The Crop Journal is a bimonthly academic journal co-sponsored by the Crop Science Society of China, the Institute of Cr op Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and China Science Publishing & Media Group Ltd. Production and Hosting by Elsevier B.V.The major aim of The Crop Journal is to promptly report recent progresses in crop sciences including crop genetics, breeding, agronomy, crop physiology, germplasm resources, grain chemistry, grain storage and processing, crop management practices, crop biotechnology and biomathematics. The regular columns in the journal are Original research papers, Short communications, and Reviews.