**About the Special Issue Editors**

**Tibor Janda** is the Head of the Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research in Martonvas´ ar, ´ Hungary. He received his M.S. degree from the Jozsef ´ Attila University in Szeged as a molecular biologist and biotechnologist in 1992. He is a member of several scientific committees and editorial boards. His research interests include the effects of low temperature and photoinhibition on photosynthesis; physiology and biochemistry of abiotic stress tolerance in plants, especially in cereals; the effects of salicylic acid and related compounds on stress tolerance of crop plants; the role of antioxidants in stress tolerance of plants; the role of light in the development of stress tolerance in plants; and cross-talk between signaling and acclimation processes in plants. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and he has received more than 3000 independent citations

**Magda Pal´** is a Senior Research Associate of Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research in Martonvas´ ar, ´ Hungary. She received her M.S. degree from the University of Debrecen as a molecular biologist and biotechnologist in 2001. She is a member of several scientific committees and editorial boards. Her research interests include physiology and biochemistry of abiotic stress tolerance in plants, especially in cereals; cadmium-induced plant responses and cadmium tolerance at metabolite and gene expression levels; the effects of salicylic acid and polyamines on stress tolerance of crop plants; and the relationship between polyamines and other plant hormones or protective compounds. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and she has received more than 700 independent citations.

**Gabriella Szalai** is scientific consultant with the Department of Plant Physiology, Agricultural Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research in Martonvas´ ar, ´ Hungary. She received her M.S. degree from the Jozsef ´ Attila University in Szeged as a molecular biologist and biotechnologist in 1993. She is a member of several scientific committees and editorial boards. Her research interests include the physiology and biochemistry of abiotic stress tolerance in plants, especially in cereals; the effects of salicylic acid and related compounds on stress tolerance of crop plants; the role of antioxidants in the stress tolerance of plants; the role of light in the development of stress tolerance in plants; and cross-talk between signaling and acclimation processes in plants. She has published approx. 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and she has greceivedot more than 3500 independent citations.
