The 1st International Electronic Conference on Agronomy
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Agronomy series
3–17 May 2021
Food Quality and Safey, Postharvest Technology, Enviromental Impact on Agriculture, Agricultural Resources Renewable and Reutilization, Biofortification and Biostimulants, Grafting and Hydroponics, Plant Genolmics, Weed Biology and Management, Pest Management for Agronomic Crops
- Go to the Sessions
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- S1. Application of New Breeding Technologies to Crop Improvement
- S2. Sustainable Management Practices for Soil Health and Food Security
- S3. Agronomic Innovations for Sustainable Intensification of Horticultural Production Systems
- S4. Challenges in Grassland Agro-Ecology in a Global Change Context
- S5. Weed Invasion, Biology and Management in Agricultural Settings
- S6. Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems
- S7. Precision and Digital Agriculture
- S8. Posters
- Event Details
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- Welcome from the Chairs
- Sessions
- Event Calls
- List of Accepted Submissions
- IECAG 2021 Live Sessions Programme
- Live Sessions on May 10
- Live Session on May 11
- Live Session on May 14
- IECAG 2021 Live Sessions Recordings
- Instructions for Authors
- Event Awards
- Conference Chairs
- Conference Organizers
- Events in series IECAG
Winners Announced Here!
We are pleased to announce the winners of different awards of IECAG 2021:
Best Paper Award
Winner: Calibration of flow resistance models in vegetated ditches based on UAV remote sensing
Authors: Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama, Mariano Crimaldi
Best Poster Award
Winner: Effects of glyphosate application on soil chemistry to control invasive plants in a Mediterranean ecosystem
Author: Jesús Jiménez-Ruiz
Welcome from the Chairs
Dear colleagues,
The world’s agricultural systems face a great balancing act between two challenges: (1) raise the production of high quality and safe food on the available farmland to feed the global population expected to increase to more than 9.3 billion by 2050, and (2) reduce agriculture’s impact on the environment. Balancing these two challenges presents the major focus for scientists, extension specialists and producers, which mandates an intelligent use of resources in agriculture production. Agricultural production depends to a large extent on limited, non-renewable, and strategic resources: soil, water, nutrients and energy.
The global pandemic has forced us to restrain traveling and to reflect on our ability to endow future generations with substantial scientific advances. Reduced mobility stimulates us to maintain connections with the scientific network using the available technologies. This conference is an opportunity to communicate our shared passion for agronomy.
The conference will include seven special sections which embrace the most important research opportunities in Agronomy. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
1. Application of New Breeding Technologies to Crop Improvement
2. Sustainable Management Practices for Soil Health and Food Security
3. Agronomic Innovations for Sustainable Intensification of Horticultural Production Systems
4. Challenges in Grassland Agro-Ecology in a Global Change Context
5. Weed Invasion, Biology and Management in Agricultural Settings
6. Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems
7. Precision and Digital Agriculture
While our virtual conference will be a different experience from the traditional gatherings we all know and love, this virtual conference will allow us to connect in new ways while keeping our carbon footprints low and maintaining social distancing. Your presentation will be accessible to hundreds of researchers around the world. Hopefully, it will be a more inclusive and sustainable way of meeting because of the absence of registration fees and travel costs.
We warmly invite our colleagues from across the world to be part of this exciting event.
Prof. Dr. Youssef Rouphael
Chair of the 1st International Electronic Conference on Agronomy
Keywords for This Conference
food quality and safety; post-harvest technology; environmental impact on agriculture; renewable agricultural resources' reutilization; biofortification; biostimulants; vegetable grafting; plant stress; circular economy; hydroponics; sustainable agriculture; plant genomics; biochar; nitrogen management; food and agribusiness supply chains; Weed Biology and Management; Pest Management for Agronomic Crops
Conference Secretariat
Sessions
S2. Sustainable Management Practices for Soil Health and Food Security
S3. Agronomic Innovations for Sustainable Intensification of Horticultural Production Systems
S4. Challenges in Grassland Agro-Ecology in a Global Change Context
S5. Weed Invasion, Biology and Management in Agricultural Settings
S6. Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems
S7. Precision and Digital Agriculture
S8. Posters
Important Dates
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Abstract Deadline: 15 February 2021
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Abstract Acceptance Notification Deadline: 28 February 2021
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Full Paper Submission Deadline: 15 April 2021
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Conference Awards Announcement: 20 June 2021
List of accepted submissions (125)
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sciforum-043731 | Monitoring of a calcium biofortification workflow for tubers of Solanum Tuberosum L. cv. Picasso using smart farming technology | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | N/A |
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Due to the rapid growth of the population worldwide and the need of providing food safety in large crop productions, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are being used in agriculture to provide valuable data for decision making. Accordingly, through precision agriculture, an efficient management of resources, using data obtained by the technologies, is possible. Considering that through remote sensed data collected in a crop region, it is possible to create NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) maps, which are a powerful tool to detect, namely stresses in plants, this study aimed to access the impact of Ca biofortification process in leaves of Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Picasso. As such, using as a test system, an experimental production field of potato tubers (GPS coordinates - 39º 16’ 38,816’’ N; 9º 15’ 9,128’’W), plants were submitted to a Ca biofortification workflow through foliar spraying with CaCl2 or, alternatively, chelated calcium (Ca EDTA) at concentrations of 12 and 24 kg ha−1. It was found a lower average of NDVI in Ca(EDTA) 12 kg ha-1 treatment after the 4th foliar application, which through the application of the CieLab scale correlated with showed a lower L (darker color) and hue parameters, regarding the remaining treatments. Additionally, a higher Ca content was quantified in the leaves. The obtained data is discussed to conclude that Ca(EDTA) 12 kg ha-1 triggers a lower vigor in Picasso potatoes leaves. |
