Dr. Mohammad Pessarakli, the Editor, is a Research Professor and a Teaching Faculty in the School of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. His work at the University of Arizona includes research and extension services as well as teaching courses in Turfgrass Science, Management, and Stress Physiology as well as Plants and Our World course. The Editor of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress and the Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology (both titles published by, formerly Marcel Dekker, Inc., currently Taylor and Francis Group, CRC Press), Handbook of Photosynthesis, Handbook of Turfgrass Management and Physiology, and Handbook of Cucurbits. He is also a Co-editor of the Silicon and Nano-silicon in Environmental Stress Management and Crop Quality Improvement Progress and Prospects, 1st Edition, Elsevier, Academic Press. Dr. Pessarakli has written over thirty-five (35) book chapters, he is an Editorial Board
