As part of our ongoing review of our editorial structure, the Topical Advisor Panel (TAP) role will be discontinued effective January 1, 2027.

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Division of Life Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong
Interests: cell signaling; epigenetics; post-translational modification proteomics and interactomics; molecular systems biology; biotechnology

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Instituto de Biología Agrícola de Mendoza (IBAM), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (FCA-UNCuyo), Almirante Brown 500, M5528AHB, Chacras de Coria, Mendoza 5507, Argentina
Interests: grape genetics and genomics; plant gene editing; grape climate change adaptation; grapevine intra-varietal diversity; noncoding RNA; anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation

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Department of Medical Laboratory and Biotechnology, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Sec. 1, Jiangou N. Rd., South Dist., Taichung City 40201, Taiwan
Interests: natural product pharmacology; plant-based bioactive; antioxidant and anti-inflammatory mechanism; metabolic syndrome
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Department of Horticulture and Biotechnology, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan
Interests: stress physiology; plant breeding; horticultural biotechnology
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Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, 11529 Taipei, Taiwan
Interests: tissue culture; bamboo; chloroplast; CRISPR; protoplast regeneration
Southern Cross Plant Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
Interests: crop production and quality; sustainable farming; natural product chemistry; pharmacology
The University of Adelaide, Food and Wine, Adelaide, Australia
Interests: Improvement of cereal crops with enhanced stress tolerance, increased grain yield and high grain quality through epigenetics and SMARTER breeding techniques (Small RNA-Mediated Adaptation of Reproductive Targets in Epigenetic Regulation).
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Faculty of Engineering and Applied Technologies, University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timisoara, 119 Calea Aradului, 300645 Timisoara, Romania
Interests: plant physiology; polluted soils; heavy metals and metalloids; plant metabolism; antioxidant capacity; drought and salts stress in plants; photosynthesis
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Institute of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology (IBMCP), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Avenida de Los Naranjos Ed.8E, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Interests: plant growth regulation; stomatal regulation; photomorphogenesis; Potassium regulation; phytohormones,gibberellins; arabidopsis
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Department of Subtropical Fruit Crops, Institute for Mediterranean and Subtropical Horticulture “La Mayora” (IHSM La Mayora – CSIC – UMA), Av. Dr. Wienberg s/n, Algarrobo-Costa, 29750 Málaga, Spain
Interests: anatomy; physiology; reproductive biology evolution
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1. Head of Biodiversity Change Group, Swiss NSF Ambizione Fellow, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
2. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Botany, Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Interests: biodiversity; ecological networks; plant interactions

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1. Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
2. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Richmond, NSW 2753, Australia
Interests: tree ecophysiology; ecophysiology of alpine conifers; drought stress; plant water relations; plant hydraulics; tree mortality and forest decline
Department of Biology Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Interests: circadian rhythms; Brassica; quantitative genetics; plant breeding; molecular assisted breeding; genetics

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Unidad de Biología Integrativa, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Calle 43, No. 130 x 32 y 34, Mérida CP 97205, Yucatán, Mexico
Interests: somatic embryogenesis; transcriptomics; proteomics; CRISPR editing; metabolomics
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Nature Research Centre, Vilniaus Universitetas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: natural product chemistry; phytochemicals; antioxidant activity; bioactivity; chromatography; herbal medicine; antibacterial activity; antibacterials; medicinal plants; medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry
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Biothermodynamics, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, 85354 Freising, Germany
Interests: Natural products; medicinal plants; phytochemistry; metabolite profiling; high-resolution mass spectrometry; downstream processing; liquid–liquid chromatography; centrifugal partition chromatography; countercurrent chromatography; anti-inflammatory; anticancer
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Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Interests: plants; ABA signaling; biotic and abiotic stress tolerance; plant physiology; stomata regulation and development; plant inhibitors; transcriptomics; protein engineering; proteomics; mass spectrometry

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Department of Biology and Plant Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bialystok, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland
Interests: biotic and abiotic stress; fungal pathogens; plant defense response; plant senescence
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Depto. Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville, Spain
Interests: systematics; evolution; biogeography; cytogenetics; phylogeography; mediterranean; carex; cyperaceae; bipolar; RADseq; HybSeq

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School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongbuk 38541, Republic of Korea
Interests: electrochemistry and materials science; polymers and energy materials; phytochemicals; plant biochemistry; foods
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Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aramaki Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
Interests: dynamics of trace elements in agricultural environment; hazardous metals; soil remediation; soil chemistry

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College of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management at University of Hawaii (UH), 113 Nowelo St, Hilo, HI 96720, USA
Interests: horticulture; hydroponics; nematology and integrated pest management

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Laboratory on Plant Microbe interaction (LIPM) UMR CNRS/INRA 2594/44124 Chemin de Borde Rouge,CS 52627, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan cedex, France
Interests: plant-microbe interactions; plant immunity; signaling; immune receptors; phytopathogens: ralstonia; induced resistance; plant defense; abiotic stresses (temperature elevation); interactions between biotic and abiotic stresses

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Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, No. 29 Nicolae Jiga Street, 410028 Oradea, Romania
Interests: plant bioactives; phytochemicals; nutrition; metabolism; oxidative stress; inflammation; health benefits; secondary metabolites; disease prevention; functional foods
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1. Department of Crop Science & Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Gyeonggi-do 463-400, Republic of Korea
2. Oneomics Co Ltd., Gyeonggi-do 463-400, Republic of Korea
Interests: genomics; transcriptomics; proteogenomics; epigenetics; plant biology

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Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Ulica Cara Hadrijana 8/A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: phytoplankton; phytoplankton ecology; algae culture; freshwater ecology; algal diversity; algology
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Laboratory for Aroma Analysis and Enology (LAAE), Department of Analytical Chemistry, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2) (UNIZAR-CITA), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain
Interests: bioactive compounds; aroma; sensory science; mass spectrometry; chromatography
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Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Department, Institute for Mediterranean and Subtropical Horticulture “La Mayora” (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Av. Louis Pasteur, 49., 29010 Málaga, Spain
Interests: transcription factors; fruit ripening; strawberry; CRISPR

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Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, Mexico
Interests: rheology; biopolymers; microencapsulation; spray drying; opuntia ficus indica; aloe vera; mucilage

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Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
Interests: plant development; gravitational biology; plant electrophysiology; polarity; plant hormones; calcium signaling
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