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sciforum-043732 | Monitoring a calcium biofortification workflow in an orchard of Pyrus communis var. Rocha applying precision agriculture technology | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | N/A |
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Smart farming techniques can be used to maximize food production. This can be achieved by rapid detection of variations in crops and clever use of resources such as water and fertilizers, which might minimize crop stress through direct target practices. In an orchard located in the West region of Portugal (GPS coordinates 39°23’28.997’’N; 9°4’52.483’’W), a Ca biofortification workflow with 7 foliar sprays of CaCl2 (4 kg.ha-1 and 8 kg.ha-1) was used to increase Ca contents in “Rocha” pear trees. During the biofortification process, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle synchronized by GPS, was used to characterize the orchard regarding it`s morphology (slope) and to monitor trees (NDVI - Normalized Difference Vegetation Index). These data were correlated with Ca content (assessed by X-Ray fluorescence analysis) and photoassimilates synthesis (assessed by leaf gas exchange measurements). The orchard showed no major slopes and after 4 sprays with CaCl2, NDVI values revealed no major differences between the control and sprayed trees. Accordingly, leaf gas exchange parameters did not reveal negative impacts in the photoassimilates synthesis of the sprayed trees, although in the leaves Ca content significantly increased. The use of precision agriculture techniques in correlation to other analysis to assess plant stress is discussed. |
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sciforum-043735 | Can precision agriculture be used in the management of a Fe and Zn biofortification workflow in organic tomatoes (Lycopersicum esculentum L.)? | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | N/A |
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Is expected that the population worldwide might reach 9.15 billion by 2050, being therefore imperative to increase food production. As such, the development of smart farming technology is an important key food production issue. In fact, through the use of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), it’s possible to create normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) maps, that can indicate, namely, health and vegetation vigor. In this context, this study aimed to assess the state of three tomato varieties (beef heart, “chucha” and apple) in the framework of a biofortification workflow with Fe and Zn, following an organic production mode. In a tomato experimental production field (GPS coordinates - 39° 41’ 48,517’’ N; 8°35’ 45,524’’W), six foliar applications were carried out during the production cycle, with a mix of Zitrilon (15%) (0.40 and 1.20 kg.ha-1) and Maxiblend (1 and 4 kg.ha-1). NDVI was determined (after the 2nd foliar application) and showed a maximum of 0.86 (on a scale from -1 to 1), whereas the color of leaves (using the CieLab scale) varied significantly, after the 3rd foliar application. Moreover, in freshly harvest tomatoes (assessed through spectrophotometric colorimeter) no changes were detected, but an increase of Fe and Zn content was found in the leaves and of Zn in tomatoes (except in “chucha” variety). The use of precision agriculture techniques in correlation with the other analysis is discussed. |
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sciforum-043739 | A case study about the use of precision agriculture technology applied to a Zn biofortification workflow for grapevine Vitis Vinifera cv Moscatel | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | N/A |
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The human population is growing worldwide which increases the food demand. Following this assumption, strategies to enhance the food production are being explored, namely smart farming for monitoring crops during the production cycle. In the present study, a vineyard Vitis Vinifera cv. Moscatel located in Palmela (N 38º 35’ 47.113’’ O 8º 40’ 46.651) was submitted to Zn biofortification workflow through foliar application of zinc oxide (ZnO) or zinc sulfate (ZnSO4) (respectively, at a concentration of 60% and 90% - 900g.ha-1 and 1350g.ha-1). The analysis of the field morphology and vigor of the vineyard was performed through Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) images (assessed with altimetric measurement sensors), synchronized by GPS. Drainage capacity and slopes showed 1/3 of the field with reduced surface drainage and a maximum variation of 0.80 m between the extremes (almost flat) respectively. The NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) values reflected a greater vigor in treated grapes with treatment OZn90 showing a higher value. This data were interpolated with mineral content, monitored with X-Ray fluorescence analysis (showing a 1.3 fold increase for the biofortification index). Data is discussed being concluded that the used technologies furnishes target information in real time about the crops production. |
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sciforum-043743 | Application of anti-transpirant based on di-1-p-menthene to improve the growth of young olive trees | N/A |
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The olive tree undergoes significant stress with high temperatures and irradiance levels occur during the growing season. Various products are used to ameliorate the negative effects of abiotic stress in plants, aiming at different physiological, biochemical and morfological functions such as the use of plant products that attracte considerable interest from the scientific community and commercial enterprises. Many products of biological origin have significant potential for improving physiological processes in plants and stimulating germination, growth and stress tolerance. The aim of the research was to examine the effects of a plant-derived anti-transpirant (Vapor Gard®, VG) on the growth of 2 years old olive trees subjected to high temperature in nursery. Vapor Gard® is a water emulsifiable organic concentrate of di-1-p-menthene (C20H34), a terpenic polymer also known as pinolene. The study was carried out in greenhouse on trees of native cultivar of Campania (cv Salella) grown in pot, during the growing season from may to september 2020. The experimental design included anti-transpirant product (VG) applied 5 times at 20 days intervals compared with a Control, each thesis, consisting of 10 trees. On trees was evaluated: stomatal conductance, chlorophyll a fluorescence, SPAD index, RWC, growth of shoots, total leaf area per plant, trunk croos-sectional area and dry matter partitioning. The results obtained show that applications of di-1-p-menthene are able to induce a significant improve of the shoots growth (+25.1 %) and trunk croos-sectional area (27.07 vs 39.18 mm2). At same time a significant reduce of the stomatal conductance and an increase of leaf RWC values were recorded. The treatment with the anti-transpirant also favored the increase of SPAD values of leaves (+4.4 %). At the end of the experiment the treated trees had greater total dry matter than the control (+10.8 %).
