Salvatore Alfio Salicola

Research Fellow
Scientific Tutor: Sara Lombardo
Membership Section: Agronomy and Field Crops

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Surname and Name: Salicola Salvatore Alfio
E-mail: salvosalsalvosalicola94@hotmail.it

DATE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• Date of achievement: 8 July 2021
• Degree obtained: Qualification for the profession of Agronomist and Forester
• Name and type of educational institution: University of Catania

• Date of achievement: 11 June 2021
• Degree obtained: Master’s Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies (LM-69) - Curriculum ‘Plant Productions’
• Grade: 110/110 cum laude
• Name and type of educational institution: University of Catania
• Thesis title: Physiological and productive response of potatoes to mycorrhization

• Date of achievement: 19 October 2018
• Degree obtained: Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies (L-25) - Curriculum ‘Defense of Cultivated Plants’
• Grade: 108/110
• Name and type of educational institution: University of Catania
• Main subjects / professional skills studied: Study of the germplasm of Sicilian artichoke

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Dates (from – to): 01 February 2024 
• Employer’s name and address: University of Catania, Via Valdisavoia 5, Catania
• Type of employment: Research grant "Effect of cover crops on the sustainable control of weed flora in Mediterranean agroecosystems", research project titled 'AGrOecOlogy for weeDs (GOOD)
• Dates (from – to): 02 February 2023 – 02 November 2023
• Employer’s name and address: University of Catania, Via Valdisavoia 5, Catania
• Type of employment: Research grant “Mycorrhization of cultivated artichoke in 'organic' for the improvement of the quality characteristics of the 'minimally treated' product” (Project: Shelf life, quality, and safety of high-service fruit and vegetable products – POFACS).

• Dates (from – to): 24 February 2022 – 24 December 2022
• Employer’s name and address: University of Catania, Via Valdisavoia 5, Catania
• Type of employment: Research grant “Enhancement of Sicilian artichoke germplasm” (Project: Characterization and enhancement of germplasm of herbaceous, horticultural, and floricultural species of agricultural interest at risk of genetic erosion in the Sicilian region)

• Dates (from – to): 04 October 2021 – 03 January 2022
• Employer’s name and address: University of Catania, Via Valdisavoia 5, Catania
• Type of employment: Research grant “Selection and characterization of artichoke lines propagated by seed” (Project: Process and product innovations for the enhancement of Sicilian artichoke heritage - PSR Sicily 2014-2020 – Measure 16.1)

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