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Overview

Grazia Masciandaro is affiliated with the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy and focuses their research on various aspects of agricultural and environmental sciences. Their work spans several fields, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences with 36 publications, and Environmental Science, covering 21 publications.

The main subfields of study in which they have contributed include Soil Science (19 publications), Plant Science (15 publications), and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (10 publications). Additionally, their research touches on Ecology and Biomaterials.

Masciandaro's research covers a range of topics primarily related to soil and plant sciences. These include Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques, noted in 22 publications, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics with 14 publications, and Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques appearing in 10 publications. Other key topics studied are Phosphorus and nutrient management, Growth and nutrition in plants, Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Their recent papers highlight this thematic focus:

  • Application of Zeolites in Agriculture and Other Potential Uses: A Review, 2021, Agronomy
  • Evaluation of MSW Compost and Digestate Mixtures for a Circular Economy Application, 2020, Sustainability
  • Impact of natural zeolite on chemical and biochemical properties of vineyard soils, 2020, Soil Use and Management
  • Susceptible soil organic matter, SOM, fractions to agricultural management practices in salt-affected soils, 2020, Geoderma
  • Agronomic performance and food safety of strawberry cultivated on a remediated sediment, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Masciandaro frequently publishes in journals such as Sustainability and the Journal of Soils and Sediments, with three papers each, as well as Acta Horticulturae also with three papers. Additional venues include Agronomy and Applied Sciences, each with two publications.

The scientist collaborates regularly with other researchers, including Cristina Macci, Eleonora Peruzzi, Serena Doni, Francesca Vannucchi, and Davide Manzi, showing a pattern of repeated co-authorship across many projects.

Best Publications

  • Influence of organic and mineral fertilisers on soil biological and physical properties

    S Marinari;G Masciandaro;B Ceccanti;S Grego

  • Soil enzymology: classical and molecular approaches

    Paolo Nannipieri;Laura Giagnoni;Giancarlo Renella;Edoardo Puglisi

  • Enzyme activities as indicators of the stabilization of sewage sludges composting with Eisenia foetida

    E. Benitez;R. Nogales;C. Elvira;G. Masciandaro

  • Land use in relation to soil chemical and biochemical properties in a semiarid Mediterranean environment

    F Caravaca;G Masciandaro;B Ceccanti

  • Application of Zeolites in Agriculture and Other Potential Uses: A Review

    Eleonora Cataldo;Linda Salvi;Francesca Paoli;Maddalena Fucile

  • Soil agro-ecological management: fertirrigation and vermicompost treatments

    G. Masciandaro;B. Ceccanti;C. Garcia

  • Kinetic parameters of dehydrogenase in the assessment of the response of soil to vermicompost and inorganic fertilisers

    G. Masciandaro;B. Ceccanti;V. Ronchi;C. Bauer

  • Assessing soil quality in different agro-ecosystems through biochemical and chemico-structural properties of humic substances

    G Masciandaro;B Ceccanti

  • A study of biochemical parameters of composted and fresh municipal wastes

    C. García;T. Hernández;C. Costa;B. Ceccanti

  • Organic matter–microorganism–plant in soil bioremediation: a synergic approach

    G. Masciandaro;C. Macci;E. Peruzzi;B. Ceccanti

  • Anaerobic digestion of straw and piggery wastewaters: II. Optimization of the process.

    G. Masciandaro;B. Ceccanti;C. Garcia

  • Changes in organic matter composition during composting of two digested sewage sludges.

    T. Hernández;Grazia Masciandaro;J.I. Moreno;C. García

  • Isolation by isoelectric focusing of humic-urease complexes from earthworm (Eisenia fetida)-processed sewage sludges.

    E. Benítez;R. Nogales;G. Masciandaro;B. Ceccanti

  • Soil Bioremediation: Combination of Earthworms and Compost for the Ecological Remediation of a Hydrocarbon Polluted Soil

    Brunello Ceccanti;Grazia Masciandaro;Carlos Garcia;Cristina Macci

  • Humic substances to reduce salt effect on plant germination and growth

    Grazia Masciandaro;Brunello Ceccanti;Vania Ronchi;Sergio Benedicto

  • Organic matter properties in cultivated versus set-aside arable soils

    G. Masciandaro;B. Ceccanti;J.F. Gallardo-Lancho

  • Anaerobic digestion of olive oil mill effluents: evaluation of wastewater organic load and phytotoxicity reduction.

    Selene Filidei;Grazia Masciandaro;Brunello Ceccanti

  • Biochemical activity and chemical-structural properties of soil organic matter after 17 years of amendments with olive-mill pomace co-compost.

    V. Aranda;C. Macci;E. Peruzzi;G. Masciandaro

  • Biotests as markers of soil utilization and fertility

    B. Ceccanti;B. Pezzarossa;F. J. Gallardo‐Lancho;G. Masciandaro

  • Enzyme activity and C and N pools in soil following application of mulches

    G. Masciandaro;B. Ceccanti;S. Benedicto;H. C. Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Giancarlo Renella
Giancarlo Renella University of Padua
Teresa Hernández
Teresa Hernández Spanish National Research Council
Cristina Gonnelli
Cristina Gonnelli University of Florence
Paolo Nannipieri
Paolo Nannipieri University of Florence
Elizabeth M. H. Wellington
Elizabeth M. H. Wellington University of Warwick
Antonio Roldán
Antonio Roldán Spanish National Research Council
Manuel Tejada
Manuel Tejada University of Seville
Fuensanta Caravaca
Fuensanta Caravaca Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Raschi
Antonio Raschi National Research Council (CNR)
Enrico Bonari
Enrico Bonari Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

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