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IECAG 2021 Live Sessions Programme
Live Sessions on May 10
Live Session 1
Title: New Methods and Tools for Plant Genetics and Breeding
Date: May 10 10:00-12:00 AM (CEST)
Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/8416183187098/WN_clxUopJTSGaSWrIk6nvFAA
Time | Speaker & Talk |
10:00-10:05 AM | Introduction of this live session |
10:05-10:30 AM | Annalisa Polverari: New Breeding Technologies for Resistance to Downy and Powdery Mildew in Grapevine |
10:30-11:00 AM | Gianfranco Diretto: Genome Editing-Based Improvement of Tomato Nutritional Attributes |
11:00-11:30 AM | Ezio Portis: An Improved Genome Assembly and Resequencing of Accessions of Eggplant (Solanum melongena) and Relatives Reveal Key Events in Eggplant Evolution and Breeding |
11:30-12:00 AM | Alessandro Nicolia: CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Mutagenesis as a Strategy to Develop Resistant Tomato Plants against Parasitic Weeds |
Live Session 2
Title: Use of Protein-HydrOlysates as Biostimulants of vegetable crops: elucidating their mode of action and optimizing their effectiveness through a multidisciplinary approach – PHOBOS
Date: May 10 2:00-4:00 PM (CEST)
Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6316183188391/WN_5ZDx-_8iRQu_oHwM_s24jg
Time | Speaker & Talk |
2:00-2:10 PM | Giuseppe Colla: general overview of PHOBOS |
2:10-2:30 PM | Mirella Sorrentino: Potential of high throughput automated phenotyping platforms in the development of new commercial biostimulants |
2:30-2:50 PM | Mariateresa Cardarelli: Identification of the most efficient bioassays in assessing the hormone-like activity of plant biostimulants |
2:50-3:10 PM | Youry Pii: Transcriptomic analysis for a better understanding of biostimulants-induced biological processes |
3:10-3:30 PM | Luigi Lucini: Metabolomics approaches to shed light on the mode of action of plant biostimulants |
3:30-4:00 PM | Q&A |
Chairs and Speakers Information
Prof. Dr. Ezio Portis Affiliation: DISAFA, Plant Genetics, and Breeding, University of Torino, Italy |
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Ezio Portis is a Full Professor of Plant Genetics. At present, he is in charge of the following courses at the School of Agriculture Science and Veterinary Medicine, University of Torino: Genetics, Genomic Selection, and Seed Genetics. He was previously in charge the courses Plant Breeding, Plant Biotechnology, Functional Genomics, Genetics Applied to Food Production, and Bioinformatics courses. His main research topics are: (i)plant genetics: development and application of molecular markers, construction of molecular-linkage maps, QTL and GWAS analysis, and marker-assisted selection (MAS); (ii) genomics and transcriptomics analyses of horticultural crops through the application of NGS technologies and related bioinformatics; (iii) characterization and management of plant genetic resources; (iv) studies of the biosynthetic pathway of secondary metabolites in plants; and (v) seed genetics. He has published about 170 articles (104 and 110 records are available in both the Web of Science and Scopus databases, respectively, and 51 records in the NCBI PubMed database). |
Prof. Dr. Annalisa Polverari Affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Italy |
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Annalisa Polverari is an Associate Professor of Plant Pathology with the Department of Biotechnology at the University of Verona. After graduating in Agricultural Sciences, she worked in the industrial field in the phytosanitary sector before becoming a researcher at the University of Perugia in 1991. In 1999, she moved to the University of Verona, where she is currently vice-director of the Department of Biotechnology. Her scientific activity is focused on plant–pathogen interactions, both in basic and applied research, in particular dealing with ultrastructural and molecular aspects of resistance, functional characterization of resistance-associated genes, biotechnological approaches for grapevine resistance to Plasmopara viticola, and, more recently, with the characterization of biovar virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae and the identification of natural compounds capable of inhibiting bacterial pathogenicity. She has authored 34 articles indexed in Scopus, with an H-index of 14. |
Dr. Gianfranco Diretto Affiliation: Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Development, Casaccia Research Centre, Italy |
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Dr. Diretto obtained a degree in Plant Biotechnology with full marks in 2002 at the University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy. He holds a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of L’Aquila, and spent 2.5 years as a visiting scientist at the BTI (USA), University of Freiburg (Germany), NIB (Slovenia), the IBMCP (Spain), and the INRA-INP Research Unit (France), learning plant transcriptomics and metabolomics techniques. His main interests are genetics and metabolic engineering, by heterologous overexpression or CRISPR-Cas9 KO technology, of carotenoids and apocarotenoids (ABA, crocins, picrocrocin,n and zaxinone), curcuminoids, and anthocyanins in agricultural plants, with particular emphasis on potato and tomato. After 2009, these interests extended to plant and microalgae metabolomics, particularly to nutritional (glycoalkaloids) and antinutritional secondary metabolites, and to systems biology and bioinformatics to identify relevant biological elements (genes and metabolites) associated to a specific phenotype or genetic trait. |
Dr. Alessandro Nicolia Affiliation: CREA - Research Centre for vegetable and ornamental plants |
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Alessandro Nicolia graduated in Science and Technology in Agriculture at th University of Perugia (Italy); he defended his Ph.D. thesis on plant biology and agro-environmental biotechnologies at the University of Perugia. He worked as a post-doc at the University of Perugia (Italy) from 2009 to 2012, at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (Alnarp, Sweden) from 2012 to 2014, and at the ENEA - Research Centre Casaccia (Rome, Italy) from 2014 to 2017. Since 2017, he has been a researcher at CREA - Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (CREA-OF) (Pontecagnano, Italy) and is responsible for the laboratory of in vitro culture and biotechnology. His research activity is focused on the use of new plant breeding techniques for genetic improvement of tomato. |
Prof. Dr. Youssef Rouphael Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy |
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Youssef Rouphael is an Associate Professor of Horticulture with the Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II. He is Section Editor-in-Chief of Agronomy MDPI and Associate Editor of several leading journals in horticultural science and has been a guest editor on biostimulants, vegetable grafting, specialty crops (microgreens and edible flowers), biofortification of vegetables, and quality and safety of fresh fruits and vegetables at harvest in several international journals in horticultural science. Prof. Rouphael has published 333 articles indexed in the Scopus database with a total of 9098 citations and an h-index of 56. He is a member of the scientific committee on Biostimulant.com. Prof. Rouphael is internationally known for his research in horticultural science and has coordinated many projects to improve horticultural production. |
Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Colla Affiliation: Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy |
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Giuseppe Colla is Full Professor in vegetable crop production and floriculture with the Deptartment of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy). He has been a visiting scientist at UC Davis and Purdue University (U.S.) and since 2018, he has been Director of the Experimental Farm 'Nello Lupori' of Tuscia University. His research on horticultural and floricultural crops is focused mainly on plant biostimulants and vegetable grafting as means to optimize resource use efficiency and tolerance to abiotic stresses especially under greenhouse conditions. He has published more than 240 papers (>7500 citations; h-index 52) in peer-reviewed international journals and is listed on the Top Italian Scientists website as one of the most influential Italian scientists. |
Dr. Mirella Sorrentino Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy PSI (Photon Systems Instruments), spol. S.r.o., Drasov, Czech Republic |
