Yahia A. Othman is an Associate Professor at the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, School of Agriculture, The University of Jordan. He earned, from Jordan University of Science and Technology, his B.Sc. in Rangelands and Forestry (2002) and M.Sc. in Plant Production (2005) and obtained his Ph.D. in Plant and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University in 2014. Additionally, he holds membership in the American Society for Horticultural Science. His area of interest focuses on rangeland and forest health, ecology, carbon sequestration, and remote sensing applications.

Kholoud M. Alananbeh is an Associate Professor at the Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, The University of Jordan. She received, from the University of Jordan, her Bachelor's degree in Plant Pathology (1999) and Master's degree in Horticulture and Plant Protection (2003) and earned her Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from North Dakota State University in 2010. Dr. Alananbeh's research keywords include mycology, fungal biology, molecular biology, phytopathology, plant diseases, mushroom cultivation, date palm, phytoremediation, mycoremediation, and biological control.

Monther M. Tahat is a Plant Pathology and Soil Microbiology Researcher. He currently works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, The University of Jordan. He graduated from the University of Basrah in 1997, obtained an M.Sc. at the University of Jordan in 2001, and was awarded with Ph.D. in Plant Protection from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2009. He is skilled in plant fungal disease biology, control biotechnology, soil sampling, and life sciences.