Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Jorge M. Fonseca
Research Leader at Food Quality Laboratory
USDA-ARS, USA
Interests: Postharvest pathology and physiology; Food quality and processing; Plant physiology

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Prof. Dr. Genhua Niu
Department of Horticultural Sciences
Texas A&M University, USA
Interests: Controlled environment agriculture; Indoor vertical farming; Plant stress physiology

Associate Editors

Dr. Zienab Ahmed
Department of Integrative Agriculture
United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Interests: Sustainable horticultural crop production; Horticulture physiology and postharvest technology

Dr. Md. Asaduzzaman
Faculty of Bioenvironmental Sciences
Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Japan
Interests: Autotoxicity in crop plants; Production of functional food/plants through managing environmental controls; Hydroponic production of vegetables and ornamentals

Dr. T. Casey Barickman
Natural Products Utilization Research Unit
USDA-ARS, USA
Interests: Plant physiology and biochemistry; Natural production utilization; Specialty crops

Dr. Guihong Bi
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Mississippi State University, USA
Interests: Sustainable production of specialty crops; Nutrient and water management; Season extension

Prof. Dr. Christos Chatzissavvidis
Department of Agricultural Development
Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Interests: Pomology; Fruit tree physiology and nutrition; Fruit crop propagation

Dr. Nihel Chekir
National Engineering School of Gabes
University of Gabes, Tunisia
Interests: Renewable energy; Solar Energy; Desalination

Prof. Dr. Yan Chen
School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences
Louisiana State University, USA
Interests: Integrated pest management (IPM) in ornamental plant production and landscape management; Germplasm collection, propagation, cultural management, and processing of Camellia sinensis; Application of plant growth regulators in managing ornamental plant growth and stress tolerance in both nursery production and landscapes; Evaluation and application of selected Cajun Prairie grass and forbs in urban landscapes

Prof. Dr. Wenhao Dai
Department of Plant Sciences
North Dakota State Univeristy, USA
Interests: Plant tissue culture; Fruit crop production; Woody plant propagation and production; Plant molecular biology and genetics; Regulation of plant growth and development 

Dr. Desire Djidonou
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA
Interests: Vegetable physiology; Controlled environment agriculture; Indoor vertical farming; Vegetable grafting; Nutrient and irrigation management

Prof. Dr. Omar Franco-Mora
Faculty of Agriculture
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico
Interests: Tree fruit Physiology; Production; Fruit quality; Postharvest; Beverage crops

Prof. Dr. Mengmeng Gu
Department of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Colorado State University, USA
Interests: Biochar; Container substrate; Irrigation and fertility management; Sustainable landscape management; Integrated pest management; Ornamentals horticulture

Prof. Dr. Satoru Kondo
Graduate School of Horticulture
Chiba University, Japan
Interests: Fruit ripening; Fruit storage; Fruit development physiology; Plant growth regulation; Pomology

Dr. Vander Lacerda
Horticultural Sciences Department, Tropical Research and Education Center
University of Florida, USA
Interests: Postharvest physiology; Food quality and processing; Dragon fruit; Plant stress physiology; Sustainable horticultural crop production

Dr. Tongying Li
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Mississippi State University, USA
Interests: Edible crop production; Alternative crops; Season extension; Cultivation practices Fertilization; Irrigation management

Dr. Na Lu
Center for Environment, Health, and Field Sciences
Chiba University, Japan
Interests: Plant root zone environment; Plant factory; Urban farming; Plant physiology; LED lighting technology; Plant environmental control

Prof. Dr. Rui Manuel de Almeida Machado
Department of Plant Science
University of Evora, Portugal
Interests: Cultural techniques; Fertigation; Salinity, Irrigation water quality; Soilless crops

Prof. Dr. Silvana Nicola
Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences
Università di Torino, Italy
Interests: Vegetable crops; Advanced culture systems; Quality produce

