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Sally D. Logsdon, editor-in-chief
D.D. Myrold, editor

TECHNICAL EDITORS
G. Wilson (Div. S-1)
S.R. Goldberg (Div. S-2)
S.C.Hart (Div. S-3, S-7)
T.L. Thompson (Div. S-4, S-8)
P.A. McDaniel (Div. S-5, S-9, S-10)
S.M. Dabney (Div. S-6)
B.C. Si (media review)

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
M.A. Arthur, R.L. Baumhardt, H. Blanco-Canqui, D. Brown, M.A. Cavigelli, T.J. Clough, J.R. Davenport, H.M. Dion, W. Durner, M.E. Essington, A. Fares, T.P.K. Ferre, S. Gao, H.H. Gerke, D. Gimenez, P.R. Grossl, N.C. Hansen, P.A. Holden, T.A. Howell, T.C. Kaspar, Q. Ketterings, R. Khosla, R.T. Koenig, B.D. Lee,R.D. Lentz, G. Levy A. Leytem, D.J. Lowe, M.A. Mayes, C.S. Morgan, P.P. Motavalli, B. Needleman, A. Nemes, K. Noborio, T.A. Obreza, T. Oschner, A.T. O'Geen, S. Overby, N.P. Qafoku, S. Quideau, C. Reddy, T. Ren, P.C. Scharf, W.F. Schillinger, L.A. Schipper, A. Schlegel, T.E. Schumacher, GD.A. Scott, N. Slaton, J. Smith, J.M. Stark, D.J. Strawn, M.E. Stromberger, C.W. Swanston, R.W. Taylor, O. Wendroth, T.O. West, J.R. White, M. Young, H. Zhang, X.-C. Zhang

Ellen G.M. Bergfeld, chief executive officer
Frances Katz, director of publications
Rebecca Funck, managing editor - (rfunck{at}agronomy.org)

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