Topical Advisory Panel

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Grenfell Campus, Memorial University, Environmental Science, Room AS 222, 20 University Drive, Corner Brook, NL A2H 5G4, Canada
Interests: functional foods production, sensory perception, development, safety and preservation; use of nanotechnology to enhance plant performance in Boreal Ecosystem; spatial, functional and compositional lipid metabolism in response to environmental stressors; influences of gut microbiome on brain lipid metabolism and brain health; chemometrics and lipid modeling; increase yield, nutritional and value added production in control systems agriculture and alternative forage production systems; hydroponics: (sprouted fodder, herbs and vegetable production)
School of Information Science and Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Interests: UAVs; remote sensing; digital agriculture; deep learning; insects; diseases
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1. School of Environment and Disaster Management, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Kolkata 700103, West Bengal, India
2. School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia 4072, Queensland, Australia
Interests: remote sensing; UAV imaging; precision agriculture; yield prediction; machine learning

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CICYTEX-Technological Institute of Food and Agriculture-INTAEX (Government of Extremadura), Av. Adolfo Suárez, s/n, 06071 Badajoz, Spain
Interests: polyphenols; aminoacids; grapevines; wines; minority grape varieties
Embrapa Soja, National Soybean Research Center, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Londrina 86085-981, Brazil
Interests: multispectral;, hyperspectral; thermal imaging system; drought monitoring; spectral data processing; UAV systems
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Department of Agroforestry Sciences, ETSI University of Huelva, 21007 Huelva, Spain
Interests: blueberry; blackberry; integrated pest management; Verticilium dahliae; remote sensing; machine learning
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Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF). Research area on Agricultural Landscape Systems (working in a group on land use decisions in a spatial and system context) Eberswalder Street 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Interests: soil ecosystem services; soil organic carbon dynamics; food modelling; sustainable management practices; sustainable food systems
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Institute of Animal Science, Biotechnology and Nature Conservation, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 138 Böszörményi Street, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Interests: animal breeding; design and evaluation of breeding program; biotechnology; livestock farm management; biostatistics
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Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: cropland suitability; land suitability; remote sensing; GIS; predictive mapping; digital soil mapping; machine learning
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State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 311400, China
Interests: plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses; plant genetics; plant molecular biology; plant breeding; plant biotechnology
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Department of Agricultural Machinery Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
Interests: image processing; UAV-based remote sensing; smart farming; yield monitoring; machine learning for agriculture; artificial intelligence; ground-based sensing; sensor-based irrigation; automation in agriculture
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Department of Biology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, USA
Interests: floral biology; genetic engineering; genetic containment; gene flow; gene editing
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State Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Arid and Semi-Arid Arable Land in Northern China, The Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: plant nutrition; plant biostimulants; fertilizer; fertilization zinc cycling
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Hellenic Agricultural Organization “Demeter”/Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops, 41335 Larissa, Greece
Interests: breeding of legumes and industrial crops; legume-cereal intercropping; organic and low-input agriculture; novel breeding schemes; stewardship of genetic diversity; development of new varieties

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Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK
Interests: systems modelling; image based phenotyping; automation; image processing; sustainable development goals

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Department of Macroeconomics and Agricultural Economics, Poznan University of Economics and Business, al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland
Interests: agricultural and food economics; sustainable agriculture; food security; international trade with agricultural products; agricultural policy and support measures
Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52., 6726 Szeged, Hungary
Interests: photosynthesis; dark-light transition; plant-microbe interaction; tomato science; stomata

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Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences Department, Michigan State University, 1066 Bogue St A286, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: plant; soil; microbial sciences

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Department of Plant and Soil Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, USA
Interests: tree fruit; viticulture; horticulture; Integrated Pest Management; apple

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Department of Chemistry, University of Trnava, Hornopotočná 23, 918 43 Trnava, Slovakia
Interests: pyrolysis; biochar; carbon sequestration; waste valorization; nutrients recycling; soil chemistry
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Instituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: irrigation; precision agriculture; sustainability; climate change; crop planning; fariming economics
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Department of University Transfer, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, NorQuest College, Edmonton, AB T5J 1L6, Canada
Interests: mathematical-process-based; machine learning modeling; ecohydrology; biogeochemistry; ecosystem productivity
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Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, CP 29071 Málaga, Spain
Interests: microbial ecology; plant–bacteria interactions; biocontrol; bacterial phytopathogens; bacterial evolution; soil microbiome

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Department of Agricultural Research and Diagnosis, Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation of Rio Grande do Sul. 570,Gonçalves Dias St., Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State 90130-060, Brazil
Interests: livestock; range and pasture management; vegetation; integrated crop-livestock systems; grazing ecology; forage intake

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1. Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, Area of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
2. Agroecology and Food Institute (IAA), University of Vigo—Campus Auga, 32004 Ourense, Spain
Interests: sustainable agriculture; soil ecosystem services; sustainable agricultural management; soil carbon sequestration; carbon farming
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Institute of Industrial and Forage Crops, Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter, 41335 Lycovrissi, Greece
Interests: crop physiology and biochemistry; heat and drought stress
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Department Technology for Crop Production, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstr. 9, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
Interests: agricultural robotics; sensor technology; variable rate application; 3D imaging

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Department of Agronomics, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, UTP University of Science and Technology, Kaliskiego Ave. 7,E,311, 85 796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Interests: agricultural plant science; integrated cropping; weed management; experimental methods in agronomy
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Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente, Catania University via Valdisavoia, 5 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: vegetable and flowery industry; crop breeding and propagation; abiotic stress; plant physiology; germplasm characterization and conservation
UCD School of Biosystems & Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Interests: soil carbon; soil quality; soil geochemistry; nutrient management; vis-near infrared spectroscopy; mid-infrared spectroscopy; XRF
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