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  1. Fine earth soil bulk density at 0.2 m depth from Land Use and Coverage Area Frame Survey (LUCAS) soil 2018

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, July 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  2. Resistant Starch in Common Beans: concentration, characteristics, uses, and health effects. A systematic map and review of the studies from 1962 to 2023

    Article • International Journal of Food Science & Technology, May 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  3. Editorial: Insights in plant symbiotic interactions: 2021

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, February 2023, Frontiers

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  4. Ethylene and Chitosan Affected the Seed Yield Components of Onion Depending More on the Dose than Timing of Application

    Article • Horticulturae, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  5. Herbage and Silage Quality Improved More by Mixing Barley and Faba Bean Than by N Fertilization or Stage of Harvest

    Article • Agronomy, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  6. Intra- and Inter-Population Genetic Diversity of “Russello” and “Timilia” Landraces from Sicily: A Proxy towards the Identification of Favorable Alleles in Durum Wheat

    Article • Agronomy, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  7. Editorial: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Bridge Between Plants, Soils, and Humans

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2022, Frontiers

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  8. 48-year effect on organic carbon and nitrogen stocks in two soil types in northwestern Tunisia

    Article • Arabian Journal of Geosciences, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia, Ahlem TLILI

  9. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: The Bridge between Plants, Soils, and Humans

    Article • January 2022, Frontiers

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  10. Pruning harvesting with modular towed chipper: Little effect of the machine setting and configuration on performance despite strong impact on wood chip quality

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2021, PLOS

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  11. An Endophytic Fungi-Based Biostimulant Modulates Volatile and Non-Volatile Secondary Metabolites and Yield of Greenhouse Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) through Variable Mechanisms Dependent on Salinity Stress Level

    Article • Pathogens, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  12. Evening Primrose and Rapeseed Yield Components and Grain Oil Concentrations Were Differentially Modulated by the N, P, and K Supplies in a Mediterranean Area

    Article • Agronomy, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  13. Validating the regional estimates of changes in soil organic carbon by using the data from paired-sites: the case study of Mediterranean arable lands

    Article • Carbon Balance and Management, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  14. The Contribution of Fungi and Their Lifestyle in the Nitrogen Cycle

    Article • April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  15. Addition of high C:N crop residues to a P-limited substrate constrains the benefits of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis for wheat P and N nutrition

    Article • Mycorrhiza, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  16. Matching legacy estimation of soil organic carbon changes from non-paired data with measured values in paired soil samples after two decades: a case study

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  17. Preliminary insights into the molecular barcoding data of Turraea socotrana (Meliaceae) from Socotra (Yemen)

    Article • RENDICONTI LINCEI, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  18. Feeding Emitters for Microirrigation with a Digestate Liquid Fraction up to 25% Dilution Did Not Reduce Their Performance

    Article • Agronomy, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  19. An efficient protocol for Cistus crispus L. (Cistaceae) micropropagation

    Article • Folia Horticulturae, July 2020, De Gruyter

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  20. Vertisols and Cambisols had contrasting short term greenhouse gas responses to crop residue management  

    Article • Plant Soil and Environment, May 2020, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  21. Admixing Chaff with Straw Increased the Residues Collected without Compromising Machinery Efficiencies

    Article • Energies, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  22. Achievements and challenges of the modelling of soil organic carbon in a highly variable Mediterranean area

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  23. Pedotransfer function to predict soil bulk density in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems, a systematic map.

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  24. A global bibliometric perspective on soil erosion modelling

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  25. Genome-Wide Association Mapping of Prostrate/Erect Growth Habit in Winter Durum Wheat

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  26. Growth-promoting bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi differentially benefit tomato and corn depending upon the supplied form of phosphorus

    Article • Mycorrhiza, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  27. An endophytic fungi-based biostimulant modulated lettuce yield, physiological and functional quality responses to both moderate and severe water limitation

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, October 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  28. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Nutrient Cycling in Cropping Systems

    Article • August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  29. A simple pipeline for the assessment of legacy soil datasets: An example and test with soil organic carbon from a highly variable area

    Article • CATENA, April 2019, Elsevier

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  30. Metabolomics Provides Valuable Insight for the Study of Durum Wheat: A Review

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, March 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  31. Modelling of Soil Organic Carbon in the Mediterranean area: a systematic map

    Article • Rendiconti online della Società Geologica Italiana, November 2018, Societa Geologica Italiana

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  32. Gemmorhizogenesis in poysean (Euphorbia×lomiRauh): the production of ‘likely-asexuate’ vivipary offsprings

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, October 2018, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  33. Euphorbia ×lomi produced considerable amount of flower racemes after exposure to Mediterranean winter temperatures

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, October 2018, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  34. Modeling soil organic carbon with Quantile Regression: Dissecting predictors' effects on carbon stocks

