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Interests: conifer genomics; tree improvement; drought resistance; gene expression, wood development; dendrology
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Interests: forest genetics; conservation of genetic resources-genetic monitoring; population genetics; epigenetics-epigenomics; molecular breeding-QTL mapping-MAS; coevolution; fluctuating asymmetry & allometry
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Special Issue in Forests: Advances in Ecological Genomics of Forest Trees

Interests: forest fungi; tree–microbe interactions; fungal genomics; ecogenomics; molecular pathobiology; interspecific fungal interactions; mycobiome; comparative fungal genomics; symbiosis; biocontrol
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Interests: plant breeding; plant biotechnology; in vitro culture; genomics; plant anatomy; somatic embryogenesis; plant development; forestry
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Interests: life history evolution in pines; forest tree breeding; conservation of genetic resources; fire tolerance and resilience of forest tree species; phenotypic plasticity and phenotypic integration
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Interests: forest biotechnology; nitrogen metabolism; gene expression, transporters, and dormancy; genome editing, growth and development; tree architecture
Interests: molecular phylogeny; community phylogenetics; population genetics; plant functional traits; ecosystem services
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Special Issue in Forests: Advances in Ecological Genomics of Forest Trees
Interests: forest tree population genetics; ecophysiology; phenotyping; functional traits; adaptive traits; drought stress
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Interests: forest pathology; biological control; fungal biodiversity; micoviruses; climate change; genetic control
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Interests: tree crop biotechnology; tree crop genomics; transgenics; biodiversity evaluation and analysis; fruit tree crops breeding; reproductive biology on fruit crops
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Special Issue in Agriculture: Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics of Fruit Crops

Interests: forest genetics/genomics; conservation genetics; evolutionary genetics; colonization and gene dispersal; hybridization

Interests: plant functional genomics; stress response; molecular evolution; phylogenomics; plant–microbe interactions
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Interests: forest genetics; population genetics of tropical trees; population genetics of Fagaceae; conservation of plant genetic resources; population genetics of plants; molecular markers; adaptation of forest trees to changing environments; human impact on plant genetic resources

Interests: forest genetics; adaptation to climate change; hybridization
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Interests: community ecology; DNA metabarcoding; landscape ecology; microbial ecology; secondary succession
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Interests: mixed linear models; quantitative genetics; design of experiments; sampling; growth and yield modelling; plant breeding; forest and agricultural statistics

Interests: forest pathology; emerging diseases; alien forest pathogens; molecular diagnostics; tree dormancy; tree phenology; ontogenetic disease resistance; disease escape; tree breeding for disease resistance
Interests: forest genetics; forest reproductive materials; forest genetic resources

Interests: tree molecular ecology; conservation of genetic resources; regeneration ecology; plant-animal interactions; oak ecology

Interests: basic research on ecology; genetics; infection biology and impact of fungi pathogenic to trees; research and development to facilitate economically sustainable forest management
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Special Issue in Forests: Integrated Management and Innovative Practices for Invasive Tree Pathogens

Interests: plant physiology; pomology; postharvest; secondary metabolite
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Interests: forest genetic resources, phylogeography; conservation; molecular ecology; population genetics

Interests: physiology and ecology of forest trees and their symbionts; the role of belowground diversity and turnover of fine roots and mycorrhizal mycelia in mycorrhizosphere processes and carbon dynamics; mycobioindication of stress in forest soils; conservation of forest genetic resources and certification of forest reproductive material
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Interests: forest genetics; forest tree breeding; breeding systems; taxa site matching; Corymbia; Santalum; resource characterisation; climate change

Interests: forest pathology; molecular ecology; fungal endophytes; invasive Phytophthora species; diversity, biology, pathogenicity and taxonomy of Botryosphaeriaceae species
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Interests: taxonomy; population genetic analysis; molecular and biochemical analyses; comparative genomics; ecophysiological analysis

Interests: forest pathology; fungal pathogens; plant-pathogen interaction; invasive species; early detection; molecular methods; diagnostics
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Interests: forest genomics; genetics and molecular biology; wood formation and genetics; insect resistance research; molecular markers; marker assisted selection
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Interests: genomics; transcriptomics; molecular mechanisms of gene expression
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Interests: genetic diversity; genetic analysis; PCR; conservation; genomics; population genetics; molecular biology; genetics; genotyping; phylogenetic analysis
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Special Issue in Plants: Population Genetics and Biodiversity Conservation of Nut Trees

Interests: plant epigenetic mechanisms; DNA methylation; meristem; phenotypic plasticity; adaptation; drought; phytohormone and chromatin crosstalk
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Interests: seedling quality and nursery management; molecular and chemical ecology; forest biology; forest health
Interests: forest genetics; tree breeding; biotechnology
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Interests: forest genetics; tree breeding and biotechnology
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Interests: industrial forest biotechnology and biorefining; fungal biotechnology; sustainable exploitation of forests
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Interests: forest biotechnology; genetics; wood properties; wood utilization
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Interests: forest genetics, genomics and biotechnology; forest tree molecular, population, conservation and evolutionary genetics; structural, functional, population, conservation and ecological genomics; conservation and sustainable management of forest genetics resources
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Interests: ecological genetics; population genetics; climate change; restoration
Interests: genetic variation within and among populations; quantitative traits; adaptation to climate change; genome-wide association studies; genomic prediction; tree improvement and conservation
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2. Forestry College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Interests: forest restoration; forest regeneration; disturbances
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Interests: forest ecosystem carbon cycling; tree biomass allocation; woody decomposition; forest ecology; silviculture; disturbance effects; conservation of forest; genetic resources
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Interests: forest genetics and genomics; conservation of genetic resources; population genetics; epigenetics and epigenomics; tree biotechnology; adaptive silviculture; functional genomics and adaptation

Interests: tree physiology; forest genetics; dendroecology; adaptation
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Special Issue in Forests: Stable Isotope Applications in Forest Ecosystems
Interests: ecological genomics; evolutionary genetics; natural selection; local adaptation; hybridization; development of molecular tools and resources; demographic inferences; conservation and management
Interests: plant-pathogen interaction; plant health; adaptation; omics; genome editing

Interests: bioenergy; biomass; ecophysiology; ecosystem services; forest genetics; intensive forestry; phytotechnologies; short rotation woody crops
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