Ertan Yildirim is a Full Professor at the Department of Horticulture, Agriculture Faculty at the Atatürk University. Dr. Yildirim received his Ph.D in Horticulture from the Atatürk University Erzurum, Turkey, in 2003. He has also been a visiting scientist at Cornell University. His research is focused on teaching and researching of vegetable growing, vegetable breeding, greenhouse management, seed germination and physiology, organic agriculture, and stress physiology. He has been involved in many projects. He served as the Director of the Vocational Training School and Director of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. He is also a member of national and international social and governmental organizations. Dr. Yildirim is the author of over 190 publications, with 110 papers published in international journals included in the 80 SCI with 1500 citations in the Web of Science. He has served as a reviewer for many journals. He has also attended many international courses, congress, and symposiums.