Full name: Carlos José López-Herrera Current position: -Tenured Scientist (Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, Spain) Education Backgroung: -Agricultural Engineering. E.T.S.I.A.M. University of Córdoba, Spain,1979; -PhD Agricultural Engineering. E.T.S.I.A.M. University of Córdoba, Spain, 1984. Work experience: Research has been carried out on the incidence, distribution and development of diseases caused by soil fungi, mainly Phytophthora cinnamomi and Rosellinia necatrix and aerial fungi of the family Botryosphaeriaceae, in subtropical (avocado and mango) crops, as well as its integrated control through the use of physical (solarization), chemical (systemic and contact fungicides), biological (mycoviruses with transmission of hypovirulence and antagonistic fungi) and use of disease tolerant rootstocks. A study was also conducted by silencing or overexpressing the genes involved in the defence of strawberry anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum acutatum. Current and previous research interests: -Control of emerging canker and branch dieback diseases in economically important woody crops. -Epidemiology and sustainable control of emerging wood diseases in almond, avocado and grapevine, woody crops of economic importance in Andalusia.