Agronomy

Prof. Dr. Mercedes Verdeguer

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Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (IAM), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Camino de Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Interests: natural products; essential oils; plant extracts; weed biology; weed management; bioherbicides; allelopathy; biostimulants; plant stress
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Dr. Marzia Vergine

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Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Via Prov.le Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: plant physiology; abiotic stresses; heavy metals; antioxidant compound; biotic stress; Xylella fastidiosa; endophytic community

Dr. Maik Veste

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Institute for Environmental Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
Interests: crop physiology; abiotic stress; plant-soil interactions; drought; irrigation; dryland agriculture; alternative cropping systems; bioenergy crops; agroforestry; dryland agricuture
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Dr. Federico Vita

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Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Edoardo Orabona, 70125 Bari, Italy
Interests: wheat; crop physiology; salinity stress; plant-microbe interactions; truffles; proteomics; RNAseq; biostimulant; salt stress; plant physiology
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Dr. Hongliang Wang

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West Yuanmingyuan Road, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: biomass pretreatment; biomass predegradation; biomass catalytic conversion; biomass functional materials; biomass conversion and utilization

Prof. Dr. Jianbo Wang

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College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Interests: plant genetics; epigenetics; genomics; transcriptional regulation; plant genetic resources; evolution; domestication; rice; oilseed rape
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Prof. Dr. Jianping Wang

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Department of Agronomy, Cancer/Genetics Research Complex, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Interests: plant genetics; genomics; bioinformatics; molecular breeding; legume symbiosis; plant disease resistance
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Prof. Dr. Jirui Wang

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Triticeae Research Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Interests: Cereal seed development and germination; Grain quality; Crop evolution and domestication

Dr. Philip R. Ward

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CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Private Bag 5, PO Wembley, WA 6913, Australia
Interests: crop and pasture water use; dryland water use efficiency; mixed farming systems; nutrient cycling; sustainable production; soil

Dr. Tim Weaver

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CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Narrabri, NSW 2390, Australia
Interests: cotton based farming-systems; crop nutrition; Genetic x Environment x Management interactions; soil chemistry and physics

Dr. Richard Webster

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Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK
Interests: soil; land-resource survey; remote sensing; experimental design

Dr. Alwyn Williams

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School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD 4343, Australia
Interests: agroecology; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; cover crops; plant-soil interactions; soil health; soil microbes; soil organic carbon and nitrogen

Dr. Katja Witzel

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Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Theodor-Echtermeyer Weg 1, 14979 Großbeeren, Germany
Interests: targeted and nontargeted proteome analyses; plant-pathogen interaction; plant physiology; plant secondary metabolites
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Dr. Jixiang Wu

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USDA-ARS, Starkville, MS, USA
Interests: computational statistics; statistical genetics; design of experiments; linear mixed model approaches

Dr. Xiaoping Xin

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Division of Plant Sciences and Technology, School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Interests: corn; crop management & production; ecosystems & environment; plant stress; soil; soybean

Prof. Dr. Yanqun Xu

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Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan Road, Minghang, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: food preservation; postharvest disease; biocontrol; plant disease resistance; fungi pathogen
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Prof. Dr. Tran Dang Xuan

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Smart Agriculture Faculty, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City 739-8529, Hiroshima, Japan
Interests: plant breeding; rice cultivation and genetic; genetic engineering; organic cultivation; natural compounds from crops for health benefits; crop rotation; allelopathy; biological management of weeds and pests
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Prof. Dr. Yuanhu Xuan

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State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Biology, National Pesticide Engineering Research Center (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Interests: plant disease; mechanism; plant resistance; pathogenesis; plant–pathogen interactions; plant defense
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Dr. Lihong Xue

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Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210000, China
Interests: agricultural non-point source pollution; crop nutrient management; greenhouse gas mitigation; environmental materials for soil improvement and water purification
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Dr. Qingwu Xue

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Texas A&M AgriLife Research (Texas A&M University System), 6500 Amarillo Blvd. W, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA
Interests: crop stress physiology; improving yield; water use; WUE and stress resistance/tolerance in major crops

Prof. Dr. Seung Hwan Yang

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Department of Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Yeosu 59626, Republic of Korea
Interests: agriculture; cold/drought/water stress; plant physiology; plant hormone; sustainable agriculture; climate change; crop growth regulators; climate change impacts in agriculture; germplasm; plant-microbe interaction
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Dr. Xufei Yang

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Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
Interests: air quality; livestock environment; environmental engineering; waste management
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Dr. Li'na Yin

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Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: plant physiology and molecular biology; abiotic stresses; photosynthesis; chloroplast membrane lipid; galactolipid; antioxidant
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Dr. Massimo Zaccardelli

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Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests (CREA), Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, 84098 Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy
Interests: microbiology; compost; compost tea; biostimulants; biological control; pest management by natural compounds; plant biodiversity; legumes; circular economy; green management in agriculture
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Prof. Dr. Theodore Zahariadis

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Department of Agricultural Development, Agri-Food and Natural Resources Management, School of Agricultural Development, Nutrition & Sustainability, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Evripos Campus, 34400 Evia, Greece
Interests: security; precision agriculture; energy efficiency; smart grids; wireless sensor networks

Dr. Sanja Cavar Zeljkovic

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Centre of the Region Haná for Biotechnological and Agricultural Research, Department of Genetic Resources for Vegetables, Medicinal and Special Plants, Crop Research Institute, Šlechtitelů 29, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Interests: plant biochemistry; natural products; LCMS; GCMS; phytochemistry; bioactive compounds
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Prof. Dr. Chengsheng Zhang

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Marine Agriculture Research Center, Tobacco Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Keyuanjingsi Road 11#, Qingdao 266101, China
Interests: plant microbiome; agro microbiological resources; biological control; extremophilic microbes

Prof. Dr. Hailin Zhang

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College of Agronomy, China Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Farming System, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: cropping system; climate change; conservation agriculture; soil organic carbon; farming
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Prof. Dr. Hongwei Zhang

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Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: genomic-enhanced breeding; breeding tool development
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Prof. Dr. Jian Zhang

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Department of Biology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
Interests: digital agriculture; bioinformatics; genomics; plant phenomics; indoor breeding
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