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Editorial Board


EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Takuji Sasaki,NODAI Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan
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MANAGING EDITOR

Baltazar A Antonio, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan
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ADVISORY BOARD

David Mackill,University of California Davis, USA
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Specialisms: Rice, Breeding, Genetics

 




Susan McCouch,Cornell University, United States of America
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Specialisms: Rice, Stress tolerance, Molecular genetics






Blake Meyers, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, USA
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SpecialismsSmall RNA, Gene expression, Genomics, Evolution






Antonio Costa de Oliveira,Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
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SpecialismsCereal genomics. Abiotic and biotic stresses response mechanisms, Transcription factor regulation





Gynheung An, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Emmanuel Guiderdoni, CIRAD, France
Bin Han, National Center for Gene Research, China
Yue-ie Caroline Hsing, Academia Sinica Plant Genome Center, Taiwan
Gurdev Khush, University of California, Davis, United States of America
Jan Leach, Colorado State University, United States of America
Graham Moore, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom
Naoko Nishizawa, University of Tokyo, Japan
Andy Pereira, University of Arkansas, United States of America
Pamela C Ronald, University of California, Davis, United States of America
Narayana Upadhyaya, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia
Rod A Wing, University of Arizona, United States of America
Qifa Zhang, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Qian Qian, China National Rice Research Institute, China

EDITORIAL BOARD

Shakeel Ahmad, Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture, Saudi Arabia

Siwaret Arikit,Kasetsart University, Thailand
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SpecialismsMolecular Breeding, Functional Genomics, Epigenomics
 





Motoyuki Ashikari,Nagoya University, Japan
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SpecialismsStem elongation






Dai-Yin Chao,CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, China
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SpecialismsIonomics, Heavy metal, Abiotic stress, Plant nutrition






Concha Domingo,Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Spain
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SpecialismsBreeding, Genetic diversity, Functional genomics, Salinity






Masaki Endo,National Institute of Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
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SpecialismsGenome editing, CRISPR/Cas9, Transformation, Rice

 




Shuichi Fukuoka,National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
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SpecialismsGenetics of disease resistance






Jitender Giri,NIPGR, India
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SpecialismsRice, Roots, Phosphate, Gene editing, Transgenics, Plant nutrition





Amelia Henry,International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
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SpecialismsDrought, Root, Abiotic stress, Field
 





Kiyosumi Hori,National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan
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SpecialismsGenetics, QTL mapping, Grain quality






Takeshi Itoh,National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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SpecialismsBioinformatics, Molecular evolution






Sung-Ryul Kim,International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
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SpecialismsWild rice, Gene mapping, Gene cloning, Molecular genetics, Genome editing, Marker-assisted breeding, Marker development






Cheng-Ruei Lee,National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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SpecialismsPopulation genetics, Genomics, Evolution, Adaptation
 




Mathias Lorieux,IRD, France
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SpecialismsInterspecific sterility, Meiotic recombination, QTL mapping, Nested-Association Mapping, Imputaiton





 

Amane Makino,Tohoku University, Japan
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SpecialismsPhotosynthesis; Nitrogen utilization
 




 
Kutubuddin Molla, ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute, India
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Specialisms: Genome editing, Genetic engineering, biotic stress, nutrient enrichment, abiotic stress



 



Gloria Mosquera,International Center for Tropical Agriculture, CIAT, Colombia
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SpecialismsPathology, Microbiology, Disease resistance, Races, Gene discovery, Molecular, Pathogens
 





Keisuke Nagai,Nagoya University, Japan
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SpecialismsRice, Internode, Flooding, Aerenchyma, gibberellin, Hypoxia






Atsushi Nagano,Ryukoku University / Keio University, Japan
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SpecialismsField transcriptome, Genomics, Environmental response
 





Yuki Nakamura,RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan
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SpecialismsLipid metabolism, Lipid biochemistry
 





Kenneth Olsen,Washington University in St. Louis, USA
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SpecialismsCrop domestication genomics, Wild relatives, Genetics of adaptation






Yidan Ouyang,Huazhong Agricultural University, China
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SpecialismsHeterosis, Hybrid sterility, Male sterility, Yield






Nelson Saibo,ITQB NOVA, Portugal
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SpecialismsAbiotic stress, Drought, Salinity, Cold, heat, Photosynthesis, Phytochrome, Phytochrome interacting factor
 




Yutaka Sato,National Institute of Genetics, Japan
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SpecialismsRice, Wild oryza, development, Embryo, Eeristem, Evolution






Michael Schläppi,Marquette University, United States
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Specialisms: Mechanisms of cold stress tolerance responses, QTL mapping, GWAS mapping, RNAseq, Genetics, Genomics






Jian Sun,Shenyang Agricultural University, China
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SpecialismsRice Genetics, Functional genomics, Weedy rice






Didier Tharreau,CIRAD, France
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SpecialismsPlant-pathogen interactions, Phytopathology, Resistance, Fungi, Rice blast, Brown spot, Genetics, Population
 




Akhilesh Kumar Tyagi,University of Delhi, India
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SpecialismsGenomics, Development, Abiotic stress






Yusaku Uga,National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan
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SpecialismsQTL cloning, Root genetics, Abiotic stress resistance, High-throughput phenotyping
 




Guo-Liang Wang,Ohio State University, United States of America
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SpecialismsPlant disease resistance and genomics
 





Yoshiyuki Yamagata,Kyushu University, Japan
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SpecialismsRice, QTL mapping and cloning, Reproductive isolation, Pollen, Wild species domestication






Toshio Yamamoto,Okayama University, Japan
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SpecialismsRice breeding, Genetic diversity, Quantitative trait






Takaki Yamauchi,Nagoya University, Japan
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SpecialismsRoot development, Abiotic stress tolerance, Physiology and molecular biology of plants






Masahiro Yano,National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Japan
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SpecialismsGenetics, QTL mapping, Map-base cloning, Marker-assisted selection, Rice






Fang-Jie Zhao,Nanjing Agricultural University, China
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SpecialismsNutrients, Heavy metals, Transporters






Xiaoming Zheng,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, IRRI, China
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SpecialismsGermplasms, Wild rice, Population Genetics, Domestication, Adaptation






Dao-Xiu Zhou,Université Paris-Saclay, France
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SpecialismsRice, Epigenetics, Chromatin, Histone modiifcation, DNA methylation






Shunsuke Adachi, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology,  Tokyo, Japan
Zhi-Chang Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Georgia C. Eizenga, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States of America
Cécile Grenier, CIRAD, France
Jong-Seong Jeon, Kyung Hee University,  Republic of Korea
Yulin Jia, USDA, United States of America
Sanjay Kapoor, University of Delhi, India
Toshihiro Kumamaru, Kyushu University, Japan
Chengzhi Liang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Satendra Kumar Mangrauthia, Indian Institute of Rice Research, India
Maria Camila Rebolledo, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
Jai Rohila, USDA-ARS, Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center, United States of America
Lianguang Shang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Hiroyuki Tsuji, Yokohama City University, Japan
Chih-Wei Tung, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Giampiero Valè, University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Kyoto University, Japan
Bing Yang, University of Missouri, United States of America
Wenbin Zhou, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

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