The Institute of Crop Science develops scientific activities covering several aspects of the plant-based food production and supply chain. Global attention to this sector greatly increased in recent decades in relation to multiple factors, such as the need to produce and provide healthy, safe, and high-quality food for a growing world population, while reducing the environmental impacts.
At the Institute, we tackle major environmental and food security issues that impact on societal sustainability, according to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Interdisciplinary research and education activities are run by a group of researchers in the field of crop physiology and molecular genetics, agronomy and horticulture, microbes, soil and water sciences, and crop storage and processing.
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Training
PhD in Agrobiosciences
Three-year Programme structured in 2 curricula: Genomics and crop production; Agriculture, environment and landscape
PhD in Agrobiodiversity
The goal is to enhance human resource capacities in the use and management of genetic variation in agricultural and natural systems
Vini italiani e mercati mondiali
News and Events
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International event: experts from around the world in Pisa to discuss recent advances on plant senescence, a complex, genetically programmed phenomenon that affects plant longevity, yield and crop quality in agricultural systems
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The Institute of Plant Production of the Sant'Anna School participates in the fifth EPI-CATCH conference of COST ACTION, in Bordeaux, to share new knowledge on epigenetic mechanisms that regulate crop response to climate change
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Italian wines and world markets: registration open for the 10th edition of the first-level university master's program promoted by four universities in Tuscany together with the Italian Sommelier Association
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