Dr. Lucia Rosaria Forleo is a researcher at CREA—Center for Viticulture and Oenology in Turi. She graduated in 2000 at the University of Bari with a PhD in Agricultural Sciences in 2004. Since 2007, she has worked on several projects in CREA, responsible for the genetic improvement program and dealing with obtaining new varieties of table grapes through traditional genetic improvement and micropropagation, paying particular attention to the embryo rescue technique and the phenotypic characterization of new genotypes. In recent years, she took care of obtaining and cultivating embryogenic calluses for transformation. She is the author of several papers describing new plant varieties. She is also a member of the SOI Italian Horticultural Society and the Order of Agronomists and Foresters.