Open Agriculture

Editor-in-Chief
Festus Victor Bekun, Gelisim Üniversitesi, Turkey

Honorary Editor-in-Chief
Vijay Singh, Texas A and M University, USA

Managing Editor
Małgorzata Milewska, De GruyterBrill
(malgorzata.milewska@degruyterbrill.com)

Editorial Advisory Board
Fred Asiegbu, University of Helsinki, Finland
Mladen Brnèiæ, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Santa Olga Cacciola, University of Catania, Italy
Hernâni Gerós, Universidade do Minho, Portugal
Manuel Jamilena, University of Almería, Spain
Anders H. Karlsson, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Roy Kennedy, Warwickshire Colleges, UK
Ferando Lidon, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Richard E. Plant, University of California, Davis, USA
Rimantas Venskutonis, Kaunas University of Technology,Lithuania

Johannes Sauer, Technical University of Munich, Germany; Stellenbosch University South Africa

Editors

Agro-ecology

Mehmood Ali Noor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Priit Tammeorg, University of Helsinki, Finland

Roberta Calone, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Italy

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico

Srdjan Šeremešić, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Agro-forestry

Pedro Gonçalves Vaz, CEABN - Centre of Applied Ecology "Prof. Baeta Neves", Portugal

Soil science

Andres Rodriguez- Seijo, Universidade de Vigo, Spain

Fabián Fernández-Luqueño, Cinvestav Saltillo, Mexico

Karen Ghazaryan, Yerevan State University, Armenia

Milton Campos, Federal University of Paraíba , Brazil

Priit Tammeorg, University of Helsinki, Finland

Rahul Datta, Mendel University In Brno, Czech Republic

Roberta Calone, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Italy

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico

Shahid Hussain, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan

Plant science

Alireza Haghighi Hasanalideh, CWARice, Iran

Baoguo Du, Mianyang Normal University, China

Bartosz Adamczyk, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Finland

Cherie Gambley, The University of Queensland, Australia

Thomas Graham, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

Gunars Lacis, Latvia State Institute of Fruit-Growing, Latvia

Francesco Lops, University of Foggia, Italy

Khalid Ul Rehman Hakeem, King Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Konstantinos Spanos, Forest Research Institute, Greece

Mehdi Rahimi, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Iran

Mehmood Ali Noor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológicode Sonora, Mexico

Vinod Jakkula, Bayer U.S – Crop Science, USA

Horticulture

Boris Duralija, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Ebrahim Hadavi, Islamic Azad University, Iran

Lorentz Jäntschi, Universitatea Tehnica din Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Mário Cunha, University of Porto, Portugal

Forestry

Alina M. Balu, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain

Baoguo Du, Mianyang Normal University, China

Wood technology

Alina M. Balu, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain

Lum Wei Chen, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Malaysia

Animal Science

Antonio Natalello, University of Catania, Italy

Michael Boateng, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana

Panagiotis Simitzis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Sena Ardicli, Uludag University, Turkey

Tomislav Mikuš, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Waleed Al-Marzooqi, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

Entomology

Alberto Pozzebon, University of Padova, Italy

Jacek Twardowski, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland

Aquaculture

Lee Seong Wei, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan Jeli Campus, Malaysia

Sebahattin Ergun, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey

Hydrology, Irrigation

Elena Aydin, Slovak University of Agriculture, Slovakia

Karen Ghazaryan, Yerevan State University, Armenia

Ljubomir Životić, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Sergio Salazar-Galán, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain

Omid Aminoroayaie Yamini, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran

Food science

Ahmed I. Gomaa, Laval University, Canada

Alifdalino Sulaiman, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

Alina M. Balu, Universidad de Cordoba, Spain

Ayaz Mukarram Shaikh, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Doina Georgeta Andronoiu, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania

Marcin A. Kurek, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Michael Boateng, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana

Lavinia Calinoiu, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Pranabendu Mitra, University of Wisconsin Stout, USA

Przemysław Kowalczewski, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

Rui Cruz, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Tomislav Mikuš, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Tuyen Chan Kha, Nong Lam University - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Agricultural economics

Antonino Galati, University of Palermo, Italy

Ariel Soto-Caro, Universidad de Concepción - Campus Chillán, Chile

Arkadiusz Piwowar, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland

Áron Török, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Donato Morea, University of Cagliari, Italy

Maxwell Mudhara, University of KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa

Ornella Mikuš, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Piergiuseppe Morone, Unitelma-Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy

Roberta Sisto, University of Foggia, Italy

Agricultural engineering

Georgios Skouteris, Metropolitan College, Athens, Greece

Mário Cunha, University of Porto, Portugal

Pankaj B Pathare, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

Climate-based Agriculture

Jose A. Egea, Center for Edaphology and Applied Biology of Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Spain

Mário Cunha, University of Porto, Portugal

Amelioration

Elena Aydin, Slovak University of Agriculture, Slovakia

Tropical Agriculture

Lorenzo Barbanti, University of Bologna, Italy

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico

Vittorio Farina, University of Palermo, Italy

Microbiology

Abhishek Walia, CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, India

Marika Pellegrini, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Sergio de los Santos Villalobos, Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora, Mexico

Sustainable development

Felix Arion, AgroTransilvania Cluster: Dezmir, Romania

Giuseppe Di Vita, University of Catania, Italy

Matthew Ogwu, Appalachian State University, USA

Sartaj Bhat, Gifu University, Japan

Agronomy

Agnieszka Synowiec, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland

Ankit Saini, Eternal University, India

Giuseppe Badagliacca, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy

Karkanis Anestis, University of Thessaly, Greece

Mário Cunha, University of Porto, Portugal

Mehdi Rahimi, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Iran

Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Moritz Von Cossel, University of Hohenheim: Stuttgart, Germany

Tiago Zoz, Mato Grosso do Sul State University – UEMS, Mundo Novo, Brazil

Vinod Jakkula, Bayer U.S – Crop Science, USA

Plant biology

Anket Sharma, Texas Tech University, USA

Biomass, Biofuel

Dahunsi Olatunde, Landmark University, Nigeria

Junidah Lamaming, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Rural development

Daniela Spina, University of Catania, Italy

Fotios Chatzitheodoridis, University of Western Macedonia, Greece

Maria Lúcia Pato, CERNAS-IPV Research Centre, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal

Sri Krishna Sudheer Patoju, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

Vitor Martinho, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu - Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

Agricultural information and communication

Christian Franco-Crespo, Universidad Técnica de Ambato, Ecuador

Festus Victor Bekun, Gelisim Üniversitesi, Turkey

Giuseppina Migliore, University of Palermo, Italy

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