Dr. Nuria Alburquerque works in the Fruit Biotechnology Group, Department of Plant Breeding at CEBAS-CSIC, Campus Universitario de Es-pinardo, Edif. 25, 30100 Murcia, Spain. She is a research expert in fruit tree breeding, floral biology, in vitro plant cultivation, establishment of genotype-independent regeneration protocols, development of genetic transformation protocols for woody plants, generation of marker-free genes transformed plants, production of transformed plants resistant to diseases, viruses and abiotic stresses (salinity and drought), and the development of protocols to produce pathogen-free plants through in vitro culture.