Bio
Full professor Scientific Sectore AGRI-02/B, Vegetables and Ornamental Crops.
Ph.D in Advanced Technologies in Horticultural Science.
Public scientific networks
President of Italian Society for Horticultural Science (SOI)
Ricerca
Research activities are related to the mode of action of biostimulants in crops for improving nutrient use efficiency and enhancing abiotic stress tolerance. Another research topic is related to postharvest-induced senescence and the role of plant hormones such as ethylene and abscisic acid.
Studio della modalità di azione dei biostimolanti non microbici sulle colture ortofloricole. Studio della senescenza dei prodotti ortofloricoli durante la fase postraccolta.
Pubblicazioni
Franzoni G., Rovera C., Farris S., Ferrante A. 2024. Packaging materials and their effect on ruscus quality changes during storage and vase life. Postharvest Biology and Technology 210, 112789
Zulfiqar F., Moosa A., A Ferrante, A Darras, MS Sheteiwy, B Ali, MA Altaf, 2024. Borage leaf extract improves the vase life of cut gladiolus flowers by delaying the senescence process and reducing water stress. Postharvest Biology and Technology 210, 112766
Ali A., Cavallaro V., Santoro P., Mori J., Ferrante A., Cocetta G. 2024. Quality and physiological evaluation of tomato subjected to different supplemental lighting systems. Scientia Horticulturae 323, 112469
Zulfiqar, F., Nafees, M., Moosa, A., Ferrante, A., & Darras, A. (2024). Melatonin induces proline, secondary metabolites, sugars and antioxidants activity to regulate oxidative stress and ROS scavenging in salt stressed sword lily. Heliyon. 10 (11), E32569.
Trivellini, A., Carmassi, G., Scatena, G., Vernieri, P., & Ferrante, A. (2023). Molecular and physiological responses to salt stress in salinity-sensitive and tolerant Hibiscus rosa-sinensis cultivars. Molecular Horticulture, 3(1), 28.
Khan, M. I. R., Mattoo, A. K., Khan, N., Ferrante, A., & Müller, M. L. (2023). Perspective of ethylene biology for abiotic stress acclimation in plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry: PPB, 108284-108284.
Franzoni, G., Spadafora, N. D., Sirangelo, T. M., Ferrante, A., & Rogers, H. J. (2023). Biochemical and molecular changes in peach fruit exposed to cold stress conditions. Molecular Horticulture, 3(1), 24.
Brevetti
Corsi
10th International Symposium on Plant Senescence will be held in Pisa 17-19 July 2024
Master di primo livello in Gestione della nutrizione delle colture attraverso l’uso razionale di fertilizzanti e biostimolanti.