**About the Editors**

## **Elvira Fiallo-Oliv´e**

Elvira Fiallo-Olive received her MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Havana (Cuba). ´ Her expertise is in the characterization of whitefly-transmitted viruses that affect important vegetable crops and wild plants worldwide, with emphasis on begomoviruses and criniviruses, and their interactions with the insect vector. Her current research is focused on the molecular and biological characterization of deltasatellites, a novel class of DNA satellites associated with begomoviruses.

#### **Soledad Sacrist ´an**

Soledad Sacristan received her PhD degree from the Universidad Polit ´ ecnica de Madrid ´ (Spain). She has worked on different aspects related to the evolution and adaptation to hosts of phytopathogenic viruses and fungi. She is now specially interested in the molecular and environmental factors that affect fungal interactions with plants, either beneficial or pathogenic.

#### **Ana Palacio-Bielsa**

Ana Palacio-Bielsa received her PhD degree from the University of Valencia (Spain). Her current research is focused on the study of phytopathogenic bacteria affecting both crops and forestry. The main aspects of her research include the development of detection, identification, epidemiology, and control methods. She is also involved in the study of plant–pathogen interaction mechanisms.
