Giovanni Mauromicale

Present position

• Full Professor of Agronomy and Field Crops - University of Catania;
• Associate Researcher at the National Council of Researches of Italy – IVALSA
• Member of Doctorate of Research in “Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science”, University of Catania

Past position

• Vice-Director of Department of Scienze Agronomiche, Agrochimiche e delle Produzioni Animali from 2005 to 2010
• First Researcher of the National Council of Researches of Italy.

Research Interests

• Control of seed dormance and improvement of germination under suboptimal conditions by seed osmopriming.
• Ecophysiological response of different crops to environmental stresses.
• Relationships between environmental conditions and crop responses.
• Crop management of protected cultivation of vegetables in mild winter climate.
• Irrigation, fertilisation, weed control, crop management, applications of plant growth regulators in Mediterranean crops with main regard to globe artichoke, early potato and legumes.
• Functional substances in globe artichoke
• Genetic and imbreeding aspects on globe artichoke
• Soil solarization and control of Orobanche spp.
• Possible alternative utilization of Cynara Cardunculus L.
• Propagation by send and by vegetative organs of globe artichoke
• Role of cover crops in agroecosystems.
• Utilization of allelopathic mechanism for weed and microbial control

He is author of almost 400 scientific papers on bio-physiological, genetic and agronomical topics of crops, particularly for those grown in the Mediterranean areas.