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Mirella Sorrentino is a Ph.D. student with the Department of Agriculture of the University of Naples "Federico II". Her research work is mainly carried out in the Research and Development department of the Photon System Instrument (PSI), a biotechnology company based in Brno, Czech Republic. Here, she investigates the modes of action of different biostimulant substances on lettuce and tomato plants subject to abiotic stress using a high-throughput phenotyping platform. |
Dr. Mariateresa Cardarelli Affiliation: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria, Centro di ricerca Orticoltura e Floro-vivaismo, 84098 Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy |
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Mariateresa Cardarelli is a Researcher at Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (Pontecagnano, SA, Italy). Graduated in Agricultural Science with full marks and following with a Ph.D in Biotechnology (Tuscia University, Italy, 2000), she spent training periods at the International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies di Chania (Creta) (1998) and the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) in Groβbeeren (2013). In 2016–2017, she was a visiting scientist at Purdue University with the department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (Indiana, USA). Her professional interests include the growth and quality of vegetable plants under different nutrient conditions or abiotic stress, the effects of vegetable grafting on stress tolerance and nutrient use efficiency, the interactions between biostimulants and plants, and seed treatments with biological products (beneficial microorganisms or natural substances). |
Prof. Dr. Youry Pii Affiliation: Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen, 39100 Bolzano, Italy |
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Youry Pii is an Associate Professor of Agricultural Chemistry with the Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano. His research activities are mainly focused on (i) the study of the interactions between plant, soil, and microorganisms, aimed at improving the uptake and use of mineral nutrients; (ii) the physiological and molecular responses in plants subjected to variable nutrients availability; and (iii) the physiological and molecular responses in plants treated with biostimulants. Prof. Pii is author of 67 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals (1097 citations; h-index 20). In addition, he serves an an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Plant Science and MDPI’s Agriculture and as Guest Editor for Acta Horticolturae. |
Prof. Dr. Luigi Lucini Affiliation: Department for Sustainable Food Process, Research Centre for Nutrigenomics and Proteomics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 29122 Piacenza, Italy |
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Luigi Lucini is a Professor of Biochemistry at Università Cattolica del Sacro cuore, Piacenza, Italy. Following his B.S. in Food Science and Technology (1999), a M.S. in Safety in the Food Industry (2000), and a Ph.D. in Pesticides Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Ecology (2004) from the University of Milan, he joined a private company in the field of fine chemicals being responsible for part of R&D. In 2008, he moved to Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, as researcher, and since 2018, he has been an Associate Professor in agricultural chemistry, teaching classes on the biochemistry, physical-chemistry, and biochemistry of food, and organic chemistry with the Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences. Since 2014, he has been responsible for the metabolomic facility at his faculty, dealing with plant, food, microbiology, and environmental metabolomics. His research topics include the effect of edaphic factors and abiotic stresses on plant biochemistry and plant secondary metabolism, including stress mechanisms, plant resilience, and acclimation processes; as well as the consequent modulation of physiological processes. Furthermore, Luigi Lucini deals with the modulation of functional components in plant-based foods, and the use of plant biostimulants to increase sustainable agricultural production. |
Live Session on May 11
Live Session 3
Title: Biostimulants for sustainable crop production
Date: May 11 2021 10:00-12:30 AM (CEST)
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2016179720197/WN_xw0mgVr2S1StkfnBqCZGwg
Time | Speaker & Talk |
10:00-10:25 AM | Benoit Planque: Regulation EU 2019/1009 - How to market a biostimulant in Europe ? |
10:25-10:50 AM | Manuela Giovannetti: Microbial biostimulants: mycorrhizal fungi and associated bacteria |
10:50-11:15 AM | Maurizio Ruzzi: Microbiome: the hidden part of biostimulant effects |
11:15-11:40 AM | Paolo Bonini: Systematic approach for development of highly efficient plant biostimulants: An industrial perspective |
Chairs and Speakers Information
Prof. Dr. Youssef Rouphael Affiliation: Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Italy
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Youssef Rouphael is an Associate Professor of Horticulture at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II. He is a Section Editor-in-Chief of MDPI’s Agronomy and the Associate Editor of several leading journals in horticultural science, and has been a guest editor on biostimulants, vegetable grafting, specialty crops (microgreens and edible flowers), the biofortification of vegetables, and the quality and safety of fresh fruits and vegetables at harvest, in several international journals in horticultural science. Prof. Rouphael has published 333 articles indexed in Scopus database, with a total number of citations of 9098 and an h-index of 56. He is a member of the scientific committee of Biostimulant.com. Prof. Rouphael is internationally known for his research in horticultural science and has coordinated many projects to improve horticultural production. |
Prof.Dr. Giuseppe Colla Affiliation: Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Giuseppe Colla is a Full Professor in vegetable crop production and floriculture at Deptartment of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy). He has been a visiting scientist at UC Davis and Purdue University (US) and, since 2018, has been the Director of Experimental Farm 'Nello Lupori' at Tuscia University. His research on horticultural and floricultural crops is focused mainly on plant biostimulants and vegetable grafting, as a means to optimise resource use efficiency and tolerance to abiotic stresses, especially under greenhouse conditions. He has published more than 240 papers (>7500 citations; h-index 52) in peer-reviewed international journals and is listed on the Top Italian Scientists website, as one of the most influential Italian scientists. |
Dr. Benoit Planque
Affiliation: Chief Compliance Officer for Hello Nature
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Benoît PLANQUES is the Chief Compliance Officer for Hello Nature (previously called Italpollina), and has been a worldwide company producer of organic fertilizers and plant biostimulants for 50 years. He has been engaged with this subject since the first discussions on European harmonization regulation for fertilizing products in Paris. His work has increasingly focused on plant biostimulants, and he has been actively following the development of the EU regulation on fertilizing products (regulation UE n°2019/1009) in recent years. He has been involved with the standardization of fertilizing products since 1998. In 2017, he created, with the support of EBIC and AFNOR, the European Technical Committee’s CEN/TC 455 on plant biostimulants, who are currently developing several compliance standards in line with EU regulations. He chairs this European Committee and its French mirror committee. He is also an expert on ISO/TC 134, and acts as convenor of WG 6 on Beneficial Substances/Biostimulants. |
Prof.Dr. Manuela Giovannetti Affiliation: Academy of Georgofili, Logge Uffizi Corti, 50122 Firenze Previously, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy |
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Full Professor of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Pisa, Italy, from 2000 to 2020. She held the positions of: Director of Research Center “Nutraceuticals and Food for Health” at University of Pisa; Dean of Faculty of Agriculture at University of Pisa; Director of Soil Microbiology Research Center of C.N.R., Italy. She is the author of 160 papers published in international scientific journals; her citation index is 9315 and H-index 44 (20/4/2021). She was a national delegate of EU COST Actions 870 and 8.38; partner/participant to 4 EU projects. She is the principal investigator of many national research projects. She is the Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports and Reviewers in more than 20 scientific journals. Prof. Giovannetti carried out research activities on the nutraceutical value of mycorrhizal plants, molecular/functional diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and of yeasts and lactic acid bacteria, and the structure and function of mycorrhizal networks. She developed, together with Dr. Mosse, the famous analytical method for measuring vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal infection in roots published in New Phytologist in 1980 (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1980.tb04556.x). She is actively involved in science communication. |
