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Dr. Adriano Sofo
Dr. Adriano Sofo
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Editor-in-Chief
Department of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences (DAFE), Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 20, 85100 Potenza, Italy
Interests: agricultural and environmental chemistry; environmental botany; soil ecology
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Dr. Naser A. Anjum
Dr. Naser A. Anjum
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Associate Editor
Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002 U.P., India
Interests: plant–environment adaptation/interaction; abiotic stress-impact assessment; plant physiology and biochemistry
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Dr. Changbin Chen
Dr. Changbin Chen
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Associate Editor
School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
Interests: meiosis; plant reproductive biology
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Cocucci
Prof. Dr. Maurizio Cocucci
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Associate Editor
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences—Production, Landscape, Agroenergy, University of Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: mineral nutrition and membrane activities in plants; transport of proton and cations; electrophysiological studies in plant cells; nitrogen and sulphate transport and assimilation; water deficit and biosynthetic activities; heavy metal uptake and toxicity; seed germination; membrane and metabolic reactivation; growth regulators; signal transduction (calcium as second messenger and calmodulin); mechanisms of phytotoxins in plants; nutritional deficiencies on fruits ripening; biochemical and molecular aspects of flesh softening; biochemical and physiological studies on officinal plants
Prof. Dr. Fiorella Lo Schiavo
Prof. Dr. Fiorella Lo Schiavo
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Associate Editor
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Padua, 35131 Padova, Italy
Interests: plant abiotic stress; plant cell cultures; plant physiology; plant cell biology; PCD; plant cell signaling pathways
Dr. Gul Shad Ali
Dr. Gul Shad Ali
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Editorial Board Member
1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Subtropical Horticulture Research Station, 13601 Old Cutler Road, Miami, FL 33158, USA
2. Mid-Florida Research and Education Centre (MREC), University of Florida, 2725 S. Binion Road, Apopka, FL 32703, USA
Interests: genome editing; biotechnology; pathology; nanoparticles; diagnostics; biocontrol agents
Dr. Tudor Borza
Dr. Tudor Borza
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada
Interests: plant pathogens; plant physiology; genomics; virology; microbiology
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Bruno
Prof. Dr. Leonardo Bruno
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
Interests: plant development; epigenetic and chromatin-related control plant growth plasticity and response to stress
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Dr. Alena Gajdošová
Dr. Alena Gajdošová
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Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Plant Science and Biodiversity Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Akademická 2, P.O. Box 39A, 950 07 Nitra, Slovakia
Interests: regeneration and clonal propagation; mutation breeding
Dr. Dennis H. Greer
Dr. Dennis H. Greer
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Editorial Board Member
The National Grape and Wine Research Centre, School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia
Interests: photosynthesis and respiration; water stress; heat stress; whole plant growth; controlled environments; modelling plant development
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Anwar Hossain
Prof. Dr. Mohammad Anwar Hossain
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Editorial Board Member
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Interests: plant abiotic stress; oxidative stress, antoxidant defense; cross-stress tolerance; stress signaling; stress physiology and biochemistry; stress tolerance mechanisms; genomic and proteomic analysis; plant breeding and genetics; crop quality improvement
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Dr. Robert L. Jarret
Dr. Robert L. Jarret
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223, USA
Interests: biodiversity; genetic resources; genetics/genomics; genebank/collection management
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Dr. Ratna Karan
Dr. Ratna Karan
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Editorial Board Member
Agronomy Department, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Interests: molecular diagnostics; genomics and genome editing; biofuel; abiotic stress; molecular markers
Dr. Georgios Koubouris
Dr. Georgios Koubouris
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Editorial Board Member
Olive Cultivation Lab, Institute of Olive Tree, Subtropical Crops and Viticulture, Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER, (NAGREF), 73134 Chania, Greece
Interests: climate change; agricultural sustainability; circular economy; soil, water and biodiversity conservation; remote sensing; plant breeding; ecosystem services; olive growing
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Laboratory of Botany and Cryptogamy - E2Lim UR 14 233, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Limoges, 2 rue du Dr Marcland, 87025 Limoges CEDEX, France
Interests: ecotoxicology; plant biology; heavy metals; biomonitoring; aquatic science; aquatic ecosystems
Dr. Rui Manuel Almeida Machado
Dr. Rui Manuel Almeida Machado
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MED—Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
Interests: vegetable crops; vegetable production systems; greenhouse and open-field systems; fertigation; root dynamics; salinity; organic fertilization and soilless cultivation
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Prof. Dr. Maeli Melotto
Prof. Dr. Maeli Melotto
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Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Interests: plant-microbe interactions; plant defenses against human and plant pathogens; stomatal immunity; bacterial pathogenesis
Dr. Alba N. Mininni
Dr. Alba N. Mininni
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Department of European and Mediterranean Cultures: Architecture, Environment, Cultural Heritage, University of Basilicata, Matera, Italy
Interests: soil chemistry; sustainable soil management practices; soil fertility and conservation
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Dr. Yaara Oppenheimer-Shaanan
Dr. Yaara Oppenheimer-Shaanan
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Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
Interests: soil microbial communities; fungi; bacteria; plant microbiota; plant health
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Dr. Alessandro Petraglia
Dr. Alessandro Petraglia
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Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy
Interests: climate change; plant ecology; biodiversity; evolution; ecology; vegetation; soil; botany; plant biology; plant taxonomy
Dr. Nidhi Rawat
Dr. Nidhi Rawat
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Editorial Board Member
Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Wimauma, FL 33598, USA
Interests: rice; molecular biology; genetics
Dr. Lisa Signorile
Dr. Lisa Signorile
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Independent Scholar, 16 Maconhof, 5624CH Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Interests: ecology and evolution; biodiversity; genetics; genetic diversity; conservation; invasive species; genotyping; evolution; conservation biology
Prof. Dr. Augusto Zanella
Prof. Dr. Augusto Zanella
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Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Padua, Viale dell'Università 16, Agripolis, 35020 Legnaro (Padova), Italy
Interests: humus; soil ecology; forest typology; sustainable agriculture; climate change; carbon cycle; biodiversity
Dr. Cankui Zhang
Dr. Cankui Zhang
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Department of Agronomy, Center for Plant Biology, Purdue University, 915 West State St., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
Interests: mineral nutrition; long-distance signaling; yield improvement; biotechnology
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