Journal

BS Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Takeshi Izawa (The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Photoperiodism, domestication, field transcriptome, genome-wide association analysis, rice

Review Editor

Takuji Sasaki (Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan)
Rice genetics and genomics, cereal genomics

Masahiro Yano (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba, Japan)
Genetics, QTL mapping, map-base cloning, marker-assisted selection, rice

Editorial Board

Toyoaki Anai (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)
Mutation breeding, molecular and biochemical breeding, soybean, legumes

Motoyuki Ashikari (Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)
Gene cloning and functional analysis

Ebrahiem M. Babiker (Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory, USDA-ARS, Poplarville, MS, USA)
Wheat and small fruits, QTL mapping, plant breeding, marker-assisted selection, disease resistance

Hiroshi Ezura (University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)
Horticulture breeding, plant biotechnology, Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae crops

Hideyuki Funatsuki (Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Kameoka, Japan)
Upland crop breeding, marker-assisted selection, chilling tolerance, soybean

Monika Garg (National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Punjab, India)
Wheat breeding, nutritional and processing quality, molecular biology

Luigi Guarino (Global Crop Diversity Trust, Bonn, Germany)
Plant genetic resources collecting and conservation

Bo-Keun Ha (Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea)
Soybean breeding, genetics, genomics

Aladdin Hamwieh (The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Cairo, Egypt)
Molecular plant breeding, legume breeding and genetic resources

Hirokazu Handa (Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Japan)
Genomics, genetics, molecular breeding, wheat, Brassica

Katsunori Hatakeyama (Iwate University, Morioka, Japan)
Vegetable genetics and breeding, marker-assisted selection, disease resistance, self-incompatibility, cruciferous crops

Kiyosumi Hori (Institute of Crop Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan)
Genetics, QTL mapping, grain quality

Takuro Ishii (Institute of Crop Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan)
Rice breeding, breeding methodology, selection theory

Ryuji Ishikawa (Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan)
Rice breeding, rice genetics, genetic resources

Masao Ishimoto (Institute of Crop Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan)
Soybean and grain legume genetics, applied genomics, genetic engineering

Sachiko Isobe (The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Horticultural Science, molecular genetics, genomics

Hiroyoshi Iwata (The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan)
Quantitative genetics, plant breeding methodology, genomic selection, QTL/association mapping

Akito Kaga (Institute of Crop Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan)
Legume genomics, genetics and genetic resources

Katsuyuki Kakeda (Mie University, Tsu, Japan)
Plant reproduction, self-incompatibility, Triticeae

Kenji Katayama (Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, NARO, Memuro, Japan)
Polyploid genetics and breeding, quality, sweetpotato, potato

Hiroshi Kato (Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan)
Hybrid rice, disease resistance, rice breeding, mutation breeding

Kenji Kato (Okayama University, Okayama, Japan)
Genetics and breeding, genetic resources, wheat and barley, Cucurbitaceae crops

Kyoko Kawakatsu (Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan)
Ornamental plants, genetics, developmental biology, breeding

Masahiro Kishii (Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan)
Wheat and wheat relatives, wild cross and cytogenetics

Asako Kobayashi (Fukui Agricultural Experiment Station, Fukui, Japan)
Rice breeding, eating and grain quality of rice

Takao Komatsuda ( Crop Research Institute, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences (SAAS), Jinan, China)
Cereal genetics and genomics, crop evolution, Triticeae (especially barley)

Makoto Kusaba (Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan)
Molecular genetics, leaf senescence, phytohormone, rice, genetic engineering

Yuki Monden (Okayama University, Okayama, Japan)
Polyploid genetics, QTL/association mapping, sweetpotato, DNA markers, transposable element

Naoki Mori (Kobe University, Kobe, Japan)
Crop evolution, domestication, genetic resources, chloroplast genome, wheat

Koji Murai (Fukui Prefectural University, Fukui, Japan)
Genetics and breeding of wheat and barley, developmental biology

Masahiro Nishihara (Fukui Prefectural University, Fukui, Japan)
Flower, genetic engineering, molecular breeding, plant specialized metabolism

Ill-Sup Nou (Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University, Suncheon, Korea)
Brassica, other vegetable crops, genomics, genetics, breeding, genetic resources

Akio Onogi (Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan)
Quantitative genetics, genomic selection, QTL mapping, association mapping, selection theory

Qian Qian (China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou, China)
Genetics and molecular breeding, rice

Michael Gomez Selvaraj (Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Cali, Colombia)
Crop stress Physiology, Phenomics, Artificial Intelligence, cassava

Kenta Shirasawa (Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Japan)
Genetics, genomics, DNA markers

Kuldeep Singh (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi- Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India)
Molecular genetics and breeding, genomics, wide hybridization in cereal crops especially rice and wheat

Nils Stein (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Germany)
Cereal genetics and genomics, disease resistance

Mallikarjuna Swamy (International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines)
Rice genetics and genomics, breeding, mapping, marker-assisted selection

Toru Terachi (Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan)
Organellar genetics, male-sterility, wheat, radish

Masayoshi Teraishi (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)
Soybean, Secondary metabolites

Hiroyuki Tsuji (Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan)
Developmental biology, genomics, epigenetics, molecular biology, rice

Hisashi Tsujimoto (Tottori University, Tottori, Japan)
Cytogenetics, genetic resources, phylogeny, Triticeae (especially wheat)

Yerlan Turuspekov (Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Genetics and genomics of cereals and legumes, plant taxonomy and evolution, population genetics of wild and cultivated species

Benjamin Ewa Ubi (Biotechnology Research & Development Center, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria)
Tropical crop breeding, molecular breeding, functional genomics, genetic resources

Atsushi Watanabe (Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan)
Forest genetics, marker-assisted selection, population genetics

Kazuo Watanabe (University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)
Polyploid genetics, cytogenetics, genetic resources, biotechnology, transgenic risk management

Sun-Hee Woo (Department of Crop Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea)
Genetic resources, quality, proteomics, abiotic stress, buckwheat, sorghum

Donghe Xu (Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba, Japan)
Genetic resources, DNA markers, legumes

Shiori Yabe (Institute of Crop Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan)
Quantitative genetics, plant breeding methodology, genomic selection

Masafumi Yagi (Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan)
Breeding and genetics of ornamental plants, DNA marker

Toshio Yamamoto (Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan)
Genetics, QTL mapping, marker-assisted selection, rice

Masanori Yamasaki (Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan)
QTL mapping, genome-wide association studies, crop domestication, rice, phenomics

Hitoshi Yoshida (Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan)
Molecular genetics, developmental biology, genetic engineering, rice

Jun Zheng (Institute of Wheat Research, Shanxi Agricultural University, Linfen, China)
Cytogenetics, gene cloning, wheat breeding

Managing Editor

Kiyosumi Hori (Institute of Crop Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan)

Kenta Shirasawa (Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Japan)

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