Editorial Board for section 'Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology'

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Department of Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
Interests: plant–nematode interactions; mutation breeding; forward and reverse genetics; seed traits and seed composition
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Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA
Interests: understanding the molecular mechanisms of plant interactions with the environment; biotic interactions (insects, bacteria, fungi, nematodes); various biotic stresses (drought, cold, heat); high throughput sequencing; plant genotype and environment interactions

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Laboratory of Genomics for Breeding, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment—DAFNAE, University of Padova, Campus of Agripolis—Legnaro, 35020 Padova, Italy
Interests: plant genetics; plant reproductive systems and population genetics; genomics applied to plant breeding
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Department of Horticulture, and Graduate Program in Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology, Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: cucurbit genetics and genomics; disease resistance; fruit development; plant transformation; biotechnology; biosafety
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School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Interests: breeding and commercialisation of cereal and pulses; micro RNAs (miRNAs) and their role in enhancing crop productivity (through either stress adaptation and/or reproductive fitness); understanding the molecular mechanisms that control meiosis in cereals
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121 Perugia, Italy
Interests: plant reproduction; epigenetics; apomixis; stresses; tomato; grape
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George S. Wise Chair in Life Sciences, School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Interests: plant-based biosensor; biotic and abiotic stresses; plant innate immunity; genetic approach; biochemistry; genome editing

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Institute of Plant Sciences, Université Paris-Saclay, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Interests: tomato; crop genomics; tilling
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Professor, Division of Plant & Soil Sciences, 3425 New Agricultural Sciences Building, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6108, Morgantown, WV 26506-6108, USA
Interests: functional genetics and genomics; plant development and molecular physiology; biological nitrogen fixation in legumes; hormonal Interactions in tomato development; biochemistry of membrane transporters and transcription factors

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Cell, Molecular Biology and Genomics Group, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Interests: plant and algae cell biology; defense systems; organization and mechanisms; functional genomics; biotic and abiotic stress responses; molecular biology; systems biology approaches

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Institute of Plant Sciences Paris-Saclay (IPS2), INRAE, CNRS, Université Evry, Université de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
Interests: plant genetics and genomics; development; specialized/secondary metabolites
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Plant & Food Research, Private Bag 1401, Havelock North 4157, New Zealand
Interests: durable pest and disease resistance; host-pathogen interaction; genetics of resistance; resistance breeding; fruit crops
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Department of Sustainable Crop Production, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 29122 Piacenza, Italy
Interests: genetics and epigenetics; biodiversity; molecular markers and DNA analysis; DNA traceability of plant derived products
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Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR), CNR,via Madonna Alta 130, 06128 Perugia, Italy
Interests: plant cell cycle and meiosis; plant development and reproduction; signal transduction via MAPK genes related to development and stress responses; plant functional genomics in model (Arabidopsis and Medicago truncatula) and crop species; bioenergy crops; biodiversity; heterosis
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Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish National Research Council, CSIC. Pazo de Salcedo. Carballeira, 8. Salcedo, 36143 Pontevedra, Spain
Interests: brassica crops; breeding for pest resistance; glucosinolates; genetics and breeding; crop production; biotic stress; genetic resources

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Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Escola Superior Agrária (ESAB) & Centro de Investigação de Montanha (CIMO), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
Interests: ethnobotany; agroecology; plant resources conservation; sustainability; innovation and rural development
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Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Zaragoza, High Polytechnic School of Huesca, 22071 Huesca, Spain
Interests: Plant Evolutionary Biology, Plant Systematics, Population genetics and conservation of plants, Comparative genomics of model grasses, Bio- and phylogeography of plants, Plant speciation, hybridization and allopolyploidy

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College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Interests: meiosis; plant fertility; genetic transformation; sexual reproduction; homologous recombination; plant reproductive

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College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
Interests: viromes: plant viruses, fungal viruses, viroids, viral ecology; microbiomes and infectious diseases: bacteria, fungi, viruses in plants, humans (vagina), animals, and environments (soil, fresh water, and marines); development of diagnostic methods for infectious pathogens: plant viruses, viroids, fungi; computational genomics: microbial genomics (viruses and fungi), transcriptomics (virus-plant interaction), evolution of hosts and viruses using hts and bioinformatic tools; biocosmetics and biomedicine: bioproducts derived from diverse plant cells; any research area associated with living organisms

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Department of Crop Science, College of Agriculture, Life and Environment Sciences, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-ro, Seowon-gu, Chongju 28644, Republic of Korea
Interests: marker-assisted breeding (MAS); plant breeding by CRISPR/Cas9; functional genomics; GWAS; biotic and abiotic tolerance; transcriptomics; functional analysis of genes; plant biotechnology; molecular breeding in rice
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Department for the Innovation in Biological, Agrofood and Forestal Systems, Tuscia University,01100 Viterbo, Italy
Interests: plant genetics; plant biotechnology; molecular markers (ISSRs, SSRs, and SNPs); phenotypic and genetic characterization of plant genetic resources in crop and forest species; plant transcriptomics; common bean; globe artichoke; wheat; forest tree species
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London Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON N5V 4T3, Canada
Interests: soybean seed proteins; soybean pathogens; plant nitrogen use efficiency; epigenetics; seed development

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Global Institute for Food Security, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 4L8, Canada
Interests: improving performance and climate resiliency in crop plants; discovery and characterization of gene targets associated with nutrient use efficiency (NUE); water use efficiency (WUE); drought resistance; photosynthetic performance; embryo and seed development using genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics-based systems biology tools, technologies and their applications to improve performance and seed traits in model plants Arabidopsis and Brachypodium and the crop plants wheat, canola and flax
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Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
Interests: genomics; plant cell wall; plant-microbe interactions

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Department of Biology, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA
Interests: computational biology; plant genomics; transposable elements

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National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: Brassica napus; seed yield; gene cloning; genome editing; molecular breeding

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Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Av. Centenario, 303, CP 96, Piracicaba 13400-970, SP, Brazil
Interests: gene expression; abiotic stress; nitrate transporter; ammonium transporter

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Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, University of Kassel, 34109 Kassel, Germany
Interests: population genetics of plants; tropical forest genetics; population genetics of temperate forest trees; conservation of plant genetic resources; human impact on plant populations

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Plant Breeding Department, Justus Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
Interests: plant biotechnology; plant genetics; plant breeding; plant genomics; molecular breeding; cereals; oil and protein crops; agronomy
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