Unibo Team Leader: Adamo Domenico Rombolà - PhD, Researcher - Prof. of Viticulture - Department of Fruit Tree and Woody Plant Science
The project has been financed in the framework of the Regional Project "Sviluppo di tecniche colturali in viticoltura biologica e biodinamica" (Development of Cultivation Techniques in Organic and Biodynamic Viticulture) by means of the "Centro Ricerche produzioni vegetali" (Center for research and vegetal production) (Tebano, Ravenna, Italy).
The development of ecologically and economically feasible agronomic strategies for improving plant nutrition and health as well as fruit quality represents a priority in the fruit and wine industry and a motivating investigation area.
In the past years many experiments have primarily focused on improving plant nutrition of crops by intercropping and other sustainable strategies.
In Viticulture, increasing scientific attention has been devoted to the impact of water and plant nutrients (eg. Nitrogen, Silicon, Iron), soil and canopy management/training systems on plant susceptibility to abiotic stresses, berry physiology, fruit quality and healtness.
Research activities focused on organic and biodynamic cultivation method, plant and rhizosphere biochemical and physiological processes by the conduction of experiments under field and controlled conditions.
Coordinator
UNIVERSITA’ DI BOLOGNA (Italy)
Other participants
• Faculdade de Agronomia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
• Faculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira, Departamento de Agricultura Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (UNESP)
• Universidade Estadual do Paranà, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Paranagua (FAFIPAR)
• Instituto Federal de Educacao, Ciencia e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul (IFRS, Bento Goncalves, RGS, Brazil)
• Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste – UNICENTRO (Guarapuava, Paraná, Brazil) (2013)
• Centro Ricerche Produzioni Vegetali (CRPV)
• Associazione Produttori Biologici e Biodinamici (PROBER)
• CNR – Ibimet di Bologna
• Astra - Innovazione e Sviluppo srl;
• Agri.Tes
• Consorzio Fitosanitario di Modena
• Centro Agricoltura Ambiente