Editorial Board
- Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology Section
- Biotic and Abiotic Stress Section
- Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2) Section
- Vegetable Production Systems Section
- Fruit Production Systems Section
- Protected Culture Section
- Developmental Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology Section
- Plant Nutrition Section
- Propagation and Seeds Section
- Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM) Section
- Insect Pest Management Section
- Viticulture Section
- Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops Section
- Floriculture, Nursery and Landscape, and Turf Section
- Processed Horticultural Products Section
- Horticultural Economics, Policy, Business Management and Marketing Section
- Outreach, Extension, and Education 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
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia, 100 I-95100 Catania, Italy
Interests: protected cultivation; soilless culture; grafting; fruit quality
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Interests: protected cultivation; soilless culture; grafting; fruit quality
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SECIHTI-UAAAN, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo 25315, Mexico
Interests: plant stress; defense mechanism in plants; gene expression; drought; saline stress; high and low temperature stress; biostimulants
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Interests: plant stress; defense mechanism in plants; gene expression; drought; saline stress; high and low temperature stress; biostimulants
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Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, Matusdo, Chiba 271-8510, Japan
Interests: vertical farm; environmental control; phytochemicals; plant responses; lighting technology; growth modelling; space agriculture
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Interests: vertical farm; environmental control; phytochemicals; plant responses; lighting technology; growth modelling; space agriculture
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Grainger Bioinformatics Center, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
Interests: genomics; phylogenomics; molecular evolution; symbiosis; mitochondrial genomes; bioinformatics
Interests: genomics; phylogenomics; molecular evolution; symbiosis; mitochondrial genomes; bioinformatics
1. Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
2. Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: viticulture; biotechnology; genomics; bioinformatics; fruit tree; plant development; system biology
2. Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: viticulture; biotechnology; genomics; bioinformatics; fruit tree; plant development; system biology
Department of Experimental Biology, Palacky University, 783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic
Interests: pharmacognosy; metabolomics; mass spectrometry; identification of bioactive compounds; sulfated metabolites; phenolic acids
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Interests: pharmacognosy; metabolomics; mass spectrometry; identification of bioactive compounds; sulfated metabolites; phenolic acids
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CEOT, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Edf. 8, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
Interests: postharvest technologies of horticultural crops; non-destructive prediction of quality parameters; harvest date prediction; microbial analysis in fruits; edible coatings to improve storage and minimally processed foods
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Interests: postharvest technologies of horticultural crops; non-destructive prediction of quality parameters; harvest date prediction; microbial analysis in fruits; edible coatings to improve storage and minimally processed foods
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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: antioxidant compounds; chlorophyll fluorescence; environmental stress; photosynthesis
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Interests: antioxidant compounds; chlorophyll fluorescence; environmental stress; photosynthesis
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Department of Soil and Agri-Food Engineering, Universite Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Interests: climate change; drought management; soil and water conservation; irrigation; hydrological modeling; surface hydrology; rainfall runoff modeling; hydraulics; numerical modeling; hydrology; hydrologic and water resource management; environment
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Interests: climate change; drought management; soil and water conservation; irrigation; hydrological modeling; surface hydrology; rainfall runoff modeling; hydraulics; numerical modeling; hydrology; hydrologic and water resource management; environment
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College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: citrus genetic improvement via cell engineering techniques; molecular dissection of eliete traits of polyploids via multi-omics-based approaches; protoplast regeneration based gene editing and molecular breeding
Interests: citrus genetic improvement via cell engineering techniques; molecular dissection of eliete traits of polyploids via multi-omics-based approaches; protoplast regeneration based gene editing and molecular breeding
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INIA Carillanca, km 10 Camino Cajón-Vilcún s/n, Temuco P.O. Box 929, Chile
Interests: berry quality; edaphoclimatic conditions; terroir; viticultural practices
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Interests: berry quality; edaphoclimatic conditions; terroir; viticultural practices
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RNM151, Ciaimbital, Department of Agronomy, Cei A3, Almería University, Ctra. Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
Interests: horticulture; soilless crops; vertical crops; plant nutrition; water & nutrient use efficiency; fertigation; nanofertilizers; agronomic biofortification
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Interests: horticulture; soilless crops; vertical crops; plant nutrition; water & nutrient use efficiency; fertigation; nanofertilizers; agronomic biofortification
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Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ménesi út 44, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
Interests: self-incompatibility of fruit tree species; molecular marker analysis in horticultural crop breeding
Interests: self-incompatibility of fruit tree species; molecular marker analysis in horticultural crop breeding
