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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