Editorial Board
- Crop Breeding and Genetics Section
- Plant-Crop Biology and Biochemistry Section
- Soil and Plant Nutrition Section
- Water Use and Irrigation Section
- Innovative Cropping Systems Section
- Farming Sustainability Section
- Horticultural and Floricultural Crops Section
- Grassland and Pasture Science Section
- Weed Science and Weed Management Section
- Pest and Disease Management Section
- Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience Section
- Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering Section
- Precision and Digital Agriculture Section
Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Western Pacific Tropical Research Center, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA
Interests: abiotic stress; biodiversity; neglected and underutilized plant species; whole plant physiology
Interests: abiotic stress; biodiversity; neglected and underutilized plant species; whole plant physiology
Agriculture and Forestry Engineering Department, ETSIIAA, Universidad de Valladolid, Avenida de Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia, Spain
Interests: natural polymers; chitosan; Green Chemistry; FTIR; nanomaterials; biorrefineries; photocatalysis; waste management and valorization
Interests: natural polymers; chitosan; Green Chemistry; FTIR; nanomaterials; biorrefineries; photocatalysis; waste management and valorization
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, EPS, Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón (IUCA), Universidad de Zaragoza, Carretera de Cuarte, s/n, 22071 Huesca, Spain
Interests: sensors and actuators; biorrefineries; photocatalysis; waste management and valorization; soil pollution; life cycle analysis; nanomaterials applied to agriculture
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Interests: sensors and actuators; biorrefineries; photocatalysis; waste management and valorization; soil pollution; life cycle analysis; nanomaterials applied to agriculture
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Agronomic Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48., Murcia, 30203 Cartagena, Spain
Interests: water relations; aquaporins; secondary metabolism (glucosinolates); membrane proteins and nutrition in plants; crop production under different salinity stress
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Interests: water relations; aquaporins; secondary metabolism (glucosinolates); membrane proteins and nutrition in plants; crop production under different salinity stress
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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Interests: antioxidants; food nutrition; public health; antioxidant capacity; antiradical capacity; natural products; biotechnology; polyphenols; volatile oils; sensory analysis; bioactive compounds
Interests: antioxidants; food nutrition; public health; antioxidant capacity; antiradical capacity; natural products; biotechnology; polyphenols; volatile oils; sensory analysis; bioactive compounds
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment—DAFNAE, University of Padua, Agripolis Campus, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy
Interests: nature-based solutions; greenhouse gas emission; crops irrigation
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Interests: nature-based solutions; greenhouse gas emission; crops irrigation
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Department of Agriculture, Food, and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: agronomy; crop production; allelopathy; weed science; weed management; cover crops; fertilization; Cynara cardunculus; potato
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Interests: agronomy; crop production; allelopathy; weed science; weed management; cover crops; fertilization; Cynara cardunculus; potato
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School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
Interests: insect pheromones; plant volatiles; insect chemoreception and behaviour; plant-insect interactions; invasive species ecology; biological control; conservation biology
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Interests: insect pheromones; plant volatiles; insect chemoreception and behaviour; plant-insect interactions; invasive species ecology; biological control; conservation biology
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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: internet of food; cost-benefit analysis; innovation in food supply chains and telemetry systems in agriculture
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Interests: internet of food; cost-benefit analysis; innovation in food supply chains and telemetry systems in agriculture
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School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
Interests: remote sensing image processing; pattern recognition and machine learning
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Interests: remote sensing image processing; pattern recognition and machine learning
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CNR-IBE National Council of Research, Institute of BioEconomy - Via Paolo Gaifami n.18, 95126 Catania, Italy
Interests: valorisation and characterization of typical Mediterranean germplasm for food a no food applications/recovery of molecules from agricultural wastes for food fortification/novel foods/antioxidants/fructans
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Interests: valorisation and characterization of typical Mediterranean germplasm for food a no food applications/recovery of molecules from agricultural wastes for food fortification/novel foods/antioxidants/fructans
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Plant Breeding Institute, University of Kiel, Kiel 24118, Germany
Interests: plant development and flowering time in Arabidopsis, Brassica napus and Beta vulgaris; vernalization; photoperiod; epigenetics; gene editing
Interests: plant development and flowering time in Arabidopsis, Brassica napus and Beta vulgaris; vernalization; photoperiod; epigenetics; gene editing
Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Genética, Evolução, Microbiologia e Imunologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas 13083-970, SP, Brazil
Interests: sugarcane biotechnology; plant biotechnology; plant stress responses; development; synthetic biology
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Interests: sugarcane biotechnology; plant biotechnology; plant stress responses; development; synthetic biology
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: horticulture; floriculture; plant protection; sustainable agriculture; salt stress; plant biostimulants; phytohormones; postharvest; fruit quality
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Interests: horticulture; floriculture; plant protection; sustainable agriculture; salt stress; plant biostimulants; phytohormones; postharvest; fruit quality
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Genetic Improvement and Adaptation of Mediterranean and Tropical Plants (AGAP) Unit, Cirad, 34000 Montpellier, France
Interests: fruit quality; biotic and abiotic stress; omics; physiology
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Interests: fruit quality; biotic and abiotic stress; omics; physiology
