The aim of Journal of Experimental Botany (JXB) is to publish papers that advance our understanding of plant biology. Original research should provide new information on fundamental processes or mechanisms including those underpinning the improvement of plants for the sustainable production of food, fuel and renewable materials. When considering if a paper is suitable, consideration will be given to the breadth and significance of the work to the plant science community.

Areas of particular focus:

Growth and development - integration of internal and external cues determining development and architecture; reproductive biology.
Cell biology - molecular and vesicular trafficking; cell-to-cell communication; cytoskeleton; cell division; differentiation and death.
Metabolism - photosynthesis; carbon uptake and assimilation; resource allocation; nutrition.
Plant-environment interactions - global change; biotic and abiotic stress; symbioses; plant–rhizoflora interactions; mineral nutrition.
Crop molecular genetics - trait and gene characterization; molecular analysis; metabolic processes.

Editor-in-Chief
 
Christine Raines
University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
 
rainc@essex.ac.uk
 
Photosynthesis, Carbon fixation, Transgenic plants, Molecular biology, Plant physiology
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7997-7823
 
Associate Editors
 
Karl-Josef Dietz
Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
 
karl-josef.dietz@uni-bielefeld.de
 
Abiotic stress, Antioxidant, Enzyme activity and regulation, Gene regulation, Metal toxicity, Organelle signalling, Photosynthesis, Protein translation and assembly, Redox signalling, Vacuole
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0311-2182
 
 
Miriam Gifford
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
 
m.l.gifford@warwick.ac.uk
 
Root growth and lateral root development, Systems approaches to analyse root environmental responses, Cell type analysis and cell sorting, Nodulation, and nitrogen fixation, Gene network inference and modelling
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4005-2513
 
 
Daphne Goring
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
 
d.goring@utoronto.ca
 
Pollen-pistil interactions, Self-incompatibility, Signal transduction, Receptor kinases, E3 ligases, Gene regulation, Transgenic plants, Genome editing
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5295-4744
 
 
Howard Griffiths
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
 
hg230@cam.ac.uk
 
Acclimation, Crops and tropical epiphytes, Photoinhibition, Photosynthesis and water use in trees, Photosynthetic CO2 concentrating mechanisms in terrestrial and aquatic plants, Plant and soil water relations, Regulation of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism, Stable isotopes
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3009-6563
 
 
John Lunn
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
 
lunn@mpimp-golm.mpg.de
 
Carbohydrate metabolism, Sugar signalling, Photosynthetic CO2 fixation, Source-sink relations, Evolution of enzymes, Sulphur metabolism
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8533-3004
 
 
Jim Murray
murrayja1@cardiff.ac.uk
 
Synthetic biology, Biotechnology, Cell cycle, Development, Gene regulatory networks, Systems biology
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-3839
 
 
Graham Noctor
Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
 
graham.noctor@u-psud.fr
 
Stress/oxidative stress, Antioxidants, Leaf metabolism/metabolomics, Redox homeostasis
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1980-4554
 
 
Don Ort
Darwin Reviews Editor, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
 
d-ort@uiuc.edu
 
Photosynthesis, Global change, FACE, Environmental/abiotic stress
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5435-4387
 
 
Steven Penfield
John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
 
steven.penfield@jic.ac.uk
 
Seed dormancy, Germination, Seed vigour, Temperature, Seasonal behaviour, Life history
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-1731
 
 
Cristobal Uauy
John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
 
cristobal.uauy@jic.ac.uk
 
Wheat, Genomics, Yellow rust, Senescence, Grain development, Genetics, QTL, Breeding
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9814-1770
 
 
Susanne von Caemmerer
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
 
susanne.caemmerer@anu.edu.au
 
Photosynthesis, Mathematical modelling of photosynthesis, Stomatal function, CO2 diffusion inside leaves, Stable carbon and oxygen isotope discrimination
 
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ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8366-2071
 
 
Frank Wellmer
Flowering Newsletter Editor, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
 
wellmerf@tcd.ie
 
Flower development, Regulation of gene expression, Genomics, Gene regulatory networks, Epigenetics
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2095-0981
 
 
Jianhua Zhang
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
 
jzhang@hkbu.edu.hk
 
Crop physiology, Water stress, Water-saving crop production, ABA, Drought tolerance, Rice grain filling
 
 
Handling Editors
 
Peter Bozhkov
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
 
peter.bozhkov@slu.se
 
Cell death, Ageing, Proteases, Autophagy, Development, Catabolism
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8819-3884
 
 
Tim Colmer
University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
 
timothy.colmer@uwa.edu.au
 
Aerenchyma and oxygen transport, Anoxia tolerance, Flooding tolerance, Halophytes, Salinity tolerance, Submergence tolerance
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3383-9596
 
 
Fabrizio Costa
Foundation Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy
 
fabrizio.costa@fmach.it
 
Fruit ripening, Plant breeding, Quantitative genetics, QTL mapping, Postharvest physiology, Ethylene, Transcriptomics
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1416-1078
 
 
Ian Dodd
Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
 
i.dodd@lancaster.ac.uk
 
Water deficit, Root-to-shoot signalling, Plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria, Phytohormones, Stomatal physiology
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-859X
 
 
Christine Foyer
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
 
c.foyer@leeds.ac.uk
 
Redox regulation and signalling (ROS, antioxidants), Abiotic stress (drought, cold, high light), Photosynthesis, Respiration, Carbon nitrogen interactions, Aphid resistance
 
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ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5989-6989
 
 
Rob Hancock
The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom
 
rob.hancock@hutton.ac.uk
 
Primary metabolism, Secondary metabolism, Plant-insect interactions, Abiotic stress, Crop physiology, Metabolomics, Transcriptomics
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5465-3814
 
