María Teresa Lao is a Professor of Agronomy at the University of Almería (Spain) and an Agricultural Engineer (University of polytechnic of Madrid, Spain). She has a PhD in Agronomy from the University of Almería (Spain). Her scientific activity has focused on ornamental plants and greenhouse horticulture. She is an author of more than 80 scientific publications indexed mostly in the first quartile of the ISI, 30 books and book chapters and more than 180 contributions to national and international conferences.