Guido D'Urso, University of Naples Federico II; Napoli, Italy, Italy; Giovanni Battista Chirico, Oscar Rosario Belfiore, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; Nicola Lamaddalena, CIHEAM- Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Italy; Daniela D'Agostino, CIHEAM - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Italy; Alfonso Calera Belmonte, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain; Marie Therese Abi Saab, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon; Jawad Al-Bakri, University of Jordan, Jordan