Editorial Board for section 'Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions'
- Plant Physiology and Metabolism Section
- Phytochemistry Section
- Plant Protection and Biotic Interactions Section
- Plant Molecular Biology Section
- Plant Development and Morphogenesis Section
- Plant Ecology Section
- Plant Cell Biology Section
- Plant Systematics, Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Classification Section
- Plant Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology Section
- Plant Modeling Section
- Plant Response to Abiotic Stress and Climate Change Section
- Plant Nutrition Section
- Plant–Soil Interactions Section
- Crop Physiology and Crop Production Section
- Plant Structural Biology Section
- Plant Systems and Synthetic Biology Section
- Horticultural Science and Ornamental Plants Section
- Plant Genetic Resources Section
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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.
Members
1. State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
2. The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: plant defense; plant-microbe interactions
2. The Provincial Key Lab of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
Interests: plant defense; plant-microbe interactions
State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan University, Kaifeng, China
Interests: risk assessment of GM plants; plant-insect interaction
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Interests: risk assessment of GM plants; plant-insect interaction
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State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: fungal pathogenesis; functional genomics; Plant-Fungal Interaction
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Interests: fungal pathogenesis; functional genomics; Plant-Fungal Interaction
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Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS -CSIC) Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Interests: plant virus; crops; molecular epidemiology; experimental evolution; ecology; eco-evolutionary dynamics
Interests: plant virus; crops; molecular epidemiology; experimental evolution; ecology; eco-evolutionary dynamics
Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Interests: insect–plant interactions; herbivore-induced plant defense; defense-related signaling
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Interests: insect–plant interactions; herbivore-induced plant defense; defense-related signaling
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Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: plant-insect-enemy interaction; population dynamics; chemical ecology; biological control; pest management
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Interests: plant-insect-enemy interaction; population dynamics; chemical ecology; biological control; pest management
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Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Italian National Research Council (CNR), Viale Mattioli 25, 10125 Torino, Italy
Interests: environmental microbiology: plants and soil microorganisms; root symbioses; plant–soil microbial interactions; nitrogen-fixing symbionts, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their associated bacteria; metabarcoding analysis of soil microbial communities (fungi, bacteria, archaea) in natural (alpine, Mediterranean ecosystems) and agricultural environments (soils subjected to land-use gradient) and their impact on plant growth and development
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Interests: environmental microbiology: plants and soil microorganisms; root symbioses; plant–soil microbial interactions; nitrogen-fixing symbionts, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their associated bacteria; metabarcoding analysis of soil microbial communities (fungi, bacteria, archaea) in natural (alpine, Mediterranean ecosystems) and agricultural environments (soils subjected to land-use gradient) and their impact on plant growth and development
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1. Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
2. Faculty of Sciences, BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute Campo Grande, University of Lisboa, C8 bdg, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: authenticity; olive oil; wine
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2. Faculty of Sciences, BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute Campo Grande, University of Lisboa, C8 bdg, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: authenticity; olive oil; wine
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Plant Pathology Laboratory, TERRA-Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Passage des Déportés, 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Interests: virus epidemiology; plant virome analysis; high throughput sequencing; molecular diagnostics; microbial communitites; microbiome
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Interests: virus epidemiology; plant virome analysis; high throughput sequencing; molecular diagnostics; microbial communitites; microbiome
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Prof. Dr. Sergey Morozov
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A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 11992 Moscow, Russia
Interests: plant virus; plant virus genome; plant genome; plant virus RNA translation; plant virus evolution
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Interests: plant virus; plant virus genome; plant genome; plant virus RNA translation; plant virus evolution
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Department of Infectious Microbiology, The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 26 Acad. G. Bonchev Str., 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Interests: pathogenic bacteria; zoonoses; factors and mechanisms of bacterial virulence,; bacterial-host relationships; medical and veterinary microbiology; infectious immunology; molecular biology; ecology of pathogenic bacteria; new antibacterial agents; antimicrobial resistance
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Interests: pathogenic bacteria; zoonoses; factors and mechanisms of bacterial virulence,; bacterial-host relationships; medical and veterinary microbiology; infectious immunology; molecular biology; ecology of pathogenic bacteria; new antibacterial agents; antimicrobial resistance
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Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: plant pathology; mycology
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Interests: plant pathology; mycology
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Department of Biological Resources, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan
Interests: plant virus; gene silencing; biotic stress; virus resistance; pathogen resistance; high-temperature stress; transgenic plants; plant biotechnology
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Interests: plant virus; gene silencing; biotic stress; virus resistance; pathogen resistance; high-temperature stress; transgenic plants; plant biotechnology
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Department of Plant Physiology, Matthias-Schleiden-Institute for Bioinformatics, Genetics and Molecular Botany, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
