Editors
Editors-in-Chief
Sanwen Huang Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Research Area: Multidisciplinary frontier of genomics, molecular biology, and plant breeding
William John Lucas University of California Davis, USA
Research Area: Plant cell-to-cell and vascular signaling systems
TRANSGENE, GENOME EDITING TECHNOLOGIES & APPLICATIONS
Senior Editors
Lanqin Xia Institute of Crop Science, CAAS, China
Research Area: Crop genome editing
Holger Puchta Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Research Area: Genome editing
Associate Editors
Götz Hensel Heinrich-Heine University, Germany
Research Area: Genome editing
Jianfeng Li Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Research Area: Genome editing
Yiping Qi University of Maryland, USA
Research Area: Genome editing
Erwei Zuo Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, CAAS, China
Research Area: Research model construct and gene editing
METABOLIC ENGINEERING
Senior Editors
Xiaoquan Qi Institute of Botany, CAS, China
Research Area: Metabolic engineering
Reuben J Peters Iowa State University, USA
Research Area: Metabolic engineering
Associate Editors
Alain Tissier Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany
Research Area: Metabolomics
Yang Zhang Sichuan University, China
Research Area: Plant secondary metabolism
TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISEASE CONTROL
Senior Editor
Bing Yang University of Missouri, USA; Danforth Plant Science Center, USA
Research Area: Genome editing
Associate Editors
Suomeng Dong Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Research Area: Molecular plant pathology
Boris Szurek Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Plant Health Institute of Montpellier, France
Research Area: Biotechnology and applied microbiology
Guo-Liang Wang The Ohio State University, USA
Research Area: Plant-microbe interactions
Steve Whitham Iowa State University, USA
Research Area: Plant virology, fungal diseases and genome editing
GENOMICS & BREEDING
Senior Editors
Jianbing Yan Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Research Area: Maize genomics and molecular breeding
Korbinian Schneeberger Faculty of Biology, LMU Munich, Germany
Research Area: Computational genetics and genome plasticity
Haiyang Wang South China Agricultural University, China
Research Area: Crop improvement of important agronomic traits
Associate Editors
Huihui Li Institute of Crop Science, CAAS, China
Research Area: Crop genomics and molecular design
Chunzhi Zhang Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, CAAS, China
Research Area: Plant molecular breeding
Zhangjun Fei Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, USA
Research Area: Plant bioinformatics
ROOT-SOIL-MICROBIOME AGROECOSYSTEMS
Senior Editors
Leon Kochian Global Institute for Food Security, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Research Area: Root biology and plant-abiotic interactions
Ertao Wang CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS, China
Research Area: Plant-Microbe Symbioses
Associate Editors
Yuting Liang Institute of Soil Science, CAS, China
Research Area: Environmental sciences and ecology
Xiaolin Wang South China Agricultural University, China
Research Area: Plant-microbe symbioses
Lixing Yuan China Agricultural University, China
Research Area: Root biology and plant nutrition
Current Editorial Board Members
Tadao Asami The University of Tokyo, Japan
Research Area: Plant hormone cross talk
Xiao-Ya Chen CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS, China
Research Area: Metabolic engineering
Junbiao Dai Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS, China
Research Area: Synthetic biology
Xiangdong Fu Institute of Genetics and Development Biology, CAS, China
Research Area: Wheat biotechnology
Maria Helena S Goldman University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Research Area: Technologies that control plant growth
Ken-ichiro Hayashi Okayama University of Science , Japan
Research Area: Quantification and analysis of metabolites
Honghong Hu Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Research Area: Plant-biotic interactions
Liwen Jiang The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Research Area: Plant cell and molecular biology
Huw D Jones Aberystwyth University, UK
Research Area: Innovative plant breeding approaches
Madhurababu Kunta Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA
Research Area: Technologies that control plant growth
June M. Kwak Department of New Biology DGIST, Korea
Research Area: Plant-biotic interactions
Junko Kyozuka The University of Tokyo, Japan
Research Area: Plant reproduction
Youngsook Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Research Area: Technologies that control plant growth and development
Li Li Cornell University, USA
Research Area: Metabolic engineering
Hongtao Liu CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences/Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, CAS, China
Research Area: Plant photobiology and biotechnology
Jian-Xiang Liu Zhejiang University, China
Research Area: Plant-abiotic interactions
Wende Liu Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS, China
Research Area: Plant-microorganism interactions
Baorong Lu Fudan University, China
Research Area: Molecular evolution and genetic diversity
Hong Qiao University of Texas at Austin, USA
Research Area: Plant stress responses
Jin-Long Qiu Institute of Microbiology, CAS, China
Research Area: Plant immunity
Li-Jia Qu Peking University, China
Research Area: Plant reproduction and development
Jue Ruan Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, CAAS, China
Research Area: Bioinformatics tools
Andrew J. Storer Michigan Technological University, USA
Research Area: Agricultural insect ecology
Kejian Wang China National Rice Research Institute, CAAS, China
Research Area: Crop genome editing
Xuelu Wang Henan University, China
Research Area: Soybean and legume biotechnology
Yonghong Wang Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, China
Research Area: Identification of useful gene functions
Kongming Wu Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS, China
Research Area: Agricultural pests control technology
Weimin Xi Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA
Research Area: Biodiversity
Daoxin Xie Tsinghua University, China
Research Area: Plant hormone
Qi Xie Institute of Genetics and Development Biology, CAS, China
Research Area: Protein modification
Yinong Yang Pennsylvania State University, USA
Research Area: Genome editing
Philipp Zerbe, UC Davis, USA
Research area: Metabolic Engineering
Jinsong Zhang Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS, China
Research Area: Plant stress resistance
Xian Sheng Zhang Shandong Agricultural University, China
Research Area: Plant stem cell and regeneration
Xiuren Zhang Texas A&M University, USA
Research Area: RNA silencing, RNA structure and remodeling
Xuehua Zhong Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Research Area: Epigenetics
Agustin Zsögön Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
Research Area: Plant molecular breeding
Consulting Editors
Chun-Ming Liu Peking University, China
Research Area: Plant grain development
Martin Parry Lancaster University, UK
Research Area: Plant-abiotic interactions
Xiaohan Yang Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Research Area: Bioenergy crops and plant-microbe interactions
Yunde Zhao University of California San Diego, USA
Research Area: Plant hormone auxin and genome editing