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Centre for Plant and Water Science, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, QLD 4702, Australia
Interests: horticultural production; horticultural crop growth and development
Interests: horticultural production; horticultural crop growth and development
Department of Agriculture, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, 9, Bra (CN), 12060 Pollenzo, Italy
Interests: agroecology; sustainability evaluation; organic production systems; action-learning approach
Interests: agroecology; sustainability evaluation; organic production systems; action-learning approach
Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, via Amendola 122/D-I, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: multi-sensor systems for robot perception; 3D reconstruction and mapping; signal and image processing applied to robotics and intelligent systems; agricultural robotics
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Interests: multi-sensor systems for robot perception; 3D reconstruction and mapping; signal and image processing applied to robotics and intelligent systems; agricultural robotics
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Deparment of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, 1173 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1173, USA
Interests: fruit science; orchard management; training systems; rootstocks; cold hardiness; postharvest biology and technology; fruit quality optimization; non-destructive fruit quality assessment; metabolomics; proteomics; peach, apple, cherry, kiwifruit and plum physiology
Interests: fruit science; orchard management; training systems; rootstocks; cold hardiness; postharvest biology and technology; fruit quality optimization; non-destructive fruit quality assessment; metabolomics; proteomics; peach, apple, cherry, kiwifruit and plum physiology
Department of Agronomy, Biotechnology and Food Science, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: modeling; plant physiology; statistical analysis; genetic diversity; food chemistry; irrigation; plant biology; predictive modeling; plant breeding
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Interests: modeling; plant physiology; statistical analysis; genetic diversity; food chemistry; irrigation; plant biology; predictive modeling; plant breeding
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Bioproductivity Informatics Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
Interests: plant biomass production; genomics; bioinformatics; transcriptomics; database; grasses; rice
Interests: plant biomass production; genomics; bioinformatics; transcriptomics; database; grasses; rice
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, 311 Plant Science Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0312, USA
Interests: microbial ecology
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Interests: microbial ecology
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Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, IPSP-Bari Unit, Department of Biology, Agricultural and Food Sciences, DISBA, National Council of Research, CNR, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: plant immune system; plant pests; biochemistry; immunology; nematodes; oxygen metabolism
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Interests: plant immune system; plant pests; biochemistry; immunology; nematodes; oxygen metabolism
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Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
Interests: bioactive compounds; waste valorization; antioxidants; pigments; extremophilic microorganisms
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Interests: bioactive compounds; waste valorization; antioxidants; pigments; extremophilic microorganisms
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Research Centre for Genomics and Bioinformatics (CREA-GB), Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, 29017 Fiorenzuola d’Arda, Italy
Interests: DNA-based traceability of plant and microbial species; mycotoxin monitoring; natural antimicrobials; transcriptome analysis of cereal–fungal pathogen interactions
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Interests: DNA-based traceability of plant and microbial species; mycotoxin monitoring; natural antimicrobials; transcriptome analysis of cereal–fungal pathogen interactions
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Departamento de Ciência do solo, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, Brazil
Interests: environmental microbiology; microbial biotechnology; applied microbiology; biotechnology; ecology; microbiology; heavy metals; fertilizers; soil; biodiversity
Interests: environmental microbiology; microbial biotechnology; applied microbiology; biotechnology; ecology; microbiology; heavy metals; fertilizers; soil; biodiversity
SDA-ARS Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, 1515 College Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502, USA
Interests: stored products; chemical ecology; behavior; integrated pest management; biological control; invasive species; behaviorally-based management
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Interests: stored products; chemical ecology; behavior; integrated pest management; biological control; invasive species; behaviorally-based management
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USDA‐ARS, Grain Legume Genetics and Physiology Research Unit, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
Interests: cool season grain legumes; genetics and breeding
Interests: cool season grain legumes; genetics and breeding
Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), Tuscia University, Via S. C. De Lellis, snc., 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: light quality perception and photoregulation of plant development in plants and adaptation to other organisms in micropropagation and during the plant changing phase; genetic, epigenetic, and molecular physiology of plant stress tolerance and plant adaptation to environments; genetic and molecular physiology of flower and fruit development and the accumulation of secondary metabolites
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Interests: light quality perception and photoregulation of plant development in plants and adaptation to other organisms in micropropagation and during the plant changing phase; genetic, epigenetic, and molecular physiology of plant stress tolerance and plant adaptation to environments; genetic and molecular physiology of flower and fruit development and the accumulation of secondary metabolites
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1. Heartland Plant Innovations, Manhattan, KS 66503, USA
2. Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
Interests: Interested in plant molecular biology in general and have passion to carry out experiments both fundamental and applied area of weed science and crop breeding and genetics
2. Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
Interests: Interested in plant molecular biology in general and have passion to carry out experiments both fundamental and applied area of weed science and crop breeding and genetics
