Editorial Board for section 'Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding'

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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

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Department of Plant Breeding, Physiology and Seed Science, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 30-239 Kraków, Poland
Interests: climate change; chlorophyll fluorescence; cold de-acclimation; drought tolerance; freezing tolerance; functional genomics; winterhardiness
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Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 2200 Pocket Road, Florence, SC 29506, USA
Interests: molecular breeding; gluten content and composition; heat stress; genetic mapping; genome structure; genome editing
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The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Robert H. Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Interests: flowering; fruit load; fruitlet abscission; temperature; olive; apple; avocado; passion fruit breeding

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School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK
Interests: genetic modification; stem cells; development; biosynthetic pathways; molecular genetics; transcriptional regulation

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Department of Biology, University Federico II of Naples, Napoli, Italy
Interests: crop pollination; herbivory; crop wild relatives

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State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and China National Center for Rice Improvement, China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006, China
Interests: rice; rice quality and safety; genetics; QTL-mapping; genome wide association studies; gene editing technology; molecular design breeding
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Department of Biology, Univerisity of Coruña, A Coruña, Spain
Interests: genetic resources and nutraceutical compounds in pepper (Capsicum spp.)

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Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Science, School of Life & Environmental Science, The University of Sydney, Cobbitty, NSW 2570, Australia
Interests: plant genetics and breeding
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Division of Genomic Resources, ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi 110012, India
Interests: core development in crop; molecular marker development; QTL mapping; GWAS; rice; medicinal plants; transcriptome
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Department of Horticulture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506, USA
Interests: solanaceous breeding; wide crosses; germplasm evaluation; host-plant resistance to insects; trichomes; secondary metabolism; prebreeding

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National Maize Improvement Center, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: maize genetics; seed development; storage protein synthesis; gene cloning; functional analysis

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Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
Interests: agronomy; crop breeding; intra-species competition; low-input agriculture; preservation and utilization of plant genetic resources
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State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Interdisciplinary Science Research Institute, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: plant immunity and abiotic stress; phytohormones; plant microbiota; plant evolution

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Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
Interests: agriculture biotechnology; transgenic; functional genomics; gene expression; genome engineering
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Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Interests: root development and abiotic stress adaptation; hormone signalling; epigenetics; DNA methylation; comparative genomics of model legumes
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USDA-ARS United States Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC 29414, USA
Interests: plant breeding and genetics; horticulture; plant tissue culture; germplasm characterization; population genetics

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Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Wuhan 430062, China
Interests: sesamum indicum; oil; lignan; plant architecture; abiotic stress; quality; yield; genome; gene; metabolite
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Institute of Crop Sciences/National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: rice; germplasm; genome; abiotic stresses; epigenetic; molecular mechanism; genetic diversity; gene cloning; GWAS

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State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology in Arid Areas, College of Horticulture, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Xianyang 712100, China
Interests: plant biochemistry; plant molecular biology; plant biotechnology; plant tissue culture; molecular breeding

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State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Cytogenetics Institute, Nanjing Agricultural University/JCIC-MCP, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: wheat genetic and breeding; gene cloning; wheat genomics; disease resistance; molecular breeding

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School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Interests: SNP genotyping; cereal and fruit crops (principally wheat and apple); genetic diversity; genome editing; transformation; biofouling

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Waite Research Institute, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
Interests: plant breeding; almond flavour analysis; fatty acid profiles of plants; plant waxes; water-use efficiency; germplasm conservation; reproductive biology; UV radiation effects on nutritive value of seeds; molecular mapping

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State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Interests: plant defense; transgenic plants; plant genetics; crop breeding; molecular plants

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State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Horticultural Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an 271018, China
Interests: apple; biotic and abiotic stresses; disease resistance; signal transduction; plant innate immunity

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Institute of Crop Science, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: complex traits; quantitative genetics; population genetics; gene mapping; genomic selection

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Department of Crop Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea
Interests: crop breeding; crop genetics and genomics; seed production; genotyping technology; soybeans; legumes
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Crop Genetics Research Unit, Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center, ARS, USDA, Stoneville, MS 38776, USA
Interests: genetics, breeding, and environmental impact on cotton yield; fiber quality; seed quality
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State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, College of Agronomy, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071000, Hebei, China
Interests: wheat molecular breeding; wheat genomics; wheat male sterility and heterosis; yield potential improvement; generation accelerating technology; genomic selection
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School of Plant & Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
Interests: plant breeding; soybean; seed compositions; anti-nutritional factors; amino acids
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