Gianluca Caruso

TL;DR: The results of this investigation showed that both AMF and selenium application represent environmentally friendly strategies to enhance the overall yield and quality performances of shallot bulbs, as well as their seenium content.

TL;DR: Assessing the effects of two farming systems (organic or conventional) combined with propagation material (fresh or cold stored plants) and crop duration (annual or biennial) on yield and quality found the biennial crop duration could be a cost effective option when the crop is started fromcold stored plants under organic management.

TL;DR: Alpine strawberry was grown in hydroponics with the nutrient film technique to evaluate the effects of four buffer concentrations and two cultural cycles in terms of growth, yield and fruit quality, finding the 1.3 mS cm −1 nutrient solution was the most effective interms of overall and spring production.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effects of four transplanting times (1 February, 16 February, 3 March, 18 March) and three plant densities (21.2, 27.2 and 38.1 ) on the growth, productivity and bulb quality indicators (size, dry weight, soluble solids content, sugars, acids, amino acids, antioxidants, mineral composition) of long-day onion crops, cultivar “Ramata di Montoro”.

TL;DR: Both joint and separate application of Se and I led to synergism between these elements in: inhibiting nitrate accumulation; stimulating flavonoids biosynthesis (2–2.3 times compared to control plants) as well as Al and B accumulation; decreasing Cd and Sr concentrations.