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  • The importance of iodine in human diets is well understood, but despite over 100 years of research, little is known about how iodine impacts plants. Prior research has shown that the addition of exogenous iodine has led to a variety of responses based on species (and even varieties), application timing, the form of iodine, and […]
    14 December 2024
  • Despite the physiological impact that variable crop loads have on the vegetative growth and reproductive processes of pistachio, very few studies have examined the effect of fruit-sink strength on pistachio nut growth and quality. In this study, considering the branch as a semi-autonomous unit, with regard to carbohydrate availability, we manipulated fruit load with the […]
    1 September 2023
  • Pistachio (Pistacia vera) is an important crop in Italy, especially in Sicily (southern Italy), due to the suitability of the crop to the agro-ecological conditions. However, the phytopathological situation has been poorly investigated and little information is available. My research has focused on the investigation of fungal diseases affecting pistachio in Italy. Field surveys were […]
    1 September 2023