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
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 10135 Torino, Italy
Interests: somatic embryogenesis; in vitro culture; protoplast culture and plant regeneration; micropropagation; phytohormones; transcriptomics; epigenetics; functional genomics; biotechnology; genome editing; phenotypic plasticity; biotic and abiotic stresses; grapevine
Interests: somatic embryogenesis; in vitro culture; protoplast culture and plant regeneration; micropropagation; phytohormones; transcriptomics; epigenetics; functional genomics; biotechnology; genome editing; phenotypic plasticity; biotic and abiotic stresses; grapevine
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (DAFE), University of Pisa, 56214 Pisa, Italy
Interests: sustainable management of turfs; non-chemical weed control in different agriculture contexts and urban and suburban areas; use of robotized automatic mowers in turfs and agriculture for cover crops management; automatic machines and robots for precision agriculture; smart strategies and machines for organic and conservation management of agriculture
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Interests: sustainable management of turfs; non-chemical weed control in different agriculture contexts and urban and suburban areas; use of robotized automatic mowers in turfs and agriculture for cover crops management; automatic machines and robots for precision agriculture; smart strategies and machines for organic and conservation management of agriculture
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CREA Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Via Torrino 3, 81100 Caserta, Italy
Interests: agricultural and biological sciences; environmental science
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Interests: agricultural and biological sciences; environmental science
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Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
Interests: organic agriculture; agrobiodiversity; vegetable crops; biostimulants; horticulture; fruit quality; wild edible species; essential oils; medicinal and aromatic plants; stress physiology; bioactve compounds
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Interests: organic agriculture; agrobiodiversity; vegetable crops; biostimulants; horticulture; fruit quality; wild edible species; essential oils; medicinal and aromatic plants; stress physiology; bioactve compounds
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Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Padova University, 35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy
Interests: effect of humic substances on plant growth; biostimulants; soil organic matter; soil phosphorus forms
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Interests: effect of humic substances on plant growth; biostimulants; soil organic matter; soil phosphorus forms
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National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Animal Production System in Mediterranean Environment (ISPAAM), Traversa La Crucca, 3-07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: grassland-based farming systems; improvement of forage native plants in Mediterranean rainfed conditions; pasture rehabilitation; mitigation of seasonality and forage self-sufficiency; cover cropping
Interests: grassland-based farming systems; improvement of forage native plants in Mediterranean rainfed conditions; pasture rehabilitation; mitigation of seasonality and forage self-sufficiency; cover cropping
Dpto. de Mejora Genética Vegetal, Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida Menéndez Pidal s/n. Campus Alameda del Obispo, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: plant breeding; meiosis; chromosome pairing; chromosome dynamics
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Interests: plant breeding; meiosis; chromosome pairing; chromosome dynamics
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Department of Agronomy and Food Processing, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Al. prof. S. Kaliskiego 7 (Building E, Room 302), 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Interests: sustainable development; sustainable development of rural areas and agriculture; education for sustainable development; rural advisory services; agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS); diffusion and adoption of innovations in rural areas; multifunctional development of rural areas; entrepreneurship; non-agricultural entrepreneurship in rural areas; horizontal and vertical integration in the food sector and agriculture; formation and operation of agricultural producer groups
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Interests: sustainable development; sustainable development of rural areas and agriculture; education for sustainable development; rural advisory services; agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS); diffusion and adoption of innovations in rural areas; multifunctional development of rural areas; entrepreneurship; non-agricultural entrepreneurship in rural areas; horizontal and vertical integration in the food sector and agriculture; formation and operation of agricultural producer groups
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Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, 53359 Rheinbach, Germany
Interests: biomass plants; biobased products; cascade utilisation; plants to products; field experiments
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Interests: biomass plants; biobased products; cascade utilisation; plants to products; field experiments
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CSIRO Food Futures National Research Flagship, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Interests: starch metabolism; Alpha-amylase; wheat; end product quality; LMA; PHS; germination and dormancy; circadian rhythm; carbon partitioning; cereal and grains
Interests: starch metabolism; Alpha-amylase; wheat; end product quality; LMA; PHS; germination and dormancy; circadian rhythm; carbon partitioning; cereal and grains
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
Interests: delivery of cereal water productivity traits; statistical and quantitative genetics; phenomics in breeding; grain yield; filling period
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Interests: delivery of cereal water productivity traits; statistical and quantitative genetics; phenomics in breeding; grain yield; filling period
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Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interests: plant physiology; mycorrhiza (signaling, recognition, hormonal regulation); ecology (metal pollution, hyperaccumulating plants, phytoremediation), plant production; plant sciences; soil science; environmental sciences; agronomy
Interests: plant physiology; mycorrhiza (signaling, recognition, hormonal regulation); ecology (metal pollution, hyperaccumulating plants, phytoremediation), plant production; plant sciences; soil science; environmental sciences; agronomy
Department of Functional Foods and Commodities, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: organic food; organic farming; nutrition and health
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Interests: organic food; organic farming; nutrition and health
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Plant Sciences, Ornamental Plants and Agricultural Biotechnology Unit, Agricultural Research Organization of Israel, The Volcani Centre, Rishon LeTsiyon, Israel
Interests: genetic transformation; developing tissue culture methods; molecular events during shoot regeneration in plant tissue culture
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Interests: genetic transformation; developing tissue culture methods; molecular events during shoot regeneration in plant tissue culture
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Department of Geography and Environmental Science, School of Human and Environmental Sciences, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6DW, UK
Interests: soil and water quality; wetlands; nutrient cycling; soil organic matter dynamics; soil erosion
Interests: soil and water quality; wetlands; nutrient cycling; soil organic matter dynamics; soil erosion
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Food Science, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitat de València, Avda. Vicent Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
Interests: food wastes and side streams; valorization; extraction; high-added value compounds; nutrients; bioactive compounds; innovative food processing technologies.
