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Prof. Dr. Qingfeng Meng

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College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: high yield; high resource use efficiency; climate change; crop model; maize; wheat; drought; heat; adaptation

Dr. Andreas Meyer-Aurich

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Department of Technology Assessment and Substance Cycles, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
Interests: GHG mitigation in agriculture; methane; nitrous oxide; carbon sequestration; carbon dioxide; bioenergy; biochar
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Prof. Dr. Boro Mioč

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Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetosimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: sheep and goat breeding; selection and nutrition of sheep and goat; meat and milk production; local breeds; animal behavior

Prof. Dr. Wataru Mizunoya

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Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Sagamihara 252-5201, Japan
Interests: skeletal muscle; meat; muscle fiber type; animal production; food science

Dr. Zhaowen Mo

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Department of Crop Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Interests: environmental effects on crop growth and production; crop physiology and ecology; crop cultivation and management
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Prof. Dr. Raul Morais dos Santos

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Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Interests: sensor interfaces; microelectronics; wireless sensor networks; IoT; precision viticulture; energy harvesting; proximal sensing
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Dr. Ju-Seok Nam

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Department of Biosystems Engineering, Kangwon National University, 1 Kangwondaehak-gil, Gangwon-do, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
Interests: agricultural engineering; agricultural ergonomics; agricultural field machinery; digital agriculture; soil–machine systems; terramechanics
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Prof. Dr. Christian Nansen

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Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Interests: optical sensing; cold plasma; pest management and lighting technologies; pesticide performance assessments
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Dr. Antonio Natalello

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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via Valdisavoia, 5, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: animal nutrition; alternative feed resources; plant secondary compounds; meat and milk quality; fatty acids; lipid metabolism; oxidative stability; antioxidants
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Prof. Dr. Luís Manuel Navas Gracia

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Department of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering, University of Valladolid, 34004 Palencia, Spain
Interests: precision farming; processes automation; artificial intelligence; renewable energies; greenhouse technology; urban farming
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Dr. Suresh Neethirajan

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Department of Animal Science & Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture & Computer Science, Dalhousie University, 6050 University Ave, Halifax, NS B3H 1W5, Canada
Interests: digital agriculture; artificial intelligence; big data analytics; animal-computer interaction; sensors & bio-instrumentation
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Dr. Xianzhou Nie

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Fredericton Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fredericton, NB 3B 4Z7, Canada
Interests: plant virology; plant viruses and viroids; plant-virus interactions; potato diseases and management
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Prof. Dr. Gniewko Niedbała

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Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznań, Poland
Interests: artificial neural networks; artificial intelligence; machine learning; yield modelling; predictions; forecasting; crop production; agritourism development
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Prof. Dr. Jinzhi Niu

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College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
Interests: RNAi-based pest control; insect symbiont virus; insect-plant interaction; spider mites; invasive species
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Dr. Urszula Norton

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Department of Plant Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Interests: soil-plant-atmosphere relationships in managed and natural ecosystems; biogeochemistry; soil C and N cycling

Prof. Dr. Vitale Nuzzo

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Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures: Architecture, Environment, and Cultural Heritage, University of Basilicata, 75100 Matera, Italy
Interests: viticulture; drought and heat response; grapevine physiology; phenotyping; grapevine canopy and soil management; grapevine rootstocks
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Prof. Dr. Yasuo Ohe

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Department of Agribusiness Management, Faculty of International Agriculture and Food Studies, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
Interests: rural tourism; farm diversification; multifunctionality; rural economics; agricultural economics; food education

Prof. Dr. Takashi Okayasu

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Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Interests: smart agriculture (farming); data-driven agriculture; plant phenotyping; agricultural machinery; model based design (or development) (MBD) in agriculture; computational mechanics for agriculture; digital twin; Artificial Intelligence; image processing and analysis
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Dr. Coral Ortiz Sánchez

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Rural and Agrifood Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Interests: postharvest technology; harvest technology; fruit quality assessment; farm machinery
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Dr. Maria Dolores Osuna Ruiz

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Plant Protection Department, Extremadura Scientific and Technological Research Center (CICYTEX), Ctra. de AV, km 372, 06187 Guadajira, Spain
Interests: plant biotechnology; plant physiology; plant breeding; rice; weed management; weed science and crop physiology

Dr. Harry Ozier-Lafontaine

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INRAE, UR1321, ASTRO Agrosystèmes Tropicaux, 97170 Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), France
Interests: functioning of multi-species systems; intercrops; agroforestry; complex system modelling; adaptation to climate change; agroecology
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Dr. Andreas S. Pacholski

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Thuenen Institute for Climate Smart Agriculture, Bundesallee 65, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
Interests: ammonia emission; agronomy; nitrogen use efficiency; fertilizers; agricultural sustainability
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Dr. Catello Pane

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CREA Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Via Cavalleggeri, 25, 84098 Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy
Interests: plant pathology; digital support systems for disease management; agroecology; biological control
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Dr. Xanthoula Eirini Pantazi

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Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.), 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: crop health status; precision agriculture; remote sensing; data fusion; machine learning; hyperspectral sensors; sensor fusion; deep learning; hyperspectral imaging field spectroscopy; fluorescence kinetics
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Prof. Dr. Gioacchino Pappalardo

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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: rural development policies; competitiveness and international trade; consumer behavior; cost-benefit analysis
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Dr. Yong-Lak Park

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Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Interests: integrated pest management; agricultural and forest entomology; geospatial technology; drones; artificial intelligence

Prof. Dr. Luis Parras-Alcantara

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Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Soil Science and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence - ceiA3, Campus Rabanales, Marie Curie Building, University of Córdoba–UCO, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: soil science; soil quality; soil degradation; carbon cycling; soil organic carbon; soil carbon sequestration; land use change; agriculture management practices

Dr. José Antonio Pascual

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CEBAS-CSIC, Group of Soil Enzimology and Biorremediation and Organic Wastes, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: microbial ecology; microbial diversity; biodiversity; fungal community; bacterial community; soil quality; soil organic matter
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Prof. Dr. Leoš Pavlata

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Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1665/1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Interests: animal nutrition; ruminants; livestock health; herd health management; trace elements

Prof. Dr. Antonio Paz-González

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Interdisciplinary center for Chemistry and Biology (CICA), University of A Coruña (UDC), As Carballeiras, sn., 15008 A Coruña, Spain
Interests: agricultural soils; water management; precicion agriculture; spatial variability; geostatistics; multifractals

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