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
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, Università della Calabria, Cosenza, Italy
Interests: biodiversity & ecology; species diversity; evolution; taxonomy; conservation; ecology and evolution; biodiversity; systematics; conservation biology
Interests: biodiversity & ecology; species diversity; evolution; taxonomy; conservation; ecology and evolution; biodiversity; systematics; conservation biology
Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
Interests: canola pathology: clubroot, blackleg, genetic variation of pathogens; biological control of plant diseases and weeds; disease resistance, and microbial interactions
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Interests: canola pathology: clubroot, blackleg, genetic variation of pathogens; biological control of plant diseases and weeds; disease resistance, and microbial interactions
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Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: epigenetics; abiotic stress; light signaling; Arabidopsis and bio-refinery crops
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Interests: epigenetics; abiotic stress; light signaling; Arabidopsis and bio-refinery crops
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School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Interests: amino acid transporters in plants; amino acid metabolism in plants; regulation of amino acid and nitrogen homeostasis
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Interests: amino acid transporters in plants; amino acid metabolism in plants; regulation of amino acid and nitrogen homeostasis
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Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine East Carolina University, 600 Moye Blvd., Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Interests: nanotoxicology; nano-based antivirals, antibacterials and pesticides development; sustainability; food production and safety; chemical risk assessment; environmental health and safety research
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Interests: nanotoxicology; nano-based antivirals, antibacterials and pesticides development; sustainability; food production and safety; chemical risk assessment; environmental health and safety research
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Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Firenze, Piazzale delle Cascine 28, 50144 Firenze, Italy
Interests: species interactions; functional plant traits; functional biodiversity; forest monitoring; photosynthesis; plant stress; biodiversity; ozone; isotopes; chlorophyll fluorescence; forest ecosystems; climate change; ecosystem functioning
Interests: species interactions; functional plant traits; functional biodiversity; forest monitoring; photosynthesis; plant stress; biodiversity; ozone; isotopes; chlorophyll fluorescence; forest ecosystems; climate change; ecosystem functioning
Department of Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, via Cintia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
Interests: cyanobacteria; microalgae; rhdodophyta; chlorophyta; extreme environments
Interests: cyanobacteria; microalgae; rhdodophyta; chlorophyta; extreme environments
Sardinian Germplasm Bank (BG-SAR), Hortus Botanicus Karalitanus (HBK), Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA), University of Cagliari (UNICA), 09123 Cagliari, Italy
Interests: conservation biology; ex situ conservation; seed dormancy and germination; germination under heavy metal stress; germination in response to climate change; Mediterranean species; plant ecology
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Interests: conservation biology; ex situ conservation; seed dormancy and germination; germination under heavy metal stress; germination in response to climate change; Mediterranean species; plant ecology
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Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Colima, Colima, México
Interests: plant electrophysiology; abiotic stress responses; vacuole; polyamines; ROS signaling; calcium signaling
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Interests: plant electrophysiology; abiotic stress responses; vacuole; polyamines; ROS signaling; calcium signaling
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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
Interests: plant biochemistry; secondary plant metabolism; natural biostimulants; microalgae; plant mineral nutrition; nutrient deficiency; milk-clotting enzymes; soil biochemistry
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Interests: plant biochemistry; secondary plant metabolism; natural biostimulants; microalgae; plant mineral nutrition; nutrient deficiency; milk-clotting enzymes; soil biochemistry
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Department of Biology, Mount Saint Vincent University, 166 Bedford Highway, Halifax, NS B3M 2J6, Canada
Interests: plant responses to multiple components of climate change; methane emissions from stressed plants
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Interests: plant responses to multiple components of climate change; methane emissions from stressed plants
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College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agriculutral University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: weed biology and management; invasive alien plants; epigenetics in plant plasticity
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Interests: weed biology and management; invasive alien plants; epigenetics in plant plasticity
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Interests: plant breeding; genetic resources conservation; quantitative genetics; agrobiodiversity; plant production systems
Interests: plant breeding; genetic resources conservation; quantitative genetics; agrobiodiversity; plant production systems
Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Interests: post-transcriptional gene regulation; calcium signaling mechanisms; plant biology; stress signaling; plant biotechnology
Interests: post-transcriptional gene regulation; calcium signaling mechanisms; plant biology; stress signaling; plant biotechnology
Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics and Laboratory of Environmental and Systems Biology, Grenoble‐Alpes‐University Grenoble, 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Interests: plant developmental biology; chloroplast biogenesis; tetrapyrroles; plant hormone action; abiotic stress responses
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Interests: plant developmental biology; chloroplast biogenesis; tetrapyrroles; plant hormone action; abiotic stress responses
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Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, The University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
Interests: population genetics; genomics; plant mating systems
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Interests: population genetics; genomics; plant mating systems
