Donato Castronuovo

TL;DR: An overview of the historical, economic, genetic, botanical, agronomic and qualitative traits of saffron as well as the properties, traditional and recent uses of the spice as wellAs its by-products such as tepals, stamens, styles, corms and leaves.

TL;DR: Positive effects of mycorrhizal inoculation were extended also to marketable yield, mainly as a result of an increased number and weight of fruits, whereas the fruit quality was better in less- and non-watered plants.

TL;DR: A single soil solarization treatment was shown to be effective for a long-term sustainable management of weeds, whereas the time-limited effectiveness against root-knot nematodes can be enhanced through two- or three-year repeated treatments.

TL;DR: In this paper, different solarizing films, including low-density polyethylene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, low density polyethylen-ethylene−ethylenevinylacetate coextruded and a biodegradable corn starch-based film, were evaluated for weed control and lettuce yield response under field and greenhouse conditions in Southern Italy.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated, through the PCA analysis, that the cultivation site with higher air temperature and without excessive rains during flowering period generated the best stigma yield with high quality traits.