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