**About the Editor**

**Aliasghar Montazar** is currently Irrigation and Water Management Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Southern California. He has a PhD in Irrigation and Drainage and more than 20 years of research, extension, teaching, and technical consulting experience and has served in several leadership positions in agricultural water management and irrigation engineering in California and abroad. Before joining University of California in 2011, he was associate professor at the Department of Irrigation Engineering, University of Tehran. He has a well-developed applied research and training program on irrigation and soil–water-related issues. His focus is sensor-based irrigation management, water conservation, evapotranspiration, and the best irrigation and nutrient management practices.
