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Plant function and evolutionary biology

Editorial Structure

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

Editor-in-Chief

  • 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

Associate Editors

  • 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
  • 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

Editorial Advisory Board

  • 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

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