The Editorial Committee of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and the current and former editors wish to express our deepest and most sincere condolences on the passing of Dr. Yoav Bashan, who was part of our journal's scientific committee until last september.

Dr bashan was an outstanding researcher, leader of the Microbiology and biotechnology group of the centro de Investigaciones biologicas del Noroeste, OBNOR (La paz, Mexico) and Associate professor of Auburn University (Alabama, USA). For three decades, he achieved renown in research areas such as water bioremediation, plant-microorganism interaction, soil microbiology, plant growth-promoting bacteria, desert revegetation and the role of plants in agriculture and the environment.

In this editorial, we would like to thank dr. bashan for the support he generously gave to Agronomia Colombiana.

Finally, the editor of Agronomia Colombiana also wants to inform the readers and future authors that the journal will publish review articles again, maximum one per issue. before being submitted to peer review, any review article must be approved by the editor-in-chief and the editorial Committee. Other details about the publication of review articles can be found in the section 'Requirements for publishing in Agronomia colombiana'.