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Department of Biology, University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: earthworm ecology and taxonomy; soil ecotoxicology; biochemical biomarkers; soil ecology; climate change
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School of Science, Engineering & Environment, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT, UK
Interests: urban agriculture; food security; green infrastructure; human geography; planning
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Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Interests: plant-microbe interactions; extracellular vesicles; plant immunity; plant fungal pathogens; cross-kingdom RNA interference; host induced gene silencing; spray induced gene silencing
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Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 121, 16500 Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: plant physiology; plant stress physiology
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Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0963, USA
Interests: statistics; genomic prediction; model development for genotype by environmental interaction for genomic prediction; digital agriculture
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College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, No.211 Huimin Rd., Wenjiang Dist., Chengdu 611130, China
Interests: endosperm development; starch synthesis; maize breeding; seed biology; crop yield and quality; transcriptional regulation; nutrient redistribution to seeds
School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India
Interests: nutrient recycling; waste management; composting and vermicomposting; biochar; greenhouse gas emissions
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Plant Breeding Institute, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Am Botanicher Garten, 1-9 24118 Kiel, Germany
Interests: plant molecular biology; plant stress biology; crop improvement; plant phenotyping; genome editing and biosafety
Department of Sustainable Technologies, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic
Interests: agricultural and environmental engineering; biomass and bioenergy; post-harvest technologies; organic waste management; energy crops; residual biomass; solid biofuels – production, utilization, quality assessment; waste-to-energy

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Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Akademijos Str. 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania
Interests: plant physiology; abiotic stress; growth regulators; organic agriculture; sustainable agriculture
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Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), 08140 Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Interests: fruit crops; plant growth regulators; pear cultivar; pear rootstock; orchard management

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Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, University of J.J.Strossmayer in Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Interests: multidisciplinary approaches to study reduced and conserved soil tillage in relation to biological, physical, and chemical soil properties in conditions of climate change, developments/innovations of sustainable agricultural management/systems according to specific agroecological conditions, adaptation of crop production to climate change, agricultural productivity, soil conservation, and remediation; main fields of expertise, scientific interest, and most important research experience are in the areas of conservation soil tillage; sustainable soil/land management; climate change in agriculture.
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Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Interests: soil and water management and conservation; nutrient management; irrigation and drainage management; water and nutrient best management practices; crop production; soil and crop modeling
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Sugarbeet and Potato Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center, Fargo, ND 58102, USA
Interests: plant physiology; climate variability; phytopathology; climate numerical; prediction; inoculation; endophytes

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Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9,40-007 Katowice, Poland
Interests: aphidoidea; aphids; evolution; morphology; phylogeny; scanning electron microscopy; sensilla
Department Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Interests: sustainable crop production; plant propagation; plant physiology; plant nutrition; nitrogen; phosphorus; water use; supplemental lighting; hydroponics; aquaponics; soilless substrates; crop yield and quality; system efficiency
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Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute, Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB), 4003 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Interests: vegetables; plant virus diseases; breeding for virus resistance; genes control; plant-virus interaction
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Science (PAS), Pawińskiego str. 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: seed biology; epigenetics; SWI/SNF; splicing; chromatin biology; alternative transcripts; crop breeding; molecular biology

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Faculty of Engineering, Department Machinery Utilization, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: GIS; optical remote sensing; UAV; satellite images; photogrammetry; precision agriculture
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Laboratory of Range Science, Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 193 Pantazidou str., 68200 Orestiada, Greece
Interests: rangeland ecology and management; grazing; agroforestry; grassland ecosystems; rangeland restoration; grazing behaviour; silvopastoral systems
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Department of Agronomy, Universidad de Almería (UAL), 04120 La Cañada, Almería, Spain
Interests: horticulture; nutrient management; abiotic stress tolerance; environmental impact assessment; soil science; wastewater; plant nutrition; crop physiology; fertilizers; nitrogen
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Korea Institute of Fusion Energy Plasma-bio team2, 37 Dongjangsan-ro, Gunsan City 54004, Republic of Korea
Interests: plant molecular biology; gene expresssion and regulatory network; plant tissue culture; leaf morphology; root architecture; plasma tehcnology in plant

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Crop Research Institute, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Drnovská 507, Praha 6, 16106 Ruzyně, Czech Republic
Interests: genetic diversity; population genetics; bioinformatics and statistics; crop wild relatives molecular taxonomy
Soil, Plant, and Water Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Interests: soil fertility; plant nutrition; urban agriculture; phytoremediation; horticulture; plant physiology; water quality; plant pathology
Department of Plant Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
Interests: stress physiology; plant nutrients; water; soil physics; fertility; biodiversity; ecology

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Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: cruciferae; QTL mapping; gene editing; oil content; seed yield; molecular breeding
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College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Interests: symbiotic grass endophyte; plant pathology; mycology
Department of Ecology, School of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
Interests: climate change; agro-meteorology; ecosystem carbon & water cycles; remote sensing of vegetation
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Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Interests: fruit quality; fruit physiology; fruit postharvest physiology and technology; fruit processing; plant physiology; fruit sustainable processing and treatment
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Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: alfalfa genetics; gene regultaion; salt stress; GWAS; gene family
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