My research program focuses on the challenges and opportunities to produce specialty fruit crops in protected environments and out-of-door production systems.
As a crop physiologist and crop modeler, I am interested in studying the whole plant physiology and modeling the responses to environmental stress, climate variability, climate change, using alternative management systems, designed to optimize and maximize plant productivity, fruit quality, and on-farm-efficiency while taking care of the environment in a sustainable manner.
A key element of my program is the combination of physiological knowledge with modeling approaches.
Lines of research include in fruit crops include but are not limited to:
- Photosynthetic characterization
- Dormancy and phenology
- Dry matter and distribution
- Plant disorders caused by environmental stress.
- Physiological responses to climate variability
- Agricultural resilience
- Crop modeling
Areas: Fruit Crop Physiology, Modeling
