Editor in Chief
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Ebubekir Yüksel 1986 yılında Ankara’da doğdu. 2008 yılında Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Bitki Koruma Bölümünü bitirdi. 2012-2014 yılları arasında Uluslararası Mısır ve Buğday Geliştirme Merkezi (CIMMYT)’nde çalıştıktan sonra 2014 yılında Erciyes Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Bitki Koruma Bölümünde araştırma görevlisi olarak kariyerine devam etti. 2023 yılında Erciyes Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Bitki Koruma Bölümüne öğretim üyesi olarak atandı. Bitki Koruma, Nematoloji, Entomoloji, Böcek Patolojisi ve Tarımsal Zararlılarla Biyolojik Mücadele başlıca çalışma alanlarını oluşturmaktadır.
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I am working as an Associate Professor of plant biotechnology at Mersin University, Türkiye. I received my Ph.D. with a dissertation on ‘Identification of Genomic Regions for Various Agronomic Traits in Turkish Common Bean Germplasm with Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)’ from the Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Science, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu-Türkiye in 2019. I joined Sivas University of Science and Technology as an Assistant Professor in 2020 and received an Associate Professorship on 27/01/2023. I joined Mersin University in 2025. I am involved in various projects, such as ERA-NET SusCrop, COST-Action, 1001, 1003, and 1007. Moreover, I am also involved in various university-funded projects (BAPs). I have great skills and expertise in crop science, plant genomics, the use of next-generation sequencing, DNA molecular markers for germplasm characterization, identification of genomic regions for traits of agricultural interest, and development and validation of molecular markers for marker-assisted selection, particularly in cereals and legumes. I am supervising three PhD and one master's student. I have graduated three master's students and 1 co-supervised PhD student. I have more than 80 SCI/SCIE publications, more than 10 book chapters, and more than 3500 citations as per Google Scholar. I edited four books with Springer as well. I am serving as an Editorial board member of BMC Plant Biology, BMC Genomic Data, BMC Research Notes, Molecular Biology Reports, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, and Pakistan Journal of Botany. Similarly, I served as a guest editor of special issues in Plants-Basel, Agriculture-MDPI, and Molecular Biology Reports journal. For two consecutive years (2023 and 2024), I have been recognized as one of the World's Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University (California, USA) and Elsevier
Ankara üniversitesi ziraat fakültesi bitki koruma bölümünde insektisit direnci ve direncin moleküler mekanizmaları üzerinde çalışmalar yürütmektedir.
Secretariat
Scientific Board
Prof. Dr. Soner Soylu received his PhD degree from Wye College, University of London, UK in 1998. He has been working as a lecturer and researcher at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection since 1998.
He has research experience in the field of Plant Pathology and has supervised many master's and doctoral theses and studies. In this field, he has been the coordinator of many projects funded by different domestic and foreign institutions.
He has published research articles, book chapters and conference papers in reputed journals on plant growth promoting endophytic and epiphytic bacterial isolates (PGPB) and characterization of molecular, biochemical and morphological interactions between plant pathogens and plant defense mechanisms, Molecular and morphological identification of bacterial and fungal plant pathogens, antimicrobial activity of natural antimicrobial substances such as essential oils and extracts, induced resistance to fungal and bacterial plant pathogens, beneficial antagonist fungal and bacterial pathogens and biological control of fungal and bacterial pathogens, .
In particular, he is an expert in the molecular identification of obligate disease agents such as soilborne fungal diseases, powdery mildew, mildew, rust in various crops and has published many first record plant disease agent reports for Turkey. For the first time in Turkey, he was involved in the establishment of the "Plant Health Clinic", which provides solution services directly to farmers for their problems related to diseases, pests and weeds.
His research articles published on various topics have been extensively cited worldwide and ranked among the "Top 10 Most Cited Articles" in the relevant journal category in the field of Agricultural Sciences. He serves as Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Board Member and Referee in many reputable and prestigious journals in his field.
1981 yılında Kayseri’de doğdu. 2003 yılında Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesini başarıyla tamamladı. Yüksek lisans ve doktora eğitimini aynı üniversitede tamamladı. 2003 yılında Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi’nde akademik çalışma hayatına araştırma görevlisi olarak başladı. 2006 yılında T.C. Tarım ve Orman Bakanlığına Mühendis olarak atandı. Bakanlıkta av yaban hayatı koordinatörü olarak görev aldı. 2014 yılında yardımcı doçent olarak Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi, Göksun Meslek Yüksekokulu’nda akademik çalışma hayatına devam etti. 2018 yılında aynı üniversitede doçent oldu. Ulusal ve uluslararası dergilerde birçok makalesi yayımlandı. Birçok toplantı ve kongrede konuşmacı olarak yer aldı. Evli ve 1 çocuk babasıdır.