Prof.Dr. Maurizio Ruzzi Affiliation: Department for Innovation in Biological, Agrofood and Forest Systems, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy |
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Maurizio Ruzzi is a Professor of Fermentation Biotechnology at the Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest Systems (DIBAF) of University of Tuscia, Viterbo. His main research interests are in the fields of microbial physiology, characterization of plant and animal associated micro-organisms through molecular tools, development of novel plant biostimulants based on microorganisms and their metabolites, metagenomic analysis of the dynamics of microbial communities in fresh and fermented foods and agricultural and natural environments. He is the author of more than 60 publications in international journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. He has been recently appointed as Project Leader of the CEN/TC 455 Working Group 3 on “Pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms” for the development of technical specifications in plant biostimulants for listeria monocytogenes and anaerobic micro-organisms. |
Dr. Paolo Bonini Affiliation: oloBion—OMICS LIFE LAB, Barcelona, Spain |
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Paolo Bonini is the founder and CEO of oloBion, a laboratory of metabolomics analysis located in Barcelona, Spain. oloBion is working in collaboration with NGAlab, a laboratory of Genomics and Metagenomics analysis located in Tarragona, Spain. Mr. Bonini has previously covered the role of R&D Director of the Spanish company Atens, where he obtained more than 10 international patents on microbial-based biostimulants. Mr. Bonini’s research is focused on the use of metabolomics and metagenomics for understanding the mode of action and the mechanism behind the variation of the phenotype induced by biostimulant applications. He published more than 30 papers (>900 citations; h-index 16) in peer-reviewed international journals. |
Live Session on May 14
Live Session 4
Title: Challenges in Grassland Agro-Ecology in A Global Change Context
Date: May 14 2021 9:00-11:00 AM (CEST)
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2616179721501/WN_p8YQmAFSTBawwLD3bRhByg
Time | Speaker & Talk |
9:00-9:10 AM |
Gianni Bellocchi: Opening of the Webinar |
9:10-9:35 AM | Catherine Picon-Cochard: The hidden-half of grassland ecosystem in the context of global change |
9:45-10:10 AM | Massimiliano Probo: Insights on the use of agroforestry for forage production |
10:20-10:45 AM | Xian Xue: Desertification of Alpine grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau |
10:45-11:00 AM | Q&A |
Speakers
Dr. Gianni Bellocchi |
Dr. Gianni Bellocchi is the session chair of session "Challenges in Grassland Agro-Ecology in a Global Change Context" in this conference. He is a research director at the Grassland Ecosystem Research Unit (UREP) of the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). With expertise in agro-climatic and hydrological modelling, his research focusses on two main issues: the study of agro-ecosystem responses to environmental variables and management, and the development of participatory approaches to evaluate the simulation models used to study these responses. Oriented towards the modelling of carbon and nitrogen cycles in grasslands, his research interests range from sequestration/emission processes to the links between plant diversity and biogeochemical processes. In 2013–2016, he coordinated the EU-FP7 project MODEXTREME (MODelling vegetation response to EXTREMe events), in tandem with projects of the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture Food Security and Climate Change, where he directed several activities of model inter-comparison for the simulation of production and biogeochemical variables in grasslands and field crops. In 2018-2019, as coordinator of the French project MODIPRAS (Modelling the relationships between species diversity, the functioning of grassland systems and their capacity to provide ecosystem services), he has addressed the incorporation of plant diversity dynamics into biogeochemical models. He is currently leading modelling tasks in the European Joint Programming on agricultural soil management and sits on the Editorial Boards of Agronomy, Agronomy for Sustainable Development and Atmosphere. |
Dr. Catherine Picon-Cochard |
Dr. Catherine Picon-Cochard is a research director and the head of the Grassland Ecosytem Research Unit (UREP) of the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). Her main resarch topic is to understand how climate change and management affect populations, species and communities of perennial grassland, at above and below-ground levels. Ecophysiological and morphological traits of leaves and roots are studied for semi-controlled and field experiments. Manipulation of climate change drivers (drought, atmospheric CO2, warming) are applied in the field in order to predict the evolution of grassland properties (production, quality, extreme drought resistance and resilience). More recently, she coordinates research in agrivoltaism in sheep grazed grassland. |
Dr. Massimiliano Probo |
Dr. Massimiliano Probo is the head of the Grazing Systems Group in the Animal Production Systems and Animal Health Research Division at Agroscope, Switzerland. His main research fields are grassland ecology and management, above all in mountain ecosystems. Over the past 15 years he has worked on the relationshiphs among plant functional traits, botanical composition, biodiversity conservation, forage yield and quality, grassland management, feeding preferences by livestock, and milk quality. Currently, he is leading a national project on the use of robust livestock to develop sylvo-pastoral systems on extensive alpine shrub-encroached pastures. Since 2018, he is the head of the Western Switzerland Section of the Swiss Grassland Society. |
Prof. Xian Xue |
Dr. Xian Xue is the head of the Department of Desert and Desertification in the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Her main research fields are desertification and restoration, climate and environmental change in the arid and cold regions. From 2002 to 2010, Dr. Xue's research focused on the dynamic process and mechanism of desertification and its rehabilitation in Northern China. Since 2010, she led a 10-year warming and grazing experiment in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to explore the impact of global warming and human activity on the alpine ecosystem and land degradation. Currently, she is leading a national project on the survey of the desert ecosystem on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Dr. Xue is also the director of the salinization research station of NIEER. She leads the station members to restore the degraded land in the drylands by integrating water management, sustainable agriculture, and biological techniques. |
IECAG 2021 Live Sessions Recordings
Live Session 1 - 10.05.2021
Live Session 2 - 10.05.2021
Live Session 3 - 11.05.2021
Live Session 4 - 14.05.2021
Instructions for Authors
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Event Awards
Session | Title | Authors | Awards |
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Challenges in Grassland Agro-Ecology in a Global Change Context |
Calibration of flow resistance models in vegetated ditches based on UAV remote sensing | IECAG 2021 Best Paper Award | |
Posters |
EFFECTS OF GLYPHOSATE APPLICATION ON SOIL CHEMISTRY TO CONTROL INVASIVE PLANTS IN A MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM | Best Poster Award |
To acknowledge the support of the conference’s esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to launch the Best Paper Award and the Best Poster Award.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 1
The Best Paper Award will be presented to honor the paper that is judged to make the most significant contribution to the conference.Number of Awards Available: 1
The Best Poster Award has been established to recognize the scientific merit exhibited in poster presentation and preparation.Terms and Conditions:
Best Paper Award
As a sponsor, Agronomy would like to present an award for the best paper, as determined by the conference committee. The award will consist of 500 Swiss Francs. We look forward to reviewing your contributions.
