Editorial Board for section 'Plant Genetic Resources'

Please see the section webpage for more information on this section.

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


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Plant Gene Resources of Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
Interests: crop genetic diversity and domestication; plant population and conservation genetics; molecular characterization and conservation of plant germplasm; in situ conservation and utilization of native plants; molecular markers and DNA sequence analysis

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School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Interests: domestication; archaeogenomics; crop origins; crop evolution

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International Potato Center (CIP), Avenida La Molina 1895, Apartado 1558, 15023 Lima 12, Peru
Interests: in-situ conservation; agrobiodiversity; crop evolution; seed systems; human nutrition; Andean agriculture

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Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, 42 Swami Sivananda Street, Rose-Hill, Mauritius
Interests: plant genetic resources; agrobiodiversity; crop wild relatives; in situ conservation; genebank management; seed conservation

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World Vegetable Center, D-73529 Schwaebisch Gmuend, BW, Germany
Interests: plant genetic resources; agrobiodiversity; genebank and germplasm management; ex situ conservation; climate change; sustainability; neglected and underutilized species; indigenous vegetables; sprouts, microgreens, and edible flowers; tropical fruit
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Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, 00153 Rome, Italy
Interests: plant genetic resources; genebank and germplasm management; neglected and underutilized species; networking; global conservation and use system; capacity building; cacao genetic resources; linking conservation and development
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Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Unit of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants, Ramat Yishay IL-30095, Israel
Interests: biology of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP); biochemistry and biodiversity of MAP; genomics and genetics of MAP; molecular biology of MAP; volatiles biochemistry; specialized metabolism; natural products; quantitative genetics
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USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research Unit, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Interests: genebank management; North American crop wild relatives; ex situ conservation; conservation of plant genetic resources; germplasm collection documentation

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Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, PL-27, Helsinki, Finland
Interests: germplasm conservation; molecular breeding; mutagenesis; plant biotechnology; plant tissue culture
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ICAR - National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi 110012, India
Interests: management of plant genetic resources; large scale characterization and core set development; trait specific evaluation for biotic and abiotic stresses and nutritional parameters and registration and utilisation

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Department of Genetic Resources of Oat, Barley, Rye, N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), 190000 St. Petersburg, Russia
Interests: Avena genetic resources; taxonomy and phylogeny of genus Avena; genetics; breeding; agronomy; plant industry; agrobiotechnology of cereals; biotic and abiotic resistance; grain quality of cereals
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Department of Crop Sciences, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
Interests: plant genetic resources; agrobiodiversity; crop domestication and dissemination; ex situ conservation; neglected and underutilized species; tropical forage genetic resources

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USDA-ARS, University of Illinois, 1101 W. Peabody, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Interests: germplasm curation and management; soybean, maize, and legume germplasm; genetic enhancement of plant germplasm

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Sardinian Germplasm Bank (BG-SAR), Hortus Botanicus Karalitanus (HBK), Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA), University of Cagliari (UNICA), v.le Sant'Ignazio da Laconi, 9-11, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
Interests: conservation biology; ex situ conservation; seed dormancy and germination; germination under heavy metal stress; germination in response to climate change; Mediterranean species; plant ecology
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Interests: angiosperm systematics (taxonomy, evolution, and phylogenetic relationships of flowering plants); diversity and relationships of crop plants and their wild relatives; ethnobotany (study of the direct relationships and interactions between people and plants)
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School of Law, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: legal aspect of genetic resource


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Federal Office for Agriculture and Food, 53179 Bonn, Germany
Interests: plant genetic resources; In situ conservation; Ex situ conservation; crop wild relatives; conservation strategies; national plant genetic resources program; international Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture ITPGRFA; PGR documentation

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Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon S7N 5A2, Canada
Interests: economics of genetic resources and biodiversity; genebanks; economics of PGR conservation; crop wild relatives; experimental economics; varietal diffusion; climate change adaptation

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Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan
Interests: plant cytogenetics; plant genetics and breeding; genetic resources; biodiversity; biotechnology
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Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Corrensstr. 3, 06466 Seeland, Germany
Interests: plant genetic resources documentation, databases; integrative bioinformatics; data integration/data quality; phenotyping; biodiversity and conservation

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Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
Interests: quantitative genetics; genomic selection; crop evolution; wheat; tomato; oat
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