Dr. Mohammad Pessarakli is a professor in the School of Plant Sciences at the Univ. of Arizona. His work includes research and teaching courses in Turfgrass Sci. and Physiology, currently teaching courses to over 200 students each semester. He is the editor of the Handbook of Plant & Crop Stress, Handbook of Plant & Crop Physiology, Handbook of Photosynthesis, Handbook of Turfgrass Management & Physiology, and Handbook of Cucurbits, has written 40 book chapters, is Editor-in-Chief of the Advances in Plants & Agric. Research Journal, Editorial Board member of Plant Nutrition Journal & Communications in Soil Sc. & Plant Analysis, a member of the Book Review Committee of Crop Sci. Soc. of Amer. and Reviewer of Crop Science, Agronomy, and HortScience Journals. He is the author or co-author of over 200 articles in 20 different journals. He is an executive board member of the American Association of the Univ. Professors. He is a well-known internationally recognized scientist and scholar and an esteemed member of several Who’s Who and numerous honor societies. He is a certified professional agronomist and soil scientist. He received a B.S. degree (1977) in Environ. Resources in Agric. and M.S. (1978) in Soil Management and Crop Production, Ariz. State Univ. and a Ph.D. (1981) in Soil and Water Sci., Univ. of Ariz. His environmental stress research work and expertise on plants and crops is internationally recognized. https://cals.arizona.edu/spls/content/mohammad