Agricultural chemistry, pedology and agricultural genetics

Chemical, biochemical, physiological and pedological approaches to study the interactions among soil, water, nutrients and plant in agricultural/forestry ecosystems. Genomics and plant breeding for a sustainable agriculture and high-quality agro-food products.

Keywords: Biostimulants, Breeding, Environment, Fertilizers, Genomics, Nutrients, Pedogenesis, Plant, QTL, Quality, Remediation, Resilience, Rhizosphere, Soil, Water

Main research fields

• Agricultural Chemistry

Agricultural reuse of agro-industrial byproducts for soil fertility

Characterization of organic substances of soils and biosolids

Elements of fertility and plant nutrition

Environmentally friendly techniques for soil, sediments and water decontamination

Physical, chemical and biochemical indexes of soil quality

• Pedology

Carbon and nutrients stocks in soils

Hydromorphic and subaqueous soils: monitoring of water, sediment and soil interactions

Pedological studies in historical and cultural contexts and paleopedology

Soil genesis, evolution and conservation in natural, agricultural and human-impacted systems

• Agricultural Genetics

Applications of mutagenesis in crop molecular genetics and breeding

Characterization of genetic resources of crops

Molecular basis of disease resistance and plant-pathogen interaction in cereals

Molecular genetics of root system architecture and flowering time in cereals

QTL analysis and statistical genomics for the dissection of complex traits