Best Paper Award Criteria
Only full papers submitted to IECAG 2021 will be considered. Papers will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Originality/novelty of the paper;
- Significance of content;
- Scientific soundness;
- Interest to the readers;
- English language and style.
Evaluation
- Each Evaluation Committee member will assess each entry in terms of the criteria outlined above;
- Total scores for each presentation will be ranked, from highest to lowest;
- If two or more authors get the same score, further evaluation will be carried out;
- All decisions made by the Evaluation Committee are final.
Best Poster Award
As a sponsor, Agronomy would like to grant an award (500 Swiss Francs) for the best poster presented at the conference. This prize will be determined by a jury and awarded to the best-designed poster presented at the conference.
Posters should have the following information:
- Title (with authors and affiliations)
- Introduction/Objectives/Aims
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgments
- Contact information
For consideration for this award, posters should be accompanied by a three-minute video presentation. During the conference, the chair will be invited to judge the quality of the video presentations and posters. Presentations will be judged on how well they are able to summarize the content of the work and make the observer interested in viewing the poster. Posters will be judged on clarity quality of appearance.
Conference Chairs
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II
Youssef Rouphael is a Professor of Horticulture at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II. He is the Editor-in-Chief of “Horticultural and Floricultural Crops Section” in MDPI’s Agronomy and the Associate Editor of several leading journals in horticultural science and has been a guest editor on biostimulants, vegetable grafting, specialty crops (microgreens and edible flowers), biofortification of vegetables, and the quality and safety of fresh fruits and vegetables at harvest in several international journals in horticultural science. Prof. Rouphael has published 330 articles which have been cited a total of 10,000 times; his h-index is 57. He is a member of the scientific committee of Biostimulant.com. Prof. Rouphael is internationally known for his research in horticultural science and has coordinated many projects to improve horticultural production.
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Urrbrae SA 5064, Australia
Professor Peter Langridge is the session chair of session "Application of New Breeding Technologies to Crop Improvement" in this conference.
CNRS, Campus AgroParisTech, Batiment EGER, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
Dr. Cornelia Rumpel is the session chair of session "Sustainable Management Practices for Soil Health and Food Security" in this conference. She is a soil biogeochemist working for the French National Research Center (CNRS) at the Institute of Ecology and Environment in Paris, France. Her work is concerned with the dynamics of organic matter at the molecular scale and the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in natural and managed ecosystems. During her 25-year career, she has studied the origin and fate of terrestrial organic matter in several environments, ranging from soils and sediments in coal mining areas to organic matter in natural as well as managed ecosystems, including those affected by fire. Her work deals with temperate and tropical environments. For many years, she has been interested in the development of innovative organic amendments and smart fertilizers. She has supervised 17 PhD students to successful completion of their theses and has published more than 180 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. In 2016 and 2017, she was listed as a highly cited researcher in the field of agronomy. Cornelia is engaged in the international 4 per 1000 initiative, as the chair of the scientific and technical committee.
Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
Professor Giuseppe Colla is the session chair of session "Agronomic Innovations for Sustainable Intensification of Horticultural Production Systems" in this conference.
UCA, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, Unité Mixte de Recherche sur l’Écosystème Prairial (UREP), 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Dr. Gianni Bellocchi is the session chair of session "Challenges in Grassland Agro-Ecology in a Global Change Context" in this conference. He is a research director at the Grassland Ecosystem Research Unit (UREP) of the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE). With expertise in agro-climatic and hydrological modelling, his research focusses on two main issues: the study of agro-ecosystem responses to environmental variables and management, and the development of participatory approaches to evaluate the simulation models used to study these responses. Oriented towards the modelling of carbon and nitrogen cycles in grasslands, his research interests range from sequestration/emission processes to the links between plant diversity and biogeochemical processes. In 2013–2016, he coordinated the EU-FP7 project MODEXTREME (MODelling vegetation response to EXTREMe events), in tandem with projects of the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture Food Security and Climate Change, where he directed several activities of model inter-comparison for the simulation of production and biogeochemical variables in grassland and field crops. In 2018-2019, as coordinator of the French project MODIPRAS (Modelling the relationships between species diversity, the functioning of grassland systems and their capacity to provide ecosystem services), he has addressed the incorporation of plant diversity dynamics into biogeochemical models. He currently serves on the Editorial Boards for Agronomy, Agronomy for Sustainable Development, and Atmosphere.
Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga 2678, Australia
Professor Leslie A. Weston is the session chair of session "Weed Invasion, Biology and Management in Agricultural Settings" in this conference.
School of Science, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia
Professor Priti Krishna is the session chair of session "Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems" in this conference. She has a strong background in diverse but related disciplines: Microbiology (MSc), Medical Biochemistry (PhD), Plant Molecular Biology and Sustainable Agriculture (>25-year academic career), and a proven record of leadership in developing and executing pioneering research projects. Her research outputs with the highest impacts are: 1) establishing the role of the phytohormone brassinosteroid in stress tolerance; 2) characterising the heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) chaperone complex in plants, and developing molecular tools which have been instrumental in establishing the role of Hsp90 in plant disease resistance; and 3) aiding the development of a nutraceutical industry in Ontario for sea buckthorn through research. Her current research interests are focused on the production of high-quality, high-value fruits and vegetables in protected cropping systems. Early in her career, she was awarded the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Faculty Award, and more recently, she has held the role of Vincent Fairfax Chair in Sustainable Agriculture at Western Sydney University.
Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, via Amendola 122/D-I, 70126 Bari, Italy
Dr. Annalisa Milella is the session chair of the session “Precision and Digital Agriculture” at this conference. She is a researcher at the Institute of Intelligent Industrial Technologies and Systems for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR). Her research interests are in the field of robotics and automation, and, in particular, multi-sensor systems for robot perception in structured/unstructured environments, 3D reconstruction and mapping, and signal and image processing applied to robotics and intelligent systems. She is the author of more than 80 publications in international journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. She has taught academic courses and seminars in the field of applied mechanics, maintenance of mechanical systems, computer vision, and robot mechanics. For many years, she has been involved in national and international agricultural robotics projects. Currently, she is the scientist responsible for the CNR research unit in the H2020 project Agricultural Interoperability and Analysis System (ATLAS).
Conference Committee
Institute of Agroecosystems and Soil Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Agriculture Academy, K. Donelaičio str. 58, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania
sustainable tillage and sowing systems; field crop management; crop production; quality and safety; inter-cropping; soil properties and GHG emissions; weed and pest management; organic and precision farming; bio-fuel processing from agricultural wastes
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Production, Landscape, Agroenergy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria 2, 20133, Milan, Italy
Fruit tree; bioinformatic; genetics
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
anaerobic digestion; biomass recycling and use; soil organic matter; FTIR; Raman; NMR; CF-IRMS; TG-DTA; biostimulants biological activity
Laboratory of Range Science, Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources, Democritus University of Thrace, 193 Pantazidou str., 68200 Orestiada, Greece
rangeland ecology and management; grazing; agroforestry; grassland ecosystems; rangeland restoration; grazing behavior; silvopastoral systems
MED – Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development,Institute for Advanced Studies and Research, Universidade de Évora, Pólo da Mitra, Ap. 94, 7006-554 Évora, Portugal
plant-microbe interactions; sustainable agriculture; plant and soil microbiomes; native microbiomes; plant growth promotion; biological nitrogen fixation; microbial ecology; bacterial diversity; plant probiotic bacteria; symbiosis; soil native bacterial c
Dept. of Water Engineering & Management, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Irrigation management; deficit irrigation; climate change; plant ecophysiology; water stress; water relations; water footprint; water use efficiency; water productivity; water saving; droughts and water scarcity; plant nutrition; evapotranspiration and pl
Department of Agroecology and Crop Production, University of Agriculture in Kraków, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
allelopathy; weed biology and ecology; weed resistance to herbicides
Université Clermont Auvergne, INRAE, VetAgro Sup, UMR Ecosystème Prairial, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, QC H9X 3V9, Canada
Soil fertility and nutrient management; waste management and nutrient recycling; greenhouse gas emissions; Earthworms, and vermicomposting; biochar
University of Thessaly, Greece
Department of Ecology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The effect of grazing on nutrients recycling; The effect of changes of the temperature-humidity conditions on soil variables; Soil quality and agricultural practices (organic and conventional method of cultivation, fallow, soil sterilization); Soil microb
Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Environmental Biogeochemistry, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznan, Poland
agriculture; nitrogen use efficiency; environmental impact; socio-economic value
Program Head at the Programme of Integral Management of Organic Waste (GIRO) , Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Torre Marimon, E-08140 Caldes de Montbui, Spain
microbiology; environment; soil; molecular Biology; energy; sustainability Agricultural
Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Marie-Curie-Straße 1, 47533 Kleve, Germany
nutrient and matter flows at different scales; circular economy, secondary fertilizer; plant roots; rhizodeposition; plant-microbial interactions; soil microbiology; soil salinity; drought stress; insect frass; organic farming; sustainable agriculture
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), 00184 Rome, Italy
ecosystem models (RothC and EPIC); soil–crop management and climate change; soil C dynamics in Mediterranean semiarid areas
Spanish National Research Council, CSIC · Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants
Plants; Metabolisms
Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Granada, Spain
Nitric Oxide metabolism; signaling processes; fruit physiology; abiotic stress in crop species; ROS and RNS metabolism; antioxidants
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland, Australia
soil constraints; plant nutrition; conservation agriculture; remote sensing; precision agriculture
Institute of Phytomedicine (360), Department of Weed Science, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
precision farming; sensors in agriculture; robotics; mechanical weed management; AI; hyperspecral data; innovation technologies
Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA
Synthetic Aperture Radar; InSAR; Machine Learnin; Modeling for Agricultural Applications
Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR-UPM), Spanish Research Council (CSIC), 28500 Arganda del Rey, Spain
agricultural engineering; weed management; robotics; artificial perception; sensor system design
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto, 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy
agricultural machinery and farm mechanization; strategies and machines for tillage; planting; crop protection; weed control in sustainable farming systems (organic, integrated and conservative)
Laboratory of Vegetable Production, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece
vegetable production; hydroponics; plant nutrition; plant physiology; abiotic stress; fruit quality; biofortification; nitrogen fixation; phytohormones; plant metabolism
Director of Floriculture Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, University of Peloponnese, Kalamata 24100, Greece
Postharvest Physiology of cut flowers
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, 3036 Limassol, Cyprus
vegetable production; plant nutrition; soilless culture; substrates and hydroponics; abiotic stress; postharvest and quality of fresh produce; edible flowers; bioactive compounds; medicinal and aromatic plants
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, 20203 Cartagena, Spain
vegetable crops; protected cultivation; cultivation techniques; soilless culture; vegetable grafting; plant genetic resources; abiotic stress
Department of Horticultural Science, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27697-7609, USA
Wood substrates; Bark substrates; Engineering raw materials; Substrate particle dynamics; Substrate Hydrology; Container plant root growth; Substrate analytical methods
University of Bonn, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation, Division of Horticultural Sciences, Auf dem Hügel 6, 53121 Bonn, Germany
controlled environment agriculture; grafting, growing media; mycorrhiza; product quality of fruit and vegetables; protected cultivation; soilless culture; stress physiology; sustainable horticulture; vegetables
School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Ourimbah, NSW 2258, Australia,
Central Coast Primary Industries Centre, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Ourimbah, NSW 2258, Australia
plant nutrition; hydroponics; protected cropping; blueberry; cucumber; Asian vegetables
Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences, Vila Real, Portugal
olive trees; olive oil; climate modelling; crop modelling; adaptation measures
Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 5 90128 Palermo, Italy
