Mehmet Emin Çalışkan

Mehmet Emin Çalışkan is a senior professor in the Department of Agricultural Genetic Engineering at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Turkey. Potatoes have been his main focus since his postgraduate studies, spanning crop management, physiology, genetics, breeding, and seed production. His recent work targets drought and heat stress tolerance and stress-tolerant cultivar development. He has led FAO projects on seed potato systems in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, published over 50 articles, and edited the book Potato Production Worldwide. A member of EAPR since 1997, he chaired its Agronomy and Physiology Section (2008–2014) and serves on the editorial board of Potato Research.