Cosimo Taiti, born in Firenze (Italy) in 1981, graduated in Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture from the University of Florence. His PhD on “Agrobiotechnology for Tropical Crops” was awarded in 2011. At present, he works within the International Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology (LINV). His main research topics are harvest and postharvest management of fruit tree species (tropical and temperate fruit species), fruit quality, VOCs analysis, plant signalling, and abiotic stress in plants. He has been a co-investigator in numerous national and international projects. In 2018, he won the UNASA prize. Since 2018, he has been the Associate Editor of the "Advances in Horticultural Science (AHS)" journal. He is the author and co-author of more than 40 publications in international scientific journals.