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.
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
15th Edition of the SOI Scientific Days: three days in Pisa dedicated to innovation in horticulture, floriculture and fruit growing with the Institute of Crop Science of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Innovative solutions for organic farming: two professors from the Institute of Crop Science participated in the 15th National Congress on Biodiversity and 2nd International Conference on Mediterranean Biodiversity
National Day of Agricultural and Food Biodiversity: Elisa Pellegrino, researcher at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, participates in the event “National Day of Agrobiodiversity” organised by the Liguria region
A new study on wild rice published in Nature Genetics paves the way for more resilient varieties that can be grown in extreme environments
Seminars
