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The use of constructed wetlands for the treatment and reuse of urban wastewater for the irrigation of two warm-season turfgrass species under Mediter…
2017
Constructed wetlands (CWs) represent low-cost technology for the treatment and reuse of wastewater in urban areas. This study aimed to evaluate the pollutant removal efficiency of a CW system and to assess the effects of irrigation using treated urban wastewater on soil and on two warm-season turf species. The research was carried out in Sicily (Italy) on a pilot-scale horizontal subsurface flow system which was fed with treated urban wastewater following secondary treatment from an activated-sludge wastewater treatment plant. The pilot system was located in an open urban park and comprised two separate parallel planted units. Experimental fields of Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. and Paspalum …
Cut and post-cut herbage management affects berseem clover seed yield.
2013
The seed yield of berseem clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) is usually obtained from regrowth after forage utilization. In stockless, cereal-growing, or specialized seed farms the forage is not needed and the mowed herbage is seldom marketable. Three different experiments were conducted in a Mediterranean environment to evaluate the effect of returning the cut biomass to the soil/crop on the regrowth, seed yield, and seed quality of berseem clover. Different forms of cut and post-cut management were examined, in which the time of cutting, the amount of biomass returned to the crop/soil, and the size of the returned material (unchopped or chopped) all varied. In addition, the effect of the …
Seed yeld and oil content in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) cropped in southern environments.
2008
Varietà locali di cipolle sul podio della qualità
2008
Effectiveness of incentives for agri-environment measure in Mediterranean degraded and eroded vineyards
2015
The evaluation of the economic damage caused by soil erosion assumes great importance. It serves to increase awareness of the problem among farmers and policy makers. Moreover, it can promote the implementation of conservative measures at the field and basin level by spurring the development of more sustainable soil management practices. In the present study we have developed a new approach to evaluate the incentive for the adoption of Agri-Environment Measure (AEM) in Mediterranean degraded and eroded vineyards. In order to estimate this incentive, the replacement cost and the loss of income are calculated under two different soil management such as Conventional Tillage (CT) and Cover crop…
Effect of soil permanent grass cover on growth, yield and water status of rainfed olive trees in Sicily
2017
The study was carried out in an olive grove located along the hills of northern Sicily where soil had been managed for decades by chemical weeding. Starting in 2008, one portion of the grove was left non-weeded, and the permanent grass cover was managed by mowing 2-3 times per year in winter and spring. In 2011, 2012 and 2013, yield, average drupe weight, percentage of drupe black color (veraison), trunk circumference, shoot elongation, and leaf relative water content (RWC) were determined on 34 adult trees of the cultivar 'Biancolilla' with uniform size and age. In 2013, soil organic matter content and leaf nutrient concentrations were also determined in the two portions of the grove. As e…
A low-cost multispectral imaging system for the characterisation of soil and small vegetation properties using visible and near-infrared reflectance
2022
Current Proximal Sensing technologies are based on multispectral imaging systems able to capture images in a few spectral bands, usually centred in VIS and NIR regions, to derive vegetation indices. However, most of such systems lack an internal radiometric calibration to estimate the actual reflectance of the observed target, making them sensitive to the local radiative environment and requiring a per-session calibration against a reference target. To overcome such dependence, the instrument described adopts an active illumination of the target surface, allowing the monitoring of soil and low vegetation surfaces by a radiometrically pre-calibrated imaging camera. The system, driven by a mi…
Metodo per il monitoraggio di superfici vegetali
2019
Si descrive un metodo da impiegare per la caratterizzazione delle coperture vegetali. A method to be used for the monitoring of vegetation surfaces is described, which includes the use of a device for measuring the spectral reflectance of vegetation using images acquired with a lightening system based on visible and infrared monoband LEDs and including devignetting, image cropping, radiometric calibration procedures and calculation of reflectance values and vegetation indices.
Method for monitoring vegetation ground covers
2020
A method to be used for the monitoring of vegetation surfaces is described, which includes the use of a device for measuring the spectral reflectance of vegetation using images acquired with a lightining system based on visible and infrared monoband LEDs and including devignetting, image cropping, radiometric calibration procedures and calculation of reflectance values and vegetation indices.