Editorial Board
- Plant Physiology and Metabolism Section
- Phytochemistry Section
- Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions Section
- Plant Molecular Biology Section
- Plant Development and Morphogenesis Section
- Plant Ecology Section
- Plant Cell Biology Section
- Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification Section
- Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology Section
- Plant Modeling Section
- Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change Section
- Plant Nutrition Section
- Plant–Soil Interactions Section
- Crop Physiology and Crop Production Section
- Plant Structural Biology Section
- Plant Systems and Synthetic Biology Section
- Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants Section
- Plant Genetic Resources 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
Synthetic Genomics Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22, Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
Interests: plant genomics; gene regulation; RNA decay; light response; Arabidopsis thaliana; Hevea brasiliensis
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Interests: plant genomics; gene regulation; RNA decay; light response; Arabidopsis thaliana; Hevea brasiliensis
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1. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan
2. RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
Interests: metabolomics; transcriptomics; plant physiology; analytical chemistry; natural product chemistry; systems biology
2. RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
Interests: metabolomics; transcriptomics; plant physiology; analytical chemistry; natural product chemistry; systems biology
Plant Systems Engineering Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
Interests: plant biotechnology; plant genomics; plant-microbe interaction
Interests: plant biotechnology; plant genomics; plant-microbe interaction
Maite Lacuesta, Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo de la Universidad 7, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Interests: climate change; nitrogen metabolism; water stress; energy crops; photosynthesis; legumes; plant physiology; elevated CO2
Interests: climate change; nitrogen metabolism; water stress; energy crops; photosynthesis; legumes; plant physiology; elevated CO2
INRA, UR1268 Biopolymères, Interactions et Assemblages, BP 71627, F-44316 Nantes, France
Interests: plant cell wall; parietal polysaccharides
Interests: plant cell wall; parietal polysaccharides
Dr. Frederic Lamblin
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Laboratoire de Biologie des Lignieux et Grandes Cultures, Université d’Orléans, INRAE,
USC1328, 45067 Orléans, Cedex 2, France
Interests: drought tolerance; root extracellular trap; root mucilage; root exudates; multistep phosphorelay system; transgenesis; biotechnology; hairy roots
Interests: drought tolerance; root extracellular trap; root mucilage; root exudates; multistep phosphorelay system; transgenesis; biotechnology; hairy roots
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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Interests: crops; landraces; glucose metabolism; NGS; abiotic stress; algal biotechnology; synthetic biology
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Department of Vegetable Research, Institute of Plant Sciences, ARO, Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
Interests: viral resistance in vegetable crops; mechanisms and genetics of viral resistance; whitefly-transmitted viruses
Interests: viral resistance in vegetable crops; mechanisms and genetics of viral resistance; whitefly-transmitted viruses
1. MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development & CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute, IIFA-Institute for Advanced Studies and Research, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
2. Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Sciences and Technology, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
Interests: food microbiology; food science and technology; food fermentation; molecular biology
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2. Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Sciences and Technology, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal
Interests: food microbiology; food science and technology; food fermentation; molecular biology
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Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
Interests: biochemistry and biophysics of plants and algae; biochemistry and biophysics of pigments; interactions of the biotic (pathogens) and abiotic (temperature, light) factors with plants; environmental biotechnology; lipid models of biological membranes; plant-bacterial interactions; xanthophyll cycle
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Interests: biochemistry and biophysics of plants and algae; biochemistry and biophysics of pigments; interactions of the biotic (pathogens) and abiotic (temperature, light) factors with plants; environmental biotechnology; lipid models of biological membranes; plant-bacterial interactions; xanthophyll cycle
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Dr. George Lazarovits
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A&L Biologicals, Agroecology Research Services Centre, 2136 Jetstream Road, London, ON N5V 3P5, Canada
Interests: plant microbiome; soil ecology; plant endophytes; biological control; biofertilizers; agroecology; remote sensing
Interests: plant microbiome; soil ecology; plant endophytes; biological control; biofertilizers; agroecology; remote sensing
Department of Molecular Biology, Pusan National Biology, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
Interests: structure and function of photosynthetic machineries; functional genomics of plants related to the defense; regulation mechanisms against environmental stresses; selection and in vivo phenotyping of mutants; optimum light harvesting antenna size for photosynthesis and plant productivity; photosynthesis and bio-inspired solar energy utilization
Interests: structure and function of photosynthetic machineries; functional genomics of plants related to the defense; regulation mechanisms against environmental stresses; selection and in vivo phenotyping of mutants; optimum light harvesting antenna size for photosynthesis and plant productivity; photosynthesis and bio-inspired solar energy utilization
Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Sungbuk-Ku, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
Interests: plant abiotic stress; plant biotic stress; plant nitrogen signaling; ABA signaling
Interests: plant abiotic stress; plant biotic stress; plant nitrogen signaling; ABA signaling
1. Division of Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Republic of Korea
2. Department of Polar Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Interests: cold and freezing stress; bryophyte; extremophile; Antarctic; Arctic; moss; global warming; genome; transcriptome
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2. Department of Polar Sciences, University of Science and Technology, Incheon, Republic of Korea
Interests: cold and freezing stress; bryophyte; extremophile; Antarctic; Arctic; moss; global warming; genome; transcriptome
