Topical Advisory Panel
- Plant Physiology and Metabolism Section
- Phytochemistry Section
- Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions Section
- Plant Molecular Biology Section
- Plant Development and Morphogenesis Section
- Plant Ecology Section
- Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology Section
- Plant Modeling Section
- Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change Section
- Plant–Soil Interactions Section
Members
Dr. Kristian Mark P. Caldo
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Interests: plant lipid biosynthesis; alkaloid biosynthesis; enzyme kinetics and regulation; plant proteins
Interests: plant lipid biosynthesis; alkaloid biosynthesis; enzyme kinetics and regulation; plant proteins
Centro de Estudios Postcosecha, Departamento de Producción Agrícola, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8831314, Chile
Interests: postharvest physiology of perishable; fruit quality; postharvest technology
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Interests: postharvest physiology of perishable; fruit quality; postharvest technology
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Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Interests: abscisic acid; droutht tolerance; photosynthesis; plant physiology; stomatal closure; Xylem embolism
Interests: abscisic acid; droutht tolerance; photosynthesis; plant physiology; stomatal closure; Xylem embolism
Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences,Polytechnic University of Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy
Interests: plant ecology; community ecology, habitat an environmental conservation; biodiversity conservation, phytosociology; vegetation mapping
Interests: plant ecology; community ecology, habitat an environmental conservation; biodiversity conservation, phytosociology; vegetation mapping
National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA) E.E.A. La Consulta, Mendoza 5567, Argentina
Interests: plant breeding, genetics and genomics; vegetable crops; plant pigments; anthocyanins; health-enhancing phytochemicals; genetic diversity; vegetable germplasm; molecular marker systems
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Interests: plant breeding, genetics and genomics; vegetable crops; plant pigments; anthocyanins; health-enhancing phytochemicals; genetic diversity; vegetable germplasm; molecular marker systems
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Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT 58344 Kedainiai, Lithuania
Interests: chemical composition and technological quality of plants, grains, and their products; impact of various agrotechnological measures on plant food resources, fodder, energy crops, and industrial processing
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Interests: chemical composition and technological quality of plants, grains, and their products; impact of various agrotechnological measures on plant food resources, fodder, energy crops, and industrial processing
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Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Campus Fernando May-Chillan, Chillán, Chile
Interests: biopesticides; antioxidants; enzymes inhibition; neurotoxins; ecotoxicology; secondary metabolites; antifungal; antibacterial; nutraceuticals; natural anticancer
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Interests: biopesticides; antioxidants; enzymes inhibition; neurotoxins; ecotoxicology; secondary metabolites; antifungal; antibacterial; nutraceuticals; natural anticancer
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Department of Agricultural and bioscience, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Republic of Korea
Interests: probiotics; plant metabolite; antimicrobial activity; drug resistant bacteria; phytochemicals; prebiotic compounds (oligosaccharide, proteins and polyphenols）
Interests: probiotics; plant metabolite; antimicrobial activity; drug resistant bacteria; phytochemicals; prebiotic compounds (oligosaccharide, proteins and polyphenols）
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy
Interests: apply genetics and biotechnology approaches to plants and microalgae for: molecular farming; antioxidants and mineral biofortification, genome editing, plant biostimulants; remediation to aromatic compounds mainly phenolic and inorganic such as heavy metal; alternative methods to genetic manipulation of recalcitrant plants to regeneration
Interests: apply genetics and biotechnology approaches to plants and microalgae for: molecular farming; antioxidants and mineral biofortification, genome editing, plant biostimulants; remediation to aromatic compounds mainly phenolic and inorganic such as heavy metal; alternative methods to genetic manipulation of recalcitrant plants to regeneration
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), National Research Council (CNR), Via Amendola, 165/A Bari, BA, Italy
Interests: RNAseq; DNAseq; bioinformatics; plant pathology; virus; viroids; viral metagenomics
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Interests: RNAseq; DNAseq; bioinformatics; plant pathology; virus; viroids; viral metagenomics
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College of Pharmacy, Chonnam National University 77 Youngbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
Interests: natural product chemistry; phytochemistry: bioactive natural products; antiproliferative; neuroprotective
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Interests: natural product chemistry; phytochemistry: bioactive natural products; antiproliferative; neuroprotective
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Dr. Kar Mun Chooi
Bioprotection, The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Interests: plant pathogen; plant-virus interactions; virus-vector interactions; remote sensing; diagnostic tool; virus discovery
Interests: plant pathogen; plant-virus interactions; virus-vector interactions; remote sensing; diagnostic tool; virus discovery
Plant Physiology Laboratory, Crop Science Department, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece
Interests: plant nutrition physiology; plant molecular physiology; functional plant anatomy; bioinformatics; iron nutrition; sulfur nutrition; Poaceae
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Interests: plant nutrition physiology; plant molecular physiology; functional plant anatomy; bioinformatics; iron nutrition; sulfur nutrition; Poaceae
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1. Centre for Research and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Faculty of Fine Arts, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
2. Biodiversity Conservation Lab, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, Greece
Interests: dendrochronology; invasive alien species; plant communities; habitat types
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2. Biodiversity Conservation Lab, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilene, Greece
Interests: dendrochronology; invasive alien species; plant communities; habitat types
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Dr. KwiMi Chung
Plant Gene Regulation Research Group, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
Interests: stress; defense; senescence; signal transduction; molecular biology; transcription factors
Interests: stress; defense; senescence; signal transduction; molecular biology; transcription factors