Gwyneth Ingram
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France
 
gwyneth.ingram@ens-lyon.fr
 
Plant development, seed development, transcription factors, genetics
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1425-9545
 
 
Stanislav Kopriva
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
 
skopriva@uni-koeln.de
 
C4 photosynthesis, Oxidative stress, Plant nutrition, Sulphur assimilation
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7416-6551
 
 
Hendrik Küpper
Czech Academy of Sciences and University of South Bohemia, Branisková, Czech Republic
 
hendrik.kuepper@umbr.cas.cz
 
Physiology, biophysics and biochemistry (incl. molecular biology) of photosynthetic organisms (green/brown/red algae, terrestrial and submerged higher plants, cyanobacteria), Metal metabolism in terms of uptake, physiological use, sequestration/complexation, detoxification, deficiency and toxicity, Regulation of photosynthesis, particularly in response to abiotic stresses
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0712-7023
 
 
Tracy Lawson
University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
 
tlawson@essex.ac.uk
 
Photosynthesis, Plant physiology, Stomata, Water use efficiency, Phenotyping, Chlorophyll fluorescence
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4073-7221
 
 
Gerhard Leubner
Royal Holloway, London, United Kingdom
 
gerhard.leubner@rhul.ac.uk
 
Seed, fruit and seedling biology, Abiotic stress responses (seeds/seedlings), Crops, weeds, climate change, food security, Molecular physiology of seed germination, Seed biomechanics and water relations, Seed and bud dormancy, Plant hormones, natural products, Embryo growth mechanisms, Cell-wall hydrolyses and apoplastic ROS, Evolution seed/fruit trait
 
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ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6045-8713
 
 
Bruno Moulia
INRA and Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
 
bruno.moulia@clermont.inra.fr
 
Plant biomechanics, Plant biophysics, Sensing, Mechanobiology, Morphogenesis, Growth, Wind effects on plants, Thigmomorphogen-esis, Gravitropism
 
 
 
Angus Murphy
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
 
asmurphy@umd.edu
 
Auxin transport, Hormone crosstalk, ABC transporters, Membrane protein trafficking
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9774-2670
 
 
Richard Napier
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
 
richard.napier@warwick.ac.uk
 
Auxin, Protein structure, Signalling, Receptors, Biosensors, Aptamers, Cytokinins, Chemical biology
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-518X
 
 
Roland Pieruschka
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
 
r.pieruschka@fz-juelich.de
 
Plant phenotyping, Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll fluorescence, Plant water relations, Imaging, Stomata
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9774-2670
 
 
Greg Rebetzke
CSIRO, Canberra, Australia
 
greg.rebetzke@csiro.au
 
Breeding, Quantitative genetics, Physiology, Wheat, Statistics
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7404-0046
 
 
Robert Sharwood
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
 
robert.sharwood@anu.edu.au
 
Rubisco biochemistry, C4 photosynthesis, Chloroplast RNA biology, Photosynthetic carbon assimilation, Rubisco activase, Cotton photosynthesis
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-3816
 
 
Rüdiger Simon
Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
 
ruediger.simon@hhu.de
 
Plant development, Meristems, Stem cells, Signalling, Peptides, Receptor kinases, Fluorescence microscopy, FRET/FLIM, Membrane proteins, Auxin signalling
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1317-7716
 
 
Nick Smirnoff
University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
 
n.smirnoff@exeter.ac.uk
 
Plant and algal metabolism, Reactive oxygen species and antioxidants, Functions and metabolism of ascorbic acid 9vitamin C), Metabolic engineering
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-5602
 
 
Steven Spoel
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
 
steven.spoel@ed.ac.uk
 
Ubiquitin-mediated proteasome, Nitric oxide, Plant immunity, Transcription reprogramming, Post-translational modifications
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4340-7591
 
 
Raman Sunkar
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
 
ramanjulu.sunkar@okstate.edu
 
MicroRNAs, Post-transcriptional gene regulation, Drought stress, Salt stress, Epigenetics
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-1526
 
 
Hideki Takahashi
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
 
htakaha@msu.edu
 
Primary metabolism, Nutrient transport, Nutrient signalling, Root development, Nitrogen assimilation, Sulfur assimilation
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8439-0533
 
 
Simon Turner
Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom
 
simon.turner@manchester.ac.uk
 
Cell walls, Vascular tissue development, Xylem, Cellulose, Microtubules
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4859-1068
 
 
Björn Usadel
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
 
usadel@bio1.rwth-aachen.de
 
Omics data, Data visualisation, Big data, Cell walls, Mucilage, Plant metabolism
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0921-8041
 
 
Ariel Vicente
College of Agriculture, National University of La Plata - CONICET Argentina, La Plata, Argentina
 
arielvicente@gmail.com
 
Fruit, Postharvest, Ripening, Senescence, Cell wall, Pectin, Hemicellulose, Food
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-9554
 
 
Kris Vissenberg
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
 
kris.vissenberg@uantwerpen.be
 
Cell elongation/expansion, Cell wall, Cytoskeleton, General cell biology, Microscopy, Plant development, Plant physiology, Root growth, root hair development, Arabidopsis thaliana
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0292-2095
 
 
Zoe Wilson
University of Nottingham, Loughborough, United Kingdom
 
zoe.wilson@nottingham.ac.uk
 
Plant reproduction, Pollen development, Molecular gene network analysis, Arabidopsis, Cereals (wheat, rice, and barley)
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0948-8770
 
 
Dabing Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
 
zhangdb@sjtu.edu.cn
 
Anther, Development, Flower, Infloresence, Pollen, Rice
 
 
ORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3181-9812
 
 
Qiao Zhao
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
 
qzhao@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
 
Secondary metabolism, Lignin biosynthesis, Cell wall, Biofuel, Transcriptional regulation, Biochemistry