Agriculture

Dr. Ruizhi Xie

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Institute of Crop Sciences/Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: maize; ecological physiology; growth and development; cultivation physiology; conservative farming system; sustainable development; agricultural technology
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Prof. Dr. Tao Xiong

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College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: prices analysis; futures markets; forecasting; policy evaluation; hog markets; agricultural insurance; risk analysis; food security

Prof. Dr. Youcai Xiong

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State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Interests: agricultural ecology; ecosystem ecology

Dr. Bo Xu

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School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
Interests: image processing; computer vision; deep learning; agricultural robotics; artificial intelligence
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Dr. Chenyang Xu

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College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: soil chemistry; colloidal chemistry; soil nanoparticles; surface electric properties; biochar; soil aggregates
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Prof. Dr. Jiye Yan

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Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
Interests: plant fungal diseases; genomics; plant-microbe interaction; fungal taxonomy; fungal disease management
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Prof. Dr. Shuo Yan

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College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: nanocarrier-based delivery system; RNA pesticide; nano-pesticide; nano-fertilizer
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Prof. Dr. Feng Yang

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College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Interests: crop cultivation; photosynthetic physiology; intercropping; hyperspectral remote sensing; maize/corn; soybean
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Prof. Dr. Ning Yang

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School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
Interests: internet of things; precision agriculture; smart farming; digital agriculture; sensors; monitoring; data acquisition; real-time; numerical model; prediction

Dr. Xiaolin Yang

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College of Water Resources & Civil Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: mechanism and regulation of agricultural efficient water use; water-suitable structure adjustment and multi-objective optimization; water-food-energy-carbon system coupling and simulation; climate change and water resources
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Prof. Dr. Zhimin Yang

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College of Grassland Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: turf management; turfgrass stress physiology; turfgrass breeding
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Dr. Shixiang Yao

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College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Interests: postharvest storage of fruits and vegetables; fruit quality; fruit ripening and senescence; physiological disorder; citrus fruit

Prof. Dr. Yijun Yao

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State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, China
Interests: soil investigation; risk assessments; public health; machine learning; vapor intrusion

Prof. Dr. Jian-Sheng Ye

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State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agroecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Interests: cropland; grassland; soil carbon; nitrogen enrichment; fertilization; organic fertilizer; climate change

Dr. Baojun Yi

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College of Engineering, Huazhong Agricultural University, No. 1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: biochar; thermal conversion mechanism; thermal conversion equipment; agricultural application; soil improvement; artificial intelligence; agricultural energy
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Prof. Dr. Xinhua Yin

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Department of Plant Sciences, West Tennessee Research & Education Center, University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN 38301, USA
Interests: soil fertility; nutrient management; plant nutrition; conservation tillage; crop rotations; cover crops; precision agriculture; soil carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas emissions; nitrogen; potassium; sulfur

Prof. Dr. Xuebin Yin

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Institute of Functional Agriculture Science and Technology at Yangtze River Delta (iFAST), Anhui University of Science and Technology, Chuzhou 233100, China
Interests: biofortification; functional agriculture; functional food; functional rice; selenium and zinc enrichment; hidden hunger
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Prof. Dr. Kwangsik Yoon

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Department of Rural and Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Interests: water right; water governance; integrated water management; water quality

Dr. Xiangwei You

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Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Qingdao 266101, China
Interests: biochar amendment; plant productivity; soil degradation; soil remediation; carbon sequestration; nutrient cycle; nutrient availability; soil pollution

Dr. Ju-Kyung Yu

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Department of Crop Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
Interests: crop breeding; crop genetics and genomics; seed production; genotyping technology; soybeans; legumes
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Prof. Dr. Jin Yuan

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School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Shandong Agriculture University, Taian 271018, China
Interests: selective harvesting; robotic manipulator; novel robotic applications; machine vision
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Prof. Dr. Shu Yuan

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College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
Interests: plant nutritional signaling and responses; redox homeostasis in plant cells; nitrate reductase biochemistry; ethylene signaling; circadian clock; photosynthetic and respiratory adapations to nutritional stresses
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Dr. Yongping Yuan

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US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
Interests: hydrology; water quality; nutrient; conservation practices; modeling

Prof. Dr. Maciej Zaborowicz

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Department of Biosystems Engineering, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 50, 60-627 Poznań, Poland
Interests: computer image analysis; artificial neural networks; neural modeling; machine learning; deep learning; computer science in agriculture
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Prof. Dr. Huadong Zang

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College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: sustainable agriculture; diversified cropping; soil carbon sequestration; ecosystem mutifunction; climate change
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Prof. Dr. Francisco Javier Zarazaga-Soria

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Aragon Institute for Engineering Research, Universidad de Zaragoza, Mária de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: geographic-based information; geographic knowledge management; location based services; decision support systems; digital twins in agriculture
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Dr. Mojtaba Zeraatpisheh

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Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, 81 Carrigan Drive, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
Interests: soil science; digital soil mapping; spatial modeling; geospatial modeling; climate change; soil health; soil quality; soil organic carbon
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Prof. Dr. Xinhua Zhan

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College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: emerging pollutants; organic pollutants; plant uptake and translocation; plant nano-biology

Prof. Dr. Aimin Zhang

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State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, Hebei, China
Interests: wheat molecular breeding; wheat genomics; wheat male sterility and heterosis; yield potential improvement; generation accelerating technology; genomic selection
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Prof. Dr. Anlu Zhang

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College of Land Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: sustainable farming; rural-urban land conversion decision; farmland preservation policy; land use institution; land use policy; land economics
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