Editors-in-Chief

Wenquan Wang, PhD, Professor
School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry
Hainan University, China
Interests: Tropical crops; Comparative genomics; Systems biology

Robert Henry, PhD, Professor
Innovation in Agriculture
The University of Queensland, Australia
Interests: Plant genome sequencing; Novel genetic resources; Australian wild crop relatives; Response to climate change

Executive Editor

Fei Chen, PhD, Professor
School of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry
Hainan University, China
Interests: Molecular biology; Bioinformatics; Genomics

Editorial Advisory Board

Birger Møller, PhD, Professor
Department of Plant and Environmental Science
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Interests: Plant biochemistry; Synthetic biology

Fred Gmitter, PhD, Professor
Citrus Research and Education Center
University of Florida, USA
Interests: Citrus breeding and genetics; Variety improvement; Citrus germplasm

Zuoyan Zhu, PhD, Professor
Institute of Hydrobiology
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Development, genetics and biotechnology

Associate Editors

Siwaret Arikit, PhD
Department of Agronomy
Kasetsart University, Thailand
Interests: Plant breeding and genetics; Plant biotechnology; Plant physiology

Luis Augusto Becerra, PhD
International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), The United Arab Emirates
Interests: Cassava; Molecular and quantitative genetics; Plant breeding

Hernan Ceballos, PhD, Professor
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia
Interests: Cassava; Plant breeding and genetics

Houbin Chen, PhD, Professor
College of Horticulture
South China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Lychee cultivation; Physiology and regulation; Tropical crop germplasm resources

Chengjie Chen, PhD
College of Horticulture
South China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Highthrough-put sequencing; Bioinformatics

Liyu Chen, PhD, Professor
Center for Genomics
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Interests: Plant reproduction; Crop genome and domestication

Jie Cui, PhD
College of Life Sciences and Oceanography
Shenzhen University, China
Interests: Mechanism of small RNA biogenesis and action in various plant species

Luiz Joaquim de Carvalho, PhD
Genetic Resources and Biotechnology
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brazil
Interests: Plant physiology; Plant genetics; Plant biotechnology; Sequencing; Plant breeding

Antonio Costa de Oliveira, PhD, Professor
Department of Plant Sciences
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
Interests: Cereal; Plant breeding; Plant genomics; Abiotic stress; Genotyping

Anete Pereira de Souza, PhD, Professor
Departamento de Biologia Vegetal
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Interests: Genetic variation in plants and fungi: Molecular breeding, Biotechnology, Genetics and genomics of plants and fungi, bioinformatics

Mabrouk A. El-Sharkawy, PhD, Professor
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Colombia
Interests: Cassava; Plant photosynthesis; Plant physiology; Crop production

Yanru Hu, PhD, Professor
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Plant hormone regulation; Environmental adaptation; Plant physiology; Plant genetics; Plant molecular and ecology

Wei Hu, PhD, Professor
Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology
Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Germplasm resources and genetic breeding of tropical crops

Katsuyuki Ichitani, PhD, Professor
Faculty of Agriculture
Kagoshima University, Japan
Interests: Rice; Genetic diversity; Domestication

Ryuji Ishikawa, PhD, Professor
Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science
Hirosaki University, Japan
Interests: Plant genetics; Genetics; Genetic diversity; Rice

Peter Kulakow, PhD
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nigeria
Interests: Genetics; Plant Breeding; Cassava

Weizhen Liu, PhD
School of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Wuhan University of Technology, China
Interests: Plant genomics; Image analysis; Bioinformatics; Plant phenotyping

Jie Luo, PhD, Professor
College of Tropcial Crops
Hainan University, China
Interests: Plant secondary metabolism regulation; Metabolomics

Ming Luo, PhD, Professor
South China Botanical Garden
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Epigenetic modification; Plant growth and development; Plant physiology

Peitao Lü, PhD, Professor
College of Horticulture
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Interests: Horticultural crops; Postharvest biology; Plant ripening and senescence; Phytohormones

Peter Joseph Matthews, PhD, Professor
Department of Cross-Field Research
National Museum of Ethnology, Japan
Interests: Araceae; Phylogeography; Plant domestication; Genetics

Tapan Kumar Mondal, PhD
ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, India
Interests: Breeding and biotechnology; Abiotic stress tolerance; Rice; tea

Zander Myburg, PhD, Professor
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Interests: Complex biology of wood development; Molecular genetics and genomics of wood formation

