Alessio Giuseppe Giuffrida
Tutor: Stefano Giovanni La Malfa
01/08/2023: Ongoing PhD course in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania: Research project: Characterization of novels Citrus rootstocks drought tolerant in combination with the application of deficit irrigation techniques. Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Giovanni La Malfa, Co-supervisor: Prof. Elisabetta Nicolosi.
15/11/2022 – 31/07/2023: Research Grant: Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Olive, Citrus and Tree Fruit (CREA-OFA), Corso Savoia, 190, Acireale (CT). Research project: “ POFACS - Conservabilità, qualità e sicurezza dei Prodotti OrtoFrutticoli ad Alto Contenuto di Servizio”
01/12/2021 – 31/07/2022: Research Grant: Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Olive, Citrus and Tree Fruit (CREA-OFA), Corso Savoia, 190, Acireale (CT). Research project: “ InnoVitis, Trasferimento di protocolli di gestione sostenibile del suolo in impianti di uva da tavola”
14/09/2020 – 13/11/2021: Research Grant: Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Research Centre for Olive, Citrus and Tree Fruit (CREA-OFA), Corso Savoia, 190, Acireale (CT). Research project: “PerilBio, Studi di agro-ecologia su colture arboree in ambiente caldo arido”
July 2021: Qualification as Agronomist and Forestry Doctor.
2017-2019: Master’s Degree in Agricultural Biotechnology (LM-7), University of Catania; supervisor: Prof. Gaetano Distefano. Degree thesis: “Il ruolo della morfologia cellulare nella resa in succo e nelle caratteristiche di texture di melo”. Final mark: 110/110 e lode.
2013-2017: Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies (L-25), University of Catania; supervisor: Prof. Matilde Tessitori. Degree thesis: “ Nuove acquisizioni sulle malattie da fitoplasmi,” Final mark: 110/110 e lode.
2013: High School Graduation: Istituto Professionale di Stato per i Servizi Enogastronomici e dell’Ospitalità Alberghiera “ Karol Wojtyla”, Via Anfuso 33, Catania
L. Poles, A. Gentile, A. Giuffrida, L. Valentini, I. Endrizzi, E. Aprea, F. Gasperi, G. Distefano, G. Artioli, S. La Malfa, F. Costa, L. Lovatti, M. Di Guardo. “Role of fruit flesh cell morphology and MdPG1 allelotype in influencing juiciness and texture properties in apple”. Journal of Postharvest Biology and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2020.111161.
Daniela Vanella, Filippo Ferlito, Biagio Torrisi, Alessio Giuffrida, Salvatore Pappalardo, Daniela Saitta, Giuseppe Longo-Minnolo, Simona Consoli. “Long-term monitoring of deficit irrigation regimes on citrus orchards in Sicily”. Journal of Agricultural Engineering 2021; volume LII:1193. https://doi.org/10.4081/jae.2021.1193
Chiara Catalano ,Giuseppina Las Casas, Alessio Giuffrida ,Filippo Ferlito,Mario Di Guardo,Alberto Continella,Stefania Bennici ,Stefano La Malfa,,Alessandra Gentile and Gaetano Distefano. “Reproductive Biology Factors Hampering Lemon [Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.] Genetic Improvement”. Agriculture 2022, 12(12), 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122020.
Giuseppina Las Casas; Corrado Ciaccia; Valeria Iovino; Filippo Ferlito; Biagio Torrisi; Enrico Maria Lodolini, Alessio Giuffrida , Roberto Catania , Elisabetta Nicolosi and Salvatore Bella. “Effects of Different Inter-Row Soil Management and Intra-Row Living Mulch on Spontaneous Flora, Beneficial Insects, and Growth of Young Olive Trees in Southern Italy”. “Plants 2022, 11, 545.
Enrico Maria Lodolini; Alberto de Iudicibus; Pompea Gabriella Lucchese; Giuseppina Las Casas; Biagio Torrisi; Elisabetta Nicolosi; Alessio Giuffrida; Filippo Ferlito. "Comparison of Canopy Architecture of Five Olive Cultivars in a High-Density Planting System in Sicily". Agriculture 2023, 13(8), 1612; https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13081612