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AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

  • Paolo Barberi (PR) -- Agronomist and weed scientist. Born at Seravezza (Italy), 1964. Married to Iolanda, with two children (Simone and Marina). 1989, M.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, University of Pisa, Italy. 1994, Ph.D. in Environmentally-friendly agronomic practices, University of Pisa, Italy. 1996-present, Researcher (permanent full-time position) at the Department of Crop Production, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy. Member of European Weed Research Society (EWRS), Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), International Weed Science Society (IWSS), Italian Weed Research Society (SIRFI - currently member of the Board of Auditors and Editor of the Newsletter), Italian Society for Agronomy (SIA). Reviewer of International Scientific Journals (Weed Research, Ecological Applications). Organiser of national and international scientific symposia. Research interests and expertise: Weed Science (biology and ecology of weeds, eco-friendly weed management in agro-ecosystems, crop-weed interactions, non-chemical weed control, weed seedbank studies, weed population dynamics, modification of crop rotation-cropping systems as to ease weed management). Sustainable agriculture (low-input and organic crop management systems, holistic-systemic approach to agricultural management, multicriterial comparison among conventional-low input-organic agriculture); Agronomy (tillage, fertilisation, crop rotation, recycle of wastes in agro-ecosystems, soil organic matter dynamics, etc.); Crop Science (management of field herbaceous crops, e.g. cereals, root crops, protein and oil crops); Plant Ecology (study of plant communities, biodiversity, and plant population structure, especially in agro-ecosystems)
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