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Dr. Patricia Knight

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Center for Costal Horticulture Research, Mississippi State University, Poplarville, MS 39470, USA
Interests: ornamental horticulture; production efficiency; nursery crops; greenhouse crops

Prof. Dr. Jin Kong

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College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: transcriptional regulation of the response to biotic and abiotic stress in apple; the regulation of melatonin metabolism under biotic and abiotic stress

Prof. Dr. Qiusheng Kong

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College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: multi-omics; QTL mapping; disease resistance; fruit quality; genomics
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Prof. Dr. David Kopsell

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Agriculture Department, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA
Interests: plant nutrition and quality factors of vegetables; ornamentals; turfgrass
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Prof. Dr. Lise Korsten

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Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Interests: postharvest technology and food safety
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Dr. Nobuhiro Kotoda

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Biological Resource Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, 1 Honjomachi, Saga 840-8502, Japan
Interests: flowering; citrus; apple; phytohormone; secondary metabolites; genomics

Dr. Georgios Koubouris

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Hellenic Agricultural Organization ELGO-DIMITRA, Olive Cultivation Lab, Institute of Olive Tree, Subtropical Crops and Viticulture, 73134 Chania, Greece
Interests: climate change; agricultural sustainability; circular economy; soil, water and biodiversity conservation; remote sensing; plant breeding; ecosystem services; olive growing
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Prof. Dr. Nakao Kubo

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1. Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Shimogamo, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
2. Biotechnology Research Department, Kyoto Prefectural Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Center, 74 Oji, Kitainayazuma, Seika, Soraku, Kyoto 619-0244, Japan
Interests: classification; DNA marker; flowering lotus; linkage analysis; plant mitochondria; tea; vegetable

Dr. Darius Kviklys

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1. Institute of Horticulture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Kauno Str. 30, LT-54333 Kaunas, Lithuania
2. Department of Horticulture, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research—NIBIO Ullensvang, Ullensvangvegen 1005, NO-5781 Lofthus, Norway
Interests: fruit tree cultivars; rootstocks; fruit physiology; crop load regulation; preharvest fruit quality
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Prof. Dr. Stefano La Malfa

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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: breeding; germplasm characterization; minor fruit tree species; citrus; molecular characterization
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Dr. Gunārs Lācis

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Institute of Horticulture, LV-3701 Dobele, Latvia
Interests: horticultural genetic resources; molecular biology; bioinformatics; resistance; horticulture; association analysis; plant breeding; genomics; marker assisted selection; molecular breeding; molecular marker development
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Prof. Dr. Simone Landi

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Department of Biology, University of Naples "Federico II", Via Cinthia, I-80126 Naples, Italy
Interests: crops; landraces; glucose metabolism; NGS; abiotic stress; algal biotechnology; synthetic biology
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Prof. Dr. Isabel Lara

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Department of Chemistry, Physics and Environmental and Soil Sciences (DQFAS), University of Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain
Interests: cuticle; cell wall; flavor; fruit ripening; fruit quality; postharvest biology and technology of fruit
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Dr. Federica Larcher

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Department of Agricultural, Forest & Food Sciences, University of Turin, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
Interests: horticultural sciences; urban greening; ornamentals; urban horticulture; ecosystem services
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Dr. David Lecourieux

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Ecophysiology and Grape Functional Genomics (EGFV), Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ISVV), 210 Chemin de Leysotte, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France
Interests: grapevine in a changing environment; biotic and abiotic stresses; plant signalling; functional genomic; new breeding technologies

Prof. Dr. Luigi Ledda

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Department of Crop, Food and Environmental Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Interests: vegetable production systems; abiotic stress; protected culture; horticultural systems sustainability; precision farming

Dr. Anna Lenzi

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Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, 50144 Florence, Italy
Interests: vegetable and ornamental crops; hydroponics; urban agriculture; vegetables quality and safety
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Prof. Dr. Hao Li

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College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
Interests: plant hormones; plant melatonin; abiotic stresses; stress resistance regulation; signal transduction; vegetable crops
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Prof. Dr. Jianguo Li

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College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Interests: lychee; fruit development; fruit abscission; cultivation; biotechnology and physiology; genetic resources and breeding
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Prof. Dr. Li Li

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College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: food preservation; bioactive compounds delivery; food flavor and control
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Dr. Mengyao Li

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College of Horticulture, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Interests: vegetable genetics and functional genomics; bioinformatics; abiotic stress response; biotechnology
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Dr. Xun Li

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Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, NO.71 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China
Interests: optimization of environmental control (CO₂ supply, root temperature); root morphology; rhizosphere processes; mineral nutrients supply; greenhouse gas emissions; carbon sequestration
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Prof. Dr. Zhengguo Li

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Key Laboratory of Plant Hormones and Development Regulation of Chongqing, School of Life Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing 401331, China
Interests: mechanism of plant hormone signal transduction; development and senescence regulation of fruit and vegetable; food biotechnology
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Dr. Zhi Li

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College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: grape; fungal disease; effector; biocontrol
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Prof. Dr. Hongli Lian

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Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Interests: fruit development; quality formation in strawberry
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Prof. Dr. Bowen Liang

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College of Horticulture, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
Interests: apple; abiotic stress tolerance; nutrient use efficiency; germplasm; genetic; microbiome
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Dr. Haiying Liang

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Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Interests: improving economically important woody plant species using genomics and biotechnology plant; plant hormones
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Prof. Dr. Zhenchang Liang

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Beijing Key Laboratory of Grape Science and Enology, and CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100093, China
Interests: fruit breeding; genetics; genomics; gene function; grapevine
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Prof. Dr. Aizhong Liu

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Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China, Ministry of Education, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
Interests: molecular regulation of unusual fatty acids and lipids biosynthesis in oilseeds; functional genomes of oilseed crops; epigenetic regulation of seed development and storage materials

Prof. Dr. Hao Liu

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Key Laboratory of Crop Water Use and Regulation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Institute of Farmland Irrigation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xinxiang 453002, China
Interests: water-saving irrigation; evapotranspiration; efficient use of water and fertilizer; crop–water relations; soil water and salt stress; exogenous substances regulating crop water use
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