Editors-in-Chief

Dr. Xiaolan Zhang, Professor
College of Horticulture
China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Developmental biology and quality control of vegetables

Dr. Julien Pirrello
Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France
Interests: Plant molecular physiology; Fruit ripening; Plant hormone signaling

Executive Editor

Dr. Xiaoming Song, Professor
North China University of Science and Technology, China
Interests: Vegetable genomics; Bioinformatics

Associate Editors

Dr. Zhilong Bie, Professor
College of Horticulture and Forestry
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Interests: Rhizosphere biological process

Dr. Xianbao Deng, Professor
Wuhan Institute of Botany
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Interests: Biosynthesis and regulation of secondary metabolites such as lotus alkaloids and anthocyanins

Dr. Sandra E. Branham, Assistant Professor
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences
Plant and Environmental Sciences Department
Clemson University, USA
Interests: Genomics-assisted breeding of vegetable crops; Genetic and phenotypic diversity; QTL associated with resistance to heat and disease

Dr. Joaquin Canizares, Professor
Institute for the Preservation and Improvement of Valencian Agro-diversity (COMAV)
Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
Interests: Plant biotechnology; Bioinformatics and computational biology; Genetics; Genomics; Plant biology

Dr. Xuehao Chen, Professor
College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Yangzhou University, China
Interests: Inheritance and molecular improvement of important economic traits of cucumber and breeding of new varieties; Evaluation of aquatic vegetable resources and germplasm innovation; Theory and regulation of vegetable growth and development

Dr. Feng Cheng, Professor
Institute of Vegetables and Flowers
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Vegetable genomes and genetic breeding

Dr. Qiaohong Duan, Professor
Shandong Agricultural University, China
Interests: Vegetable reproduction; Breeding; Fertilization

Dr. Daqi Fu, Professor
College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering
China Agricultural University, China
Interests: Fruit ripening and quality; The establishment and application of VIGS; Logistics preservation technology for agricultural products; Refrigerator preservation technology

Dr. Jordi Garcia-Mas, IRTA Researcher
Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Spain
Interests: Fruit ripening in melon and related vegetable crops; Gene-editing; Cutting edge sequencing; Re-sequencing; Marker-assisted breeding of qualitative and quantitative traits

Dr. Rebecca Grumet, Professor
Department of Horticulture
Michigan State University, USA
Interests: Fruit development and disease resistance in Cucumis (cucumber and melon) crops using a combination of molecular genetic, genomic and transgenic approaches

Dr. Alfred (Heqiang) Huo, Assistant Professor
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Florida, USA
Interests: Plant genetics interact with environmental factors, and how their interaction impacts plant growth

Dr. Byoung-Cheorl Kang, Professor
Forestry and Bioresources
Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Interests: Development and characterization of pepper germplasm collection; Functional study of agriculturally importantgene in pepper; Identification of cytoplasmic-genic male sterility(CGMS)mechanism in pepper; Development of pepper cultivar by high-throughput molecular breeding technique; Isolation of disease resistance gene in pepper

Dr. Hanhui Kuang, Professor
College of Horticulture and Forestry
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Interests: Genomics and genetics of lettuce; Inheritance and molecular mechanism of vegetable specific traits

Dr. Sanghyeob Lee, Professor
Department of Bioindustry and Bioresource Engineering
Sejong University, Republic of Korea
Interests: Genomics-assisted molecular breeding; Metabolic engineering of Phyto-chemicals; Understanding of plant-microbe interaction

Dr. Zheng Li, Professor
College of Horticulture
Northwest A&F University, China
Interests: Plant molecular genetics; Mechanism of the sex expression in plant

Dr. Zhengguo Li, Professor
Department of Plant Science
Chongqing University, China
Interests: Mechanism of plant hormone signal transduction; Mechanism of fruit and vegetable development and senescence regulation; Plant resistance genetic engineering

