Agriculture

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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Dr. Elisa Pellegrino

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Crop Science Research Center, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Interests: agroecology and agrobiodiversity; food quality and nutraceutics; sustainable agricultural systems; soil biodiversity; soil quality; microbial biostimulants; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; phosphate solubilizing bacteria; agricultural practices, agricultural system (e.g., conservation and organic agricultural) and land use effects on crop yield and soil quality; plant/soil interactions; agroecological synthesis by meta-analyses

Dr. José Manuel Moutinho Pereira

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Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Apt. 1013, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Interests: abiotic stress; acclimation; adaptation strategies; plant physiology; stress responses; viticulture
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Prof. Dr. Xiaoliang Qin

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College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China
Interests: conserving cultivation; yield; soil quality; nutrient utilization; soil microorganism
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Prof. Dr. Rajasekaran R. Lada

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Department of Environmental Sciences, Christmas Tree Research Center, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada
Interests: physiology; environmental stress physiology & metabolism; seed physiology; crop adaptation; postharvest physiology; plant growth regulators; plant nutrition; tree physiology; ecophysiology; photosynthesis; horticulture

Dr. Emanuele Radicetti

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Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
Interests: crop management and production; weed management; weed community composition; integrated weed management (IWM); soil fertility and plant nutrition; sustainable cropping systems; environmental science
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Prof. Dr. Lara Reale

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Department of Agricultural, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Interests: plant reproductive biology; stress response; flower and fruit anatomy; light and electron microscopy

Dr. Luca Regni

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Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno, 06121 Perugia, Italy
Interests: in vitro culture; micropropagation; tree crops; agricultural byproduct valorization; sustainable agriculture; C sequestration; salt stress
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Dr. Paolo Ruisi

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Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: conservation agriculture; N use efficiency; N₂ fixation; AM symbiosis; crop productivity; cereals; pulses
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Dr. Norma Gouvea Rumjanek

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Embrapa Agrobiologia, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro 23891-000, Brazil
Interests: microbial ecology; microbiome; cowpea (Vigna unguiculata); mung bean (Vigna radiata); PGPR (Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria); BNF (Biological Nitrogen Fixation); biofertilizer
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Dr. Laura Rustioni

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Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, S.P. 6, Lecce-Monteroni, I-73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: viticulture; fruit quality; abiotic stress management; tree crops; cultivar selection; production techniques
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Prof. Dr. Pietro Santamaria

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Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70120 Bari, Italy
Interests: agrobiodiversity; vegetable production; greenhouse production; plant nutrition; soilless culture; vegetable quality; nitrate
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Prof. Dr. Mariusz J. Stolarski

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Department of Plant Breeding and Seed Production, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, Centre for Bioeconomy and Renewable Energies, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Pl. Łódzki 3, 10-724 Olsztyn, Poland
Interests: industrial and energy crops; biomass and byproducts; energy and economic efficiency; biomass production, harvesting, and logistics; multipurpose biomass utilization; bioproducts; biofuels; bioeconomy
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Prof. Dr. Daniel Tan

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Sydney Institute of Agriculture, Faculty of Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Interests: crop agronomy; abiotic stress; farming systems; plant nutrition
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Dr. Mohsin Tanveer

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1. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China
2. Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Interests: eco-physiology and climate change; experimental methodology development; nutrient metabolism and translocation in plants; plant productivity and sustainable agriculture; plant molecular physiology
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Dr. Silvia Tavarini

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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: agronomic management of fields crops; oilseed crops; crops for bio-based products and aromatic and medicinal plants; cropping systems diversification; crop quality and bioactive compounds; antioxidants; nutraceuticals; fatty acids

Dr. Gabriel Teliban

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Faculty of Horticulture, University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Aleea Mihail Sadoveanu 3, 700490 Iasi, Romania
Interests: crop production; intercropping; maize; Phaseolus; sunflower

Prof. Dr. Giorgio Testa

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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Interests: agronomy; field crop; perennial grasses; biomass crops; bioenergy; sustainable crop production
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Prof. Dr. Andon Vassilev

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Department of Plant Physiology, Biochemistry and Genetics, Faculty of Agronomy, Agricultural University, Mendeleev Str., 12, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Interests: field crops; crop physiology; plant abiotic stress physiology; plant biostimulants; plant-heavy metal interactions

Prof. Dr. Shiwen Wang

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1. Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Resources, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China
2. State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China
Interests: water management; water use efficiency; plant nutrition; nitrogen use efficiency; crop physiology; abiotic stresses
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Prof. Dr. Zhaolong Wang

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Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan RD, Minhang District, Shanghai, China
Interests: urban agriculture; phytoremediation; nature-based solutions; turfgrass stress physiology; green roof turfs; low-maintenance turf
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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. 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. 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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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. 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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Prof. Dr. Donglin Zhang

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Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Interests: ornamental breeding; germplasm collection; propagation; molecular technology; tissue culture, edible landscape plants; tea
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Prof. Dr. Guoqing Zhang

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College of Plant Science and Technology, Beijing University of Agriculture, Beijing 102206, China
Interests: cultivation techniques of edible fungi; the bioactive components of mushrooms; microbial enzymes; composting microorganisms; edible and medicinal fungi and their active component

Prof. Dr. Hao Zhang

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College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Interests: crop high-yield physiology; cultivation management; root function

Prof. Dr. Mingcai Zhang

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College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: maize; crops; plant growth regulator; phytohormone; abiotic stress
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