crop eco-physiology; plant hormones; protected cultivation; hydroponics; mineral nutrition of vegetable crops; plant growth-promoting microorganisms; abiotic stresses; postharvest; vegetable quality; hygienic safety of vegetables
Department of Agriculture Food & Environment, Via del Borghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, University of Pisa, Italy
sustainable agriculture; cropping systems; energy crops; yield physiology of the main herbaceous field crops; plant nutrition and allelopathy
Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387, Kraków, Poland
mycorrhizal; plant endophytes; heavy metals; bioremediation; biodegradation; sustainable agriculture
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (CREA-OF), Monsampolo del Tronto (AP), 00198 Roma, Italy
agronomy; organic farming; composting process, compost application and organic fertilization; sustainable development; crop rotations and cropping systems; agro-ecosystem techniques; nutrient management, efficiency, and balance
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Center for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), Via Celso Ulpiani 5, 70125 Bari, Italy
organic farming; agro-ecology; compost production, evaluation and application; sustainable agriculture assessment
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Center for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), 00198 Roma, Italy
belowground functional biodiversity in diversified organic cropping systems; plant strengtheners and biostimulants in organic farming; crop mycorrhizal symbiosis
Centro Ricerche Produzioni Animali - CRPA, Viale Timavo, 43/2, 42121, Reggio Emilia, Italy
low input system; organic agriculture; sustainability; crop production; composting; digestate; by-products; biostimulant; biofertilizer; abiotic stress; precision agriculture
sterile insect technique; silicon and insect plant defence; fruit fly behaviour; ecology and management; biological control; landscape ecology; habitat manipulation; area wide
Soil and Water Department, Estación Experimental de Aula Dei (EEAD), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 1005 Montañana Ave., 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
agronomy; soil sciences; crop diversification; climate change; soil fertility; soil organic carbon; conservation agriculture; direct drilling; greenhouse gas; ecosystem management
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment - Via della Navicella, 2-4, 00184 Rome, Italy
carbon sink in agricultural soils; cropping systems diversification and simulation models; climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment (CREA-AA), 00184 Rome, Italy
carbon sink in agricultural soils; cropping systems diversification and simulation models; GHG emissions from agricultural soils; climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture
Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro 8005-129. Portugal
wastewater reuse; salinity; irrigation; turfgrass; modelling; water quality; Agriculture
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 33A,43124 Parma, Italy
biotechnology; sustainable agriculture; biochar; transgenic organisms; contamination; phytoremediation
Irrigation and Water Management Advisor, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1050 E. Holton Rd. Holtville, CA 92250, USA
agricultural water management; drainage and water quality; on-farm water conservation; salinity management and control practices; environmental instrumentation and modeling
Academy of Georgofili, 50122 Florence, Italy; National Academy of Agriculture, 40126 Bologna, Italy
interactions between pedology; geomophology and agronomy; namely the study of the terroir effect components and the relationships between viticulture; wine quality, and soil functioning
Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, 60-809 Poznań, Poland
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organic and mineral soils; bioactive compounds in agricultural soils of well known and unknown structure; phytohormones; amino acids; phenolic compounds; alkaloids; enzymes
Department of Agroforest Ecosystems, Mediterranean Agroforestry Institute (IAM), Universitat , Camino de Vera 14, 46022 Valencia, Spain
botany; plant ecophysiology; abiotic stress; halophytes
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible, CSIC, Plant Breeding Dept., Avenida Menéndez Pidal s/n. Campus Alameda del Obispo 14004 Córdoba, Spain
chromosome manipulation; plant breeding; cereal; meiosis; plant-microbe interaction; confocal microscopy
IRTA Inst Food & Agr Res & Technol, Sustainable Field Crops Programme, Lleida, Spain
plant breeding; benomics; marker assisted selection; gene discovery
Agricultural Research Station, Virginia State University, PO Box 9061, Petersburg, VA 23806, USA
plant cultivar development; germplasm enhancement; breeding principles and methodologies; QTL analysis and molecular marker applications; genome-wide association study (GWAS); genetic analysis and characterization of traits; gene exploiting/discovery; tra
N. I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, Bol'shaya Morskaya Ulitsa, 42, St Petersburg, Russia
barley; cereal plants; genetic resources; genetics; genome editing; molecular genetics; plant genes, transcriptomics, marker-assisted plant breeding
Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
genomics; genetics; biotechnology; molecular biology; bioinformatics
Departemnt of Biotechnology, Institute for Conservation & Improvement of Valentian Agrodiversity (COMAV), Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain
genetics; plant breeding
Biosciences Research, Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
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plant genetics and genomics; next-generation sequencing; high-throughput genotyping and phenotyping; molecular breeding; genomic selection
Agronomy Department, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, (IAS), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), 14004 Cordoba, Spain
genomics of crop adaptation; GWAS; genomic selection; phenotyping tools
Department of Horticultural Sciences, and Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Florida Gainesville, 1253 Fifield Hall, 32611-0690 FL, USA
legume and common bean genetics and genomics; plant molecular biology; crop modeling for prediction of the phenotype; starch metabolism
Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Agriculture
Victoria, Bundoora 3083, Victoria, Australia
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?hl=en&user=65wrdvYAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
evolution; genetic diversity; population and quantitative genetics; polyploidy; simulation; statistical genetics; synthetic hexaploid wheat
Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 4, Entr. L, second floor, 90128 Palermo, Italy
Homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Salvatore_La_Bella
energy crops; plant biodiversity; medicinal and aromatic plants; phytoremedation; quantitative and qualitative growth response of various agricultural crops to southern Mediterranean
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Pontecagnano SA, Italy
studies on interactions between biostimulants and plants; seed treatments; growth and quality of vegetable plants under different nutrient conditions or abiotic stress
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Agronomy
Agronomy
Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395; CODEN: ABSGGL) is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published monthly online by MDPI.
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S1. Application of New Breeding Technologies to Crop Improvement
S2. Sustainable Management Practices for Soil Health and Food Security
S3. Agronomic Innovations for Sustainable Intensification of Horticultural Production Systems
S4. Challenges in Grassland Agro-Ecology in a Global Change Context
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S5. Weed Invasion, Biology and Management in Agricultural Settings
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S6. Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems
S7. Precision and Digital Agriculture
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Dr. Annalisa Milella, Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing, National Research Council of Italy, via Amendola 122/D-I, 70126 Bari, Italy