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Department of Plant Science, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón (CITA), Gobierno de Aragón, Avda. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: fruit tree species; prunus; flower differentiation; flower development; dormancy; pollination; fruit set; chilling requirements; self-incompatibility
Interests: fruit tree species; prunus; flower differentiation; flower development; dormancy; pollination; fruit set; chilling requirements; self-incompatibility
Institute for Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
Interests: plant development; floral transition; circadian clock; carbon metabolism; evolution; system biology; biochemistry; molecular biology
Interests: plant development; floral transition; circadian clock; carbon metabolism; evolution; system biology; biochemistry; molecular biology
Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Catolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy
Interests: plant pathology; botanical epidemiology; plant disease modelling; risk assessment; decision-making in crop protection; sustainable crop management; precision crop protection
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Interests: plant pathology; botanical epidemiology; plant disease modelling; risk assessment; decision-making in crop protection; sustainable crop management; precision crop protection
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Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, UMR 5096 CNRS-UPVD, Perpignan, France
Interests: nucleolus; ribosome biogenesis and rRNA genes in plants
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Interests: nucleolus; ribosome biogenesis and rRNA genes in plants
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Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: plant abiotic stress; plant bioactive molecules; auxin
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Interests: plant abiotic stress; plant bioactive molecules; auxin
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Department of Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences (BBiCN), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, Jaume I University, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Interests: induced resistance and priming against pest and pathogens; development of resistance inducers and priming agents; chromatography applied to plant defense; study of plant-arthropod interactions; hormonal metabolism in defense priming; peptide-induced resistance; mycorrhiza-induced resistance in tomato and citrus
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Interests: induced resistance and priming against pest and pathogens; development of resistance inducers and priming agents; chromatography applied to plant defense; study of plant-arthropod interactions; hormonal metabolism in defense priming; peptide-induced resistance; mycorrhiza-induced resistance in tomato and citrus
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USDA ARS Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, USA
Interests: salinity; salt tolerance; genetics; abiotic stress
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Interests: salinity; salt tolerance; genetics; abiotic stress
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Dr. Diana Santelia
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Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 16, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Interests: stomata; guard cells; starch and sugar metabolism; abiotic and biotic stress; light; CO2 and ABA signalling; transcriptional and post-translational regulation
Interests: stomata; guard cells; starch and sugar metabolism; abiotic and biotic stress; light; CO2 and ABA signalling; transcriptional and post-translational regulation
Institute of Science of Food Production, C.N.R. Unit of Lecce, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Interests: biofortification; biotechnology; gut health; plant polyphenols; nutrition
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Interests: biofortification; biotechnology; gut health; plant polyphenols; nutrition
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Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska Cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: molecular diversity analysis; phylogenetics; plant genetic resources conservation; molecular plant breeding
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Interests: molecular diversity analysis; phylogenetics; plant genetic resources conservation; molecular plant breeding
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Dr. Davide Savy
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Plant Sciences, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Interests: sustainable intensification of agriculture; chemical and biological characterization of plant biostimulants from agro-industrial by-products; structure-activity relationships for plant biostimulants; designing of novel plant bioassays; formulation of innovative materials in agriculture; chemical characterization of lignin and lignin-derived products
Interests: sustainable intensification of agriculture; chemical and biological characterization of plant biostimulants from agro-industrial by-products; structure-activity relationships for plant biostimulants; designing of novel plant bioassays; formulation of innovative materials in agriculture; chemical characterization of lignin and lignin-derived products
Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, Osnabrück University, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
Interests: CO2 assimilation; control of energy distribution; central metabolism; redox-regulation; enzyme kinetics; adaptation to abiotic stress
Interests: CO2 assimilation; control of energy distribution; central metabolism; redox-regulation; enzyme kinetics; adaptation to abiotic stress
Julius Kühn-Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Messeweg 11/12, 38104 Braunschweig, Germany
Interests: molecular analyses of the colonization mechanisms of human pathogenic bacteria on plants; function of bacterial effector proteins; molecular studies on resistance mechanisms induced by bacterial quorum sensing molecules; priming for enhanced resistance; signal cascades induced in plant cells after pathogen attack
Interests: molecular analyses of the colonization mechanisms of human pathogenic bacteria on plants; function of bacterial effector proteins; molecular studies on resistance mechanisms induced by bacterial quorum sensing molecules; priming for enhanced resistance; signal cascades induced in plant cells after pathogen attack
Plant Developmental Biology, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Alte Akademie 8, D-85354 Freising, Germany
Interests: cell wall, cell wall signaling; receptor-mediated signaling; pattern formation; ovule development
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Interests: cell wall, cell wall signaling; receptor-mediated signaling; pattern formation; ovule development
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