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Department of Applied Biology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Konstytucji 3 Maja 1/3 Street, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland
Interests: horticulture crops; breeding; genetics; double haploids, polyploids; flow cytometry; plant physiology; biotic and abiotic stress; in vitro techniques; genetic analysis
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Department of Economy and Statistics,Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, Leon University (Spain) Campus de Vegazana S/N 24071 León, Spain
Interests: agroecology; ecological economics;energy and sustainability
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Department of Crop Production and Engineering Projects, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Campus de Lugo, 27002 Lugo, Spain
Interests: genetic resources; phenotypic and genotypic traits; selection and breeding; domestication; crop production; agronomy; biodiversity and conservation
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MED—Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE—Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
Interests: analytical chemistry;postharvest; pre-harvest; fruit quality; food science; plant nutrition; FT-NIR spectroscopy; remote sensing
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LEAF - Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (Centro de Agronomia, Alimentos, Ambiente e Paisagem), Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: grasslands; diversity patterns; climate change; biogeography; plant taxonomy; geobotany; biodiversity conservation; vegetation science; habitats mapping, vegetation resource management; plant species modelling; ecosystem services, red list assessment
INRAE, Paris-Saclay University, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Interests: crop genetics and breeding; association mapping; genomic selection; phenomic selection; genotype x environment interactions; multi-omics integration; drought tolerance; maize; wheat
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Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2SB, UK
Interests: grazing strategies; pasture management; beef cattle; sheep; breeding objectives; multispecies swards; sustainability of grazing systems
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Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain
Interests: nitrogen metabolism; sulfur metabolism; photorespiration; primary metabolism; metabolomics; legume molecular genetics; plant stress; transcriptomics
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Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61801-3838, USA
Interests: plant physiology; climate change; photosynthesis; plant respiration; source-sink balance; plant development; plant phenotyping

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Agricultural Research and Development Program, College of Science and Engineering, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH, USA
Interests: environmental science; remote sensing; spatial ecology; biodiversity; GPS; GIS for natural resources; species distribution modeling; waveform lidar; hyperspectral imaging and spectroscopy; land use/land cover change monitoring; climate science
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Grapevine Pathogen Systems Lab, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: proteomics, plant–pathogen interaction; grapevine; oomycete; protease; defense; active secretome; effectors
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The Land Institute, 2440 E. Water Well Rd., Salina, KS 67401, USA
Interests: perennial groundcovers; crop mixtures; breeding; cover crops; legumes; clover; sustainable intensification; perennial grains

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Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. Komisji Edukacji Narodowej, Kraków, Poland
Interests: cereal crops; abiotic stress; mycotoxins; micro-and macroelements; antioxidants
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Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo De Lellis, s.n.c., 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: fruit trees; biotic and abiotic stress tolerance; phenotypic and molecular characterization; biodiversity and conservation; fruit quality; tree physiology; conventional and unconventional breeding; micropropagation and plant tissue culture
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Department of Forestry, College of Agricultural Sciences, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
Interests: nutrient management; soil quality; vadose zone; water quality

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Department of Vegetable Crops, Agricultural Research Institute, Nicosia 1516, Cyprus
Interests: vegetable science; hydroponics; plant nutrition; microgreens; grafting; biofortification; vegetable quality related to preharvest factors
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Institute of Agroecology and Plant Production, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
Interests: climate change; soil and plant analysis; crop adaptation to the changing weather conditions; bio-economy; circular economy
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Department of Plant Sciences, Agriculture Research Organization (ARO), Negev 85280, Israel
Interests: horticulture; abiotic stress; fertilization; irrigation; chill; carbohydrates

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Ministry of Agriculture, ARO, Gilat, Israel
Interests: abiotic stress, whole-plant physiology, carbohydrate management, mineral uptake, dormancy, climate shifts, plant hydraulics, and irrigation management
Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Corso Savoia, 190, 95024 Acireale, Italy
Interests: cereal science and technology; cereal, pulse and industrial crops; enrichment of cereal-based foods; development of innovative, sustainable bakery products and pasta with health benefits; food waste upcycling
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Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (CBGP, UPM-INIA), Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Campus de Montegancedo-UPM, 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
Interests: genomic selection, prediction; wheat; oat; physiology; yield
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Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Section of Organismal Biology, University of Copenhagen, Nørregade 10, 1165 København, Denmark
Interests: tropical botany; economic botany; tropical botanical resources
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Mode of Action Center of Expertise, Crop Protection Discovery, Corteva Agriscience, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Interests: herbicide biochemistry; mode of action; herbicide resistance; weed management
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Department of Plant and Environmental Science, University of Copenhagen, DK-1165 Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: climate change adaptation; climate smart agriculture; GHG mitigation; sustainable agriculture; nutrient cycling; big data; interdiciplinary collaboration; automated systems; participatory methods; crop rotation; nutrient management
NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia
Interests: dryland agriculture; soil constraints; water use efficiency; crop nutrition; soil-plant interaction; soil-based amendments; crop yield improvements in hostile soils
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A-, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: arable crops; conservation agriculture; soil fertility; sustainable farming; biomass cutivations, crop physiology, quality, technology

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Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, IVAGRO, University of Cadiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
Interests: agri-food analysis; optimization; method validation; bioactive compounds; green extraction techniques; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry
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