Climate change effects on the suitability of an agricultural area to maize cultivation: application of a new hybrid land evaluation system

A Bonfante, E Monaco, SM Alfieri, F De Lorenzi… - Advances in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Climate change is likely to have a major impact on agricultural production in Mediterranean
regions, due to higher temperatures and lower water availability for irrigation. A Hybrid Land …

Hydrothermal carbonization of municipal woody and herbaceous prunings: hydrochar valorisation as soil amendment and growth medium for horticulture

M Puccini, L Ceccarini, D Antichi, M Seggiani… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
In this study, we investigate the suitability of hydrochar, produced at industrial scale by
hydrothermal carbonization of municipal woody and herbaceous prunings, to be used as …

The role of soil series in quantitative land evaluation when expressing effects of climate change and crop breeding on future land use

A Bonfante, J Bouma - Geoderma, 2015 - Elsevier
Climate change and the development of new plant hybrids raise questions about future
agricultural land use potentials that cannot be answered by expert knowledge based on past …

Long-term effect of municipal solid waste compost on the recovery of a potentially toxic element (PTE)-contaminated soil: PTE mobility, distribution and bioaccessibility

AG Caporale, C Porfido, PP Roggero… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Compost from municipal solid waste (MSWC) can represent a resource for the
environmental management of soils contaminated with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) …

Environmental and visual impact analysis of viticulture and olive tree cultivation in the province of Siena (Italy)

EAC Costantini, R Barbetti - European Journal of Agronomy, 2008 - Elsevier
This study aimed at setting up a comprehensive approach on viticultural and olive tree
cultivation environmental impact, through soil and landscape change analysis at the years …

The RothC model to complement life cycle analyses: A case study of an Italian olive grove

V Fantin, A Buscaroli, P Buttol, E Novelli, C Soldati… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays a fundamental role in soil health, and its storage in soil is
an important element to mitigate climate change. How to include this factor in Life Cycle …

Evaluation of the environmental components of the Taggiasca “Terroir” olive (Imperia, Italy)

I Rellini, M Demasi, C Scopesi, S Ghislandi… - BELS-Bulletin of …, 2022 - riviste.unige.it
The acknowledgement of the territory vocation is founded on the research of its peculiarities
which determine the uniqueness of that production area. In this paper, results concerning …

Where land use changes occur: Using soil features to understand the economic trends in agricultural lands

R Rivieccio, L Sallustio, M Paolanti, M Vizzarri… - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the major land use change processes over the 1990–2008 period in
Abruzzo region (Central Italy) in relation to the characteristics of the soils and with particular …

A Regional 100 m Soil Grid-Based Geographic Decision Support System to Support the Planning of New Sustainable Vineyards

R Barbetti, I Criscuoli, G Valboa, N Vignozzi… - Agronomy, 2024 - mdpi.com
A WebGis tool called GoProsit has been developed to support winegrowers in planning a
new sustainable vineyard and in the identification of high-quality terroir in Tuscany, Central …

Concordance between plant species, oribatid mites and soil in a Mediterranean stone pine forest

G Bonari, M Migliorini, M Landi, G Protano… - Arthropod-Plant …, 2017 - Springer
Biological interactions between above-ground and below-ground organisms are not clearly
defined among communities with regard to compositional patterns. The study investigates …