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Plant Science and Agronomy

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Best Publications

  • Foliar applications of a legume-derived protein hydrolysate elicit dose-dependent increases of growth, leaf mineral composition, yield and fruit quality in two greenhouse tomato cultivars.

    Youssef Rouphael;Giuseppe Colla;Maria Giordano;Christophe El-Nakhel

  • Co-inoculation of Glomus intraradices and Trichoderma atroviride acts as a biostimulant to promote growth, yield and nutrient uptake of vegetable crops.

    Giuseppe Colla;Youssef Rouphael;Elena Di Mattia;Christophe El-Nakhel

  • Functional quality in novel food sources: Genotypic variation in the nutritive and phytochemical composition of thirteen microgreens species.

    Marios C. Kyriacou;Christophe El-Nakhel;Giulia Graziani;Antonio Pannico

  • Appraisal of Combined Applications of Trichoderma virens and a Biopolymer-Based Biostimulant on Lettuce Agronomical, Physiological, and Qualitative Properties under Variable N Regimes

    Youssef Rouphael;Petronia Carillo;Giuseppe Colla;Nunzio Fiorentino

  • Morphological and Physiological Responses Induced by Protein Hydrolysate-Based Biostimulant and Nitrogen Rates in Greenhouse Spinach

    Petronia Carillo;Giuseppe Colla;Giovanna Marta Fusco;Emilia Dell’Aversana

  • Selenium Biofortification Impacts the Nutritive Value, Polyphenolic Content, and Bioactive Constitution of Variable Microgreens Genotypes.

    Antonio Pannico;Christophe El-Nakhel;Giulia Graziani;Marios C Kyriacou

  • Plant-Based Biostimulants Influence the Agronomical, Physiological, and Qualitative Responses of Baby Rocket Leaves under Diverse Nitrogen Conditions.

    Ida Di Mola;Lucia Ottaiano;Eugenio Cozzolino;Mauro Senatore

  • Protein Hydrolysate or Plant Extract-based Biostimulants Enhanced Yield and Quality Performances of Greenhouse Perennial Wall Rocket Grown in Different Seasons.

    Gianluca Caruso;Stefania De Pascale;Eugenio Cozzolino;Maria Giordano

  • Phenolic Constitution, Phytochemical and Macronutrient Content in Three Species of Microgreens as Modulated by Natural Fiber and Synthetic Substrates.

    Marios C Kyriacou;Christophe El-Nakhel;Antonio Pannico;Giulia Graziani

  • Biostimulant Substances for Sustainable Agriculture: Origin, Operating Mechanisms and Effects on Cucurbits, Leafy Greens, and Nightshade Vegetables Species.

    Francesco Cristofano;Christophe El-Nakhel;Youssef Rouphael

  • Nitrogen Use and Uptake Efficiency and Crop Performance of Baby Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) and Lamb’s Lettuce (Valerianella locusta L.) Grown under Variable Sub-Optimal N Regimes Combined with Plant-Based Biostimulant Application

    Ida Di Mola;Eugenio Cozzolino;Lucia Ottaiano;Sabrina Nocerino

  • Application of Trichoderma harzianum, 6-pentyl-α-pyrone and Plant Biopolymer Formulations Modulate Plant Metabolism and Fruit Quality of Plum Tomatoes.

    Petronia Carillo;Sheridan L. Woo;Sheridan L. Woo;Ernesto Comite;Christophe El-Nakhel

  • Genotype-Specific Modulatory Effects of Select Spectral Bandwidths on the Nutritive and Phytochemical Composition of Microgreens.

    Marios C. Kyriacou;Christophe El-Nakhel;Antonio Pannico;Giulia Graziani

  • Biostimulant Application with a Tropical Plant Extract Enhances Corchorus olitorius Adaptation to Sub-Optimal Nutrient Regimens by Improving Physiological Parameters

    Petronia Carillo;Giuseppe Colla;Christophe El-Nakhel;Paolo Bonini

  • Sensory Attributes and Consumer Acceptability of 12 Microgreens Species

    Francesco Caracciolo;Christophe El-Nakhel;Maria Raimondo;Marios C. Kyriacou

  • Sensory and functional quality characterization of protected designation of origin ‘Piennolo del Vesuvio’ cherry tomato landraces from Campania-Italy

    Petronia Carillo;Marios C. Kyriacou;Christophe El-Nakhel;Antonio Pannico

  • Physiological and Metabolic Responses Triggered by Omeprazole Improve Tomato Plant Tolerance to NaCl Stress.

    Youssef Rouphael;Giampaolo Raimondi;Luigi Lucini;Petronia Carillo

  • The Metabolic Reprogramming Induced by Sub-Optimal Nutritional and Light Inputs in Soilless Cultivated Green and Red Butterhead Lettuce.

    Begoña Miras-Moreno;Giandomenico Corrado;Leilei Zhang;Biancamaria Senizza

  • Macronutrient deprivation eustress elicits differential secondary metabolites in red and green‐pigmented butterhead lettuce grown in a closed soilless system

    Christophe El‐Nakhel;Antonio Pannico;Marios C Kyriacou;Maria Giordano

  • Iron Biofortification of Red and Green Pigmented Lettuce in Closed Soilless Cultivation Impacts Crop Performance and Modulates Mineral and Bioactive Composition

    Maria Giordano;Christophe El-Nakhel;Antonio Pannico;Marios C. Kyriacou

  • Variation in Macronutrient Content, Phytochemical Constitution and In Vitro Antioxidant Capacity of Green and Red Butterhead Lettuce Dictated by Different Developmental Stages of Harvest Maturity

    Christophe El-Nakhel;Antonio Pannico;Giulia Graziani;Marios C Kyriacou

Frequent Co-Authors

Youssef Rouphael
Youssef Rouphael University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Pannico
Antonio Pannico Federico II University Hospital
Marios C. Kyriacou
Marios C. Kyriacou Agricultural Research Institute Cyprus
Giuseppe Colla
Giuseppe Colla Tuscia University
Alberto Ritieni
Alberto Ritieni University of Naples Federico II
Giandomenico Corrado
Giandomenico Corrado University of Naples Federico II
Sheridan L. Woo
Sheridan L. Woo University of Naples Federico II
Luigi Lucini
Luigi Lucini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Gianluca Caruso
Gianluca Caruso University of Naples Federico II
Francesco Vinale
Francesco Vinale University of Naples Federico II

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