Copper has been used in agriculture to control oomycetes, fungi and bacteria for over a century. It plays important roles integrated pest management, but is essential organic farming, where disease management depends almost exclusively on its use. However, the use of this heavy metal may have log-term consequences due accumulation soil, which appears incompatible with farming’s objectives. This awareness led European Union establish maximum limits copper farming since 2002 (Commission...

The principal goal of the organic farming system (OFS) is to develop enterprises that are sustainable and harmonious with environment. Unfortunately, OFS yields fewer products per land than non-organic in many agricultural products. objective our study was assess effects digestate biochar fertilizers on yield fruit quality processing tomato produced under OFS. experiment carried out Po Valley, during 2017 2018 growing seasons. Liquid (LD), LD + (LD BC) pelleted (PD) were evaluated compared...

Chilling stress limits processing tomato growth and yield, leading to high losses. An approach increase the sustainability of crop production could involve use beneficial microorganisms. The objectives this research were investigate: (i) efficacy Funneliformis mosseae Paraburkholderia graminis C4D1M in avoiding damage during severe chilling stress; (ii) synergic effect two microorganisms inoculated as a consortium; (iii) if putative microorganism effects depended on genotype. To achieve...

The microbial communities thriving at the root−soil interface have potential to improve plant growth and sustainable crop production. Yet, how agricultural practices, such as application of either mineral or organic nitrogen fertilizers, impact on composition functions these remains be fully elucidated. By deploying a two-pronged 16S rRNA gene sequencing predictive metagenomics approach, we demonstrated that bacterial microbiota field-grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) plants is product...

Nowadays agriculture needs to increase crop sustainability and the organic cropping system has emerged as an interesting alternative approach with respect conventional one. On other hand, current unfavorable yield gap between systems reduces system's value. Processing tomato is a globally important horticultural used model. The objective of this study was investigate different biofertilizers that could improve quality processing in system. An experiment conducted Po Valley, northern Italy,...

Agronomic and seed-quality traits in 17 quinoa (Chenopodium Willd.) accessions grouped according to seed colour (i.e. ochre yellow) were investigated compared with the white commercial cultivar Regalona-Baer. These previously selected from a range of diverse origin for their potential value breeding program cultivars adapted southern Italian environment. Field trials conducted over 2 years Foggia, Italy. The aim was identify elite genotypes suited Mediterranean Basin terms high yields...

Currently, vegetable production systems have been changed to improve yield and quality, leading an improvement in sustainability. In horticultural cultivation, one of the most important sectors is seedling nurseries. past, seedlings were produced directly by farmers. Nowadays, industrialized nurseries provide characterized a uniform growth early contemporaneous development. addition, consumer concern about impact food on environment driving increased demand for organic vegetables with...

Nowadays one of the main challenges in agriculture is to increase crop yield and quality a sustainable way. Organic farming system (OFS) considered more eco-friendly than conventional (CFS). However, cash crops showed reduced when cultivated OFS, among them processing tomato reported highest gap between OFS CFS. Therefore, objective this study was investigate, both greenhouse field experiments, combined effects cherry rootstock, genotype ‘Tomito’, applications different microbial...

AbstractThe aim of this study was to test the effectiveness various concentrations tea tree oil and clove against Plasmopara viticola. In vitro tests entailed assessing development P. viticola on leaf disks calculating sporangial germination. a field trial, formulated products containing 23.8% (BM-608) 15% (Sporatec) were tested in an organic vineyard control downy mildew. The efficacy pure essential oils compared with water reference product (Airone, copper oxychloride 50% hydroxide 50%)....

Climate change is increasing drought events and decreasing water availability. Tomato commonly transplanted to an open field after seedling production in a nursery, requiring large volumes of water. Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi help plants cope with stress; however, their effects depend on plant genotype environmental conditions. In this study, we assessed the interactions among different tomato genotypes two AM fungi, Funneliformis mosseae Rhizophagus intraradices, under regimes, full...

<title>Abstract</title> The genus <italic>Streptomyces</italic> (<italic>phylum</italic> <italic>Actinomycetota</italic>) is known to contain strains that are very prospective biocontrol agents, but limited research focused on their ability enhance plant defence after foliar treatments, thus posing technical limits potential use. In this study, the sp. DLS2013 was able epiphytically colonise tomato leaves under controlled conditions. Following colonisation by DLS2013, RNA-Seq analysis...

The tomato is a key crop cultivated worldwide for the fresh and processing markets. Only small percentage of tomatoes processed by industries were produced following guidelines organic farming system. Potential reasons limited share production are probably related to lower yield obtained in comparison with conventional farming. In this study, use cherry genotype ‘Tomito’ as rootstock two different plant densities (2.5 1.25 m−2) evaluated order improve agronomic performances commercial...

The yield and fruit quality of processing tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) have increased markedly over the past decades. aim this work was to assess effects organic (OFS) conventional farming systems (CFS) on main agronomic parameters involved in tomato components traits heirloom modern genotypes. Marketable from genotypes, both OFS CFS, showing a difference ≈20 t per hectare favor CFS. Total (TY) not improved assessed ≈35 observed In systems, highest marketable genotypes due higher...

Lavandin (Lavandula x intermedia) belongs to the Lamiaceae family and is a shrub cultivated in Mediterranean region for essential oils used produce cosmetic, aromatherapy, pharmaceutical ingredients. Nowadays, interest plant biostimulants rising due their ability increase biomass production sustainable way. The scope of present study was assess effects two biostimulants, one based on hydrolyzed proteins (FITOSIM®) seaweed extracts (FITOSTIM ALGA®), cultivar Grosso consecutive years three...