Dr. Liwang Liu, Professor
College of Horticulture
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Radish germplasm resource evaluation and trait identification, excellent gene discovery and germplasm innovation, variety selection; Molecular markers; Heavy metal stress

Dr. Tie Liu, Assistant Professor
Department of Horticultural Sciences
University of Florida, USA
Interests: Postharvest biology of broccoli senescence and potato tuber dormancy for the improvement of agronomic properties

Dr. Cecilia E. McGregor, Professor
Institute of Plant Breeding
University of Georgia, USA
Interests: Cucurbit breeding, genetics & genomics

Dr. Ifigeneia Mellidou
Hellenic Agricultural Organization
Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Dimitra Greek Agricultural Organisation, Greece
Interests: Breeding of vegetables towards enhanced nutritional value and increased abiotic tolerance; The role of ascorbic acid and polyamines in plant abiotic stress tolerance; Genetic regulation of ascorbic acid metabolic pathways in vegetables; Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) that alleviate abiotic stress in plants grown in the Mediterranean environment

Dr. Junsong Pan, Professor
Department of Plant Sciences
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Interests: Cucumber genetics and germplasm innovation; Cultivation of new varieties of flowers

Dr. Shashi Pandey, Professor
Department of Botany
Banaras Hindu University, India
Interests: Plant  Biotechnology; Plant genetics and genomics; Bioinformatics; Molecular  breeding of medical and horticultural crops; Plant natural products; Secondary metabolites

Dr. Victor Rodriguez
Misión Biológica de Galicia
Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Interests: Interplay between evolution and ecology at different spatiotemporal and evolutionary scales

Dr. Willam B. Rutter, Plant Pathologist
USDA Agricultural Research Service, USA
Interests: Genetic control of disease and nematode resistance in economically important vegetable crops in the Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae families

Dr. Ainong Shi, Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture
University of Arkansas, USA
Interests: Plant breeding and genetics in vegetable crops for cultivars and germplasm development and release

Dr. Bo Sun, Professor
College of Horticulture
Sichuan Agricultural University, China
Interests: Quality development and regulation of Brassica vegetables

Dr. Pasquale Tripodi, Senior Researcher
Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, CREA, Italy
Interests: Molecular breeding of pepper, tomato and rocket salad; Plant genomics; Quantitative genetics; Phenomics; Fruit quality; Molecular markers; Quantitative trait loci; Plant genomics

Dr. Feng Wang, Professor
College of Horticulture
Shenyang Agricultural University, China
Interests: Cultivation and physiology of facility vegetables; Adversity adaptation mechanism and light regulation of facility vegetables

Dr. Yuhui Wang, Associate Professor
Department of Horticulture
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Interests: Disease resistance and important horticultural traits of Cucurbitaceous crops; Quantitative genetics; Population genetics; Genomics;  Bioinformatics; Phenomics

Dr. William (Bill) M. Wintermantel, Plant Pathologist
USDA Agricultural Research Service, USA
Interests: Molecular biosciences; Protein and RNA networks

Dr. Pei Xu, Professor
College of Life Sciences
China Jiliang University, China
Interests: Genetics & Genomics; Horticulture; Phenomics; Legumes

Dr. Changxian Yang, Professor
College of Horticulture and Forestry Sciences
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Interests: Tomato breeding for high resistance and quality; Functional genomics of tomato

Dr. Xueyong Yang, Professor
Institute of Vegetables and Flowers
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Interests: Genetic and molecular mechanisms of organ development in cucurbit vegetables

Dr. Jianjun Zhao, Professor
Hebei Agricultural University, China
Interests: Innovation of vegetable germplasm resources; Molecular breeding

Dr. Yanhong Zhou, Professor
Department of Horticulture
Zhejiang University, China
Interests: Vegetable growth and development

Dr. Yingfang Zhu, Professor
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Henan University, China
Interests: Molecular regulatory mechanisms of important crops such as tomato and soybean in response to environmental stress