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Riccardo Spaccini is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy and focuses research primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work engages deeply with areas such as Plant Science, Soil Science, and Pollution, with a particular emphasis on topics related to plant growth enhancement, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and composting techniques.

Their frequent research collaborations include working with Mariavittoria Verrillo, Alessandro Piccolo, Silvana Cangemi, Vincenza Cozzolino, and Fábio Lopes Olivares.

Key recent publications by Riccardo Spaccini include the following:

  • Bioactivity and antimicrobial properties of chemically characterized compost teas from different green composts, 2020, Waste Management
  • Infrared spectra of soil organic matter under a primary vegetation sequence, 2020, Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
  • Humic substances from green compost increase bioactivity and antibacterial properties of essential oils in Basil leaves, 2021, Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
  • Humic extracts from hydrochar and Amazonian Anthrosol: Molecular features and metal binding properties using EEM-PARAFAC and 2D FTIR correlation analyses, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Acclimation with humic acids enhances maize and tomato tolerance to salinity, 2021, Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Riccardo Spaccini has a notable pattern of contributing research in the following publication venues:

  • Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture
  • Plants
  • Plant and Soil
  • Chemosphere
  • Geoderma

The scientific topics emphasized in their research cover a range of areas, including:

  • Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Growth and nutrition in plants

The research interests also extend to subfields like Ecology and Biomaterials. This breadth of study reflects an integrated approach to understanding the interactions between soil properties, plant physiology, and environmental factors.

Best Publications

  • Increased soil organic carbon sequestration through hydrophobic protection by humic substances

    R. Spaccini;A. Piccolo;P. Conte;G. Haberhauer

  • Soil remediation: humic acids as natural surfactants in the washings of highly contaminated soils

    Pellegrino Conte;Anna Agretto;Riccardo Spaccini;Alessandro Piccolo

  • Chemical composition and bioactivity properties of size-fractions separated from a vermicompost humic acid

    Luciano P. Canellas;Alessandro Piccolo;Leonardo B. Dobbss;Riccardo Spaccini

  • Linking organic matter chemistry with soil aggregate stability: Insight from 13C NMR spectroscopy

    Tushar C. Sarker;Guido Incerti;Riccardo Spaccini;Alessandro Piccolo

  • Relationship between molecular characteristics of soil humic fractions and glycolytic pathway and krebs cycle in maize seedlings

    Serenella Nardi;Adele Muscolo;Silvia Vaccaro;Salvatore Baiano

  • Bioactivity of Chemically Transformed Humic Matter from Vermicompost on Plant Root Growth

    Leonardo Barros Dobbss;Luciano Pasqualoto Canellas;Fábio Lopes Olivares;Natália Oliveira Aguiar

  • State of the art of CPMAS 13C-NMR spectroscopy applied to natural organic matter

    Pellegrino Conte;Riccardo Spaccini;Alessandro Piccolo

  • Transformation of organic matter from maize residues into labile and humic fractions of three European soils as revealed by 13C distribution and CPMAS-NMR spectra

    R. Spaccini;A. Piccolo;G. Haberhauer;M. H. Gerzabek

  • Molecular characteristics of humic acids extracted from compost at increasing maturity stages

    Riccardo Spaccini;Alessandro Piccolo

  • Changes of humic substances characteristics from forested to cultivated soils in Ethiopia

    R. Spaccini;J.S.C. Mbagwu;P. Conte;A. Piccolo

  • Carbohydrates in water-stable aggregates and particle size fractions of forested and cultivated soils in two contrasting tropical ecosystems

    R. Spaccini;A. Zena;C.A. Igwe;J.S.C. Mbagwu

  • SEQUESTRATION OF A BIOLOGICALLY LABILE ORGANIC CARBON IN SOILS BY HUMIFIED ORGANIC MATTER

    Allessandro Piccolo;Riccardo Spaccini;Rolf Nieder;Joerg Richter

  • Molecular and isotopic study of lipids in particle size fractions of a sandy cultivated soil (Cestas cultivation sequence, southwest France) : Sources, degradation, and comparison with Cestas forest soil

    K. Quénéa;C. Largeau;S. Derenne;R. Spaccini

  • Soil washing with solutions of humic substances from manure compost removes heavy metal contaminants as a function of humic molecular composition

    Alessandro Piccolo;Riccardo Spaccini;Antonio De Martino;Francesco Scognamiglio

  • The molecular characteristics of compost affect plant growth, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and soil microbial community composition

    Vincenza Cozzolino;Vincenzo Di Meo;Hiarhi Monda;Riccardo Spaccini

  • Chemical properties of humic matter as related to induction of plant lateral roots

    L. P. Canellas;L. B. Dobbss;A. L. Oliveira;J. G. Chagas

  • Molecular changes in particulate organic matter (POM) in a typical Chinese paddy soil under different long-term fertilizer treatments

    P. Zhou;G. X. Pan;R. Spaccini;A. Piccolo

  • Relationships Between Chemical Characteristics and Root Growth Promotion of Humic Acids Isolated From Brazilian Oxisols

    Luciano P. Canellas;Riccardo Spaccini;Alessandro Piccolo;Leonardo B. Dobbss

  • Decomposition of black locust and black pine leaf litter in two coeval forest stands on Mount Vesuvius and dynamics of organic components assessed through proximate analysis and NMR spectroscopy

    Anna De Marco;Riccardo Spaccini;Paola Vittozzi;Fabrizio Esposito

  • Molecular characterization of compost at increasing stages of maturity. 2. Thermochemolysis-GC-MS and 13C-CPMAS-NMR spectroscopy.

    Riccardo Spaccini;Alessandro Piccolo

  • Polymerization of humic substances by an enzyme-catalyzed oxidative coupling

    A. Piccolo;A. Cozzolino;P. Conte;R. Spaccini

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Piccolo
Alessandro Piccolo University of Naples Federico II
Luciano Pasqualoto Canellas
Luciano Pasqualoto Canellas State University of Norte Fluminense
Fábio Lopes Olivares
Fábio Lopes Olivares State University of Norte Fluminense
Marco Trevisan
Marco Trevisan Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Massimo Zaccardelli
Massimo Zaccardelli Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
Giuliano Bonanomi
Giuliano Bonanomi University of Naples Federico II
Martin H. Gerzabek
Martin H. Gerzabek BOKU University
Georg Haberhauer
Georg Haberhauer BOKU University
Stefano Mazzoleni
Stefano Mazzoleni University of Naples Federico II
Serenella Nardi
Serenella Nardi University of Padua

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