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Francesco Primo Vaccari

Francesco Primo Vaccari

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
13828
World Ranking
5692
National Ranking
104

Overview

Francesco Primo Vaccari is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. Their research spans several key areas within agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on environmental science contributions. The scientist's work is notably active in the fields of soil science, plant science, global and planetary change, ecology, and agronomy and crop science.

The primary topics covered in their research include soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, horticultural and viticultural research, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, plant growth enhancement techniques, plant responses to elevated CO2, and remote sensing in agriculture.

The scientist has contributed to multiple scientific papers and has published in various venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Agriculture (3 publications)
  • Journal of Soils and Sediments (2 publications)
  • Biomass and Bioenergy (2 publications)
  • Applied Soil Ecology (1 publication)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (1 publication)

Recent papers authored by Francesco Primo Vaccari or including them as co-author are:

  • Long-term effects of biochar on soil chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiota: Results from a 10-year field vineyard experiment, 2023, Applied Soil Ecology
  • Biochar aged or combined with humic substances: fabrication and implications for sustainable agriculture and environment-a review, 2023, Journal of Soils and Sediments
  • Long term effect of biochar on soil plant water relation and fine roots: Results after 10 years of vineyard experiment, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Modeling the impacts of diffuse light fraction on photosynthesis in ORCHIDEE (v5453) land surface model, 2020, Geoscientific model development
  • Rotational pasture management to increase the sustainability of mountain livestock farms in the Alpine region, 2022, Regional Environmental Change

Francesco Primo Vaccari collaborates frequently with several co-authors. The most common collaborators include:

  • Silvia Baronti
  • Anita Maienza
  • Fabrizio Ungaro
  • Francesca Ugolini
  • M. Lentini

Their body of work provides insights into long-term agricultural and environmental dynamics, specifically regarding biochar use in soil management and its impact on plant and microbial ecosystems. The research often involves field experiments, modeling approaches, and reviews focused on sustainable agriculture and environmental applications.

Best Publications

  • On the Separation of Net Ecosystem Exchange into Assimilation and Ecosystem Respiration: Review and Improved Algorithm

    Markus Reichstein;Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;Dario Papale

  • Global patterns of land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat, and sensible heat derived from eddy covariance, satellite, and meteorological observations

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Hank A. Margolis;Alessandro Cescatti

  • Intercomparison of UAV, Aircraft and Satellite Remote Sensing Platforms for Precision Viticulture

    Alessandro Matese;Piero Toscano;Salvatore Filippo Di Gennaro;Lorenzo Genesio

  • A data-driven analysis of energy balance closure across FLUXNET research sites: The role of landscape-scale heterogeneity

    Paul C. Stoy;Matthias Mauder;Thomas Foken;Barbara Marcolla

  • Biochar as a strategy to sequester carbon and increase yield in durum wheat

    F.P. Vaccari;S. Baronti;E. Lugato;L. Genesio

  • A flexible unmanned aerial vehicle for precision agriculture

    Jacopo Primicerio;Salvatore Filippo Di Gennaro;Edoardo Fiorillo;Lorenzo Genesio

  • Impact of biochar application to a Mediterranean wheat crop on soil microbial activity and greenhouse gas fluxes

    S. Castaldi;M. Riondino;S. Baronti;F.R. Esposito

  • Joint control of terrestrial gross primary productivity by plant phenology and physiology

    Jianyang Xia;Shuli Niu;Philippe Ciais;Ivan A Janssens

  • Impact of biochar application on plant water relations in Vitis vinifera (L.)

    S. Baronti;F.P. Vaccari;F. Miglietta;C. Calzolari

  • Free‐air CO2 enrichment (FACE) of a poplar plantation: the POPFACE fumigation system

    Franco Miglietta;Alessandro Peressotti;Francesco Primo Vaccari;Alessandro Zaldei

  • Impacts of droughts and extreme-temperature events on gross primary production and ecosystem respiration: a systematic assessment across ecosystems and climate zones

    Jannis von Buttlar;Jannis von Buttlar;Jakob Zscheischler;Jakob Zscheischler;Anja Rammig;Sebastian Sippel

  • Precipitation pulses enhance respiration of Mediterranean ecosystems: the balance between organic and inorganic components of increased soil CO2 efflux

    I. Inglima;G. Alberti;T. Bertolini;F. P. Vaccari

  • Biochar stimulates plant growth but not fruit yield of processing tomato in a fertile soil

    F.P Vaccari;A. Maienza;F. Miglietta;S. Baronti

  • The Effects of Biochar and Its Combination with Compost on Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) Growth, Soil Properties, and Soil Microbial Activity and Abundance

    Dalila Trupiano;Claudia Cocozza;Silvia Baronti;Carla Amendola

  • Free Air CO2 Enrichment of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.): development, growth and yield

    F. Miglietta;V. Magliulo;M. Bindi;L. Cerio

  • The Biochar Option to Improve Plant Yields: First Results From Some Field and Pot Experiments in Italy

    Silvia Baronti;Giorgio Alberti;Gemini Delle Vedove;Filippo Di Gennaro

  • Biochar increases vineyard productivity without affecting grape quality: Results from a four years field experiment in Tuscany

    Lorenzo Genesio;Franco Miglietta;Silvia Baronti;Francesco P. Vaccari

  • Surface albedo following biochar application in durum wheat

    L Genesio;F Miglietta;E Lugato;S Baronti

  • Elevated CO2 concentrations and stomatal density: observations from 17 plant species growing in a CO2 spring in central Italy

    Isabella Bettarini;Francesco P. Vaccari;Franco Miglietta

  • Field application of pelletized biochar: Short term effect on the hydrological properties of a silty clay loam soil

    M.C. Andrenelli;A. Maienza;L. Genesio;F. Miglietta

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Miglietta
Franco Miglietta National Research Council (CNR)
Beniamino Gioli
Beniamino Gioli National Research Council (CNR)
Leonardo Montagnani
Leonardo Montagnani Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Emanuele Lugato
Emanuele Lugato University of Padua
Gerard Kiely
Gerard Kiely University College Cork
Dario Papale
Dario Papale Tuscia University
Alessandro Cescatti
Alessandro Cescatti European Union
Marco Bindi
Marco Bindi University of Florence
Markus Reichstein
Markus Reichstein Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Lutz Merbold
Lutz Merbold Agroscope

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