Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief (2)
Prof. Dr. Xuexiao Zou
College of Horticulture, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
Interests: Pepper Germplasm resources innovation; Breeding of new varieties
Prof. Dr. Zhangjun Fei
Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Interests: Genomics and Systems
Scientific Advisory Board (8)
Prof. Dr. Lianyang Bai
College of Plant Protection, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
Interests: Agronomy
Prof. Dr. Sanwen Huang
Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 518120, Shenzhen, China
Interests: Bioinformatics; Genomics; Plant Molecular Biology; Synthetic Biology; Plant Breeding
Prof. Dr. Peisong Hu
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, China National Center for Rice Improvement, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, 310006, China
Interests: Rice Quality Genetics and Breeding
Prof. Dr. Zhonghua Liu
Key Laboratory of Tea Science of Ministry of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China
Interests: Tea Processing and Resource Utilization
Prof. Dr. Jianmin Wan
State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement and Utilization, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China;
State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
Interests: Rice Genetics and Breeding; Molecular Breeding
Prof. Dr. Yiqiang Wu
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China
Interests: Biomass Materials
Prof. Dr. Daoxin Xie
Tsinghua-Peking Joint Center for Life Sciences, and MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
Interests: Plant Hormone Biology; Plant Molecular Genetics Biology
Prof. Dr. Yulong Yin
Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, National Engineering Laboratory for Pollution Control and Waste Utilization in Livestock and Poultry Production, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, 410125, China
Interests: Livestock and Poultry Health Breeding; Pig Breeding
Editorial Board Members (17)
Prof. Dr. Tongqing An
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
Interests: PRRSV; PRV; Pathogenicity; Antiviral Infection; CRISPR/Cas9
Dr. Feng Cheng
Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: Vegetable Genomics and Genetic Breeding
Dr. Zhijun Cheng
State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: Rice Agronomic Traits; Gene Cloning; Functional Analysis; Plant Morphology; Yield Traits; Nitrogen Utilization; Gamete Development; Epidermal Wax Metabolism
Dr. Xiongming Du
Institute of Cotton Research (ICR), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Anyang, China
Interests: Plant Germplasm; Plant Genetics; Plant Genome; Molecular Breeding; Biodiversity
Prof. Dr. Manuel Jamilena
Research Centres CIAIMBITAL and CeiA3, Department of Biology and Geology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Interests: Plant Breeding; Plant Genetics; Plant Genomics; Plant Developmental Genetics; Plant Sex Determination; Postharvest Biology; Horticulture
Prof. Dr. Shri Mohan Jain
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Interests: germplasm conservation; molecular breeding; mutagenesis; plant biotechnology; plant tissue culture
Prof. Dr. Xiuliang Jin
Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: Crop Phenotyping Platform Study and Application; Application and Development of Sensors; Quantitative Remote Sensing in Agriculture Monitoring; Crop Model and Data Assimilation; Image Processing and Analyzing
Prof. Dr. Tao Lin
Beijing Key Laboratory of Growth and Developmental Regulation for Protected Vegetable Crops, College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Interests: Tomato Genomics; Molecular Breeding; Crop Quality; Yield Traits; Stress Resistance; Fruit Development; Disease Resistance Genes; Solanaceae; Gene Interaction; Germplasm Innovation; Molecular Design Breeding
Dr. Wenxue Li
Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: molecular Mechanisms of Nutrient Stress Responese and Lodging Resistance in Mazie
Dr. Xueyong Li
Center for Crop Genetics and Molecular Design, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: Plant Architecture; Grain Yield; Micronutrient Biofortification; Stress Resilience; Phytohormone; Gene Cloning; Molecular Mechanism; Biological Breeding
Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Madesis
School of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece
Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas, GR-57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: Genomics; Plant Breeding; CRISP/R; Stress Tolerance; Molecular Genetics
Prof. Dr. Barbara Sawicka
Department of Plant Production Technology and Commodities Sciences, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
Interests: Agronomy; Bioengineering; Agricultural Plant Science
Prof. Dr. Lubin Tan
Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Interests: Rice Genomics; Agronomic Traits; QTL Mapping; Gene Cloning; Molecular Genetics; Molecular Breeding; High-Yield Varieties; Genome Selection
Prof. Dr. Meiliang Zhou
Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: Plant Secondary Metabolites; Transcriptional Regulation; Stress Biology; Plant Hormones; Plant genome; Crop Domestication; Population Genetics; Buckwheat; Arabidopsis; Underutilized Crops; Medical Plants; Forage Crops
Dr. Zhigang Zhou
Sino-Norway Joint Lab on Fish Gut Microbiota, Institute of Feed Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: Aquatic Animal Nutrition and Feed Science; Aquatic Animal Symbiotic Microorganisms and Host Interactions; Aquatic Microbial Ecology and Resources; Nutritional Metabolism; Immune Regulation; Animal Nutrition; Feed Science; Aquatic Microbial Ecology; Aquatic Microbial Resources
Dr. Youjun Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Vegetable Biobreeding, Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: Vegetable Pest Prevention; Insect Resistance Mechanisms; Insect-Plant/Microbe Interactions; Insect-Resistant Vegetable Breeding; Integrated Pest Management (IPM); RNAi-based Pest Control; CRISPR/Cas9-based Pest Control
Dr. Yangyong Zhang
Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: Vegetable Breeding; Vegetable Genomics; Agronomic Traits; Gene Cloning; Molecular Genetics; Genome Selection; CRISPR Editing; Disease and Stress Tolerance; High Quality Breeding