A5043382450- Potato Plant Research
- Cynara cardunculus studies
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Botanical Studies and Applications
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Pomegranate: compositions and health benefits
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Garlic and Onion Studies
- Medicinal plant effects and applications
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica
- Pineapple and bromelain studies
- Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research
- Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Seed and Plant Biochemistry
- Sugarcane Cultivation and Processing
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
National Research Council
2018-2025
Trees and Timber Institute
2015-2018
Institute for Agricultural and Forest Systems in the Mediterranean
2005-2013
Istituto per il Sistema Produzione Animale in Ambiente Mediterraneo
2000-2011
I.R.C.C.S. Oasi Maria SS
2007
University of Catania
1995
Field experiments were conducted in Sicily (south Italy) to assess chlorophyll (Chl) fluorescence parameters response of potato crop nitrogen dose, variation genotype and plant age, detect relationships between Chl content, parameter Fv/Fm, tuber yield. The experiment included five doses (0, 10, 20, 30, 40 g m-2) four genotypes (Spunta, Sieglinde, Daytona, Igea). (initial fluorescence, F0, maximum Fm, variable Fv, Tmax (the time required reach Fm), content measured weekly the appearance...
Nitrogen fertilization is indispensable to improving potato crop productivity, but there a need manage it suitably by looking at environmental sustainability. In three-season experiment, we studied the effects of five nitrogen (N) rates: 0 (N0), 100 (N100), 200 (N200), 300 (N300) and 400 (N400) kg N ha−1 on uptake, apparent recovery efficiency (ANRE), tuber yield, use (NUE), uptake (NUpE), utilization (NUtE) agronomic (AgNUE) different cultivars: Daytona, Ninfa, Rubino, Sieglinde Spunta. The...
Knowledge of tuber growth and nutritional traits response early potatoes to dynamic deficit irrigation is lacking. This study aimed evaluate, over two growing seasons using potato cultivars (Arinda Timate), the effects five regimes on mean weight profile (starch, dry matter, protein, reducing sugars, ash content) during at final harvest. The treatments included I0 (dry control), I100 (100% ETm from initiation end growth), I100-0 until 50% growth, then no irrigation), I100-50 ETm), I100-75...
The bio-agronomical response, along with the arsenic (As) translocation and partitioning were investigated in self-grafted melon “Proteo”, or grafted onto three interspecific (“RS841”, “Shintoza”, “Strong Tosa”) two intraspecific hybrids (“Dinero” “Magnus”). Plants grown a soilless system exposed to As concentrations nutrient solution (0.002 3.80 mg L−1, referred as As− As+) for 30 days. As+ treatment lowered aboveground dry biomass (−8%, on average), but grafting combinations differed terms...
Cynara cardunculus is a perennial plant that adapts well to Mediterranean climate conditions. The possibility of cultivating C. with low or zero input and in productivity marginal lands makes it one the most promising crops for bioenergy production areas. objective research was study effects two contrasting southern Italian environments (plain, 42 m a.s.l. hilly area, 419 a.s.l.) during three-year period on biomass, seed, energy yield, oil composition genotypes (cultivated cardoon wild...
SUMMARY Limited information is available concerning the influence of nitrogen fertilization jointly on yield response, use efficiency (NUE) and grain quality durum wheat under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions. The study focused evaluating, through a systematic study, over three seasons in southern Italy effects rates (0, 80 160 kg N ha −1 – 0 , ), yield, components, indices characteristics genotypes (‘Creso’, ‘Trinakria’ ‘Line 25’) from different breeding eras to achieve more sustainable...
Since water is increasingly becoming an expensive and limited resource, it necessary to improve crop use efficiency (WUE) save while maintaining high yields. The objective of this research was evaluate the effects moderate stress compared well-watered conditions (supplying 50 or 100% maximum evapotranspiration (ETm)) on dry aboveground biomass yield (AB-Y), whole (WB), tuber yield, irrigation WUE, WUE at early harvest (E-TY, E-IWUE, E-YWUE), final (F-TY, F-IWUE, F-YWUE), for (AB-WUE)...
Agronomic fortification with microelement as well macronutrients has been used in recent years increasing frequency to improve the nutritional quality of plant products for human consumption. Here influence pre-harvest foliar micronutrients fertilization (Micro+) including B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo and Zn compared control (Micro−) on mineral profiles raw minimally processed potatoes cv. Bellini was investigated. The profile analyzed tubers at harvest after 0 12 days storage 4 ± 1 °C. Preliminary...
Understanding the nature of perceived quality advantage organically-grown early crop potatoes over conventionally-grown ones is relevance given expansion in demand for foodstuffs produced by environmentally friendly agricultural practices. The effect cultivation system (organic vs. conventional) on physicochemical (skin color, firmness, skin thickness, pH, titratable acidity), nutritional (dry matter, ascorbic acid, total phenolics content, antioxidant activity), and sensorial (for boiled...
In the Mediterranean Basin, potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a major staple crop, yield performance of which can vary dramatically based on pedo-climatic conditions and genotype. Hence, dissecting genotype × environment interaction (GEI) in this region mandatory for setup high-yielding stable genotypes, also considering its importance local breeding development protected geographical identifications. Therefore, research evaluated marketable tuber (MY) several components five genotypes...