Prof. Dr. Burhan Ozturk
Department of Horticulture
Ordu University, Türkiye
Interests: Postharvest physiology; Storage and packaging of horticultural crops; Fruit growing and breeding; Plant growth regulators; Pruning systems

Dr. Federico Pallottino
Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA)
Research Centre for Engineering and Agri-food Processing, Italy
Interests: Sensors; Remote sensing; Rapid and non-destructive techniques; Agricultural and agri-food quality; Precision agriculture

Dr. Yujin Park
College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
Arizona State University, USA
Interests: Horticultural crop physiology; Controlled environment agriculture; Plant growth and development; Floriculture and vegetable crops

Dr. Shital Poudyal
Department of Plants, Soils & Climate
Utah State University, USA
Interests: Landscape and nursery plants; Plant physiology; Water conservation; Water quality; Sustainability; Irrigation

Dr. Hongmin Qin
Department of Biology
Texas A&M University, USA
Interests: Gene editing for plant breeding; Integrated pest management; Engineered biological structures

Dr. Ryosuke Shimoda
Graduate School of Horticulture
Chiba University, Japan
Interests: Landscape theory; Cultural landscape; Urban ecology

Dr. Catherine Simpson
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Texas Tech University, USA
Interests: Plant stress physiology; Citrus; Horticultural sustainability; Water conservation

Dr. Youping Sun
Department of Plants, Soils and Climate
Utah State University, USA
Interests: Landscape horticulture; Plant stress physiology; Water conservation

Prof. Dr. Yuxin Tong
Institute of Environment and Sustainable in Agriculture
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Greenhouse and plant factory; Precise environmental control and energy-saving technology; Efficient plant cultivation technology; Photoelectron biology

Prof. Dr. Haibo Wang
Institute of Pomology
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Fruit tree physiology and cultivation technology; Fruit tree nutrition; fertilization; Fruit tree breeding; Viticulture

Prof. Dr. Sanhong Wang
Department of Horticulture
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Stress resistance and genetic improvement of fruit trees (apples, grapes, etc.); Fruit tree reproductive development

Dr. Kellie J. Walters
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Tennessee, USA
Interests: Controlled environment agriculture; Hydroponic production; Plant physiology

Dr. Shasha Wu
Department of Landscape Architecture and Art
Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, China
Interests: The resources, physiology, phylogeny, breeding and application of ornamental plants (especially Pleione and Oxalis)

Prof. Dr. Tao Xu
College of Horticulture
Shenyang Agricultural University, China
Interests: Facility vegetable cultivation and physiology; Adversity adaptation and regulation of facility crops

Dr. Tianbao Yang
Food Quality Laboratory
USDA-ARS, USA
Interests: Postharvest physiology; Postharvest molecular biology; Plant physiology; Fruit and vegetable growth and nutrition

Prof. Dr. Weiqiang Yang
College of Agricultural Sciences
Oregon State University, USA
Interests: Blueberry production; Blueberry mycorrhizae

Prof. Dr. Shengrui Yao
Department of Plant and Environment Science
New Mexico State University, USA
Interests: Organic / conventional tree fruit and small fruit production; Orchard floor / groundcover management; Potential alternative fruit crops

Prof. Dr. Zhifang Yu
College of Food Science and Technology
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Agricultural products storage and processing; Postharvest biology

Dr. Qi Zhang
Department of Plant Sciences
North Dakota State Univeristy, USA
Interests:  Plant stress physiology; Turfgrass management

Prof. Dr. Zhao Zhang
Department of Seed Science and Ornamental Horticulture
China Agricultural University, China
Interests:  Big data-driven improvement of horticultural crop quality and resistance; Ornamental plants; Genetics

Prof. Dr. Xin Zhao
Department of Horticultural Sciences
University of Florida, USA
Interests: Organic and integrated vegetable cropping systems; Nutrient management for organic production; Vegetable grafting; High tunnel vegetable systems; Anaerobic soil disinfestation; Vegetable quality attributes as affected by pre-harvest factors