Editors

Editor-in-Chief:
Albrecht E. Melchinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Quantitative genetic theory, plant breeding methodology, maize genetics/ breeding

Managing Editors (tagedit@uni-hohenheim.de):
Rod Snowdon, Giessen, Germany
Crop plant genomics and molecular breeding

Tobias Würschum, Stuttgart, Germany
Crop genomics/genetics, molecular breeding

Reviews Editor:
Rajeev K. Varshney, Perth, Australia
Crop genetics/genomics, abiotic stresses, gene discovery, genomics-assisted breeding and agricultural biotechnology

Editorial Board:
Reem Aboukhaddour, Lethbridge, Canada
Cereal fungal pathologist, pathogen‑host interaction, necrotrophic effectors, disease resistance

Urmil Bansal, Sydney, Australia
Genetics of host pathogen interaction in cereal crops, molecular mapping of economic traits, marker development, marker assisted selection and gene editing

Jacqueline Batley, Perth, Australia
Crop genomics, disease resistance, GWAS, population genetics

Elena Bitocchi, Ancona, Italy
Plant genetic resources, population genetics, quantitative genetics

Sandra Elaine Branham, Charleston, SC, USA
Vegetable genomics/genetics, genomics‑assisted breeding and QTL/association mapping

Daniela Bustos-Korts, Wageningen, Netherlands
Genotype x environment interaction, genomic prediction, QTL detection/GWAS and crop physiology

Hermann Bürstmayr, Tulln, Austria
Small grain cereals - breeding, molecular breeding, QTL mapping, disease resistance

Alain Charcosset, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Genetic diversity analysis, quantitative genetics, molecular breeding methodology

Joshua N. Cobb, Alvin, TX, USA
Rice breeding and genetics, genomic prediction/molecular breeding, QTL/association mapping

Susanne Dreisigacker, El Batán, Texcoco, Mexico
Wheat molecular breeding/genetics, applied biotechnology, population genetics

Jorge Dubcovsky, Davis, CA, USA
Cereal genomics/genetics, molecular breeding, regulation of flowering

Jeffrey Endelman, Madison, WI, USA
Quantitative genetics, genomic selection, association mapping, potato

David Fang, New Orleans, LA, USA
Cotton and other fiber crops genetics, genomics and breeding

Maria-Laura Federico, Tucuman, Argentina
Plant molecular biology, biotechnology and functional genomics

Antonio Augusto Franco Garcia, Piracicaba, Brazil
Statistical genetics, quantitative genetics, molecular breeding, QTL and linkage mapping

Ian Godwin, Brisbane, Australia
Cereal genetics/genomics, molecular breeding, plant genetic engineering

Andreas Graner, Gatersleben, Germany
Cereal genetics/genomics, genetic resources, molecular breeding

Amit Gur, Bet Dagan, Israel
Vegetable breeding, Cucurbits genetics and genomics, QTL mapping, Association mapping

Volker Hahn, Willstaett, Germany
Soybean and sunflower breeding and genomics

Lee Hickey, Brisbane, Australia
Cereal genetics/genomics and plant breeding

Sanwen Huang, Shenzhen, China
Plant genomics and vegetable genetics including potato, tomato and cucumber

Brent Hulke, Fargo, ND, USA
Sunflower breeding, quantitative genetics, marker- and genomics-assisted breeding

Hiroyoshi Iwata, Tokyo, Japan
Quantitative genetics, plant breeding methodology, genomic prediction, QTL/association mapping

Lixi Jiang, Hangzhou, China
Plant breeding/genetics, molecular genetics and biotechnology, with field crops such as Brassica oilseeds, Arabidopsis, rice, barley

Hai-Chun Jing, Beijing, China
Bioenergy and cereal plant genetics/genomics, genetic resources, molecular breeding

Philomin Juliana, Ludhiana, India
Genomic selection, molecular plant breeding, QTL mapping, genome-wide association mapping and wheat genetics

Beat Keller, Zürich, Switzerland
Cereal genomics/genetics, disease resistance, molecular breeding

Takao Komatsuda, Ibraki, Japan
Barley genetics/genomics, domestication

Lingrang Kong, Taian, China
Gene mapping/cloning and functional analysis, cytogenetics, host-pathogen interaction, breeding of wheat

Maria von Korff Schmising, Köln, Germany
Barley genetics and shoot development

Evans Lagudah, Canberra, Australia
Cereal/wheat molecular genetics, disease resistance, comparative genomics

Peter Langridge, Glen Osmond, Australia
Plant molecular genetics, molecular plant breeding (esp. cereals and grasses)

