Dr. Amarjit S. Basra is an eminest plant physiologist at the Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, India. He is currently a visiting scientist at the University  of California at Davis. His outstanding work on seed quality and cotton fiber quality has been internationally recognized. Dr. Basra has more than 80 research publications to his credit, and is the lead editor of 11 books on topical subjects in plant/crop science. He is the founding editor in Chief of the Journal of Crop Production and the Journal of New Seeds (Food Products Press). He is a member of the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, the American Society of Plant Biologists, the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, the New York Academy of Sciences, the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists, the American Society for Horticultural Science, and the International Society of Horticultural Science. Dr. Basra is a decorated scientist who has received several coveted awards and honors and has made scientific visits to several countries fostering cooperation in agricultural research at the international level.