Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Jianjun Chen, Professor
Department of Environmental Horticulture
University of Florida, USA
Interests: Environmental physiology of specialty crops; Somatic cell genetics and its application for new cultivar development; Sustainable management of invasive species; Phytoremediation for improving environmental quality

Executive Editor

Dr. Xiang Gao, Professor
School of Life Sciences
Northeast Normal University, China
Interests: Mechanism of ornamental trait formation in floral crops; Anthocyanin synthesis; Transcriptional regulation; Terpenoid synthase

Associate Editors

Dr. Fisun. G. Celikel, Professor
Department of Horticulture
Ondokuz Mayis University, Türkiye 
Interests: Ornamental plant breeding; Postharvest physiology

Dr. Patrick Cantuária
Pesquisador do IEPA
Instituto de Pesquisas Científicas e Tecnológicas do Estado do Amapá, Brazil
Interests: Taxonomy of orchidaceae; Chemotaxonomy; Environmental perception; Biological collections; Phytochemistry

Dr. Fei Chen, Professor
College of Tropical Crops
Hainan University, China
Interests: Molecular Biology; Bioinformatics and Genomics

Dr. Sumei Chen, Professor
Department of Horticulture
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Salinity tolerance; Aphid resistance; Senescence; Flowering

Dr. Silan Dai, Professor
College of Landscape Architecture
Beijing Forestry University, China
Interests: Plant genetics and genomics; Biotechnology; Molecular biology; Molecular markers; Transgenics; Molecular plant breeding

Dr. Hui Duan
Floral and Nursery Plants Research
USDA-ARS, USA
Interests: Evaluation and genetic improvement of woody ornamental landscape plants; Development of transgene-free approaches for gene editing in landscape plants; Crapemyrtle germplasm enhancement

Dr. Mohammad Faisal, Professor
Department of Botany & Microbiology
King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Interests: Plant Biotechnology, germplasm conservation, genetic transformation, molecular markers and environmental phytotoxicity of nanoparticles and bisphenols

Dr. Xiaopeng Fu, Professor
College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Interests: Formation mechanism of important ornamental characters

Dr. Byoung Ryong Jeong, Professor Emeritus
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea
Interests: Working on how to best use LED light for intensity, quality, duration & direction in controlled environment horticulture

Dr. Jiafu Jiang, Professor
Department of Horticulture
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Regulation of molecular mechanisms of chrysanthemum flowering and biotechnological breeding

Dr. Jinyi Liu, Professor
Department of Horticulture
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Floral organ development; Flowering time regulation; Plant light signaling and adaptation; Gene family/biological pathway evolution and plant genomics

Dr. Chao Ma, Professor
Department of Ornamental Horticulture
China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Molecular regulatory mechanisms and genetic manipulation of organ abscission; Molecular regulatory mechanisms of flowering in plants of the composite family

Dr. Fangfang Ma, Professor
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Shandong Agricultural University, China
Interests: Metabolic basis of important agronomic traits in ornamental horticultural crops

Dr. Hamid Mohammadi, Professor
Department of Plant Protection
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran
Interests: Mycology; Fungal Taxonomy; Fungal Plant Pathology; Fungal Trunk Pathogens; Fungal Diversity

Dr. Kenji Nashima, Assistant Professor
College of Bioresource Sciences
Nihon University, Japan
Interests: Genomics; Genetics; Breeding

Dr. Guogui Ning, Professor
College of Horticulture and Forestry
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Interests: Ornamental plant genetics and breeding; Cellular and molecular biology; Aromatic plants and their functional substance applications; Metabolism of secondary metabolites in woody plants and herbaceous plants in terms of shape, color and aroma

Dr. Valentina Scariot, Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
University of Torino, Italy
Interests: Plant biotechnology; Postharvest; Floriculture; Ornamental plant physiology

Dr. Lidan Sun, Professor
College of Landscape Architecture
Beijing Forestry University, China
Interests: Flower germplasm resources; Genetic breeding; Genome; Molecular breeding

Dr. Jun Tao, Professor
College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Yangzhou University, China
Interests: Ornamental plant cultivation, genetic breeding and molecular biology

Dr. Julian C. Verdonk, Associate Professor
Horticulture & Product Physiology Group
Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Interests: Plant natural products; Secondary metabolites; Postharvest quality; Effect of pre-harvest conditions on quality

Dr. Dayton Wilde, Professor
Department of Horticulture
University of Georgia, USA
Interests: Application of molecular genetics to improve traits of ornamental plants

Dr. Jian Wu, Professor
Department of Ornamental Horticulture
China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Cultivation physiology and biotechnology of ornamental plants; Flower bulbs such as lilies and gladiolus; Breeding and storage of bulbs

Dr. Zhiqiang Wu
Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Evolutionary biology; Comparative genomics; Functional genomics; Genomic variation mechanisms in plant organelles; Cytonuclear interaction; Organelle mutation; Plant genome sequencing; Evolutionary variation in multiple species families

Dr. Iris Yedidia, Researcher
Institute of Plant Sciences
Agricultural Research Organization, Volcano Center, Israel
Interests: Plant microbe interactions; Secondary metabolites and plant immunity; Pectobacterium carotovorum

Dr. Donglin Zhang, Professor
Department of Horticulture
University of Georgia, USA
Interests: Ornamental breeding

Dr. Fan Zhang, Professor
College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Interests: Flower senescence mechanism; Postharvest senescence mechanism of cut flowers

Dr. Liangsheng Zhang, Professor
College of Agriculture and Biotechnology
Zhejiang University, China
Interests: Plant genomics; Bioinformatics; Molecular evolution

Dr. Rui Zhang, Professor
College of Horticulture
Northwest A & F University, China
Interests: Floral development and diversification; Organ morphogenesis;  Molecular regulation; Genetic breeding

Dr. Yafei Zhao, Professor
College of Horticulture
China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Flower development and quality regulation of ornamental plants

Dr. Faisal Zulfiqar
Department of Horticultural Sciences, 
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Interests: Oxidative stress; Biostimulants; Biochar; Plant Pathology