Research Staff
External members
Current PhD students
Current Post-docs
Ayesha Yousaf
Former collaborators
Flavio Bastos Campos
Ahmed Ben Abdelkader
Carina Veronica Gonzalez
Francesco Giovanelli
Agnese Aguzzoni
Marta Petrillo
Valentina Lucchetta
Francesca Scandellari
Elena Mosca
Jason B. Frentress
Maddalena Bolognesi
Silvia Folegot
Martina Boschiero
Former PhD students
Fadwa Benyahia (2023) “Assessing grapevine performance under water stress: integrating physiological indicators and biostimulant applications”
Flavio Bastos Campos (2023) “Developing and applying methods for disentangling the contribution of evapotranspiration sources in vineyards”
Ahmed Ben Abdelkader (2022) “Sap flow rate and transpiration of apple trees as affected by climatic conditions and soil water availability”
Agnese Aguzzoni (2019) “87Sr/86Sr ratio of apples and its use as geographical tracer”
Sebastian Soppelsa (2019) “The use of natural substances to improve fruit crop performances, quality and tolerance towards stress conditions”
Andreas Wenter (2019) “Plant water stress detection and the effect on grapevines hydraulic functioning”
Marco Tempesta (2018) “Optimization of Nitrogen Nutrition of Vegetable Crops by Means of Intercropping and Residues Management in Crop Succession”
Michael Thoma (2017) “A stable isotope study of water use efficiency and water sources of agriculturally used grasslands in the Eastern Alps”
James Seutra Kaba (2017) “Nitrogen nutrition of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) in intercropping systems with gliricidia (Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex Walp.)”
Francesco Reyes (2016) “Carbon allocation of the apple tree: from field experiments to computer modeling”
Elisabetta Tomè (2015) “The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to belowground carbon dynamics in fruit crop ecosystems”
Damiano Zanotelli (2012) “Carbon fluxes and allocation pattern in an apple orchard” (in collaboration with the University of Bologna)
Christian Ceccon (2011) “Influence of nitrogen and soil physical characteristics on belowground carbon flux dynamics of woody plants” (in collaboration with the University of Bologna)
Master students
Christian Chini (2024) “Application of plant-based sensors for continuous monitoring of the grapevine water status and transpiration rates”. IMaHS
Arne Ambrosius (2023) “Influence of rootstocks on grapevine scion development, water use, yield and quality components”. Master in Viticulture, Oenology and Marketing, UNIUD
Theodoros Koutsoumpos (2022) “The effect of irrigation and rootstocks on growth performance and berry quality of Moschofilero, a traditional grapevine cultivar from Greece”. VEM
Francesca Bergonzini (2021) “Effect of developing water stress on the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters of grapevine leaves measured under dark and light conditions”. Master in Viticulture, Oenology and Marketing, UNIUD
Olmo Bonzi (2020) “Use of biochar and compost as soil amendment: evaluation of the effects on grapevine physiological performances and water status”. VEM
Salvatore Cantale (2020) “Effetto della potatura tardiva e della defogliazione sulla dinamica di maturazione delle bacche di uva cv. Sauvignon blanc”. VEM
Targetti Giorgia (2020) “Effects of different canopy management techniques to control berry maturity on grapevine cv. Sauvignon blanc “. VEM
Marie Sophie Wittemann (2019/2020) “Dynamics of water content during winter dormancy in plant tissues of grapevines and apple trees”. IMaHS
Walaa Shtai (2019/2020) “Diffuse radiation impact on water use efficiency in an apple orchard”. IMaHS
Katie Cameron (2019) “Pre-Harvest Techniques to Control Fruit Ripening in Sauvignon Blanc Grapevines”. VEM
Juan Pablo Bonnet (2018) “Phenomics of strawberry quality: interaction between postharvest treatment and genotype”. IMaHS
Maximilian Morlacchi (2016/2017) “Impact of different vineyard floor managements on soil quality and on the growth of two cover crop species”. EMMA
Erica Casagrande Biasuz (2016) “Assessment of bioassay for the prediction of apple re-plant disease severity”. IMaHS
Simon Clementi (2014/2015) “Evaluation of compensated Heat Pulse Velocity Method to separate the apple tree transpiration component from the orchard evapotranspiration assessed by eddy covariance system”. IMaHS
Anni Marseiler (2011/2012)”Evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in a South Tyrolean apple orchard”. IMaHS