Faculté de Gestion, Economie et Science (FGES), Université Catholique de Lille, 59800 Lille, France
Interests: plant biology; ecological, biological and chemical traits; vegetation; ecosystems analysis and dynamics; conservation; restoration ecology; land and natural resources management; traditional uses and new applications
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Interests: plant biology; ecological, biological and chemical traits; vegetation; ecosystems analysis and dynamics; conservation; restoration ecology; land and natural resources management; traditional uses and new applications
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Department of Environmental and Life Science, University of Cagliari, Via S. Ignazio 13, I-09123 Cagliari, Italy
Interests: botany; plant ecology; bryophytes; plant systematics; biodiversity & conservation; biomonitoring
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Interests: botany; plant ecology; bryophytes; plant systematics; biodiversity & conservation; biomonitoring
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Umeå Plant Science Centre, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, 907 36 Umeå, Sweden
Interests: molecular biology; flowering; transcriptional regulation; protein interactome; responses to temperature stress
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Interests: molecular biology; flowering; transcriptional regulation; protein interactome; responses to temperature stress
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Dr. Pablo Cornejo
Center for Research on Mycorrhizae and Agro-Environmental Sustainability (CIMYSA), Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile
Interests: arbuscular mycorrhizae; phytoremediation; osmotic stress; plant nutrition; plant symbioses; plant growth promoting microorganisms
Interests: arbuscular mycorrhizae; phytoremediation; osmotic stress; plant nutrition; plant symbioses; plant growth promoting microorganisms
Faculty of Forest Sciences, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Rio Papaloapan y Bulevar Durango s/n, col. Valle del Sur, Durango 34120, Mexico
Interests: forest management; natural resource management; carbon cycle; silviculture; ecosystem ecology; forest ecology; forest and stand structure modeling
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Interests: forest management; natural resource management; carbon cycle; silviculture; ecosystem ecology; forest ecology; forest and stand structure modeling
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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Sezione Botanica Via S. Ignazio, 13, I-09123 Cagliari, Italy
Interests: evolutionary biology; plant speciation; plant biology; pollination; conservation biology; orchids; mediterranean orchids; mosses; abiotic stress; heavy metals; bryophytes; environmental pollution; soil pollution; mining areas; biomonitoring atmospheric pollution
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Interests: evolutionary biology; plant speciation; plant biology; pollination; conservation biology; orchids; mediterranean orchids; mosses; abiotic stress; heavy metals; bryophytes; environmental pollution; soil pollution; mining areas; biomonitoring atmospheric pollution
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Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales (dCARN), Universidad de Alicante, ES-03080 Alicante, Spain
Interests: taxonomy and systematics of flowering plants; molecular phylogenetic; plant nomenclature; phytogeography; Asparagales; Brassicales; Caryophyllales
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Interests: taxonomy and systematics of flowering plants; molecular phylogenetic; plant nomenclature; phytogeography; Asparagales; Brassicales; Caryophyllales
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Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
Interests: floriculture; ornamental plants; biostimulants; growing media; fertilization and sustainable agriculture
Interests: floriculture; ornamental plants; biostimulants; growing media; fertilization and sustainable agriculture
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK
Interests: plant stem anatomy; plant ecology; wood anatomy; bark anatomy; wood biology; wood science
Interests: plant stem anatomy; plant ecology; wood anatomy; bark anatomy; wood biology; wood science
Department of Environmental Improvement, Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW, Warsaw, Poland
Interests: chlorophyll fluorescence; photosynthesis; plant stresses; physiology of plants and algae; green infrastructure; plants in urban areas
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Interests: chlorophyll fluorescence; photosynthesis; plant stresses; physiology of plants and algae; green infrastructure; plants in urban areas
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Dr. Soleya Dagnon
Organic chemistry, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski", 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Interests: phytochemistry; analytical chemistry; GC and LC chromatography; polyphenols; essential oils; in vitro biological activity
Interests: phytochemistry; analytical chemistry; GC and LC chromatography; polyphenols; essential oils; in vitro biological activity
Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, PennState College of Agricultural Sciences, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: epidemiology; disease management; chemical control; decision making; crop-loss assessment
Interests: epidemiology; disease management; chemical control; decision making; crop-loss assessment
Plant Sciences Unit, Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), 9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
Interests: plant virology; viroids; phytoplasma; phloem bacteria; molecular diagnostics; high-throughput sequencing; plant virus/viroid epidemiology
Interests: plant virology; viroids; phytoplasma; phloem bacteria; molecular diagnostics; high-throughput sequencing; plant virus/viroid epidemiology
Molecular Biology Division, Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí 78216, México
Interests: plant extract; plant bioactive compounds; plant proteomics; chemical and functional characterization
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Interests: plant extract; plant bioactive compounds; plant proteomics; chemical and functional characterization
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National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), Via Università n. 133, 80055 Portici, Italy
Interests: plant agrobiodiversity; genetic and chemical variability; plant genetic resources; molecular characterization; biomolecular resources; DNA-based molecular markers; biosequences; DNA polymorphisms; bioinformatics; protein function prediction; nutrition and health; natural products; secondary metabolites; bioactive molecules; functional foods and nutraceuticals
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Interests: plant agrobiodiversity; genetic and chemical variability; plant genetic resources; molecular characterization; biomolecular resources; DNA-based molecular markers; biosequences; DNA polymorphisms; bioinformatics; protein function prediction; nutrition and health; natural products; secondary metabolites; bioactive molecules; functional foods and nutraceuticals
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