**About the Editors**

**Elena Loreti** PhD in Plant Physiology, holds a position as Researcher at the National Research Council (Institute of Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology). Elena Loreti obtained her degree in Biological Science from the University of Pisa; she then joined the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa as a PhD student in Plant Physiology. Research activities include the physiological and molecular response of plants to low oxygen stress, using Arabidopsis thaliana as a model plant. The investigation methods used are gene expression techniques by using q-PCR or transcriptomic analysis by microarray and molecular approaches (sense/antisense transgenesis).

**Gustavo Striker** (Doctor in Agricultural Sciences), an Argentinean national, holds a position as Assistant Professor of Plant Physiology at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and as Researcher at the Argentine National Council for Scientific Research. Gustavo obtained his degree of Agronomical Engineer, and later his Doctorate in Agricultural Sciences, both at UBA. Gustavo investigates waterlogging and submergence responses of forage (grasses and legumes) and crop species through ecophysiological approaches.