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: fruit tree genomics; particularly in genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of fruit quality in peach and apple
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Interests: fruit tree genomics; particularly in genetic basis and molecular mechanisms of fruit quality in peach and apple
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Guangdong, Basic Research Center of Excellence for Precise Breeding of Future Crops, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops (South China) at Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Interests: flower and fruit development; mining of functional secondary metabolites from horticultural organ products
Interests: flower and fruit development; mining of functional secondary metabolites from horticultural organ products
Department of Agronomy and Medicinal Plants, Faculty of Agriculture, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz 53714-161, Iran
Interests: production of medicinal and aromatic plants; strategies to increase the plant secondary metabolites; environmental stresses; ecophysiology of medicinal and aromatic plants
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Interests: production of medicinal and aromatic plants; strategies to increase the plant secondary metabolites; environmental stresses; ecophysiology of medicinal and aromatic plants
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Institute of Horticultural Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
Interests: vegetables; irrigation; phytonutrients; effect of biotic and abiotic factors on nutritional values of vegetable crops (tomato, sweet pepper, onion, eggplant, carrot, broccoli, etc.) particularly on antioxidants (lycopene,etc.) content
Interests: vegetables; irrigation; phytonutrients; effect of biotic and abiotic factors on nutritional values of vegetable crops (tomato, sweet pepper, onion, eggplant, carrot, broccoli, etc.) particularly on antioxidants (lycopene,etc.) content
School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University, No. 35 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: anthocyanins; chrysanthemums; flower color; pigments; MYB; genetic breeding; ornamental plants; bioinformatics
Interests: anthocyanins; chrysanthemums; flower color; pigments; MYB; genetic breeding; ornamental plants; bioinformatics
State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: the control strategies and pathogenetic mechanisms of major plant diseases, especially apple and kiwifruit tree diseases
Interests: the control strategies and pathogenetic mechanisms of major plant diseases, especially apple and kiwifruit tree diseases
Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
Interests: postharvest physiology and technology of ornamental plants
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Interests: postharvest physiology and technology of ornamental plants
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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: greenhouse horticulture; soilless culture; nursery crops; plant water relations; mineral nutrition; crop modeling; quality of vegetables; open-field vegetable crops; biofortification; wild edible plants
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Interests: greenhouse horticulture; soilless culture; nursery crops; plant water relations; mineral nutrition; crop modeling; quality of vegetables; open-field vegetable crops; biofortification; wild edible plants
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Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University—UNESP, Rio Claro 13506-900, SP, Brazil
Interests: abiotic stresses; salinity; physiological and biochemical changes in plants; salt stress tolerance; reactive oxygen species (ROS); ion homeostasis; ion toxicity; agricultural challenges in arid and semi-arid regions
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Interests: abiotic stresses; salinity; physiological and biochemical changes in plants; salt stress tolerance; reactive oxygen species (ROS); ion homeostasis; ion toxicity; agricultural challenges in arid and semi-arid regions
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School of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
Interests: artificial intelligence; computer vision; smart orchard; fruit detection and segmentation; agricultural information technology and equipment
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Interests: artificial intelligence; computer vision; smart orchard; fruit detection and segmentation; agricultural information technology and equipment
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Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: horticultural genetic resources; genomics; molecular breeding; phytohormone; molecular biology
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Interests: horticultural genetic resources; genomics; molecular breeding; phytohormone; molecular biology
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Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, Fytokou Str., 38446 Volos, Greece
Interests: greenhouse; microclimate; hydroponics; aquaponics; microalgae
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Interests: greenhouse; microclimate; hydroponics; aquaponics; microalgae
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Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
Interests: crop physiology; abiotic stress; crop quality; integrated production systems; semi-protected systems; grafting; microbe-containing crop biostimulants
Interests: crop physiology; abiotic stress; crop quality; integrated production systems; semi-protected systems; grafting; microbe-containing crop biostimulants
Center for Costal Horticulture Research, Mississippi State University, Poplarville, MS 39470, USA
Interests: ornamental horticulture; production efficiency; nursery crops; greenhouse crops
Interests: ornamental horticulture; production efficiency; nursery crops; greenhouse crops
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
Interests: transcriptional regulation of the response to biotic and abiotic stress in apple; the regulation of melatonin metabolism under biotic and abiotic stress
Agriculture Department, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, USA
Interests: plant nutrition and quality factors of vegetables; ornamentals; turfgrass
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Interests: plant nutrition and quality factors of vegetables; ornamentals; turfgrass
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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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Interests: postharvest technology and food safety
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