- Gritsenko Vyacheslav Vladimirovich, Dr. Sci. Biol., Professor, Russian State Agrarian University — Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russia
- Dorofeev Vladimir Ivanovich, Dr. Sci. Biol., Professor, Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia (ORCID) (ReseacherID)
- Zhivotovskiy Lev Anatol’evich, Dr. Sci. Biol., Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy
- of Science, Moscow, Russia (ORCID) (Scopus)
- Ivanov Alexandr L’vovich, Dr. Sci. Biol., Professor, North Caucasus Federal University, Stavropol, Russia
- Ignatov Mikhail Stanislavovich, Dr. Sci. Biol., Professor, Tsitsin Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (ORCID) (ReseacherID)
- Litvinskaya Svetlana Anatol’evna, Dr. Sci. Biol., Professor, Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia (ORCID) (Scopus)
- Nakhutsrishvili Georgiy Shalvovich, Dr. Sci. Biol., Corresponding member of the Georgian Academy of Science, Ketskhoveli Botanical Institute of the Chavchavadze State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- Faivush Georgiy Markovich, Dr. Sci. Biol., Institute of Botany of the NAS of the RA, Erevan, Armenia (ORCID)
- Shkhagapsoev Safarbi Khasanbievich, Dr. Sci. Biol., Kabardino-Balkarian State University, Nalchik, Russia (ORCID)