Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Members of Horticulturae

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 Idee 30, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Website: https://cercachi.unifi.it/p-doc2-0-0-A-3f2b3c2e342d2b.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

Name: Dr. Junjie Yan
Affiliation: Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
Website: https://iua.caas.cn/rcjs/fyjy/85536830713441c0b29ae6e6f4f08015.htm
Research interests: edible mushroom; gene function; fruiting bodies development; genetics and breeding