Topical Advisory Panel

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Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, Wenatchee, WA 98801, USA
Interests: horticulture; breeding; genetics; genomics; mapping
Laboratory of Ornamental Plants and Vegetable Crops, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, Bernardyńska 6, 85-029 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Interests: chrysanthemums; ornamentals breeding; induced mutagenesis (classical); in vitro culture in plant breeding and production; artificial lighting in plant production; LEDs in horticulture; biotechnology in horticulture; vertical farming


Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Plant Molecular Biology, Czech Academy of Science, 37005 Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: crop improvement via CRISPR/Cas9 based genome editing approach; plant secondary metabolism; transcriptomics; plant molecular biology
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Silver City Highway, Dareton 2717, Australia
Interests: rootstock/variety evaluation; plant growth regulators; crop management; flowering physiology; stress physiology; heat unit/chill unit mapping; climate change; citrus; persimmons
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Department of Horticulture, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Interests: cover crops; conservation tillage; nutrient management; soil amendments; biochar; cultivar evaluation; vegetable transplant production; season extension strategies using low and high tunnels

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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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Research Group on Quality and Safety, Food Technology Department, Miguel Hernández University, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
Interests: revalorization of vegetal by-products; vegetable metabolites; development of plant based functional food; nutritional and functional quality of vegetables and plant based products; probiotic microorganism; prebiotic; fermentation; microencapsulation; antioxidants; bioavailability; in vitro and in vivo studies; sensory analysis of foods; functional foods; bioactive compounds
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Mountain Research Center (CIMO), Bragança Polytechnic Institute, Santa Apolónia Campus, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
Interests: biological control; natural enemies; agroecosystems; arachnology; insects; modeling; data analysis
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Department of Radiochemistry and Radioecology, University of Pannonia, H-8200 Veszprém, Hungary
Interests: natural radioactivity; radioecology; biosphere modellig; radionuclide’s transport into the plants; bioindicators

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Department of Plant Science, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16801, USA
Interests: hemp production sciences; plant pathogen interactions; fungal secretomics; plant proteomics; turfgrass pest diagnostics

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Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: vegetable pest; catastrophe mechanism; pest control; insecticide resistance; insect-plant interaction
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Institute for Viticulture and Oenology, Hungarian Univesity of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Badacsony Research Station, 8261 Badacsonytomaj, Római út 181, Hungary
Interests: grape genetics and breeding; veriety value research
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Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793, USA
Interests: plant-nematode interaction; nematode diseases of vegetables; chemical and biological control

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Citrus Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Southwest University, Chongqing 400712, China
Interests: citrus physiology; nutrient management; remote sensing; crop growth modelling; smart agriculture


Department of Food and Biotechnology, College of Science and Technology, Korea University, Sejong 30019, Republic of Korea
Interests: hygiene; pathogens; food safety; microbiology; post-harvest quality; antimicrobial agents extracted from plants; microbial genomics; product processing
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Institute of Science of Food Production, National Research Council of Italy (CNR) Unit of Lecce, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: plant biotechnology; food security; crop nutritional quality; agronomic biodiversity; plant adaptation
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Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. Da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
Interests: plant-pathogen interactions; genomics; QTL mapping; transcriptomics; Legumes; woody species; breeding for resistance to pathogens
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, SAAF, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze build 4-I, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: fruit science; fruit quality; postharvest technology; postharvest physiology; vegetable production; fresh-cut processing
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National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54874, Republic of Korea
Interests: plant foods and nutrition; metabolomics; analytical chemistry; chromatography; sample preparation; mass spectrometry; tissue culture; plant pathology; microbe-plant interactions; plant defense mechanisms
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School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, SE-70182 Örebro, Sweden
Interests: plant metabolism; metabolomics; network analysis; chromatography; food quality

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Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY Old Westbury, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA
Interests: genomics; gene editing; large scale phenotyping
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AGRIS, Agricultural Research Agency of Sardinia, Loc. Bonassai S.S. 291 Sassari-Fertilia—Km. 18600, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: viticulture; woody crops management; plant water relations; irrigation management; agrometeorology and ecophysiology; grapevine microclimate; precision viticulture; abiotic stresses; fruit ripening and quality; plant physiology and biotechnology
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College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: molecular breeding for grapevine while integrating novel techniques; interaction between grapevine and powdery mildew


Department of Agriculture, Food & Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: anthocyanin; photosynthesis; physiological studies; leaf studies; sugar metabolism; girdling; fruit polyphenols; fruit metabolism
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Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
Interests: grapevine physiology; Grapevine canopy efficiency; Grapevine nutrition and soil management
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College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: gene functional analysis; plant biotechnology; plant genetics and breeding; Brassica crops; clubroot resistance; gynoecium development
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National Institute of Horticultural Research, 96-100 Skierniewice, Poland
Interests: organic farming; biofertilizers; agroecosystem; horticulture; biological control; integrated pest management; microbial inocula; pome fruits; stone fruits; bioremediation; functional biodiversity; organic orchard management; soft fruits; plant-pathogen interaction; agroecology; living mulches; repellent; attractant; insect monitoring; insect trap; sustainable horticulture; microbial biodiversity; nematodes; nematodes biodiversity; indicators
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ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla 171001, Himachal Pradesh, India
Interests: agriculture; plant protection; disease mangement; molecular diagnostics; molecular pathology

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Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Interests: invasive plant species; invasive ornamentals; biodiversity conservation; ecosystem services
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Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Horticulture, Kaunas Street 30, 54333 Babtai, Lithuania
Interests: microgreens; lighting; light-emitting diodes; antioxidant; leafy greens; controlled environmental agriculture
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