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Prof. Dr. Guanghui Lin

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Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: plant physiology; plant ecophysiology; plant ecology; plant diversity; plant conservation biology

Dr. Sylvia Lindberg

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Dept. of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: calcium signaling; ion transport; oxygen deficiency; salt stress; stress tolerance
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Prof. Dr. Guido Lingua

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Dipartimento di Scienze e Innovazione Tecnologica, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Viale Teresa Michel, 11-15121 Alessandria, Italy
Interests: plant-microbe interactions; arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; plant growth promoting bacteria
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Prof. Dr. Chang Liu

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Department of Epigenetics (190e), Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
Interests: transcriptional regulation; epigenetics; 3D genomics

Dr. Fengxia Liu

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Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding (MOE), Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: cloning and mechanism of genes related to important agronomic traits and abiotic stress resistance in wild rice
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Prof. Dr. Fulai Liu

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Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Højbakkegaard Allé 13, 2630 Taastrup, Denmark
Interests: crop water relations; water-saving irrigation; water and nutrients management in crop production
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Prof. Dr. Shiming Liu

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Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: nematode resistance and plant–nematode interactions
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Prof. Dr. Wende Liu

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State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: fungal pathogenesis; functional genomics; Plant-Fungal Interaction
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Prof. Dr. Yule Liu

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School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: plant-virus interaction; plant autophagy

Dr. Angel Llamas

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Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus de Rabanales y, Campus Internacional de Excelencia Agroalimentario (CeiA3), Edif. Severo Ochoa, Universidad de Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain
Interests: chlamydomonas; methylobacterium; nitrogen; nitrate; molybdenum; mutualism; nitric oxide; nitrious oxide; microalgae
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Dr. Clive Lo

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School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Interests: plant secondary metabolism; flavonoid, stilbene, and lignin biosynthesis; metabolic engineering
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Dr. Riccardo Lo Bianco

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Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 4 ingresso H, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: water relations; carbon partitioning; deficit irrigation; fruit quality and production systems of tree crops
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Prof. Dr. Angela Roberta Lo Piero

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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania | UNICT, Via Santa Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: plant genetics; plant epigenetics; plant transcriptomics; abiotic and biotic stress
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Dr. Maria D. Logacheva

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Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
Interests: plant genomics; Fagopyrum; buckwheat; non-photosynthetic plants; organelle genome; DNA barcoding; metabarcoding; next-generation sequencing

Dr. Ulrike Lohwasser

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Department of Genebank, Research Group Resources Genetics and Reproduction Corrensstrasse 3, OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
Interests: genebank management; long-term seed storage; plant taxonomy; medicinal & aromatic plants; legumes; molecular studies

Dr. Sergey Loiko

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BioGeoClim Laboratory, Tomsk State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
Interests: soil sciences and plant ecology; soil ecology; biogeochemistry; environmental science; soil fertility
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Dr. Pedro Gómez López

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Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS -CSIC) Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: plant virus; crops; molecular epidemiology; experimental evolution; ecology; eco-evolutionary dynamics

Dr. Jorge Lora Cabrera

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Department of Subtropical Fruit Crops, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM la Mayora-UMA-CSIC), Málaga, Spain
Interests: reproductive biology; ovule development; Pollen development; pollen-pistil interaction; Angiosperm evolution; megasporogenesis; microsporogenesis; subtropical crops

Dr. Elena Loreti

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The Institute of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology, Nationl Research Council, Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: plant responses to hypoxia; miRNA in plants; crosstalk between sugar metabolism and hormone signalling to regulate plant growth
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Prof. Dr. Igor G. Loskutov

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Department of Genetic Resources of Oat, Barley, Rye, N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), 190000 St. Petersburg, Russia
Interests: Avena genetic resources; taxonomy and phylogeny of genus Avena; genetics; breeding; agronomy; plant industry; agrobiotechnology of cereals; biotic and abiotic resistance; grain quality of cereals
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Prof. Dr. Yonggen Lou

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Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: insect–plant interactions; herbivore-induced plant defense; defense-related signaling
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Prof. Claudio Lovisolo

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Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy
Interests: hydraulic conductivity; abiotic stress; role of aquaporins in water and CO₂ transport in plants; grapevine ecophysiology; vulnerability of plants to cavitation and mechanisms to recover embolism; abiotic-stress caused hormonal signaling: abscisic acid; strigolactones

Prof. Dr. Yanhui Lu

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Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: plant-insect-enemy interaction; population dynamics; chemical ecology; biological control; pest management
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Dr. Erica Lumini

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Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Viale Mattioli 25, 10125 Torino, Italy
Interests: environmental microbiology: plants and soil microorganisms; root symbioses; plant–soil microbial interactions; nitrogen-fixing symbionts, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their associated bacteria; metabarcoding analysis of soil microbial communities (fungi, bacteria, archaea) in natural (alpine, Mediterranean ecosystems) and agricultural environments (soils subjected to land-use gradient) and their impact on plant growth and development
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Prof. Dr. Zewei Luo

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School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Interests: theoretical and empirical quantitative/population genetics
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Prof. Dr. Zhengqiang Ma

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Crop Genetics and Breeding Department, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
Interests: plant genetics and functional genomics; plant biotechnology; plant breeding; bioinformatics
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Dr. Brigitte Maass

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Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
Interests: plant genetic resources; agrobiodiversity; crop domestication and dissemination; ex situ conservation; neglected and underutilized species; tropical forage genetic resources

Dr. Adam Mahan

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USDA-ARS, University of Illinois, 1101 W. Peabody, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Interests: germplasm curation and management; soybean, maize, and legume germplasm; genetic enhancement of plant germplasm

Dr. Ian Major

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MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: plant defense; biotic stress; growth-defense trade-offs; jasmonate signaling; specialized metabolism; plant physiology; plant biochemistry; trees
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Dr. Irina Makarevitch

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Department of Biology, Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Interests: plant abiotic stress; regulation of gene expression

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