BS Breeding Science, Japanese Society of Breeding Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Field of Competence Takuji Sasaki, National Institute of Agrobiological Rice genetics and genomics, cereal genomics Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan Editorial Board Jun Abe, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Genetic resources, phylogeny, Glycine Sang-Nag Ahn, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Rice genetics, breeding, marker-assisted selection Korea J. Michael Bonman, Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Disease resistance, crop health management Research Unit, USDA/ARS, Aberdeen, ID, USA Darshan S. Brar, International Rice Research Institute, Genetics, breeding, molecular cytogenetics, wide Manila, Philippines hybridization, tissue culture Takeshi Hayashi, National Institute of Agrobiological Statistical genetics, population genetics, selection theory, Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan QTL analysis Masashi Hirai, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Horticulture genetics and breeding, genome mapping, Japan marker-assisted selection, Brassica, ornamental plants Tokio Imbe, National Agricultural Research Center for Pest and disease resistance, rice breeding Kyushu Okinawa Region, Japan Masaru Iwanaga, National Institute of Crop Science, Polyploid genetics and breeding, Genetic resources, Tsukuba, Japan Crop evolution, Root and tuber crops Hiroshi Kato, National Institute of Crop Science, Hybrid rice, disease resistance, rice breeding Tsukuba, Japan Tsuneo Kato, Kinki University, Kinokawa, Japan Quantitative genetics, high-yielding ability, rice Keisuke Kitamura, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Biochemical breeding, breeding, soybean, grain legumes Hidemi Kitano, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Developmental genetics, rice mutation, plant genetics and breeding Andris Kleinhofs, Washington State University, Pullman, Plant molecular genetics, genome mapping WA, USA Takao Komatsuda, National Institute of Agrobiological Cereal genetics and genomics, crop evolution, Triticeae Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan (especially barley) Naoki Mori, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan Crop evolution, domestication, genetic resources, chloroplast genome, wheat Takeshi Nishio, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Mutation breeding, sexual reproduction, DNA polymorphism, rice, vegetables Kazuhiko Noda, Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan Molecular genetics, physiological tolerance, wheat and barley Kazutoshi Okuno, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Diversity conservation & use, plant genetic resources, Japan genomics-based breeding, rice, sorghum Ryo Ohsawa, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan Outcrossing plants breeding, pollination biology, population genetics, genetic resources, buckwheat, Brassica Masahiro Ohshima, National Institute of Crop Science, Plant molecular genetics, transformation, gene structure, Tsukuba, Japan functional genomics Qian Qian, China National Rice Reserach Institute, Genetics and molecular breeding, rice Hangzhou, China Takanori Sato, National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Plant tissue culture, vegetable genetics and breeding Science, Tsu, Japan Toru Terachi, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan Organellar genetics, male-sterility, wheat, radish Hisashi Tsujimoto, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan Cytogenetics, genetic resources, phylogeny, Triticeae (especially wheat) Atsushi Watanabe, Forest Tree Breeding Center, Hitachi, Forest genetics, marker-assisted selection, population Japan genetics Duncan Vaughan, National Institute of Agrobiological Plant genetic resources, Oryza, Vigna, Glycine Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan Donghe Xu, Japan International Research Center for Genetic resources, DNA markers, legumes Agricultural Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan Toshiya Yamamoto, National Institute of Fruit Tree Fruit tree breeding, DNA marker, tissue culture, Science, Tsukuba, Japan ornamental plants Masahiro Yano, National Institute of Agrobiological Genetics, QTL mapping, map-base cloning, marker- Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan assisted selection, rice Hideshi Yasui, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Host plant resistance to insects, cytogenetics, genetic analysis, rice Managing Editors Fumio Taguchi-Shiobara, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan Takao Komatsuda, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan Editorial Office BS Editorial Office, Nakanishi Printing, Shimotachiuri Ogawa-Higashi, Kamikyo, Kyoto 602-8048, Japan E-mail: [email protected], Phone: +81-75-441-3155, Fax: +81-75-417-2050.