A5034500086- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Berry genetics and cultivation research
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Forest ecology and management
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
2016-2025
Italian Society of Physiotherapy
2021
Faculty (United Kingdom)
2016
University of Bologna
1998-2007
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
1991-1993
Although perennial fruit crops represent 1% of global agricultural land, they are a great economic importance in world trade and the economy many regions. The woody nature trees, their physiological stages growth, root distribution pattern, presence herbaceous vegetation alleys make orchard systems efficient use recycling nitrogen (N). present paper intends to review existing literature on N nutrition young mature deciduous evergreen trees with special emphasis temperate Mediterranean...
ABSTRACT Fertilization of temperate fruit trees, such as grapevine ( Vitis spp.), apple Malus domestica), and pear Pyrus communis) is an important tool to achive maximum yield quality. Fertilizers are provided when soil fertility does not allow trees express their genetic potential, time rate application should be scheduled promote Grapevine berries, must wine quality affected principally by N, that regulate the synthesis some compounds, anthocyanins, which responsible for coloring wine....
Abstract Background and aims A better understanding of plant carbon assimilation, water status photosystem performance responses to combined heat drought stress would help optimize grapevine management under such limiting conditions. Methods Gas exchange chlorophyll fluorescence parameters were measured in potted grapevines, cv Sauvignon Blanc, before, during after simulated six-day (T max = 40 °C) wave using heated well-watered (HW), drought-stressed (HD), non-heated (CW) dry (CD) vines....
Abstract Iron deficiency induced chlorosis represents the main nutritional disorder in fruit tree orchards grown on calcareous and/or alkaline soils. Until rootstocks tolerant to Fe are available for most susceptible species, agronomic means of preventing or curing will be considered utmost importance by growers. Chlorosis trees has been successfully controlled through foliar soil applications chelates, which expensive and have applied annually. In this paper results research carried out...
Abstract. Carbon use efficiency (CUE), the ratio of net primary production (NPP) over gross (GPP), is a functional parameter that could possibly link current increasingly accurate global GPP estimates with those ecosystem exchange, for which predictors are still unavailable. Nevertheless, CUE actually available only few types, while information regarding agro-ecosystems scarce, in spite simplified spatial structure these ecosystems facilitates studies on allocation patterns and temporal...
Orchards and vineyards are important land use types in Southern Europe.In spite of their potential to sequester atmospheric C mitigate climate change, relatively little is known regarding the influx outflux these systems.The aim this work provide data on budget, including net primary production (NPP), removal through production, sequestration for main fruit tree species (apple, citrus, olive, peach) grown Italy.Standing biomass NPP were measured, ecosystem exchange balance assessed directly,...
Abstract. Recent tracer-based studies using stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen showed that different methods for extracting water from plant tissues can return isotopic compositions due to the presence organic compounds because they extract domains. One most used is cryogenic vacuum distillation (CVD), which tends total water. Conversely, Scholander-type pressure chamber (SPC), commonly by tree physiologists measure potential in determine stress, expected only more mobile (i.e., xylem...
Increasing water use efficiency is one of the main challenges sustainable fruit tree production. From 2013 to 2015 we measured actual evapotranspiration (ETa) using eddy covariance in a well-irrigated apple orchard located South Tyrol (Italy), sub-humid environment. We assessed experimental crop coefficient (Kcexp) and analyzed dependency Kc on specific environmental variables at daily time scale. Kcexp values changed throughout season following bell-shaped trend were generally lower than...
Improving our knowledge on the relative contribution of irrigation water, precipitation, and groundwater to tree transpiration is necessary for an efficient sustainable use water resources in agriculture. For this purpose, we applied deuterium (2H) enriched trace uptake by apple trees under field pot conditions. 2H-enriched was supplied Alpine valley mimicking sprinkler irrigation. Labeled infiltration soil presence shoots measured over a week. An ancillary experiment using potted performed...
The effectiveness of spraying foliage with urea to provide nitrogen (N) augment the seasonal internal cycling N in young nectarine trees (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. nectarina (Ait. f. Maxim.), cv. Stark Red Gold) was studied. One-year-old were grown contrasting supplies during summer and sprayed a 2% solution labeled (15)N just before leaf senescence started. After abscission had finished, repotted sand given no further N. Remobilization both unlabeled for growth following spring...
Studies of small trees growing in pots have established that individual amino acids or amides are translocated the xylem sap a range tree species following bud burst, as consequence nitrogen (N) remobilization from storage. This paper reports first study N translocation large, deciduous, field-grown during spring. We applied 15N fertilizer to soil around 10-year-old Prunus avium L. and Populus trichocharpa Torr. & Gray ex Hook var. Hastata (Dode) A. Henry x balsamifera Michauxii Farwell...
Tree responses to fertilizer management are complex and influenced by the interactions between environment, other organisms, combined genetics of composite trees. Increased consumer awareness environmental impact agriculture has stimulated research toward increasing nutrient-use efficiency, improving sustainability, maximizing quality. Here, we highlight recent advancements identify knowledge gaps in nutrient dynamics across soil–rhizosphere–tree continuum for fruit crops. Beneficial soil...
Stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen are used in agriculture to investigate the water sources by crops. Yet, isotopic research on irrigated orchards is still scarce. We investigated variability an apple tree plantation Eastern Italian Alps (South Tyrol) during growing seasons 2020 2021. The orchard was subject irrigation trial, whereby a drip system triggered at different soil potential thresholds two treatment types: full (FI, −30 kPa) deficit (DI, −60 kPa). On bi-weekly basis, we sampled...