Crop production, Agronomy of field crops, Crop physiology and phenology

Mehdi Rahimi was born in Shiraz, Iran, in 1978. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran. His research interests are in the areas of plant breeding (classical breeding, biometry, abiotic stress, molecular breeding, genomics, gene expression). He received his Ph.D. in plant breeding at Tarbiat Modares University during 2008-2013 and M.Sc. in plant breeding at University of Guilan during 2004-2007 and his B.Sc. in agronomy and plant breeding from Shiraz University.

Cukurova University, Faculty of Agriculture, Adana, Türkiye

Born in Bursa in 1972, he completed his primary, secondary, and high school education in Bursa. In 1990, he was admitted to the Field Crops Department of the Faculty of Agriculture at Bursa Uludağ University. He completed his undergraduate studies in 1995 and began his master's studies in the Field Crops Department of the Institute of Science at Bursa Uludağ University. In 1996, he was appointed as a research assistant in the same department. He completed his master's degree in 1998 and began his doctoral studies in the same year at the Field Crops Department of the Institute of Science at Bursa Uludağ University. He completed his doctorate in 2004; he received the title of Associate Professor in 2010 and Professor in 2015. He currently serves as a faculty member in the Field Crops Department of the Faculty of Agriculture at Bursa Uludağ University. He is married and has three children.

1986 Bachelor's Degree in Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture

1988 Master's Degree in Field Crops, Department of Natural Sciences

1993 Doctorate in Field Crops, Department of Natural Sciences

1995 Assistant Professor

2000 Associate Professor

2006 Professor

Türkçe, İngilizce

Prof. Dr. Uğur Bilgili was born on November 20, 1968, in Ağrı-Eleşkirt. He completed his primary and secondary education in Bursa. He graduated from the Department of Field Crops at Uludağ University Faculty of Agriculture in 1991. In 1994, he began his master's studies in the same department, specializing in Forage Crops and Pasture Science, and completed his master's thesis entitled "A Study on Important Morphological and Agricultural Characteristics of Nearly Isogenic Forage Pea Lines with Different Leaf Characteristics" in 1997. In 1998, he attended "The Second International Course on Protected Cultivation of Crops" in Israel. In 2002, he completed his doctoral thesis entitled "The Effects of Treading and Nitrogen Fertilization on Plant Development and Turf Quality in Football Field Turf Mixtures". Between July 28, 2004, and January 28, 2005, he spent six months at the University of Nebraska, USA, conducting research on turfgrass with a TÜBİTAK Overseas Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. He became an assistant professor in February 2005, an associate professor in November 2006, and a full professor in May 2012. He has 96 publications, including 1 book, 10 book chapters, 51 articles (37 of which are in internationally indexed journals), and 34 conference presentations. He has also successfully completed 13 projects. He currently works at the Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, Uludağ University, Bursa.

Born March 1, 1966 (official)

Bachelor's Degree: Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Field Crops (1990)

Master's Degree: Gaziosmanpaşa University, Institute of Science, Department of Field Crops (1994)

Doctorate: Ege University, Institute of Science, Department of Field Crops (2000)

Prof. Dr. Mehmet Salih Sayar – Short Academic Biography
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Salih Sayar received his Bachelor’s degree in Field Crops from Dicle University in 2001. He completed his Master’s degree in 2007 and his Ph.D. in 2011 at the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Çukurova University, with thesis research focused on field crops. He is currently a faculty member at Dicle University, Bismil Vocational School, where he also holds administrative responsibilities.
Prof. Dr. Sayar has served as a principal investigator, coordinator, advisor, and researcher in numerous research and applied projects, making significant contributions particularly in the fields of forage crops and rangeland improvement. He has published extensively in internationally indexed scientific journals and has been awarded scientific publication incentives by TÜBİTAK. In addition, he has developed and registered two distinct forage crop cultivars within the scope of plant breeding studies.
In addition to his editorial roles and extensive experience as a reviewer for peer-reviewed scientific journals, Prof. Dr. Sayar has authored and co-authored scientific books and book chapters. His scholarly contributions have primarily focused on the agronomic characteristics of field crops and forage crops, as presented in various published academic volumes.