Topical Advisory Panel

Members

Institute for Water, Land and Society, Charles Sturt University, Albury, 2640 NSW, Australia
Interests: spatial modelling; soil degradation; geostatistics; uncertainty assessment; environmental monitoring

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Department of Biomechatronics Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung County 91201, Taiwan
Interests: artificial intelligence; mechatronics; internet of things; edge computing; signal processing
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CNR-IBE Institute of BioEconomy of National Research Council, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Interests: soil ecology and climate change relations; soil fertility and amendments; soil biological quality index (QBS); soil biodiversity and functions; soil management to mitigate climate change effects; soil organic carbon; biochar; soil and sediments pollutions
Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA
Interests: perennial crop breeding and genetics; crop genomics; crop domestication; computational biology; genomic prediction
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Department of Soil and Agri-Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science, Université Laval, Québec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Interests: soil microbial ecology; biogeography; mycorrhizae; agroecology; environmental microbiology; crop system
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Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk, Korea
Interests: big data analysis in agriculture; consumption prediction using SNS data; livestock epidemics on livestock product consumption

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International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Via Ceglie 9, 70010 Valenzano, Bari, Italy
Interests: soil; land and water management; land degradation; desertification; sustainable natural resources management; rural and agricultural development
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Interests: nanomaterials; heavy metals; nanotoxicology; phytotoxicity; biotransformation; bioavailability; nano-enabled agriculture; nanofertilizer; nanopesticide
Eau Terre Environnement Centre, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Quebec City, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
Interests: precision agriculture; UAVs; GIS; remote sensing data-based modeling; crop mapping; soil salinity mapping; digital mapping
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Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
Interests: precision agriculture; machine learning; automated decision making; data fusion; probabilistic modelling
Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
Interests: rice; root development; nitrogen; organic fertilizer, Africa

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Department of Deciduous Fruit Trees, Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-DIMITRA, Athina, Greece
Interests: fruit; chilling requirements; postharvest; quality; cultivation
1. Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
2. Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus, Hobart, TAS 7005, Australia
Interests: rop modelling; crop eco-physilogy; climate change; drought stress; model uncertainty; data aggregation

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Ellinikos Georgikos Organismos—DIMITRA, Forest Research Institute, Vasilika, 57006 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: operational research; forest ecosystem management tools; decision optimization tools; multi-objective forest management; heuristic algorithms
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Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
Interests: ruminant nutrition; animal production; dairy science; crop production; feeding; beef production; carbon footprint; LCA; biodiversity; environmental impact
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Hainan Key Laboratory for Sustainable, Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Interests: agronomic practices; crop lodging; crop management; cropping systems; nitrogen management; water use efficiency; tropical crops
Department of Economics, Management and Territory, University of Foggia, Via A. da Zara, 11 71022 Foggia, Italy
Interests: lifecycle assessment; sustainability; agro-food; sustainable mobility; energy; water; waste
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Department of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences (DAFE), University of Basilicata, Viale dell’Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Interests: mycology; fungal pathogens; bacteria; viruses; molecular phylogeny; plant molecular pathology; plant disease
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Faculty of Agriculture, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Studentska 1668, 370 05 Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Interests: intelligent systems in agriculture; smart agriculture; Agriculture 4.0; optimization of technology processes by computer simulations; agricultural automatization and mechanization; best available technologies in agriculture
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USDA-ARS Lab, Washington State University, Washington, DC 99350, USA
Interests: alfalfa; genetics; drought; salinity; quality


Department of Production and Plant Protection, University of Nariño, Pasto 602-7244309, Nariño, Colombia
Interests: cell biology; biochemistry and insect physiology; toxicology on insects and ecological populations
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Department of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Interests: hyperspectral imaging; NIR; IR spectroscopy; machine learning; chemometrics; agro-food quality

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Faculty of Engineering Science, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200A, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
Interests: human computer interaction; information visualization; decision support systems
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Department of Machine Operation, Ergonomics and Production Processes, Faculty of Production and Power Engineering, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Interests: the influence of physical methods on plants; stimulation of seed material with physical factors; quality of raw material; storage of crops; food safety
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
Interests: climate warming; alpine plant; permafrost; Tibetan Plateau; functional traits; diversity; plant production

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Faculty of Life Sciences, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany
Interests: agricultural product health and safety; animal welfare; agricultural product quality; sustainability

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Key Laboratory of Mountain Surface Processes and Ecological Regulation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Water Conservancy, Chengdu 610041, China
Interests: soil health; soil erosion; soil conservation
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Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Research Museum Center (RMC), 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
Interests: hymenoptera; bees; parasitoids; museum; systematics; taxonomy; pollinator ecology
Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Interests: agricultural and food policy & economics; agri-food networks; rural development; sustainable agriculture; ecosystem services and farming activities; eco-innovation; crop diversifications; agro-ecology; agroforestry; agri-food value chain management
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