The research topics active in Agriculture, Environment and Bioenergy PhD Course include farming systems studies, forestry, livestock, crop biology, plant genetics, and energy based on a multidisciplinary approach. The integration of the main fields of agricultural science is essential in order to improve many aspects of agricultural production, food, and non-compliance with the conservation of natural resources and minimizing the environmental impact enhancing the waste recycling. The studies on crop production and animal sciences cover issues ranging from the molecular level up to the body and systemic approach, in close correlation with environmental issues. Technological approaches include the use of traditional methods (biological, chemical, physical, computing and engineering) integrated with innovative approaches "-omics" and systemic- to allow for the development of management models, even predictive.
Agricultural Engineering
Landscape planning and design
Environmental hydrological and Agricultural Hydraulics
Agricultural Mechanic Engineering
Farm automation and Agricultural processes engineering
Environmental Management Systems for husbandry farm (sustainable manure management)
Energy analysis in the food industry and advanced technologies for the food quality
Agricultural economy, agro-environmental and rural development policies, environmental economics
Modelling water requirements Sustainable manure management Agricultural machinery safety and ergonomics Sensors and automation for biosystems
Agricultural Genetics & Chemistry
Green chemistry: bioenergy, biorefinery, biomasses uses
Soil and Environment: soil chemistry, carbon sink, soil remediation
Genomics, genetic, biochemistry and physiology of:
a) plant mineral nutrition;
b) plant responses to low resources availability and to abiotic stresses
c) crop yield;
d) nutritional quality and safety of fruits and grains; e) plant development
Transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and ionomics approach to plant biology and crop production Microalgae reactor
Renewable fertilizers Soil O.M. quality GWAs approach to rice salt tolerance Plant reverse genetic
Regulatory developmental networks Breeding of maize with high nutritional value Sentinel plants (bioindicators)
Root activities and plant yield Maize low phytate Plant system biology
Agronomy & Arboriculture
Cropping systems analysis and modelling
Agriculture-environment relationships
Quantification of the agro-environmental sustainability of crop production systems using agro-ecological indicator
Agroecology and landscape agronomy
Development of simulation models for the evaluation of management and climate scenarios
Tree fruit physiology and breeding: fruit quality and disease resistance
Rootstock breeding (drought/salt tolerance; fruit quality; low quality of soils)
Postharvest physiology and shelf-life of fruits and vegetable
Vegetable and flowers biology and breeding
Genotypes x environment interaction for viticultural suitability of a territory
Blueberry ripening stages Landscape agonomy Cropping systems analysis
Grapevine Plum Pox Virus Ethylène collection Vegetable production under tunnel
Animal Science
● Nutritive value of forages and feeds
● Influence of animal nutrition and feeding on environment and product quality. Agriculture-animal husbandry and biodiversity
● Environmental impact of animal production
● Animal husbandry
● Animal Molecular Cytogenetics, chromosomal anomalies, mammals sex determination process
● Embryology of domestic animal
● Farm management, milk quality and production, meat quality and production, farm environmental impact
● Multifactorial digestive disorders and productivity of rabbit farm