Editorial Board for section 'Biotic and Abiotic Stress'
- Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology Section
- Biotic and Abiotic Stress Section
- Genetics, Genomics, Breeding, and Biotechnology (G2B2) Section
- Vegetable Production Systems Section
- Fruit Production Systems Section
- Protected Culture Section
- Developmental Physiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology Section
- Plant Nutrition Section
- Propagation and Seeds Section
- Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM) Section
- Insect Pest Management Section
- Viticulture Section
- Medicinals, Herbs, and Specialty Crops Section
- Floriculture, Nursery and Landscape, and Turf Section
- Processed Horticultural Products Section
- Horticultural Economics, Policy, Business Management and Marketing Section
- Outreach, Extension, and Education Section
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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.
Members
Crop Science Research, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
Interests: antioxidant; chlorophyll fluorescence; fruit quality; tree; heavy metals; phytoremediation; xenobiotic
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Interests: antioxidant; chlorophyll fluorescence; fruit quality; tree; heavy metals; phytoremediation; xenobiotic
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CREA-IT Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Engineering and Agro-Food Processing, USSA Turin, Area di Ricerca di Torino, Strada delle Cacce, 73, 10135 Turin, Italy
Interests: bioeconomy; bioremediation and phytoremediation; rhizospheric microorganisms; microbial biotechnologies; crops tolerance to abiotic stresses; fruit trees response to climate change
Interests: bioeconomy; bioremediation and phytoremediation; rhizospheric microorganisms; microbial biotechnologies; crops tolerance to abiotic stresses; fruit trees response to climate change
Environmental Research and Innovation (ERIN) Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Hautcharage, L-4940 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Interests: plant molecular biology; transcriptomics; metabolomics; proteomics; cell suspension cultures; plant elicitors; plant (a)biotic stressors; fibre crops
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Interests: plant molecular biology; transcriptomics; metabolomics; proteomics; cell suspension cultures; plant elicitors; plant (a)biotic stressors; fibre crops
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Plantes et Systèmes de Culture Horticoles, French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), 84914 Avignon, France
Interests: fruit quality; fruit health value; water deficit; genotype by environment interaction; fruit growth; cell division; process-based models
Interests: fruit quality; fruit health value; water deficit; genotype by environment interaction; fruit growth; cell division; process-based models
Dr. Costanza Ceccanti
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Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto, 80-56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: wild edible plants; antioxidant activity; ROS scavenging mechanisms; secondary metabolism; food quality; enzyme activity
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Interests: wild edible plants; antioxidant activity; ROS scavenging mechanisms; secondary metabolism; food quality; enzyme activity
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College of Horticulture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: ornamental plants; biotic and abiotic stress (salinity, aphids); flowering; senescence
Interests: ornamental plants; biotic and abiotic stress (salinity, aphids); flowering; senescence
Dr. Irene Donati
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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Viale G. Fanin 46, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Interests: plant protection; plant phisiology; plant ecology; plant mibrobe interaction; post-harvest; fruit quality
Interests: plant protection; plant phisiology; plant ecology; plant mibrobe interaction; post-harvest; fruit quality
College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: horticultural plant disease; molecular biology; biotic stress; genetics; functional genomic; post-transcriptional regulation; small RNA; plant-microbe interactions
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Interests: horticultural plant disease; molecular biology; biotic stress; genetics; functional genomic; post-transcriptional regulation; small RNA; plant-microbe interactions
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College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
Interests: physiological and molecular basis of plants’ adaptation to abiotic stresses; plant nutrition uptake and transport
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Interests: physiological and molecular basis of plants’ adaptation to abiotic stresses; plant nutrition uptake and transport
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Department of Soil and Agri-Food Engineering, Universite Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
Interests: agricultural drainage; water erosion and sediment transport; hydrology of agricultural systems; irrigation; environmental modeling; numerical methods in fluid mechanics; precision farming; geophysical methods and agriculture; water erosion modeling; agricultural water quality
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Interests: agricultural drainage; water erosion and sediment transport; hydrology of agricultural systems; irrigation; environmental modeling; numerical methods in fluid mechanics; precision farming; geophysical methods and agriculture; water erosion modeling; agricultural water quality
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Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
Interests: crop physiology; abiotic stress; crop quality; integrated production systems; semi-protected systems; grafting; microbe-containing crop biostimulants
Interests: crop physiology; abiotic stress; crop quality; integrated production systems; semi-protected systems; grafting; microbe-containing crop biostimulants
College of Horticulture, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: transcriptional regulation of the response to biotic and abiotic stress in apple; the regulation of melatonin metabolism under biotic and abiotic stress
Interests: transcriptional regulation of the response to biotic and abiotic stress in apple; the regulation of melatonin metabolism under biotic and abiotic stress
Dr. Georgios Koubouris
Section Board Member
Olive Cultivation Lab, Institute of Olive Tree, Subtropical Crops and Viticulture, Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER, (NAGREF), 73134 Chania, Greece
