Dr. Alma Balestrazzi is an Associate Professor and Researcher in Plant Physiology at the Department of Biology and Biotechnology ‘L. Spallanzani’, University of Pavia, Italy. She completed her Ph.D. studies in Genetics and Molecular Biology at the University of Pavia. She holds a Degree with honors in Biology from the University of Pavia. She is a member of the Italian Society of Horticulture and the Italian Society of Plant Biology-SIBV.