Interests: food wastes and side streams; valorization; extraction; high-added value compounds; nutrients; bioactive compounds; innovative food processing technologies.
Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, 14004 Cordoba, Spain
Interests: disease resistance; plant breeding; cereals; legumes
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Interests: disease resistance; plant breeding; cereals; legumes
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Dipartimento di Agraria, Sezione di Patologia Vegetale ed Entomologia, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Enrico de Nicola, 07100 Sassari, SS, Italy
Interests: integrated pest management; biological control; entomopathogenic microbials
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Interests: integrated pest management; biological control; entomopathogenic microbials
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Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: plant mineral nutrition; environmental stress physiology
Interests: plant mineral nutrition; environmental stress physiology
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: plant physiology; abiotic stresses; heavy metals; plant mycorrhizal symbiosis; biotic stress; Xylella fastidiosa; vascular pathogens; xylem vessels anatomy
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Interests: plant physiology; abiotic stresses; heavy metals; plant mycorrhizal symbiosis; biotic stress; Xylella fastidiosa; vascular pathogens; xylem vessels anatomy
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R.H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences & Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Interests: physiological and genetic aspects of crop adaptation to stress conditions; genetic mapping of stress adaptive traits; optimization of crop production under arid conditions; new crops for arid regions; sustainable agriculture
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Interests: physiological and genetic aspects of crop adaptation to stress conditions; genetic mapping of stress adaptive traits; optimization of crop production under arid conditions; new crops for arid regions; sustainable agriculture
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Crop Research Institute, Functional biodiversity group, Drnovská 507, 16106 Praha 6-Ruzyně, Czech Republic
Interests: seed predation; weeds and biodiversity; effect of management measures on non-target biodiversity and ecosystem services in agro-ecosystems
Interests: seed predation; weeds and biodiversity; effect of management measures on non-target biodiversity and ecosystem services in agro-ecosystems
Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece
Interests: vegetable production; hydroponics; plant nutrition; greenhouse crops; greenhouse environment; irrigation water; legumes
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Interests: vegetable production; hydroponics; plant nutrition; greenhouse crops; greenhouse environment; irrigation water; legumes
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Luonnonvarakeskus, LUKE, Helsinki, Finland
Interests: plant genomics; physiology; physiological phenotyping
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Interests: plant genomics; physiology; physiological phenotyping
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Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR–National Research Council of Italy, Via Amendola 122/D, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: assessment and improvement of quality traits in horticultural products; cultivation protocols aimed to produce high nutritional value vegetables (biofortification, application of artificial light in greenhouse; soilless systems
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Interests: assessment and improvement of quality traits in horticultural products; cultivation protocols aimed to produce high nutritional value vegetables (biofortification, application of artificial light in greenhouse; soilless systems
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Department of Environment and Science, Queensland and Centre for Agricultural Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4350, Australia
Interests: soils; hydrology; soil erosion; pesticides (dissipation, runoff risk, fate); agricultural systems modelling; agricultural management practices
Interests: soils; hydrology; soil erosion; pesticides (dissipation, runoff risk, fate); agricultural systems modelling; agricultural management practices
NSW Department of Primary Industries, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW 2568, Australia
Interests: soil organic matter; soil biogeochemistry; soil carbon and nutrient cycling; greenhouse gas emissions; plant-soil interaction; biochar; soil carbon functionality; tillage and stubble management; organic amendments
Interests: soil organic matter; soil biogeochemistry; soil carbon and nutrient cycling; greenhouse gas emissions; plant-soil interaction; biochar; soil carbon functionality; tillage and stubble management; organic amendments
Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute—National Research Institute in Radzików, Młochów Division, Platanowa Str. 19, 05-831 Młochów, Poland
Interests: potato; phytophthora infestans; genetic mapping; QTL analysis; plant disease resistance;plant breeding
Interests: potato; phytophthora infestans; genetic mapping; QTL analysis; plant disease resistance;plant breeding
Department of Botany, Palacky University, 771 47 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Interests: domestication; crop wild relatives; genetic diversity; legumes; seed dormancy; seed dispersal
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Interests: domestication; crop wild relatives; genetic diversity; legumes; seed dormancy; seed dispersal
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Misión Biológica de Galicia (MBG-CSIC), Aptdo. 28, 36080 Pontevedra, Spain
Interests: brassica breeding; antioxidants; secondary metabolites; plant resistance; biotic stress; plant-pathogen interaction
Interests: brassica breeding; antioxidants; secondary metabolites; plant resistance; biotic stress; plant-pathogen interaction
