A5036415866- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Cynara cardunculus studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
- Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Seed Germination and Physiology
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management
- Biofuel production and bioconversion
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Potato Plant Research
- Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
- Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation
- Urban Planning and Valuation
University of Catania
2014-2024
Trees and Timber Institute
2018-2019
National Research Council
2018-2019
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2018-2019
Associated Research (United States)
2018
Agriculture and Food
2014
Although many crops have developed several adaptation mechanisms that allow them to defend against limiting factors, some biotic and abiotic stresses may cause reversible or irreversible changes in plants. Among the stresses, whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is probably one of main important pests negatively affect vegetable are grown greenhouses. The present study evaluated its impact on morphology physiology two solanaceous plants, i.e., tomato (Solanum...
C3 plant species are widely used to vegetate constructed wetlands (CW), but so far no information is available on their effect CW CO2(eq) balance in the Mediterranean climate. The aim of this research was study carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) emissions budgets horizontal sub-surface flow pilot-plant beds vegetated with Arundo donax L. Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. compared an unvegetated bed Sicily. highest total biomass production measured A. (17.0 kg m–2), whereas P....
The aim of this study was to evaluate biomass production promising ‘no-food’ energy crops, Vetiveria zizanoides (L.) Nash, Miscanthus × giganteus Greef et Deu. and Arundo donax (L.), irrigated with low quality water at different evapotranspiration restitutions. Two horizontal subsurface flow (H-SSF) constructed wetland (CW) beds, operation life (12 6 years), were used treat secondary municipal wastewaters for crop irrigation. Water chemical, physical microbiological parameters as well plant...
The aim of this study was to evaluate, in open field conditions, the effect injection depth digestate liquid fraction (10 cm, 25 cm and 35 cm) clay loam soil, on CO2 emission. An un-amended soil considered as control. performed 2014 a farm located Terrasa Padovana, Veneto region (Italy) distributing before maize sowing. Digestate determined high emission first hour after application, followed by progressive reduction early 24 h, reaching significantly lower values, similar those measured...
The aims of this study were to evaluate: (1) the effect sodium chloride (NaCl) and mannitol at different osmotic pressures on germination three proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) genotypes (VIR 9181, Unikum, Kinelskoje) under controlled laboratory conditions; (2) effects irrigation water salinity, maximum crop evapotranspiration (ETm) restitution regimes, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation forage production in a marginal Mediterranean soil for that showed highest lowest seed...
The study aimed to evaluate, in a marginal semi-arid Mediterranean agro-ecosystem (Sicily-Italy), the effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) inoculation and raw olive mill wastewater (OMW) (40 80 m3 ha−1) on forage (durum wheat-snail medick intercropping) yield, grain production broad bean chickpea. AMF significantly increased (+13.6%) dry biomass durum wheat nitrogen (+22.8%) phosphorus (+32.5%) uptake. inoculation, promoted uptake (+11.5%) root nodule number (+13.9%) absence OMW....
With the aim at enhancing sustainability of biomass production in Mediterranean area, this paper analyzes, for first time, sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) bioenergy using urban treated wastewaters and bio-fertilization. For purpose, effects on three different fertilizations (no-nitrogen control, biofertilizer, mineral ammonium nitrate), four levels constructed wetland (CW) wastewater restitutions (0%, 33%, 66% 100%) crop evapotranspiration (ETc) harvesting dates (at full plant...
Treatment wetlands (TWs) are Nature-Based Solutions increasingly used worldwide for wastewater (WW) treatment able to remove mineral and organic pollutants through both physical biochemical process. Besides the reusable effluent, TWs produce as main output plant biomass that need be harvested disposed at least once a year with significant management costs TW temporary out of service. This study aims (i) evaluate potential local energy production (ii) understand hydraulic conductivity (Ks)...
Treatment wetlands (TWs) are Nature-Based Solutions which have been increasingly used worldwide for wastewater (WW) treatment as they able to remove mineral and organic pollutants through both physical biochemical processes. Besides the reusable effluent, TWs produce, their main output, plant biomass that needs be harvested disposed of at least once a year with significant management costs causing TW temporarily out service. This study aims (i) evaluate potential TWs’ local energy production...