26 June 2025
Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Members of Horticulturae

Horticulturae (ISSN: 2311-7524) is pleased to announce the following 33 researchers, who have been added to our group of 2025–2026 Early Career Editorial Board Members. Please join us in congratulating them on joining the Horticulturae community!

Name: Dr. Qiang Zhang
Affiliation: Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450009, China
Website: https://www.zzgss.cn/rcjy/yjsjy/dsjj/sssds_dsjj/8f6227f5cc3e4b02a2e2b3d8fff422c9.htm
Research interests: bioactive compounds; biological activity; nutrients; molecular interactions; functional food

Name: Dr. Xiaobo Wei
Affiliation: School of Food Science and Engineering, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
Website:
https://spxy.nxu.edu.cn/info/1101/2630.htm
Research interests: postharvest biology; storage quality; transcriptional regulation; fruit wound healing

Name: Dr. Mengyu Wang
Affiliation: Institute of Horticulture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Science, Hangzhou, China
Website: https://www.zaas.ac.cn/home/page/homeWeb/snky/pc/person/alone/cont-person_w.html?rid=3096
Research interests: secondary metabolism; edible mushrooms; bioactive substances

Name: Dr. Peng Chen
Affiliation: College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
Website:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3630-5685
Research interests: agricultural nutrient management and cycling; soil biogeochemistry and carbon sequestration; sustainable agriculture systems; plant-soil-microbe interactions

Name: Dr. Ilenia Tinebra
Affiliation: Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Website:
https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/t/ilenia.tinebra
Research interests: food quality preservation; post-harvest technologies; valorization of food by-products; functional foods development; food safety assessment; natural antimicrobials; shelf Life enhancement; circular economy in food industry; sustainable food processing

Name: Dr. Marcelo de Souza Silva
Affiliation: Department of Crop Science, São Paulo State University (UNESP), School of Agriculture, Botucatu 18610-307, SP, Brazil
Website: https://www.fca.unesp.br/#!/instituicao/departamentos/horticultura
Research interests: crop management; physiology; propagation

Name: Dr. Chuncheng Liu
Affiliation: Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, China
Website: https://ifi.caas.cn/rcjs/zjdw/fgj/61143a61133e425783b62e8aafef4985.htm
Research interests: brackish water; reclaimed water; secondary salinization; movement of soil water-salt; agronomic regulation of unconventional water irrigation

Name: Dr. Xuewen Gong
Affiliation: School of Water Conservancy, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450045, China
Website: https://www2.ncwu.edu.cn/shuili/info/1088/2358.htm
Research interests: greenhouse environment; evapotranspiration; water and fertilizer control; crop model; crop physiology; water-saving irrigation; yield and quality coordination control

Name: Dr. Nomali Z. Ngobese
Affiliation: Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom, South Africa
Website: https://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/unit-environmental-sciences-and-management-agriculture/nomali-z-ngobese
Research interests: plant physiology; agro-processing; optimization of agronomic practices in agriculture; conservation agriculture

 
Name: Dr. Piao Yang
Affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, College of Arts and Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Website: https://plantpath.osu.edu/our-people/piao-yang
Research interests: molecular genetics; plant pathology; cell biology

Name: Dr. Peng Qi
Affiliation: Shandong Academy of Agricultural Machinery Sciences (SAAMS), Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan 250100, China
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-5182
Research Interests: plant protection machinery; pesticide application technology; intelligent robots

Name: Dr. Dajiang Wang
Affiliation: Institute of Pomology of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng 125100, China
Website: https://ip.caas.cn/rcdw/fgjzyjzrc/252928.htm
Research Interests: fruit; apple; germplasm; evaluation; rootstock; genetic breeding

Name: Dr. Han Tao
Affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, China
Website: https://spjk.zafu.edu.cn/info/1198/3722.htm
Research interests: plant secondary metabolism; flavonoids; metabolomics; transcriptional regulation; abiotic stress; biotic stress; WRKY

Name: Dr. Jinjin Guo
Affiliation: Faculty of Modern Agricultural Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
Website: https://ngxy.kust.edu.cn/info/1218/1536.htm
Research interests: plant-water-nutrient relations; drip fertigation; water and fertilizer productivity; Crop high yield theory and technology

Name: Dr. Eleonora Spinozzi
Affiliation: Chemistry Interdisciplinary Project (ChIP), School of Pharmacy, University of Camerino, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy
Website: https://amministrazionetrasparente.unicam.it/sites/www.unicam.it.amministrazionetrasparente/files/collaboratori/cv/CV%20Spinozzi%20.pdf
Research interests: plants; bioactive compounds; extraction

Name: Dr. Huayi Chen
Affiliation: School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Website: https://staf.hainanu.edu.cn/info/1881/16581.htm
Research interests: agriculture; soil science; biochar; hydrogel; water purification; pollutant removal; ecological evaluation

