greenhouse crops; vegetables production; hydroponics and aquaponics; plant nutrition; microgreens; sprouts; edible flowers; functional foods; grafting; microbial and non-microbial biostimulants; biofortification; vegetable quality related to preharvest factors; LED; urban agriculture; organic farming
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Dr. Ilias Travlos

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Faculty of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 118 55 Athens, Greece
Interests: agronomy; weed biology and ecology; herbicide resistance; integrated weed management; agroecological weed management
* Section: Weed Science and Weed Management
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Prof. Dr. Zhengqin Xiong

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College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 211800, China
Interests: carbon footprint; nitrogen footprint; reactive nitrogen; greenhouse gases; nitrous oxide; greenhouse gas intensity; carbon budget; biochar; nitrogen use efficiency
* Section: Soil and Plant Nutrition
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Prof. Dr. Pedro Javier Zapata

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Department of AgriFood Technology, EPSO, University Miguel Hernández, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
Interests: postharvest; fruit quality; antioxidants; bioactive compounds; eco-friendly technologies
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Prof. Dr. Derek Baker

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Centre for Agribusiness, UNE Business School, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
Interests: agricultural systems; food and agribusiness supply chains; digital transformation in the food system; agricultural and rural economics
* Section: Farming Sustainability

Dr. Peng Fu

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School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University AgCenter and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Interests: remote sensing; plant physiology; urban climate; soil science; machine learning; digital agriculture; ecology
* Section: Precision and Digital Agriculture
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Prof. Dr. Dale Sanders

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Department of Metabolic Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
Interests: plant nutrition; micronutrient distribution; fertiliser use efficiency

Prof. Dr. Weijun Zhou

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College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: agricultural plant science; nanobiotechnology; agronomy; biotechnology; botany
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