Agricultural and forestry systems of the mediterranean
Expert on growth and physiology of field and tree crops, in relation to water availability and adaptation to future water scarcity scenarios
Expert on: i) crop and soil responses to saline irrigation water; ii) numerical modeling of water and solute flow in the soil –plant – atmosphere system; iii) irrigation management in intensive agricultural system.
focus on monitoring fluxes of water and greenhouse gases in agroecosystems
focus on crops responses to abiotic stresses (drought and salinity), on plant water
relations and on crop yield responses to water availability to identify adaptation options to future water scarcity scenarios.
It is involved in ground data monitoring (WP1), crop growth modelling and stress thresholds (WP2), and dissemination (WP5)