Interests: plant/microbe interaction; symbiosis; plant protection
Interests: plant/microbe interaction; symbiosis; plant protection
Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, 1-banchi, Honjo-machi, Saga 840-8502, Japan
Interests: Plant pathology; Plant virology; virus; evolution; epidemiology; ecology; recombination; genetic structure; timescale analysis
Interests: Plant pathology; Plant virology; virus; evolution; epidemiology; ecology; recombination; genetic structure; timescale analysis
Department of Virology, Plant Protection and Biotechnology Center, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
Interests: plant virology; molecular diagnosis; NGS applied to virus diagnostics; development and validation of new techniques for virus detection and identification
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Interests: plant virology; molecular diagnosis; NGS applied to virus diagnostics; development and validation of new techniques for virus detection and identification
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UMR PVBMT, Université de la Réunion, F-97410 St Pierre, La Réunion, France
Interests: botany; ecology; evolution; biological conservation
Interests: botany; ecology; evolution; biological conservation
Saskatoon Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
Interests: canola pathology: clubroot, blackleg, genetic variation of pathogens; biological control of plant diseases and weeds; disease resistance, and microbial interactions
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Interests: canola pathology: clubroot, blackleg, genetic variation of pathogens; biological control of plant diseases and weeds; disease resistance, and microbial interactions
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Center Agriculture Food Environment, University of Trento, Via Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige, TN, Italy
Interests: plant physiology; plant-microbe interactions; plant protection; plant defense and priming
Interests: plant physiology; plant-microbe interactions; plant protection; plant defense and priming
Department of Live Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin, I-10125 Turin, Italy
Interests: plant-microbe interactions (symbioses); Mycorrhizal interaction; gene expression; heavy metal tolerance
Interests: plant-microbe interactions (symbioses); Mycorrhizal interaction; gene expression; heavy metal tolerance
Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (UPM-INIA), Campus Montegancedo, Autopista M40, km 38, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain
Interests: plant-virus interactions; virus nanobiotechnology; plant molecular farming
Interests: plant-virus interactions; virus nanobiotechnology; plant molecular farming
College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agriculutral University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: weed biology and management; invasive alien plants; epigenetics in plant plasticity
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Interests: weed biology and management; invasive alien plants; epigenetics in plant plasticity
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Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Fitopatologia, Laboratório da Interação Planta-Patógeno, Viçosa 36570-900, MG, Brazil
Interests: host defense mechanisms; physiological changes in infected plants; microscopical aspects of host–pathogen interaction; mineral nutrition and plant disease; induced resistance
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Interests: host defense mechanisms; physiological changes in infected plants; microscopical aspects of host–pathogen interaction; mineral nutrition and plant disease; induced resistance
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Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Penn State, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: plant virology; microbe-plant interaction; vectors of plant viruses and of other plant pathogenic microbes; plant disease prediction and management models
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Interests: plant virology; microbe-plant interaction; vectors of plant viruses and of other plant pathogenic microbes; plant disease prediction and management models
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Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, RH Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Interests: weed biology and management in various crops; herbicides - their mode of action, selectivity and behavior in plants, soil and environment; herbicide resistant weeds and crops - mechanisms and management
Interests: weed biology and management in various crops; herbicides - their mode of action, selectivity and behavior in plants, soil and environment; herbicide resistant weeds and crops - mechanisms and management
Laboratoire Génie Enzymatique et Cellulaire, Université Technologique de Compiègne, CNRS-UMR 7025, CEDEX, 60203 Compiègne, France
Interests: salicylic acid; plant response to stresses; plant lipids; lipid signalling
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Interests: salicylic acid; plant response to stresses; plant lipids; lipid signalling
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Department of Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sciences (BBiCN), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, Jaume I University, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Interests: induced resistance and priming against pest and pathogens; development of resistance inducers and priming agents; chromatography applied to plant defense; study of plant-arthropod interactions; hormonal metabolism in defense priming; peptide-induced resistance; mycorrhiza-induced resistance in tomato and citrus
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Interests: induced resistance and priming against pest and pathogens; development of resistance inducers and priming agents; chromatography applied to plant defense; study of plant-arthropod interactions; hormonal metabolism in defense priming; peptide-induced resistance; mycorrhiza-induced resistance in tomato and citrus
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Prof. Dr. Gustavo Santoyo
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Genomic Diversity Laboratory, Institute of Biological and Chemical Research, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia 58030, Mexico
Interests: PPGB; plant protection; microbial ecology; plant-bacteria interactions; plant microbiome
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Interests: PPGB; plant protection; microbial ecology; plant-bacteria interactions; plant microbiome
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Dipartimento di Agraria, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, 89124 Reggio Calabria, Italy
Interests: fungal diseases; phytophthora diseases; plant microbiome; biological control; postharvest diseases; molecular detection methods
Interests: fungal diseases; phytophthora diseases; plant microbiome; biological control; postharvest diseases; molecular detection methods
UMR 1131 Santé de la Vigne et Qualité du Vin, INRA-Université de Strasbourg, 68000 Colmar, France
Interests: plant–virus interactions; pathogenesis; resistance; nepovirus
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Interests: plant–virus interactions; pathogenesis; resistance; nepovirus
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