Plant Science Horizons

Editorial Team

13 members 4 categories ISTP

Meet the scholars who provide editorial leadership and subject expertise for Plant Science Horizons.

Editorial leadership

Editor-in-Chief

2 members
Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Muhammad Waseem

College of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University China

Expertise

Agronomy, crop physiology, crop growth modelling, soil fertility, crop breeding, plant nutrition

Term04 Aug 2026
Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Pingwu Liu

College of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University China

Expertise

Agronomy, crop physiology, crop growth, soil fertility, flowering, bioinformatics, plant nutrition

Editorial leadership

Managing Editor

1 member
Managing Editor

Dr. Muhammad Zeeshan Ul Haq

Spice and Beverage Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences China

Expertise

Plant–soil–microbe interactions, crop physiology, crop growth, soil fertility, plant nutrition

Term03 May 2026
Editorial leadership

Editorial Advisory Board

4 members
Editorial Advisory Board Member

Dr. Sunil Kumar Sahu

BGI-Research, Shenzhen China

Expertise

Genomics, biodiversity, bioinformatics, evolution

Editorial Advisory Board Member

Dr. Mansoor Hameed

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan

Expertise

Plant anatomy, taxonomy, ecology, environmental biology, ecophysiology

Editorial Advisory Board Member

Dr. Zhengguo Li

School of Life Science, Chongqing University China

Expertise

Tomato biology, plant hormones, ethylene signaling, fruit ripening

Editorial Advisory Board Member

Dr. Divjot Kour

Chandigarh University, Punjab India

Expertise

Phosphate solubilization, plant–microbe interactions, drought tolerance, microbial diversity

Editorial leadership

Editorial Board

6 members
Editorial Board Member

Dr. Umashanker Chandrasekaran

Chinese Academy of Sciences China

Expertise

Tomato biology, stress tolerance, drought responses, gene expression

Editorial Board Member

Dr. Ahsan Ayyaz

Zhejiang University China

Expertise

Plant abiotic stress, crop growth, drought responses

Editorial Board Member

Dr. Sajid Fiaz

The University of Lahore Pakistan

Expertise

Plant biotechnology, stress tolerance, heavy-metal responses, genome editing, marker-assisted breeding

Editorial Board Member

Dr. Yassine Mouniane

Ibn Tofail University Morocco

Expertise

Plant science, abiotic stress, plant biochemistry, sustainable agriculture, environmental biology

Editorial Board Member

Dr. Paulino A. Onal Jr.

Catholic Ming Yuan College, Inc., Murcia Philippines

Expertise

Agriculture and forestry, extension and education management, biostimulants, sugarcane production, organic farming

Editorial Board Member

Dr. Sajid Ali

Northeast Forestry University, Harbin China

Expertise

RNA-seq analysis, gene expression, transcription factors, plant improvement