Horticulturae

Dr. Kazumi Nakabayashi

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Department of Plant Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, UK
Interests: seed dormancy and germination; plant hormone signaling; weed control; abiotic stress response; postharvest treatment

Prof. Dr. Davide Neri

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Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
Interests: fruit tree propagation and nursery technology; pruning and training; flower differentiation; pomology and germplasm evaluation; agroecology; root physiology; sustainable orchard management and replant problems related to soil sickness; multifunctional netting systems; precision fruit management

Dr. Carlo Nicoletto

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Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Interests: modeling; plant physiology; statistical analysis; genetic diversity; food chemistry; irrigation; plant biology; predictive modeling; plant breeding
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Prof. Dr. Nikolaos A. Nikolaou

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Department of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agronomy Forestry and Natural Environment, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: ampelography; grapevine improvement; grapevine nutrition; root microbiology
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Dr. Dilip R. Panthee

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Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27608, USA
Interests: breeding for fruit quality; differential gene expression analysis; genomic selection; GWAS; molecular breeding; plant breeding; QTL mapping; resistance breeding; stress tolerance
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Dr. Ioannis E. Papadakis

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Laboratory of Pomology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece
Interests: plant nutrition and fertilization; abiotic stresses (nutrient deficiencies, drought, salinity, waterlogging, etc.); sexual and asexual propagation of fruit tree species; evaluation of fruit tree cultivars and rootstock; effect of various cultural practices on tree yield and fruit quality
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Prof. Dr. Young-Doo Park

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Department of Horticultural Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, KyungHee University, 1732 Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si 17104, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Interests: functional genomics; gene regulation and silencing; molecular marker; gene editing and transformation

Dr. José Antonio Pascual

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CEBAS-CSIC, Group of Soil Enzimology and Biorremediation and Organic Wastes, Campus de Espinardo, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: microbial ecology; microbial diversity; biodiversity; fungal community; bacterial community; soil quality; soil organic matter
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Prof. Dr. Araceli Peña

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Research Centre CIAIMBITAL, University of Almería, Ctra. de Sacramento s/n, 04120 Almería, Spain
Interests: greenhouse structures; plant protection; climate control; horticulture, greenhouse; land scape; ecosystems; product quality; field crops; environment; soil characteristics; variety selection; fertilization; irrigation; pest management
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Dr. Anna Perrone

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Dipartimento STEBICEF (Scienze e TEcnologie Biologiche Chimiche E Farmaceutiche), Viale delle Scienze, Ed.16, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: plant biochemistry; plant secondary metabolism; plant molecular biology; phytochemistry; plant nutraceuticals; plant physiology
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Prof. Dr. Stefano Poni

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Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Via Emilia Parmense 84, I-20122 Piacenza, Italy
Interests: applied grapevine ecophysiology; vineyard and canopy management; precision viticulture; IoT and DSS applications in viticulture
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Prof. Dr. Charalampos Proestos

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Food Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece
Interests: antioxidants; bioactive compounds; essential oils; plant extracts; food chemistry; food analysis
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Prof. Dr. Minjie Qian

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Hainan Provincial Key Laboratory of Quality Control of Tropical Horticultural Crops, School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Danzhou 571737, China
Interests: regulation and molecular mechanism of fruit quality
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Dr. Jianwei Qin

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Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Interests: sensing; imaging; spectroscopy; machine vision; nondestructive evaluation; food safety and quality; plant health monitoring; artificial intelligence

Dr. Massimiliano Renna

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Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: vegetables quality; agrobiodiversity; biofortification of vegetables; wild edible plants; underutilized crops
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Dr. Marjorie Reyes-Díaz

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Center of Plant, Soil Interaction and Natural Resources Biotechnology, Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN-UFRO), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco P.O. Box 54-D, Chile
Interests: abiotic stress; ecophysiology; molecular biology; phytohormones; plant physiology
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Dr. Diego Rivera-Nuñez

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Departamento Biología Vegetal, Facultad Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: systematics; taxonomy; biodiversity; conservation biology; distribution; ecology; phytochemicals; prehistory; conservation; cultural heritage
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Dr. Gonçalo C. Rodrigues

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LEAF, Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture And Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: precision irrigation; farming sustainability; agroeconomics; water resource management; irrigation efficiecy; precision agriculture
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Prof. Dr. Adrián Rodríguez-Burruezo

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Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana (COMAV), University Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, CP 46022 Valencia, Spain
Interests: plant breeding; plant genetic resources; fruit nutritional quality; organoleptic quality; volatiles; organic breeding
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Dr. Domenico Ronga

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Pharmacy Department, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, n.132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Interests: sustainable agriculture; crop production; soil fertility; plant nutrition; organic agriculture; crop physiology
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Dr. Jianyun Ruan

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Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310008, China
Interests: plant nutrition and fertilization; soil science; agronomy; ecophysiology of tea plant; tea quality
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Dr. Barbara Ruffoni

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CREA-Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Corso Inglesi 508, 18038 Sanremo, Italy
Interests: in vivo propagation; plant tissue culture; micropropagation; regeneration; somatic embryogenesis; in vitro cells and biomass production for secondary metabolites; Agrobacterium mediated transformation; Hairy root culture; biodiversity conservation and resilience; molecular analysis of the differentiation processes; ornamental plants and floriculture; medicinal and aromatic plants; edible flowers

Dr. Laura Santagostini

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Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Milano, Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: plant characterization; medicinal and aromatic plants; secondary metabolites determination; VOC profiles; essential oil studies; phytochemical profiles of plants
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Prof. Dr. Pietro Santamaria

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Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70120 Bari, Italy
Interests: agrobiodiversity; vegetable production; greenhouse production; plant nutrition; soilless culture; vegetable quality; nitrate
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Dr. Ali Sarkhosh

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Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Interests: tree fruit production; nutrient management in tree fruit and grapes; rootstock and scion evaluation; cultural practices to optimize fruit size
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Prof. Dr. Adriana F. Sestras

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Department of Forestry, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: plant biodiversity; biostatistics; ecology; genetics and plant breeding
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Prof. Dr. Radu E. Sestras

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Department of Horticulture and Landscape, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, 3–5 Manastur Street, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: genetics and plant breeding; sustainable agriculture; horticulture; forestry; biostatistics; biodiversity
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Dr. Qian Shen

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School of Agriculture and Biology, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: transcriptional regulation; terpenoids biosynthesis; glandular trichome; plant metabolic engineering
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Dr. Sherif M. Sherif

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Alson H. Smith Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Winchester, VA 22602, USA
Interests: tree fruits genetics and biology; tree biotechnology; stress physiology; hormonal signaling and molecular plant-microbe interactions
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Prof. Dr. Haitao Shi

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School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
Interests: plant molecular biology; plant physiology and biochemistry; plant biotic and abiotic stresses; plant-pathogen interaction; plant immunity; tropical plant biology

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