Walaa Shtai

Education

Nov 2020: started a PhD program in “Mountain Environment and Agriculture” at the Faculty of Science and Technology- University of Bolzano- Italy.

 

2017- 2019: MSc degree in “International Masters´ in Horticultural Science” at the Faculty of Science and Technology- University of Bologna- Italy.

Thesis: “total and diffuse light distribution within the canopy of apple trees as affected by protective nets and reflective material” supervised by professors: Tagliavini Massimo and Montagnani Leonardo.

 

2009- 2014: BSc degree in Agricultural Engineering at the Faculty of agriculture- University of Damascus- Syria.

 

Field of interest: plant physiology, light-plant interactions, drought and water stress effects on plant growth.

 

Publications:

Total and diffuse light distribution within the canopy of an apple orchard as affected by reflective ground cover