- Salvatore Esposito: CREA Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, Foggia, Italy.
- Valentino Ruggieri: Biomeets Consulting, ITNIG, Carrer d'Àlaba, Barcelona, Spain.
- Pasquale Tripodi: CREA Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy.