The Journal of Plant Research is an international journal dedicated to the dissemination of fundamental knowledge in all areas of plant sciences including evolutionary biology, phylogeography, phylogeny, taxonomy, genetics, ecology, morphology, physiology, developmental biology, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, and systems biology.In addition to these disciplines, the journal welcomes papers in interdisciplinary areas and in newly developing areas of basic plant biology. The journal especially encourages publication of work carried out through unique approaches and those reporting unprecedented findings.

Editor-in-Chief
Kouki HIKOSAKA
Graduate School of Life Sciences 
Tohoku University
Aoba, Sendai 980-8578, Japan 
email address: hikosaka-AT-m.tohoku.ac.jp
Editors
Thomas BERBERICH
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F)
Eric DeCHAINE
Western Washington University
Tomomichi FUJITA
Hokkaido University
Ichirou KARAHARA
University of Toyama
Naoto KAWAKAMI
Meiji University
Hiroyuki MURAOKA
Gifu University
Tomoaki NISHIYAMA
Kanazawa University
Kintake SONOIKE
Waseda University
Koji TAKAYAMA
Kyoto University
Yanhong TANG
Peking University
Atushi USHIMARU
Kobe University
Hajime WADA
The University of Tokyo

Advisory Board
Hiroo FUKUDA
Hidemasa IMASEKI
Kunio IWATSUKI
Masayuki KATSUMI
Tsuneyoshi KUROIWA
Ikuo NISHIDA
Kazuhiko NISHITANI
Hiroh SHIBAOKA
Masashi TAZAWA
Hiroshi TOBE
Hirokazu TSUKAYA
Masamitsu WADA

Editorial Board
Taxonomy/Phylogenetics/Evolutionary Biology
Steffi ICKERT-BOND
University of Alaska
Hajime IKEDA
Okayama University
Hans-Peter COMES
Universität Salzburg
Steven R. MANCHESTER
Florida Museum of Natural History
Yuki MITSUI
Tokyo University of Agriculture
Hidetoshi SAKAYAMA
Kobe University
Harald SCHNEIDER
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Tod STUESSY
Ohio State University
Yuki TSUJITA
Saga University
Richard WHITKUS§
Sonoma State University
Wenheng ZHANG
Commonwealth University

Ecology/Ecophysiology/Environmental Biology
Daniele CICUZZA
University Brunei Darussalam
Jochem EVERS
Wageningen University
Mitsuru HIROTA
Tsukuba University
Shuang-Quan HUANG
Central China Normal University
Atsushi ISHIDA
Kyoto University
Toshihiko KINUGASA
Tottori University
Wan-Jin LIAO
Beijing Normal University
Shin-Ichi MIYAZAWA
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)
Onno MULLER
Institute for Bio-and Geosciences
Ülo NIINEMETS
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Shimpei OIKAWA
Ibaraki University
Yudai OKUYAMA
National Museum of Nature and Science
Kentaro K. SHIMIZU
University of Zurich
Fernando VALLADARES
Instituto de Recursos Naturales, CSIC

Morphology/Anatomy/Structural Biology
Akitoshi IWAMOTO
Kanagawa University
Satoshi KOI
Osaka City University
Louis RONSE DE CRAENE
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Masaki SHIMAMURA
Hiroshima University
Yasuhiro UTSUMI
Kyushu University

Genetics/Developmental Biology
Gerrit T.S. BEEMSTER§
University of Antwerp Ghent University
John BOWMAN
Monash University
Ali FERJANI
Tokyo Gakuen University
Stefan de FOLTER
Laboratorio Nacional De Genomica Para La Biodiversidad
Hidehiro FUKAKI
Kobe University
Kimitsune ISHIZAKI
Kobe University
Yuling JIAO
Institute of Genetics and Development Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chandrashekhar JOSHI
Michigan Technology University
Byung-Ho KANG
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Gyung‐Tae KIM
Dong-A University
Ken NAITO
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Keiko SUGIMOTO
Riken
Munetaka SUGIYAMA 
University of Tokyo
Naoyuki UCHIDA
Nagoya University
Richard WHITKUS§
Sonoma State University

Physiology/Biochemistry/Molecular and Cellular Biology
Yagut ALLAHVERDIYEVA-RINNE
University of Turku
Charles P. CHEN
Azusa Pacific University
Bhaskar GUPTA
Presidency University
Misako KATO
Ochanomizu University
Attila KERESZT
Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Natsumaro KUTSUNA
LPixel Inc.
Misato OHTANI
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Toshio SAKAMOTO
Kanazawa University
Michiko SASABE
Hirosaki University
Shigemi SEO
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Jeong Sheop SHIN
Korea University
Iwane SUZUKI
University of Tsukuba
Noriaki TANABE
Kindai University
Neung TEAUMROONG
Suranaree Universitu of Technology
Kenichi TSUDA
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Michael WRZACZEK
Helsinki University
Kuo-Chen YEH
Academia Sinica
Shizue YOSHIHARA
Osaka Prefecture University
Keiko YOSHIOKA
University of Toronto

Biophysics/Theoretical and Systems Biology
Gerrit T.S. BEEMSTER§
University of Antwerp Ghent University
Hironori FUJITA 
National Institute for Basic Biology