Editorial Structure

Functional Plant Biology is guided by an Editorial Board which comprises an Editor-in-Chief and a team of Associate Editors.

The Editor-in-Chief is appointed by the Publisher following approval by the Board of Standards established between CSIRO and the Australian Academy of Science.  An overview of this partnership can be found on the CSIRO Publishing website. The Editor-in-Chief is appointed to lead and manage the Editorial Board, advocate for the journal to the research community, attract and select high-quality content for the journal and ensure high standards of publication ethics are maintained. 

Associate Editors are selected by the Editor-in-Chief. Selection of Associate Editors is based on expertise in key areas of the journal’s scope and active participation internationally in their area of expertise. The Editor-in-Chief works with the Publisher towards securing a diverse Editorial Board through actively seeking editors from a range of backgrounds and cultures, paying close attention to gender, ethnicity, career stage and geographical diversity. 

Associate Editors are appointed for a set term which may be renewed upon agreement by the Associate Editor, Editor-in-Chief and the Publisher.

The final decision to accept or reject papers is undertaken by the Associate Editor under the guidance of the Editor-in-Chief. The journal’s policies on peer review can be found on the journal website.

Our journal editors are expected to work within the framework of the Core Practices, and according to the CSIRO Publishing Editorial Board Conduct Policy.

• Sergey Shabala
  Professor and Chair in Plant Physiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Australia
  Keywords: stress physiology, membrane transport, salinity, drought, flooding

• Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
  Head of Controlled Photobiosynthesis Laboratory, K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Science, Russia
  Keywords: photosystem II and I, chlorophyll a fluorescence, environmental stress, photodamage/photoinhibition, protein synthesis and repair
• Abhishek Bohra
  Senior Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), India
  Keywords: genomics, gene, QTL, heterosis, pollen sterility 
• Peter Bozhkov
  Professor, Chair of Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
  Keywords: plant biology, developmental biology, stress signalling, autophagy and cell death, biocondensates
• Timothy Cavagnaro
  Pro Vice Chancellor (Research Training & Capability) and Dean of Graduate Research, Flinders University, Australia
  Keywords: mycorrhizas, plant nutrition, microbiomes, carbon, plant–microbe interactions
• Manuela Chaves
  Universidade Técnica de Lisbon, Portugal
• Vadim Demidchik
  Belarusian State University, Belarus
• Joseph G. Dubrovsky
  Senior Research Fellow, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
  Keywords: plant development, root development, morphogenesis, developmental adaptations, root apical meristem
• Graham D. Farquhar
  Distinguished Professor, Farquhar Group, Research School of Biology, Australian National University, Australia
  Keywords: photosynthesis, isotopes water efficiency, carbon discrimination, plant physiology
• Nieves Fernández-Garcia
  Tenured Scientist, Centre for Edaphology and Applied Biology of Segura, Spanish National Research Council (CEBAS-CSIC), Spain
  Keywords: abiotic stress, gibberellin, quinoa, DELLA protein
• Wieland Fricke
  Lecturer, Emeritus, University College Dublin, Ireland
  Keywords: root water uptake, leaf growth, salinity, aquaporin, single-cell analysis
• Helen Irving
  Professor, La Trobe University, Australia
  Keywords: plant hormones, plant development, plant pathology, molecular and cell biology
• Ravinder Kumar
  Senior Scientist, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
  Keywords: plant pathogen interaction, pathophysiology, plant pathology, biosecurity, sustainable agriculture
• Jian Feng Ma
  Professor, Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okyama University, Japan
  Keywords: plant nutrition, transporter, toxic element, beneficial element
• Ulrike Mathesius
  Professor of Plant Sciences, Australian National University, Australia
  Keywords: nitrogen fixation, flavonoids, root–microbe interactions, plant parasitic nematodes, nodulation
• Rana Munns
  Emeritus Professor, University of Western Australia, Australia
  Keywords: stress, physiology, growth, drought, salinity
• Jairo A. Palta
  Adjunct Research Professor, UWA Institute of Agriculture and School of Agriculture and Environment, Australia
  Keywords: crop and plant physiology, root form and function, crop and plant adaptation, root–shoot communication, drought
• Rosa M. Rivero
  Senior Research Scientist, Centre for Edaphology and Applied Biology of Segura, Spanish National Research Council (CEBAS-CSIC), Spain
  Keywords: abiotic stress, biotechnology, -omics, tomato, plant biochemistry
• Thomas H. Roberts
  Associate Professor in Food Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia
  Keywords: grains, protease inhibitor, heat stress, Australian native grasses, proteomics
• Adriano Sofo
  Professor, University of Basilicata, Italy
  Keywords: plant–soil interactions, biogeochemistry, environmental botany, soil ecology articles
• Ismail Turkan
  Professor, Yasar University, Turkey
  Keywords: plant stress biology, oxidative stress, drought, salinity, plant response
• Vincent Vadez
  Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), France
  Keywords: drought, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, phenotyping, crop simulation modelling, G x E x M interactions
• Joost T. van Dongen
  RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Gayatri Venkataraman
  Principal Scientist II, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, India
  Keywords: abiotic stress, salinity, rice, transporters, mangroves
• Calum Wilson
  Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Tasmania, Australia
  Keywords: plant disease, soil-borne pathogens, virology
• Honghong Wu
  Professor, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
  Keywords: salt tolerance, nanobiotechnology, ROS homeostasis, ion fluxes, nano–plant interactions
• Dongliang Xiong
  Professor at College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural Univeristy, China
  Keywords: Photosynthesis, hydraulics, water relations, gas exchange, stomatal conductance
• Kang Yu
  Assistant Professorship, Technical University of Munich, Germany
  Keywords: precision agriculture, vegetation remote sensing, plant phenotyping, hyperspectral, crop monitoring
• Fanrong Zeng
  Professor of Plant Molecular Physiology and Evolution Lab, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, China
  Keywords: crop physiology, abiotic stress, plant–microbe Interaction, membrane transport, electrophysiology
• Heng Zhang
  Research Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  Keywords: heat stress, translation regulation, protein acetylation, primary metabolism, quinoa

• Javier Abadía, CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
• Jose Araus, CIMMYT, Mexico
• Enrico Brugnoli, Institute of Environmental Biology of Crop and Forest Plants, Italy
• Maurio Centritto, National Research Council, Italy
• Grant Cramer, University of Nevada, Reno USA
• Jesus Cuartero, CSIC, Spain
• Gerald Edwards, Washington State University Pullman, USA
• Jaime Flexas, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain
• Tim Flowers, University of Sussex, UK
• Christine Foyer, Rothamsted Research, UK
• Bob Furbank, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia
• Mario Giordano, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
• Ros Gleadow, Monash University, Australia
• Howard Griffiths, University of Cambridge, UK
• Vaughan Hurry, Umeå University, Sweden
• Paula Jameson, Canterbury University, New Zealand
• Hiroyuki Koyama, Gifu University, Japan
• Hong-Qing Ling, CAS Beijing, China
• Jonathan Lynch, Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Barry Osmond, Australian National University, Australia
• Thomas Ott, University of Munich, Germany
• Catherine Rameau, INRA, France
• John Ross, University of Tasmania, Australia
• Diego Sanchez, University of Cambridge, UK
• François Tardieu, INRA, France
• Guillaume Tcherkez, University of Paris Sud, France
• Mechthild Tegeder, Washington State University, USA
• David Tissue, University of Western Sydney, Australia
• Susanne von Caemmerer, Australian National University, Australia
• Geoffrey Wasteneys, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Jianhua Zhang, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK
• Fangjie Zhao, Rothamstead, UK