Huihui Li, Beijing, China
Statistical genomics, quantitative genetics, statistical methods on gene mapping, genomic selection, selection footprint

Hong-Qing Ling, Beijing, China
Wheat genomics/genetics, plant nutrition efficiency

Thomas Lübberstedt, Ames, IA, USA
Plant breeding/genomics (esp. maize and grasses)

Emma Mace, Warwick, Australia
cereal genetics/genomics, molecular breeding, genetic diversity analyses

Ian Mackay, Cambridge, UK
Quantitative genetics, plant breeding

Annaliese Mason, Bonn, Germany
Cytogenetics, genomics, hybridisation and polyploidy, introgression breeding, high-throughput genotyping and molecular breeding

Diane Mather, Glen Osmond, Australia
Plant breeding, QTL mapping, molecular plant breeding

Thomas Miedaner, Stuttgart, Germany
Rye breeding/genetics, disease resistance (esp. cereals), marker applications

Reyazul R. Mir, Kashmir, India
Genetic resources, genetics, genomics, gene/QTL discovery, genomics-assisted breeding, cereals (wheat and barley), legumes (chickpea, common bean, pigeonpea, groundnut, and cowpea)

Laurence Moreau, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
Quantitative genetics, QTL mapping, molecular breeding methodology

Gary J. Muehlbauer, Paul, MN, USA
Barley genetics and genomics, development

Matthew N. Nelson, Perth, Australia
Genetic resources, plant domestication, legume genomics, canola improvement

Damaris A. Odeny, Nairobi, Kenya
Millet genomics, QTL/Association mapping, orphan crops genomics, pre‑breeding

Isobel Parkin, Saskatoon, Canada
Crop genetics and genomics (specialising in Brassicaceae species), genome sequencing

Janila Pasupuleti, Hyderabad, India
Legume breeding and genetics, disease resistance, quality improvement, marker assisted selection

Xiaoquan Qi, Beijing, China
Cereal genomics/metabolomics, secondary metabolism and quantitative disease resistance

Istvan Rajcan, Guelph, Canada
Genetics/breeding of oilseed crops, QTL mapping, g x e interaction, seed composition

Jochen Reif, Stadt Seeland, Germany
Applied quantitative genetics and wheat breeding, hybrid breeding, statistical genomics

Takuji Sasaki, Tokyo, Japan
Rice genetics/genomics, cereal genomics

Chris-Carolin Schön, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
QTL analysis, molecular plant breeding, plant breeding methodology

Mikko Sillanpää, Helsinki, Finland
QTL/association mapping, quantitative genetic theory, linkage analysis

Kevin P. Smith, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Barley breeding and genetics, molecular breeding, QTL mapping, disease resistance

Mark Sorrells, Ithaca, NY, USA
Wheat genetics, QTL/microarray/candidate gene Analysis

Benjamin Stich, Düsseldorf, Germany
Quantitative crop genomics, molecular breeding methodology

Reinhard Töpfer, Siebeldingen, Germany
Grapevine genomics and breeding

Esther van der Knaap, Athens, GA, USA
Tomato, Solanaceae, genetics, genomics, molecular biology, mapping, QTL

Herman van Eck, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Linkage and physical maps, marker- and genomics-assisted breeding, potato breeding, outbreeders and polyploids, genotyping by sequencing

Richard Visser, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Cytogenetics, Solanaceae and Brassica genetics, QTL and physical mapping

Kai Peter Voss-Fels, Geisenheim, Germany
Quantitative genetics, population genetics, breeding theory

Dechun Wang, East Lansing, MI, USA
Soybean genetics/genomics; to improve plant performance, host plant resistance and seed chemical composition

Jiankang Wang, Beijing, China
Quantitative genetics, QTL mapping methods, simulation modelling in plant breeding and genetics

Yiqun Weng, Madison, WI, USA
Vegetable genetics and breeding, molecular breeding, QTL mapping, gene cloning, cucurbits

Matthias Wissuwa, Tsukuba, Japan
QTL mapping, abiotic stress, rice functional genomics

Xianchun Xia, Beijing, China
Cereal genetics (wheat and maize), molecular plant breeding, QTL mapping

Mingliang Xu, Beijing, China
Gene mapping, functional genomics

Steven S. Xu, Fargo, ND, USA
Classical and molecular cytogenetics, wheat genomics/genetics and molecular breeding

Yunbi Xu, Beijing, China
Cereal genomics (maize and rice), molecular plant breeding, breeding methodology

Aimin Zhang, Beijing, China
Cereal molecular genetics and genomics, molecular breeding

Tianzhen Zhang, Hanzhou, China
Crop genomics, molecular breeding and cotton genetics/breeding.