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Francesco Orsini

Full Professor

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Academic discipline: AGRI-02/B Vegetable and Ornamental crops

Publications

Cerasola, Vito Aurelio; Bona, Stefano; Borsato, Daniele; Gavioli, Luca; Moretti, Gaia; Manfrini, Luigi; Pennisi, Giuseppina; Orsini, Francesco; Buscaroli, Enrico; Sambo, Paolo; Gianquinto, Giorgio, Exploring dynamic nitrogen (N) fertigation guided by multispectral sensors: a sustainable optimization of N fertilization in processing tomato, «SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE», 2025, 345, Article number: 114124 , pp. 1 - 13 [Scientific article]Open Access

Patent n. 102025000002679, FILM POLIMERICO FLUORESCENTE E SUO UTILIZZO IN AGRICOLTURA..

Appolloni, E.; Pennisi, G.; Cerasola, V. A.; Biru, W.; Buchenrieder, G.; Uyar, T. S.; Yavuz, Y. İ.; Orsini, F., Frontier agriculture systems in the Mediterranean region: current status and future opportunities, in: Proceedings of the V All Africa Horticultural Congress – AAHC2024, Leuven, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), «ACTA HORTICULTURAE», 2025, 1422, pp. 69 - 78 (atti di: V All Africa Horticultural Congress - AAHC2024, Marrakech, Morocco, 26/02/2024-01/03/2024) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Cerasola, Vito Aurelio; Orsini, Francesco; Pennisi, Giuseppina; Moretti, Gaia; Bona, Stefano; Mirone, Francesco; Verrelst, Jochem; Berger, Katja; Gianquinto, Giorgio, Hyperspectral imaging for precision nitrogen management: A comparative exploration of two methodological approaches to estimate optimal nitrogen rate in processing tomato, «SMART AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY», 2025, 10, Article number: 100802 , pp. 1 - 13 [Scientific article]Open Access

Morelli, A.; Flaminio, S.; Burgio, G.; Orsini, F.; Bazzocchi, G. G., Impacts of urban agriculture on pollinator communities: a case study in Bologna (Italy), in: Proc. of the III International Symposium on Greener Cities: Improving Ecosystem Services in a Climate-Changing World (GreenCities2024), «ACTA HORTICULTURAE», 2025, 1, pp. 369 - 376 (atti di: III International Symposium on Greener Cities: Improving Ecosystem Services in a Climate-Changing World (GreenCities2024), Wisley, Woking (United Kingdom), September 25-28, 2024) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Rizzello, G.; Shabir, H.; Orsini, F.; D'Ostuni, M.; Pennisi, G., Innovative farming systems for job creation and social inclusion in modern prisons: ideas from the International Student Challenge UrbanFarm2024, in: Acta Horticulturae, International Society for Horticultural Science, «ACTA HORTICULTURAE», 2025, 1, pp. 345 - 352 (atti di: III International Symposium on Greener Cities: Improving Ecosystem Services in a Climate-Changing World (GreenCities2024), Wisley, Woking (United Kingdom), September 25-28, 2024) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Specht, K.; Iodice, C.; Monticone, F.; Tonini, P.; Petruzzelli, M.; Carotti, L.; Fox-Kämper, R.; Toboso-Chavero, S.; Orsini, F.; Samoggia, A.; Vittuari, M., Measuring the social impact of City-region food system initiatives (CRFSIs): A systematic review of indicators and metrics, «SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY», 2025, 128, Article number: 106462 , pp. 1 - 19 [Scientific article]Open Access

Sermarini, A.; D'Ostuni, M.; Orsini, F.; Pennisi, G., Merging theoretical and practical learning through the 6th edition of the UrbanFarm student challenge, in: Acta Horticulturae, International Society for Horticultural Science, «ACTA HORTICULTURAE», 2025, 1, pp. 353 - 360 (atti di: III International Symposium on Greener Cities: Improving Ecosystem Services in a Climate-Changing World (GreenCities2024), Wisley, Woking (United Kingdom), September 25-28, 2024) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Jadhav, Vivek; Grondona, Tiziano; Pistillo, Alessandro; Pennisi, Giuseppina; Ghio, Marco; Gianquinto, Giorgio; Orsini, Francesco, Optimizing Planting Density for Increased Resource Use Efficiency in Baby-Leaf Production of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in Vertical Farms, «HORTICULTURAE», 2025, 11, Article number: 343 , pp. 1 - 14 [Scientific article]Open Access

Leuratti, Teresa; Fellin, Lorenzo; Michelon, Nicola; Palacios Tario, Juan Bosco; Gutiérrez, Jaime Ernesto Santamaria; Gianquinto, Giorgio; Orsini, Francesco; Zanin, Giampaolo, Optimizing Tomato Seedling Production in the Tropics: Effects of Trichoderma, Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, and Key Agronomical Factors, «AGRONOMY», 2025, 15, Article number: 392 , pp. 1 - 20 [Scientific article]Open Access

Cerasola, V. A.; Jmayai, A.; Viola, F.; Jamai, D.; Adamo, F.; Costea, C.; Pennisi, G.; Orsini, F.; Michelon, N.; Setti, M.; Gianquinto, G., Simplified hydroponics in Tunisia: assessing the charred straw as growing substrate for lettuce cultivation, in: Proceedings of the V All Africa Horticultural Congress, Leuven, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), «ACTA HORTICULTURAE», 2025, 1422, pp. 29 - 36 (atti di: V All Africa Horticultural Congress, Marrakech, Morocco, 26/02/2024-01/03/2024) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Monzini, J; Orsini, F., Understanding commercial urban agriculture - An overview, Roma, FAO, 2025, pp. 94 . [Editorship]Open Access

Eichelsbacher, Sebastian; Luksch, Claudia R.; Patrick Bienert, Gerd; Alcock, Thomas D.; Steppe, Kathy; Marcelis, Leo F. M.; Orsini, Francesco; Rosenqvist, Eva; Lambers, Hans; Runkle, Erik; Lawson, Tracy; Asseng, Senthold, What is the limit of vertical farming productivity?, «FOOD AND ENERGY SECURITY», 2025, 14, Article number: e70061 , pp. 1 - 10 [Scientific article]Open Access

Zauli, I.; Carotti, L.; Pistillo, A.; Pennisi, G.; Martin, M.; Meneghello, D.; Gianquinto, G.; Orsini, F., Assessing the role of light quality in baby-leaf kale grown in a vertical farm: Productivity and resource use efficiency, «EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE», 2024, 89, Article number: 25 , pp. 1 - 10 [Scientific article]

Steines, A. K.; D'Ostuni, M.; Wissman, A.; Specht, K.; Iodice, C.; Fox-Kämper, R.; Monticone, F.; Righini, I.; Saint-Gès, V.; Samoggia, A.; Orsini, F., Cultivating change: Exploring policies, challenges, and solutions to support city region food systems development in six European countries, «CITIES», 2024, 155, Article number: 105498 , pp. 1 - 12 [Scientific article]Open Access