Name: Dr. Bingjian Cui
Affiliation: Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, China
Website: https://ifi.caas.cn/rcjs/zjdw/fgj/bf52f3d771314d3d9fa02a3921d0b268.htm
Research interests: environmental sciences; toxicology; agriculture; plant sciences; water resources

Name: Dr. Yihua Zhan
Affiliation: The Key Laboratory for Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang A & F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
Website: https://nxy.zafu.edu.cn/info/1193/1652.htm
Research interests: salt stress; lipid metabolism

Name: Dr. Yang Liu
Affiliation: Modern Agricultural Engineering Key Laboratory at Universities of Education Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Tarim University, Alaer 843300, China
Website: https://yjsb.taru.edu.cn/info/13152/273300.htm
Research Interests: applied artificial intelligence in digital horticulture; processing and storage of agricultural products

Name: Dr. Noelia Castillejo Montoya
Affiliation: Postharvest and Refrigeration Group, Department of Agronomical Engineering and Institute of Plant Biotechnology, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 30203 Cartagena, Spain
Website: https://personas.upct.es/perfil/noelia.castillejo
Research interests: postharvest; fruit and vegetable; abiotic stress; food waste; bioactive compounds

Name: Dr. Ana Rita Fonseca Coelho
Affiliation: GeoBioTec Research Center, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3944-7240
Research interests:
biofortification; phytotechnology; plant nutrition & physiology; agri-food production and processing

 
Name: Dr. Eleonora Cataldo
Affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Viale delle Dee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Website: https://www.dottoratoscienzeagrarieambientali.unifi.it/vp-320-eleonora-cataldo.html
Research interests:
viticulture; agriculture; drought stress; biochemical compounds; biostimulants

Name: Dr. Jin Chen
Affiliation: Schools of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
Website:
https://jsxx.ahau.edu.cn/ch/jsxx_show.html?zgh=2021023
Research interests: microbial ecology

 
Name: Dr. Yong Yuan
Affiliation: Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
Website: https://ngxy.kust.edu.cn/info/1218/1683.htm
Research interests: efficient use of water and fertilizer; green crop production; soil improvement

Name: Dr. Liangliang Liu
Affiliation: College of Life Science and Environmental Resources, Yichun University, Yichun 336000, China
Website:
http://sm.jxycu.edu.cn/651/list.htm
Research interests: soil microorganisms and soil-borne diseases control/soil-borne disease; soil microbial community; plant-soil feedback; soil health

Name: Dr. João Everthon da Silva Ribeiro
Affiliation: Department of Agronomic and Forest Sciences, Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Mossoró 59625-900, Brazil
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1937-0066
Research interests: plant production; plant physiology; gas exchange; abiotic stress; plant hormones; plant ecophysiology

Name: Dr. Yongjian Xie
Affiliation:
College of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
Website:
https://nxy.zafu.edu.cn/info/1198/1643.htm
Research interests: insect pest management

Name: Dr. Min Gao
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Website: https://yyxy.nwafu.edu.cn/szdw/5165ccfb18bd4d0ebc1202300439bb92.htm
Research interests: stress; resistance; ROS; phytohormone; host-pathogen interactions; disease control; molecular breeding

 
Name: Dr. Davide Palmieri
Affiliation: Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, Via Francesco de Sanctis, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
Website: https://dipagricoltura.unimol.it/english/ricerca/laboratories/laboratory-of-plant-pathology/
Research interests: BioColtrol; plant pathology; rhizosphere; BioFungicides; agrochemical registration process

Name: Dr. Amparo Rosero
Affiliation: Centro de Investigación Turipaná, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria—Agrosavia, Km 13 vía Montería, Cerete 230558, Córdoba, Colombia
Website: https://agriperfiles.agri-d.net/display/AS27178183
Research interests: breeding; plant physiology; horticulture; planting material; nutritional quality

Name: Dr. Baohua Feng
Affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Center for Rice Improvement, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China
Website:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0796-5599
Research interests: molecular genetic mechanism; rice-abiotic interaction; plant hormone; sugar metabolism; heat stress; low temperature stress; salt stress

Name: Dr. Alessio Allegra
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, SAAF, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze build 4-H, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Website:
https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/a/alessio.allegra
Research interests:
postharvest; fresh cut; edible coating; elicitor

Name: Dr. Antonio Amores Arrocha
Affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Technology, Vegetal Production Area and Wine and Agri-Food Research Institute (IVAGRO), University of Cadiz, 11510 Cadiz, Spain
Website: https://produccioncientifica.uca.es/investigadores/112070/detalle
Research interests: bee pollen; oenology; alcoholic fermentation; white winemaking; red winemaking; volatile compounds in wines; sensory analysis of wines; physical-chemical analysis of wines; characterization of vine varieties; study of the oenological potential of vine varieties

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