- Degree in
Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy,
1958.
- Full Professor of “Frutticoltura” (Pomo logy) since
1974 and Director of the “Department of Colture Arboree”
(Department of Fruit and Woody Plant Sciences), from 1977 to 1998
andfrom 2001 till2007. Headof
the “Centro per il Miglioramento Varietale in
Frutticoltura” ( Research Center for Fruit Breeding and Variety
Improvement). Retired november 2008.
- 1984-2008
Coordinator of the Doctorate Program on “Fruit and Woody Plant
Science and Landscape Planning”.
- “Visiting associate
professor” at the University of California, at Davis, Dept. of
Pomology, in 1969 and 1975.
- Awarded honorary
degree in Horticultural Sciences, University of Budapest ,
1981.
- Recipient of the
National Canners Association Award by the American Society for
Horticultural Sciences for his work on “ripening of nectarines and
canning peaches” (1971).
- ASHS “Fellow-elect”
1995 ( Montreal , Canada ); ISHS “Fellow elect” (2002); previously
cited (1998) for his “outstanding effort in the planning of the
joint ISHS -ASHS “WCHR”, Rome , 1998.
- Recipient of the
“Wilder Medal 2000” by the American Pomological Society and of the
“Gold Veitch Memorial Medal” (2001) of the Royal Hortic. Society (
London ).
- Recipient of the
President of Italy's award “Gold medal” as –”Benemerito
della scienza e della cultura” (2001) for his
outstanding contributions to science and culture
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- Elected Member of
the University of Bologna Senate (1997-99)
- President of the
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) (1994 –
1998) and Chairman of its Fruit Section (1986-1994)
- President of Italian
Society for Horticulture – SOI (1986-1992)
- Author or co-author
of more than 600 papers on pomology, physiologiy and
genetic-biotechnology aspects of pome and stone fruits.
Res. Project leader:
¨ 1976-1982: “Fruit Tree
Fertility”, research sub-project in the overall “Biology of
Reproduction Project” of Italy's National Research Council
(Rome).
¨ 1982-1988 : IPRA Project
of the National Research Council as Coordinator of the working
group on “Pollination and Growth Regulators in Fruit Production” (
Rome ).
¨ 1993-1997 : RAISA Project
of National Research Council as Coordinator of the research area
“Factors and Mechanisms regulating fruit quality”, Rome .
¨ 1993-1999 : CRPV -
Regional Government of Emilia-Romagna: Apple and Peach Program for
growth modelling and high quality control in “Integrated
production”
¨ 1991-2002 :MIPAF –
Ministry of Agriculture and Policy national project on
“Frutticoltura”; National Coordinator of “Pome fruits breedings”
and “Genetic resistance to biotic stresses”: Breeding program on
scab resistance of apple and use of molecular markers.
¨ 1996-2002 National
Biotechnology Program (MAF, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry,
Rome ): member of the Scientific Committee and national coordinator
of the research area “cell manipulation” and local leader in “early
assisted selection”, regeneration and Vf gene transfer in
apple breeding.
¨ 1998-2002 : Coordinator
of MURST project on grafting incompatibility physiology (pear on
quince) and functional aspects of scion-rootstock systems.
¨ 2000-2002 : Coordinator
of MURST project on Genetic and molecular studies on PPV/Sharka in
apricot.
¨ 1999-2003 : Coordinator
of an Interdipartimental project on O
organic fruit production(Biofruit), at University of
Bologna
¨ since 1994 : Coordinator
of the MIPAF – National Project for “Pome fruit evaluation” of new
varieties (annual lists for grower orientation)
¨ 1998-2002 : EU Project
D.A.R.E., Italy group leader for “Durable resistance to fungi
diseases in apple” and partner of EU Project HiDRAS “High quality
disease resistant apples” (2003-2006)
¨ 2002 -2005: a) DCA
coordinator of MIUR-FIRB 1 Project – Integrated molecular approach
to apply genetic variability in agriculture; b) Partner of FIRB 2
(2004 – 2007) Project – TDF (transcript derived fragment) Automatic
clonage for resistance to pathogens.
Editorial activity:
¨ Editor-in-chief (since 1986) of
the monthly journal Rivista di Frutticoltura, published by
Il Sole - 24 Ore - Edagricole, Bologna .
¨ Editor-in-chief (1988 - 2002) of
the book inprint: Collana di Frutticoltura Moderna,
EdAgricole
izioni Calderini, Bologna (16 volumes).
¨ Member of the Editorial Board
(since 1988) of the weekly agrimagazine Terra e Vita,
Il Sole - 42 Ore – Edagricole, Bologna .
¨ Member of the Editorial Boards
(1996-2005) of the International Journal of Fruit Science (
Binghamton , N. Y.) and of the Journal “Fruits”, CIRAD,
Montpellier (F) (1998 - 2002)
¨ Member (1980-2000) of “Comité de
Lecture” of the French journal L'Arboriculture Fruitière
and of the Editorial Board of: Journal Horticultural Science (
Budapest , H)(1994-96); “Agronomie”, INRA (1998- 2001)
¨ Member (2001-2005) of the
Editorial Board of the Journal “Agricultural ecosystem and plant
genetics”, INRA, Montfavet (France) and since 2003 of the Journal
“Folia Horticulturae”, Krakow (Poland)
¨ Associate Editor (2007) Revista
Brasileira de Fruticultura
¨ Referee for the Elsevier Ed.
System for Plant Science, for the Journals “Tree Genetics and
Genomics” ( Davis , CA ), “Advances in Horticultural Science” (
Florence ), Italus Hortus ( Rome ), Egyptian Journal of
Horticulture ( Cairo ) and the Indian Journal of Horticulture ( New
Delhi ).
¨ Editor (2007) and co-author of
the book “Nuove frontiere dell'ìarboricoltura italiana”, pp. 570,
A. Perdisa Ed., Ozzano, Bologna.
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Other :
§Full member of Italy's National Academy of Agriculture,
Bologna, since 1975. Correspondent member of Academie d'Agriculture
of France, Paris, since 1989. Correspondent member of Accademia
italiana della vite e del vino, Siena, since 1989. c
§ Correspondent
f the Accademia dei Georgofili, Florence, Italy, since 1996; of the
Accademia delle Scienze, Bologna, since 2001.
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§ Organiser and
proceedings editor of several dozen congresses, symposiaand
, workshops of the S.O.I. (Società Orticola Italiana),
and I.S.H.S. (Intl. Soc. Hort. Science), including the “1st Int.
Symp. on Growth Regulators in Fruit Production”, Rimini, 1985; the
15th Int. Symposium on “In vitro culture and Horticultural
breeding”, Cesena, 1989; ISHS Forum on Strategies for Hort.
Societies in the 1990's, Florence; ISHS Workshop on “Strategies for
a modern Pomology”, Kyoto, 1994; World Conference on Horticultural
Research, ISHS-ASHS, Rome; 1998, VIII Int. Symposium on Pear,
Ferrara; 2000Workshop on Mediterranean Horticulture in Hot and Dry
Climate, Cairo, 2000; Symposium of Genetics and Breeding of Tree
Fruits and Nuts, Toronto, XXVI ISHS Congress, 2002 (as
co-convener).
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§ The WCHR (
Rome 1998) was the most important international effort: as leader
of a joint-venture between ISHS and ASHS, trying to start new
organisational and political actions in promoting international
cooperation in research and development of horticulture, especially
in favour of developing countries.
§ President of
the I.S.H.S., Leuven, Belgium, 1994-1998, and former chairman of
the ISHS Fruit Section (Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1986-1994),
and designated member, for Italy , of the ISHS Council (2001 –
2006).