**Meet the editor**

Sven Bode Andersen is a Professor of Plant Breeding at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He received a M.Sc. in Agronomy (Horticulture) in March 1980. In June 1983, he obtained a Ph.D. in Agronomy (Plant Breeding) with the thesis on Haploid production in plant breeding. He became the professor of Plant Breeding

in May 2003. His research focuses on the following: Biotechnology for Plant Breeding, Doubled haploid systems, protoplasts, Molecular markers for Diversity analysis and genetic dissection of important traits, Quantitative trait analysis of resistance, quality and yield.
