**About the Editors**

#### **Mingxun Chen**

Mingxun Chen is a Professor of Crop Science at the College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, the People's Republic of China. He completed his Ph.D. in Crop Science at Zhejiang University in China. Dr. Chen has long been engaged in research on the regulation mechanism of high-yield and abiotic stress resistance and the innovation and utilization of germplasm resources in rapeseed. He has published more than 40 articles in international journals, and he is an editor, editorial board member, and reviewer for several scientific journals.

#### **Lixi Jiang**

Lixi Jiang is a Professor of Crop Science at the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, the People's Republic of China. He completed his Ph.D. in Plant Breeding at the University of Gottingen in Germany. Dr. Jiang has mainly engaged in basic research on rapeseed ¨ and Arabidopsis thaliana. His research topics include: (1) the molecular biology mechanism of seed oil formation in cruciferous plants, and (2) the developmental mechanism of cruciferous plant flowers, and the molecular mechanisms of male sterility for the utilization of crop heterosis. He has published more than 60 articles in international journals, and he is an editor, editorial board member, and reviewer for several scientific journals.

#### **Yuan Guo**

Yuan Guo is an Assistant Professor of Crop Science at the College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, the People's Republic of China. She completed her Ph.D. in Plant Breeding at Kiel University in Germany. Dr. Guo has mainly engaged in research on the synergistic improvement of rapeseed quality and abiotic stress resistance, and rapeseed genetic breeding. She has published more than 10 articles in international journals.
