Dr. Hezhong Dong is a senior principal scientist at the Shandong Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China. He is also an executive member of the International Cotton Researcher's Association (ICRA). His research activities are concentrated on agronomy and physiology of major field crops under monoculture or multi-cropping, with a focus on cotton under or without abiotic stresses like salinity, drought, waterlogging and shading. He has 120 publications with 4116 citations and an h-index of 36 (Scopus, 18 October 2023).