Editorial Board of the journal Horticultural Science
Editor-in-Chief
Jan Blažek, Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology, Holovousy, Czech Republic
Breeding of fruit cultivars, development of growing technologies in apples and plums, publication, consultancy
Co-editors
Martin Dubský, The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening (RILOG) Průhonice, Czech Republic
Ornamental gardening, plant nutrition, organic and mineral substrates
Robert Pokluda, Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic
Vegetable physiology and production, stress physiology
Editorial Board Members
Alena Andrejiová, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic
Vegetable production
Jean Marc Augergon, INRA – Centre de Recherches d’Avignon, Avignon, France
Fruits and vegetables genetics and breeding
Josef Balík, Lednice, Mendel University in Brno
Post-harvest technology of horticultural products
Mojmír Baroň, Lednice, Mendel University in Brno
Wine, wine technology, wine chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, sensory analysis
Jaroslav Čepl, Potato Research Institute, Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic
Potato growing, potato breeding, potato disease and pest management, potato industry (alcohol, starch, and drying), potato economic utilization
František Hnilička, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Yield formation and stand formation, primary metabolism (photosynthesis, transpiration, fluorescence, pigment content) and secondary metabolism, the influence of abiotic stressors (drought, salinity, temperature) on plant metabolism, their growth and development, stress respons
Markus Kellerhals, Forschungsanstalt Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Wädenswil, Switzerland
Breeding and fruit genetic resources
Pavel Klouček, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Medicinal plants, spices, aromatic plants, bioactive compounds, biological activity, essential oils, gas chromatography
Martin Koudela, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Optimization of biotic and abiotic factors influencing the production and yield of vegetables, production of edible and medicinal mushrooms on non-traditional and alternatively treated substrates
Boris Krška, Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology, Holovousy, Czech Republic
Federica Larcher, University of Turin, Dpt. of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences, Italy
Landscape ecology and urban horticulture
Craig A. Ledbetter, US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service, Parlier, USA
Crop diseases, pests, and genetics research
Tomáš Nečas, Mendel University in Brno, Lednice, Czech Republic
Fruit growing and breeding, fruit propagation and nursery, diagnostics of fruit crop diseases
Viera Paganová, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, Slovak Republic
Plant sciences – ecophysiology, biodiversity, landscaping, arboriculture
Andrzej Przybyla, Warsaw Agricultural University, Warszaw, Poland
Seed germination, controlled flowering, and production of floricultural crops, germplasm evaluation using molecular markers, and growing medium/nutrition (fertilizer treatment)
Mark Roh, Mokpo National University, Mokpo, Korea
Production of flora crops and identification of ornamental germplasm using molecular markers
Jiří Sedlák, Ph.D., Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology, Holovousy, Czech Republic
In vitro, micropropagation, cryopreservation, sanitation from viruses, chemotherapy, fruit
Zora Singh, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia
Production and postharvest technology of fruit crops
Kateřina Smékalová, Crop Research Institute, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Medicinal and aromatic plants, spices, field production, genetic resources, morphological descriptors, essential oils, bioactive compounds
Giuseppe Sortino, University of Palermo, Italy
Fruit postharvest physiology and technology
Youping Sun, Utah State University, Logan, USA
Ornamental plants – establishment, drought, heat, and salt tolerance, soil adaptation, pest resistance
Leona Svobodová-Leišová, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic
Molecular biology and genetics
Ivana Šafránková, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
Plant protection
