Rajeev Varshney is a Principal Scientist for the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in India, as well as a Theme Leader for the CGIAR Generation >Challenge Program in Mexico. Dr. Varshney has published hundreds of research articles and co-edited five previous works on genomics and crop improvement.?Dr. Varshney is also an adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia. Roberto Tuberosa is a professor at the University of Bologna, Italy, where he teaches courses on plant genetic resources and biotechnology, biotechnology applied to plant breeding, and agricultural genetics. Dr. Tuberosa is also active in the cereal crop research community and has published extensively on topics related to barley, maize and wheat, and he serves on the editorial boards for Plant Breeding, Plant Biotechnology Journal and Plant Genetic Resources characterization andutilization.