Editor‐in‐Chief Jianmin Wan, Beijing, China Technical Editors Yunbi Xu, Beijing, China Jianlong Xu, Beijing, China Hongjie Li, Beijing, China Jiankang Wang, Beijing, China Xianchun Xia, Beijing, China Weijian Zhang, Beijing, China Long Mao, Beijing, China Managing Editor Weihong Cheng, Beijing, China Associate Editors Guihua Bai, Manhattan, USA Timothy D. Murray, Pullman, USA Matthew W. Blair, Nashville, USA James C. Nelson, Kansas, USA Xiwen Cai, Fargo, USA Perry K. W. Ng, East Lansing, USA Daniel Calderini, Valdivia, Chile Dragan Perovic, Quedlinburg, Germany Feng Chen, Knoxville, USA Qian Qian, Hangzhou, China Chengci Chen, Moccasin, USA Lijuan Qiu, Beijing, China Weidong Chen, Pullman, USA Xiao Qiu, Saskatoon, Canada Xiaoya Chen, Shanghai, China Garry M. Rosewarne, CIMMYT Wenfu Chen, Shenyang, China Yongling Ruan, Callaghan, Australia Zhukuan Cheng, Beijing, China Trushar Shah, ICRISAT Fangmin Cheng, Hangzhou, China Stephen E. Strelkov, Edmonton, Canada Robert L. Conner, Manitoba, Canada Chuanqing Sun, Beijing, China Harold Corke, Hong Kong, China George J. Vandemark, Pullman, USA Ian Dodd, Lancaster, United Kingdom Rajeev K. Varshney, ICRISAT George Fedak, Ottawa, Canada Daowen Wang, Beijing, China Junyi Gai, Nanjing, China Rod A. Wing, Tucson, USA Baozhu Guo, Tifton, USA Chuanyin Wu, Beijing, China Fangpu Han, Beijing, China Fangming Xie, IRRI Chenyang He, Beijing, China Lizhong Xiong, Wuhan, China Zhonghu He, Beijing, China Mingliang Xu, Beijing, China Jinguo Hu, Pullman, USA Steven S. Xu, Fargo, USA Rongfeng Huang, Beijing, China Wenwei Xu, Lubbock, USA Jianliang Huang, Wuhan, China Shizhong Xu, Riverside, USA Dafeng Hui, Nashville, USA Yueming Yan, Beijing, China Scott A. Jackson, Athens, USA Weikai Yan, Ottawa, Canada Yulin Jia, Stuttgart, USA Guijun Yan, Perth, Australia Weiwei Jin, Beijing, China Wengui Yan, Stuttgart, USA Lingrang Kong, Tai’an, China Haishun Yang, Lincoln, USA Honming Lam, Hong Kong, China Jianchang Yang, Yangzhou, China Ruben Lampayan, IRRI Guoyou Ye, IRRI Jiansheng Li, Beijing, China Zhaobang Zeng, Raleigh, USA Genyi Li, Manitoba, Canada Aimin Zhang, Beijing, China Bailin Li, Wilmington, USA Fusuo Zhang, Beijing, China Xiaomao Lin, Manhattan, USA Xueyong Zhang, Beijing, China Shengyi Liu, Wuhan, China Hongbin Zhang, College Station, USA Shuyu Liu, Amarillo, USA Jianhua Zhang, Hong Kong, China Xiaobing Liu, Changchun, China Jinfa Zhang, Las Cruces, USA Zhiyong Liu, Beijing, China Tianzhen Zhang, Nanjing, China Chunji Liu, St Lucia, Australia Xiang Zhang, Louisville, USA Meiqin Lu, Narrabri, Australia Ming Zhao, Beijing, China Weihong Luo, Nanjing, China Silin Zhong, Hong Kong, China Jianxin Ma, West Lafayette, USA Xuhua Zhong, Guangzhou, China Robert A. McIntosh, Narellan, Australia Jieyun Zhuang, Hangzhou, China Technical Editor of this issue Hongjie Li, Beijing, China Weijian Zhang, Beijing, China Editorial Staff Weihong Cheng, Beijing, China Guangming Yang, Beijing, China Li Ding, Beijing, China