    Article • Geoderma, May 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  35. Spatio-temporal topsoil organic carbon mapping of a semi-arid Mediterranean region: The role of land use, soil texture, topographic indices and the influence of remote sensing data to modelling

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  36. Milling overrides cultivar, leavening agent and baking mode on chemical and rheological traits and sensory perception of durum wheat breads

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  37. An assessment of factors controlling N2O and CO2 emissions from crop residues using different measurement approaches

    Article • Biology and Fertility of Soils, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  38. Reduced inter-row distance improves yield and competition against weeds in a semi-dwarf durum wheat variety

    Article • European Journal of Agronomy, April 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  39. Modelling the topsoil carbon stock of agricultural lands with the Stochastic Gradient Treeboost in a semi-arid Mediterranean region

    Article • Geoderma, January 2017, Elsevier

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  40. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi altered the hypericin, pseudohypericin, and hyperforin content in flowers of Hypericum perforatum grown under contrasting P availability in a highly organic substrate

    Article • Mycorrhiza, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  41. Artemisia arborescensEssential Oil Composition, Enantiomeric Distribution, and Antimicrobial Activity from Different Wild Populations from the Mediterranean Area

    Article • Chemistry & Biodiversity, August 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  42. Long-term effects of no tillage treatment on soil N availability, N uptake, and 15 N-fertilizer recovery of durum wheat differ in relation to crop sequence

    Article • Field Crops Research, March 2016, Elsevier

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  43. Mediterranean forage legumes grown alone or in mixture with annual ryegrass: biomass production, N2 fixation, and indices of intercrop efficiency

    Article • Plant and Soil, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  44. Sulla (Hedysarum coronarium L.) as Potential Feedstock for Biofuel and Protein

    Article • BioEnergy Research, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  45. Rhynchophorus ferrugineusattack affects a group of compounds rather than rearrangingPhoenix canariensismetabolic pathways

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, December 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  46. Soil inoculation with symbiotic microorganisms promotes plant growth and nutrient transporter genes expression in durum wheat

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Paolo Ruisi, Prof. Sergio Saia

  47. GERMINATION PATTERN OF CHAMAEROPS HUMILIS SEED AFTER SHORT-TIME STORAGE

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, September 2015, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  48. INFLUENCE OF SEED TREATMENT ON GERMINATION PATTERN OF CHAMAEROPS HUMILIS

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, September 2015, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  49. Metabolomics Suggests That Soil Inoculation with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Decreased Free Amino Acid Content in Roots of Durum Wheat Grown under N-Limited, P-Rich Field Conditions

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2015, PLOS

    Dr Paolo Ruisi, Prof. Sergio Saia

  50. Nitrogen uptake and nitrogen fertilizer recovery in old and modern wheat genotypes grown in the presence or absence of interspecific competition

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Paolo Ruisi, Prof. Sergio Saia

  51. Genetic and morphologic diversity of European fan palm (Chamaerops humilisL.) populations from different environments from Sicily

    Article • Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, August 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  52. Influence of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae on Biomass Production and Nitrogen Fixation of Berseem Clover Plants Subjected to Water Stress

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2014, PLOS

    Dr Paolo Ruisi, Prof. Sergio Saia

  53. Conservation tillage in a semiarid Mediterranean environment: results of 20 years of research

    Article • Italian Journal of Agronomy, January 2014, PAGEPress Publications

    Dr Paolo Ruisi, Prof. Sergio Saia

  54. Fatty acid composition of the seed lipids ofChamaerops humilisL. natural populations and its relation with the environment

    Article • Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  55. Adaptation of the tropical hybrid Euphorbia×lomi Rauh to the exposure to the Mediterranean temperature extremes

    Article • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, January 2014, Elsevier

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  56. The Critical Period of Weed Control in Faba Bean and Chickpea in Mediterranean Areas

    Article • Weed Science, September 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Paolo Ruisi, Prof. Sergio Saia

  57. Metabolic profiling of ripe olive fruit in response to moderate water stress

    Article • Scientia Horticulturae, July 2013, Elsevier

    Prof. Sergio Saia

  58. The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on total plant nitrogen uptake and nitrogen recovery from soil organic material

    Article • The Journal of Agricultural Science, February 2013, Cambridge University Press

    Prof. Sergio Saia, Gaetano Amato

  59. Long-Term Tillage and Crop Sequence Effects on Wheat Grain Yield and Quality

    Article • Agronomy Journal, January 2013, American Society of Agronomy

    Dr Paolo Ruisi, Prof. Sergio Saia, Gaetano Amato

  60. Tillage Effects on Yield and Nitrogen Fixation of Legumes in Mediterranean Conditions

    Article • Agronomy Journal, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Paolo Ruisi, Prof. Sergio Saia, Gaetano Amato

  61. Faba bean grain yield, N2 fixation, and weed infestation in a long-term tillage experiment under rainfed Mediterranean conditions

    Article • Plant and Soil, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Sergio Saia