Welcoming New Editorial Board Members of Horticulturae Joined in Q1 of 2026

We are pleased to announce that 14 new scholars have been appointed as Editorial Board Members (EBMs) of the journal Horticulturae (ISSN: 2311-7524), joining in 2026 Q1. We wish our new members success in both their research and their efforts to develop the journal.

Name: Prof. Dr. Xiaolan Zhang
Affiliation: State Key Laboratories of Agrobiotechnology, Joint International Research Laboratory of Crop Molecular Breeding, Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, Department of Vegetable Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
Interests: molecular mechanisms of fruit shape and shoot architecture regulation in cucumber; regulatory network of floral organ development and flowering time control in vegetable crops

Name: Prof. Dr. Lauriane Almeida dos Anjos Soares
Affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Tropical Horticulture, Federal University of Campina Grande, Pombal 58840-000, PB, Brazil
Interests: physiology and production of irrigated crops; saline and water stress; soil–water–plant management; vegetables, large crops and oilseeds

Name: Dr. José Silvestre
Affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV), Polo de Inovação de Dois Portos, Quinta de Almoinha, 2565-191 Dois Portos, Portugal
Interests: grapevine ecophysiology; measurement and modeling of evapotranspiration; precision viticulture

Name: Dr. Yanwei Hao
Affiliation: Guangdong, Basic Research Center of Excellence for Precise Breeding of Future Crops, State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro-Bioresources, Key Laboratory of Biology and Germplasm Enhancement of Horticultural Crops (South China) at Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China
Interests: flower and fruit development; mining of functional secondary metabolites from horticultural organ products

Name: Prof. Dr. Min Wei
Affiliation: College of Horticultural Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China
Interests: greenhouse vegetables; greenhouse structures and environmental control; the physiology and ecology of greenhouse vegetables and their cultivation; hydroponics; factory seedling production

Name: Prof. Dr. Zoran S. Ilic
Affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, University in Priština-Kosovska Mitrovica, 38219 Lešak, Serbia
Interests: medicinal and aromatic plants, vegetable production and quality; postharvest

Name: Dr. Jorge M. Santamaría
Affiliation: Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán A.C, Calle 43 No. 130, Colonia Chuburná de Hidalgo, Merida 97205, Yucatán, Mexico
Interests: disease management; stress tolerance mechanisms; plant development; fruit ripening

Name: Dr. Eloy Navarro-León
Affiliation: Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: crop science; plant nutrition; nutrient management; plant physiology; crop production; plant biology

Name: Prof. Dr. Hongli Lian
Affiliation: Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center of Agri-Seeds, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Interests: fruit development; quality formation in strawberry

Name: Dr. Most Tahera Tahera Naznin
Affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Veterinary and Rangeland Sciences, University of Nevada, Reno, UNR Extension and Experiment Station, Las Vegas, NV 89123, USA
Interests: indoor vertical farming; hydroponics; aquaponics; LEDs; greenhouse production; phytochemicals

Name: Dr. Alexandre Maniçoba da Rosa Ferraz Jardim
Affiliation: Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University—UNESP, Rio Claro 13506-900, SP, Brazil
Interests: abiotic stresses; salinity; physiological and biochemical changes in plants; salt stress tolerance; reactive oxygen species (ROS); ion homeostasis; ion toxicity; agricultural challenges in arid and semi-arid regions

Name: Dr. Qunfeng Zhang
Affiliation: Tea Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: plant physiology; metabolism; tea plant; nutrition; tea quality

Name: Dr. Alberto Soares De Melo
Affiliation: Graduate Program in Agricultural Sciences, Paraíba State University, Campina Grande 58429-500, PB, Brazil
Interests: salt stress; drought stress; irrigation; water management; horticulture; plant physiology; plant ecophysiology; Vigna unguiculata; phenotyping

Name: Dr. Xiao Yang
Affiliation: Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu National Agricultural Science and Technology Center, Chengdu 610213, China
Interests: horticulture; food science; agricultural plant science

Further details about the Editorial Board of Horticulturae can be found by clicking the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/horticulturae/editors.

The journal is currently recruiting new Editorial Board Members. If you are interested in this position, please contact the Editorial Office at horticulturae@mdpi.com.

For more details: https://www.mdpi.com/about/announcements/14967.

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