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Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British, CO V6T1Z4, Canada
Interests: life cycle transitions of sexual eukaryote; molecular mechanisms of nutrient sensing in phototrophic eukaryotes; ubiquitin-dependent mechansism for chloroplast quality control; evolution of developmental/epigenetic mechanisms; macroevolutionary transitions from prokaryotes to eukaryotes and from green algae to land plants; mitigating climate change by engineering algae for efficient carbon capture and biofuel production
Interests: life cycle transitions of sexual eukaryote; molecular mechanisms of nutrient sensing in phototrophic eukaryotes; ubiquitin-dependent mechansism for chloroplast quality control; evolution of developmental/epigenetic mechanisms; macroevolutionary transitions from prokaryotes to eukaryotes and from green algae to land plants; mitigating climate change by engineering algae for efficient carbon capture and biofuel production
Biology Department, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Interests: molecular mechanisms that control plant growth and development
Interests: molecular mechanisms that control plant growth and development
Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, Bionanocomposite Research Center, Kyung Hee Univerisity, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
Interests: molecular genetics; cancer biology; cancer pharmacology; bioactive phytochemicals
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Interests: molecular genetics; cancer biology; cancer pharmacology; bioactive phytochemicals
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Department of Plant Biotechnology, IRNAS-CSIC, E-41012 Seville, Spain
Interests: plant nutrition; metal toxicity; salt stress
Interests: plant nutrition; metal toxicity; salt stress
Dr. Julien Gad Lévy
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Department of Horticultural Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Interests: tomato and potato pathology; plant-microbe interaction; plant-insect vector interaction; biological control of plant diseases; breeding for disease resistance; plant biotechnology; abiotic stress; gene expression and regulation
Interests: tomato and potato pathology; plant-microbe interaction; plant-insect vector interaction; biological control of plant diseases; breeding for disease resistance; plant biotechnology; abiotic stress; gene expression and regulation
1. State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
2. The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: plant defense; plant-microbe interactions
2. The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: plant defense; plant-microbe interactions
State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Interests: retrograde signaling; plant development; miRNA; organelles; cell biology; genomics; stress tolerance
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Interests: retrograde signaling; plant development; miRNA; organelles; cell biology; genomics; stress tolerance
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College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: fruit quality; sugar metabolism and accumulation in both source and sink; phloem loading and transport; malate metabolism and accumulation; carbon-nitrogen interaction; nutrient uptake and metabolism; molecular physiology of abiotic and biotic stress tolerance and biotechnology of fruit crops with emphasis on apple and kiwifruit
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Interests: fruit quality; sugar metabolism and accumulation in both source and sink; phloem loading and transport; malate metabolism and accumulation; carbon-nitrogen interaction; nutrient uptake and metabolism; molecular physiology of abiotic and biotic stress tolerance and biotechnology of fruit crops with emphasis on apple and kiwifruit
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Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, 252 McFadden Biostress Laboratory, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
Interests: wheat genetics; genomics; evolution; domestication and germplasm enhancement
Interests: wheat genetics; genomics; evolution; domestication and germplasm enhancement
College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: crop functional genomics; cereal crop transformation; grain quality; carbohydrate metabolism; cereal nutritional quality; sorghum; maize; wheat
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Interests: crop functional genomics; cereal crop transformation; grain quality; carbohydrate metabolism; cereal nutritional quality; sorghum; maize; wheat
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Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
Interests: medicinal plants; natural products chemistry; drug screening; analytical methods; ligand fishing
Interests: medicinal plants; natural products chemistry; drug screening; analytical methods; ligand fishing
Departamento de Ciências da Terra, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Campus da Caparica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
Interests: food technology; nutritional phytotechnology; photosynthesis and primary production; plant biochemistry
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Interests: food technology; nutritional phytotechnology; photosynthesis and primary production; plant biochemistry
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Department of Plant Biology, The University of Campania, Naples, Italy
Interests: plant ultrastructure; plant phylogeny and evolution; plant-environment interactions
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Interests: plant ultrastructure; plant phylogeny and evolution; plant-environment interactions
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Molecular Genetics and Genomics Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
Interests: molecular breeding; genetics; plant nutritional genomics
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Interests: molecular breeding; genetics; plant nutritional genomics
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1. Department of Biology, University of Angers, 2 Bd Lavoisier, 49045 Angers, France
2. INRAE, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), 42 rue Georges Morel, CEDEX, 49071 Beaucouzé, France
Interests: nitrate transporters; nitrate signaling; nitrogen and carbon metabolisms; low oxygen stress (waterlogging); legumes; seedling establishment; seedlings – microbiome interactions; root exudates; isotope (15N, 13C) labeling; metabolome
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2. INRAE, Institut de Recherche en Horticulture et Semences (IRHS), 42 rue Georges Morel, CEDEX, 49071 Beaucouzé, France
Interests: nitrate transporters; nitrate signaling; nitrogen and carbon metabolisms; low oxygen stress (waterlogging); legumes; seedling establishment; seedlings – microbiome interactions; root exudates; isotope (15N, 13C) labeling; metabolome
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Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Interests: Photobiology; plant photoresponses; cryptochromes; Photoresponsive protein-protein interaction
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Interests: Photobiology; plant photoresponses; cryptochromes; Photoresponsive protein-protein interaction
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