Altaf Nadaf, PhD
Department of Botany
University of Pune, India
Interests: Plant tissue culture; Plant molecular biology, Biochemistry and molecular genetics of Basmati rice aroma

Marie Noelle Ndjiondjop, PhD
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), Cote d'Ivoire
Interests: Rice biodiversity; Genetics; Breeding

Rodomiro Ortiz, PhD, Professor
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Interests: Plant breeding and genetics; Quantitative and population genetics; Germplasm conservation; Genetic resources

Pham Hung Cuong, PhD
Plant Genetic Resources Center - VAAS, Vietnam
Interests: Sustainable agriculture; Conservation and utilization of plant resources; Crop breeding; Bio/abio-stresses

Yuan Qin, PhD, Professor
Center for Genomics
Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, China
Interests: Plant female gametophyte development; Plant stress resistance; Molecular regulation; Transcriptomics

Joanne Russell, PhD
Department of Cell and Molecular Sciences
The James Hutton Institute, UK
Interests: Genetic markers; Genomics; Genotyping; Barley germplasm

Van Schepler-Luu, PhD
International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
Interests: Plant-pathogen interaction; Plant genome editing; Plant breeding; Plant microbiome

Nagendra Kumar Singh, PhD, Professor
ICAR-National Institute for Plant Biotechnology, India
Interests: Genomics; Molecular breeding; Grain quality; Rice, Wheat; Pigeonpea

Yang Tian, PhD, Professor
College of Food Science and Technology
Yunnan Agricultural University, China
Interests: Edible and medicinal resources; Omics; Quality formation mechanism; Functional components and efficacy mechanism

Rajeev Varshney, PhD, Professor
Food Futures Institute
Murdoch University, Australia
Interests: Genomics; Agricultural biotechnology; Horticultural crop improvement; Plant physiology

Peterson Wambugu, PhD
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kenya
Interests: Rice; Breeding; Genetic resources; Molecular biology

Ying Wang, PhD, Professor
South China Botanical Garden
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Chinese medicinal plants; Genetics and genomics; Molecular breeding; Sustainable utilization

Peng Wang, PhD, Professor
Institute of Tropical Crop Genetic Resources
Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Plant genomics; Molecular evolution; Transcriptomics

Zhenyu Wang, PhD, Professor
College of Agriculture
Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Plant adaption to abiotic stress; Plant biotechnology; Molecular biology

Yiji Xia, PhD, Professor
Department of Biology
Hongkong Baptist University, China
Interests: Molecular mechanisms of RNA capping and its role in regulating gene expression

Rui Xia, PhD, Professor
College of Horticulture
South China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Non-coding RNA; Horticultural plants; Small molecule RNA; Biosynthesis; Bioinformatics; Genomics; Molecular biology

Zhongguo Xiong, PhD
School of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona, USA
Interests: Intricate interplays between viruses and their plants hosts during infection and pathogenesis; Plant resistance to viral infections; RNA virus evolution; Viral population genomics

Jianhong Xu, PhD, Professor
College of Agriculture and Biotechnology
Zhejiang University, China
Interests: Plant molecular biology and genomics; microRNA; Rice

Zengfu Xu, PhD, Professor
School of Forestry
Guangxi University, China
Interests: Plant molecular biology and genetic engineering; Woody oil plants; Functional genomics; Molecular genetic breeding

Jiayu Xue, PhD
Department of Horticulture
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Plant evolutionary genomics; Phylogenetic genomics

Qiaosong Yang, PhD, Professor
Institute of Fruit Tree Research
Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Banana; Cold tolerance; Disease resistance; New banana germplasm

Hongbin Zhang, PhD, Professor
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Texas A&M University, USA
Interests: Crop plants; Genomics and systems biology; Breeding

Hongliang Zhang, PhD, Professor
College of Agronomy and Biotechnology
China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Rice; Genomics; Molecular breeding; Quantitative genetics

Liangsheng Zhang, PhD, Professor
College of Agriculture and Biotechnology
Zhejiang University, China
Interests: Plant genomics; Evolutionary biology; Genetics; Bioinformatics

Xiaofei Zhang, PhD
Department of Plant Sciences
University of California, Davis, USA
Interests: Plant breeding; Quantitative genetics; Small grains; Plant grow; Use of nitrogen fertilizer; Sustainable farming

Weixiong Zhang, PhD, Professor
Department of Health Technology and Informatics
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Interests: Bioinformatics; Integrative genomics