Meet the editor

Fernando Cezar Juliatti is an agronomist with a master's degree in Phytopathology and a Ph.D. in Agronomy, Plant Breeding. He is currently a full professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), where he has held the chair of phytopathology since 1987. He was previously director of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences and coordinator of the agronomy course at the same university. He is a member of the Chamber

of Agronomy at the Amparo Research Foundation in Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG). He has published more than 220 articles in specialized journals in agronomy, plant pathology, biology, genetics, and plant breeding. He actively participates in scientific committees in Brazil, such as the Coordination of Improvement of *Higher Education Personnel Foundation* (*CAPES*), the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), and FAPEMIG. He twice composed the CAPES-Brazil award judging committee for the best doctoral theses in Brazil in biology, medicine, biochemistry, genetics and biotechnology, veterinary, food science, and agronomy. He has guided students awarded as winners of best works in scientific congresses and meetings. Dr. Juliatti won the Top Ethanol award from the Union of Alcohol and Sugar Industries (UNICA) in 2011. He was president of the Brazilian Society of Phytopathology in 2004 and president of the Golden Jubilee of the Brazilian Congress of Phytopathology in 2017. His research focuses on the alternative management of aggressive fungi in plants with the use of *Trichoderma*.
