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Giancarlo Renella

Giancarlo Renella

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
55
Citations
13200
World Ranking
1594
National Ranking
42

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
55
Citations
13312
World Ranking
3804
National Ranking
52

Overview

Giancarlo Renella is affiliated with the University of Padua in Italy and is actively engaged in research within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Heavy metals in environment.

Their recent publications include:

  • Biological nitrification inhibition in the rhizosphere: determining interactions and impact on microbially mediated processes and potential applications, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Reviews
  • Recycling and Reuse of Sediments in Agriculture: Where Is the Problem?, 2021, Sustainability
  • Smart fertilizers: What should we mean and where should we go?, 2021, Italian Journal of Agronomy
  • Long-term effects of biochar on soil chemistry, biochemistry, and microbiota: Results from a 10-year field vineyard experiment, 2023, Applied Soil Ecology
  • Liming reduces N2O emissions from Mediterranean soil after-rewetting and affects the size, structure and transcription of microbial communities, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Frequent co-authors of Giancarlo Renella include:

  • Laura Giagnoni
  • Antonio Masi
  • Roberta Pastorelli
  • Ilaria Battisti
  • Anna Rita Trentin

They frequently publish in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Agriculture
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sustainability
  • Applied Soil Ecology

Giancarlo Renella's research primarily addresses subfields including Plant Science, Soil Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, and Environmental Chemistry. This range of study supports investigations into microbial interactions, nutrient cycling, pollutant impacts, and agricultural soil management practices.

Best Publications

  • Microbial diversity and soil functions

    P. Nannipieri;J. Ascher;M. T. Ceccherini;L. Landi

  • Role of Phosphatase Enzymes in Soil

    Paolo Nannipieri;Laura Giagnoni;Loretta Landi;Giancarlo Renella

  • Soil enzymology: classical and molecular approaches

    Paolo Nannipieri;Laura Giagnoni;Giancarlo Renella;Edoardo Puglisi

  • Microbial diversity and soil functions

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  • Plant-borne flavonoids released into the rhizosphere: impact on soil bio-activities related to plant nutrition. A review

    S. Cesco;T. Mimmo;G. Tonon;N. Tomasi

  • Assessment of zerovalent iron for stabilization of chromium, copper, and arsenic in soil.

    Jurate Kumpiene;Solvita Ore;Giancarlo Renella;Michel Mench

  • Agronomic practices for improving gentle remediation of trace element-contaminated soils.

    Petra Kidd;Michel Mench;Vanessa Álvarez-López;Valérie Bert

  • Influence of cadmium on the metabolic quotient, L-:D-glutamic acid respiration ratio and enzyme activity:microbial biomass ratio under laboratory conditions.

    L. Landi;G. Renella;J. L. Moreno;L. Falchini

  • Root exudate effects on the bacterial communities, CO2 evolution, nitrogen transformations and ATP content of rhizosphere and bulk soils

    L. Landi;F. Valori;J. Ascher;G. Renella

  • Additive effects of copper and zinc on cadmium toxicity on phosphatase activities and ATP content of soil as estimated by the ecological dose (ED50)

    G Renella;A.L.R Ortigoza;L Landi;P Nannipieri

  • Degradation of low molecular weight organic acids complexed with heavy metals in soil

    Giancarlo Renella;Loretta Landi;Paolo Nannipieri

  • Microbial activity and hydrolase synthesis in long-term Cd-contaminated soils

    Giancarlo Renella;Michel Mench;Loretta Landi;Paolo Nannipieri

  • Hydrolase activity, microbial biomass and community structure in long-term Cd-contaminated soils

    G. Renella;M. Mench;D. van der Lelie;G. Pietramellara

  • Flavonoids of white lupin roots participate in phosphorus mobilization from soil

    Nicola Tomasi;Laure Weisskopf;Giancarlo Renella;Loretta Landi

  • Assessment of Methods for Determining Bioavailability of Trace Elements in Soils: A Review

    Jurate Kumpiene;Laura Giagnoni;Bernd Marschner;Sã©bastien Denys

  • Secondary salinity effects on soil microbial biomass

    Dilfuza Egamberdieva;Giancarlo Renella;Stephan Wirth;Rafiq Islam

  • Effects of Root Exudates in Microbial Diversity and Activity in Rhizosphere Soils

    P. Nannipieri;J. Ascher;M. T. Ceccherini;L. Landi

  • Microbial activity and hydrolase activities during decomposition of root exudates released by an artificial root surface in Cd-contaminated soils

    Giancarlo Renella;Dilfuza Egamberdiyeva;Loretta Landi;Michel Mench

  • Beyond microbial diversity for predicting soil functions: A mini review

    Paolo Nannipieri;Judith Ascher-Jenull;Maria Teresa Ceccherini;Giacomo Pietramellara

  • Biological nitrification inhibition in the rhizosphere: determining interactions and impact on microbially mediated processes and potential applications

    Pierfrancesco Nardi;Hendrikus J Laanbroek;Graeme W Nicol;Giancarlo Renella

  • Fresh additions of heavy metals do not model long-term effects on microbial biomass and activity

    G Renella;A.M Chaudri;P.C Brookes

  • Impact of river overflowing on trace element contamination of volcanic soils in south Italy: Part II. Soil biological and biochemical properties in relation to trace element speciation

    R. D'Ascoli;M.A. Rao;P. Adamo;G. Renella

  • Biochemical parameters and bacterial species richness in soils contaminated by sludge-borne metals and remediated with inorganic soil amendments.

    Michel Mench;Giancarlo Renella;Antonio Gelsomino;Loretta Landi

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Nannipieri
Paolo Nannipieri University of Florence
Loretta Landi
Loretta Landi University of Florence
Michel Mench
Michel Mench INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Markus Puschenreiter
Markus Puschenreiter BOKU University
Jaco Vangronsveld
Jaco Vangronsveld Hasselt University
Grazia Masciandaro
Grazia Masciandaro National Research Council (CNR)
Stefano Cesco
Stefano Cesco Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen
Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen Roskilde University
Roberto Pinton
Roberto Pinton University of Udine
Cristina Gonnelli
Cristina Gonnelli University of Florence

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