Mauricio Hunsche (agronomist, Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences) is associate professor at the institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Bonn, Germany (http://www.gartenbauwissenschaft.uni-bonn.de/people/ ). He has broad experience in basic and applied agronomy sciences, and published several scientific papers on the topics ‘Stress physiology of plants’ and ‘Quality attributes of horticultural crops and products’ (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mauricio-Hunsche ). He currently coordinates a number of research initiatives for the private industry on the topics ‘Fertilizers, Crops and Environment’ and ‘Biostimulants against abiotic stresses in agricultural crops’.