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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, 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

Pennisi, Giuseppina; Gianquinto, Giorgio; Marcelis, Leo F. M.; Martin, Michael; Orsini, Francesco, Vertical farming: productivity, environmental impact, and resource use. A review, «AGRONOMY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT», 2025, 45, Article number: 57 , pp. 1 - 21 [Scientific article]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

Bezerra, Francisco Mardones Servulo; de Lacerda, Claudivan Feitosa; Giroldo, Aelton Biasi; Cavalcante, Eduardo Santos; Michelon, Nicola; Pennisi, Giuseppina; Sales, Jonnathan Richeds da Silva; Lessa, Carla Ingryd Nojosa; Lima, Silvio Carlos Ribeiro Vieira; Lopes, Fernando Bezerra; Gianquinto, Giorgio; Orsini, Francesco, Deficit Irrigation of Forage Cactus (Opuntia stricta) with Brackish Water: Impacts on Growth, Productivity, and Economic Viability under Evapotranspiration-Based Management, «AGRONOMY», 2024, 14, Article number: 1445 , pp. 1 - 20 [Scientific article]Open Access

Orsini, F.; Pennisi, G.; Gianquinto, G.; Martin, M., Defining impacts of urban farming beyond catchy headlines, «INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF VEGETABLE SCIENCE», 2024, 30, pp. 497 - 502 [Comment or similar]Open Access

Martin, Michael; Bustamante, Maria J.; Zauli, Ilaria; Orsini, Francesco, Environmental life cycle assessment of an on-site modular cabinet vertical farm, «FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS», 2024, 8, Article number: 1403580 , pp. 1 - 19 [Scientific article]Open Access

Martin, M.; Salvador Soy, A.; Carotti, L.; Orsini, F., Environmental life cycle assessment of lettuce production in a container-based vertical farm, «EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE», 2024, 89, pp. 1 - 12 [Scientific article]

Maru, R.N.; Wesonga, J.; Okazawa, H.; Kavoo, A.; Neondo, J.O.; Mazibuko, D.M.; Maskey, S.; Orsini, F., Evaluation of Growth, Yield and Bioactive Compounds of Ethiopian Kale (Brassica carinata A. Braun) Microgreens under Different LED Light Spectra and Substrates, «HORTICULTURAE», 2024, 10, Article number: 436 , pp. 1 - 14 [Scientific article]Open Access

Carotti L.; Pistillo A.; Zauli I.; Pennisi G.; Martin M.; Gianquinto G.; Orsini F., Far-red radiation management for lettuce growth: Physiological and morphological features leading to energy optimization in vertical farming, «SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE», 2024, 334, Article number: 113264 , pp. 1 - 14 [Scientific article]Open Access

Amadori, S.; Niero, A.; Vicinanza, A.; Orsini, F.; Vittuari, M., How to promote sustainable vertical farming? Towards a common science-based definitional framework, «EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE», 2024, 89, Article number: 23 , pp. 1 - 12 [Scientific article]

Zauli, I.; Carotti, L.; Pistillo, A.; Pennisi, G.; Martin, M.; Crepaldi, A.; Gianquinto, G.; Orsini, F., Indoor cultivation of baby-leaf kale under constant DLI: Increasing photoperiod with lower PPFD as a strategy to improve crop growth in an aeroponic system, «EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE», 2024, 89, Article number: 26 , pp. 1 - 10 [Scientific article]

Orsini, Francesco; D'Ostuni, Michele; Pennisi, Giuseppina, Joining multiple branches of knowledge to rethink urban agriculture projects: urban farm challenge and experiences, in: Francesco Orsini, Michele D’Ostuni, Andrea D'Aprile, Virginia Cioncoloni, Giuseppina Pennisi, Marie Larsson, Anna María Pálsdóttir, Integrating social, economic and environmental sustainability pillars for inmates rehabilitation in the new Trelleborg prison in Sweden, Bologna, Università di Bologna, 2024, pp. 10 - 11 (URBANFARM...) [Chapter or essay]Open Access