Interests: climate change; agricultural sustainability; circular economy; soil, water and biodiversity conservation; remote sensing; plant breeding; ecosystem services; olive growing
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Interests: climate change; agricultural sustainability; circular economy; soil, water and biodiversity conservation; remote sensing; plant breeding; ecosystem services; olive growing
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Ricercatore di Fisiologia Vegetale, Università di Napoli, Federico II, Naples, Italy
Interests: crops; landraces; glucose metabolism; NGS; abiotic stress; algal biotechnology; synthetic biology
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Interests: crops; landraces; glucose metabolism; NGS; abiotic stress; algal biotechnology; synthetic biology
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Ecophysiology and Grape Functional Genomics (EGFV), Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ISVV), 210 Chemin de Leysotte, 33883 Villenave d'Ornon, France
Interests: grapevine in a changing environment; biotic and abiotic stresses; plant signalling; functional genomic; new breeding technologies
Interests: grapevine in a changing environment; biotic and abiotic stresses; plant signalling; functional genomic; new breeding technologies
Institute of Citrus Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: stress physiology; molecular biology in citrus
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Interests: stress physiology; molecular biology in citrus
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Dr. Yang Liu
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1. College of Jiyang, Zhejiang A&F University, Zhuji 311800, China
2. Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Resources Protection and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China
Interests: plant defense; functional traits; tree physiology
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Interests: plant defense; functional traits; tree physiology
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Western Pacific Tropical Research Center, University of Guam, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA
Interests: ecophysiology; tropical species; plant conservation
Interests: ecophysiology; tropical species; plant conservation
Agronomic Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Paseo Alfonso XIII, 48., Murcia, 30203 Cartagena, Spain
Interests: water relations; aquaporins; secondary metabolism (glucosinolates); membrane proteins and nutrition in plants; crop production under different salinity stress
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Interests: water relations; aquaporins; secondary metabolism (glucosinolates); membrane proteins and nutrition in plants; crop production under different salinity stress
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Extremadura, 06006 Badajoz, Spain
Interests: PTGS; trichoderma; plant biology; RNA silencing; epigenetics; viroid; phytopathology; non-coding small RNAs; RNA biology
Interests: PTGS; trichoderma; plant biology; RNA silencing; epigenetics; viroid; phytopathology; non-coding small RNAs; RNA biology
1. Laboratoire de Chimie Agro-Industrielle (LCA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université de Toulouse, CEDEX 4, 31030 Toulouse, France
2. Département Génie Biologique, IUT Paul Sabatier, Université Paul Sabatier, 32000 Auch, France
Interests: plant physiology; plant breeding; abiotic stress; bioactive accumulation; essential oils; biofertilizers; cereals; oilseed crop; legumes; vegetables
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2. Département Génie Biologique, IUT Paul Sabatier, Université Paul Sabatier, 32000 Auch, France
Interests: plant physiology; plant breeding; abiotic stress; bioactive accumulation; essential oils; biofertilizers; cereals; oilseed crop; legumes; vegetables
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Department of Agronomy, Biotechnology and Food Science, Universidad Pública de Navarra, 31006 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: modeling; plant physiology; statistical analysis; genetic diversity; food chemistry; irrigation; plant biology; predictive modeling; plant breeding
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Interests: modeling; plant physiology; statistical analysis; genetic diversity; food chemistry; irrigation; plant biology; predictive modeling; plant breeding
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Department of Life Sciences, University of Siena, via Aldo Moro, 2, 53100 Siena, Italy
Interests: plant cell; plant reproduction (pteridophytes, angiosperms); ultrastructure; fito-genotoxicity; abiotic stress (salt, drought, heavy metal); nanoparticles; nanoplastics
Interests: plant cell; plant reproduction (pteridophytes, angiosperms); ultrastructure; fito-genotoxicity; abiotic stress (salt, drought, heavy metal); nanoparticles; nanoplastics
Department of Plant Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, UK
Interests: seed dormancy and germination; plant hormone signaling; weed control; abiotic stress response; postharvest treatment
Interests: seed dormancy and germination; plant hormone signaling; weed control; abiotic stress response; postharvest treatment
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanxincun 20, Xiangshan, Beijing 100093, China
Interests: abiotic stress tolerance; resveratrol
Interests: abiotic stress tolerance; resveratrol
College of Resources & Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: plant nutrition and fruit quality; trace elements and plant health; agricultural eco-environmental security; plant–microbe interactions; biotic and abiotic stress
Interests: plant nutrition and fruit quality; trace elements and plant health; agricultural eco-environmental security; plant–microbe interactions; biotic and abiotic stress
Prof. Dr. Zhujun Zhu
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College of Horticulture Science, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, Hangzhou, China
Interests: plant physiology; plant environmental stress; plant biotechnology; horticultural plants; vegetable production
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Interests: plant physiology; plant environmental stress; plant biotechnology; horticultural plants; vegetable production
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Department of Vegetable Crops, Hochschule Geisenheim University, Von-Lade-Str. 1, D-65366 Geisenheim, Germany
Interests: plant water relations; irrigation research; plant-based sensor systems; climate impact research
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Interests: plant water relations; irrigation research; plant-based sensor systems; climate impact research
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