Byoung Ryong Jeong has completed his PhD at the age of 31 years from Colorado State University, USA, and postdoctoral studies from University of Missouri-Columbia, USA, and Chiba University, Japan. He is a professor in Department of Horticulture and Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Sciences till 2016, Gyeongsang National University, Republic of Korea. He has published more than 350 papers in reputed journals,25+ books & book chapters, 30+ Korean patents, and 46 research reports and has been serving as an editor-in-chief of JOAAT and also been a president of the Korean Society for Floricultural Science.