Prof. Jose I. Hormaza is a Research Professor at the Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM La Mayora), a joint Research Institute between the Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC) and the University of Malaga. He obtained his PhD in Plant Biology from the University of California–Davis (USA) in 1994. The activity of his research group is focused on the sustainable use of genetic resources to optimize production in subtropical and temperate fruit tree species both under the current environmental conditions as well as taking into account climate change predictions. Basic and applied approaches are combined to study germplasm for its conservation and use in breeding programs, analyze the implications of reproductive biology in fertilization and fruit set or optimize cultural techniques to improve productivity.