**About the Editors**

#### **Sara Alvarez ´**

Sara Alvarez has published 40 indexed papers in 16 different journals (19 Q1), appearing as ´ first author in 15 of them, in 6 as last author and in 8 as corresponding author; my total number of citations, according to Scopus, is 1295 (h-index Scopus: 23). In addition, He has written 1 book chapters and 16 scientific-technical reports; have participated in 63 international and national congresses; and have given 23 oral communications and 3 invited talks. He have participated in 35 courses, seminars, webinars, etc., related to my research. He is a member of a jury of a doctoral thesis, have refereed 89 papers in SCI journals; and have been a guest editor of 5 Special Issues. He has participated in 20 projects to date, five of which have been financed by European funds; He was the principal investigator of a FEADER project and earned three contracts of special relevance from various companies. Finally, He was awarded for the best communication in the VII Congreso Iberico ´ de Agroingenier´ıa y Ciencias Horticolas in 2013.

#### **Jos ´e Ram ´on Acosta-Motos**

Jose Ram ´ on Acosta-Motos has published 42 articles in 16 different journals (27Q1; 3Q2; 1Q3), ´ appearing as first author in 14 of them and as last author in 3; my H-index and total citations according to Google Scholar are 13 and 1637, respectively, and 11 and 1160, respectively, according to Scopus. He has published three reviews, appearing as first author in two of them. In addition, one of these reviews was awarded as the best publication of the year 2017 in the journal Agronomy. He has also published five books and two book chapters, appearing in six of them as first author. He is the co-director of two PhD programs and the member of the jury of two PhDs. He has participated in 32 international and national congresses, 13 as first author and 2 as last author, and have presented 5 oral communications. He has participated in 46 participations courses, seminars, webinars, etc., related to my research; 19 organizing events related to R&D&I; and 12 projects to date, five of which have been financed by European funds and the remaining seven by national funds.
