**Meet the editor**

Dr. José C. Jiménez-López graduated in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1998), and Biological Sciences (2001) at the University of Granada, Spain. He completed a Masters degree in Agricultural Sciences (2004), and was awarded a PhD degree in 2008 by CSIC. Soon after, he moved to Purdue University (USA) to start with his postdoctoral research in Plant Biology. Finishing this

period, in 2011 he was awarded a prestigious Marie Curie Grant to start working in The University of Western Australia. Dr. Jiménez-López has co-authored more than 20 articles in international peer-reviewed journals and 12 book chapters. He has presented his research accomplishments in 45 international conferences, and currently is an active member of six international scientific societies, serving as a referee for several different peer-reviewed journals, and also as a scientific editor for international scientific book editorials as InTech.

Contents

**Preface VII** 

Chapter 1 **Pollen Allergenicity is Highly Dependent on the Plant** 

and María Isabel Rodríguez-García

Chapter 2 **Clustering of Olive Pollens into Model Cultivars** 

Sonia Morales, Antonio Jesús Castro, Carmen Salmerón, Francisco Manuel Marco,

Chapter 4 **Involvement of Climatic Factors in** 

**Genetic Background: The "Variety"/"Cultivar" Issues 1**  Juan de Dios Alché, Adoración Zafra, Jose Carlos Jiménez-López,

Sonia Morales, Antonio Jesús Castro, Fernando Florido

**on the Basis of Their Allergenic Content 27** 

Chapter 3 **Detection and Quantitation of Olive Pollen Allergen Isoforms Using 2-D Western Blotting 41** 

**the Allergen Expression in Olive Pollen 57** 

Sonia Morales, Antonio Jesús Castro,

María Isabel Rodríguez-García and Juan de Dios Alché

María Isabel Rodríguez-García and Antonio Jesús Castro

María Isabel Rodríguez-García and Juan de Dios Alché

Chapter 5 **Differential Immune-Reactivity and Subcellular Distribution** 

**as Major Effect of Sequences Polymorphism 71**  Jose C. Jimenez-Lopez, Sonia Morales, Dieter Volkmann,

Juan D. Alché and María I. Rodriguez-Garcia

Chapter 6 **Efficacy of Flavonoids for Patients with Japanese Cedar Pollinosis 103** 

Toshio Tanaka

**Reveal the Multifunctional Character of Profilin in Pollen** 

Krzysztof Zienkiewicz, Estefanía García-Quirós, Juan de Dios Alché,
