PhDs

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	ARPELLINO Andrea	ALMA
2	BARBERA Riccardo	DOLCI
3	BONCIOLINI Ambra	CARDENIA
4	BUMBACA Samuele	BORGOGNO MONDINO
5	CAMPO Eva	SCHUBERT
6	DARDANI Greta	GULLINO/GUARNACCIA
7	DE CIANNI Rachele	MANCUSO
8	DE PAOLIS Camilla	ROLLE
9	DHO Matteo	GONELLA
10	DICEMBRINI Emilio	GAY
11	DONNA Matteo	BLANDINO
12	FALAGIARDA Martina	TAVELLA
13	FERRERO Martina	MOGLIA
14	GIACCONE Luciana	BARCHI
15	GHILARDI Federica	BORGOGNO MONDINO
16	GLORIO PATRUCCO Sara	TASSONE
17	IMOLI Nicola	BATTAGLINI/DONATO/ZOLA
18	INGRA' Chiara	PEANO/FERRANDINO
19	MELONI Raffaele	REYNERI
20	ORABY Ahmed Yehia Saad	TEDESCHI
21	ROLANDO Morena	CELI
22	ROSSO Lorenzo	BECCARO/TORELLO MARINONI
23	SANNA Martina	GUARNACCIA
24	SARDELLA Claudia	BLANDINO
25	SCAPINO Mattia	BLANDINO
26	SERAFINO Gabriele	RANTSIOU
27	SPADONI Gian Luca	ASCOLI
28	THOUKIDIDES Evangelia Marie	GAY
29	TRAINA Chiara	COCOLIN
30	VALFRE' Paolo	PUGLIESE
31	VECCHIO Davide	ASCOLI/MOTTA
32	VELEZ TRUJILLO Luis	TOSI

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	ANSELMETTO Nicolò	GARBARINO	Modelling Climate Change and land use change effects on the composition and distribution of mountain forests.
2	BARBERIS Davide	LONATI	Improving restoration of degraded lands using autochthonous plant material harvested from grasslands.
3	BRUZZESE Stefano	BRUN	The ecosystem services of the forests: analysis of political and socio-economic aspects.
4	GAMBA Giovanni	BECCARO	Strategies for improving fruit and grapevine production and for increasing resilience in new ecological scenarios: early detection of graft incompatibility in Castanea spp. and Vitis spp. through physiological and chemical approaches.
5	GIORDANO Annapaola	PADOAN	Geochemical patterns and contamination aspects of rare earth elements (REEs) in soils of northwestern Italy.
6	MARTINENGO Sara	BONIFACIO	Phosphorus cycling in paddy soils: linking rice productivity to ecosystem preservation.
7	MARTINO Ilaria	GULLINO	Fungal trunk diseases (FTD) affecting apple, hazelnut and berry-fruit plants in northern Italy.
8	MOZZANINI Eric	GIOELLI	Automated systems for pesticide application in vineyards.
9	ORRU' Bianca	GONELLA	New insight on symbiotic control of Halyomorpha halys and other Pentatomoidea.
10	ORUSA Tommaso	BORGOGNO MONDINO	Remote sensing applications to map climate effects on vegetation and their role in the one health approach.
11	PRIETO Sofia Victoria	ALMA	Study of the gut microbiota in Nezara viridula and other pentatomids for symbiotic control.
12	SALGARELLA Nicolò Ivan	CARDENIA	Food lipids characterization: a tool for food quality assurance and authenticity.
13	SARVIA Filippo	BORGOGNO MONDINO	Detecting and monitoring agricultural crops by remote sensing. A competitive and reliable assessment for common agricultural policy (CAP) controls.
14	SITZMANN Kruger Tomas Javier	GRIGNANI	Close contact between vermicompost and mineral fertilizers in soil improves an early uptake of mineral phosphorus and nitrogen by ryegrass.
15	TRASOLETTI Marta	CARDINALE	Altered expression of the transcription factor ORA47 in tomato and Arabidopsis: how it impacts stress responses?
16	TSOUREKI Dimitra	RANTSIOU	Multi-omics integration to investigate the infant food microbiome.
17	VITALI Andrea	VIDOTTO/SAID PULLICINO	Agro-environmental performances of alternative techniques for improving temperate rice cropping system sustainability.
18	WILSON Alena Elizabeth	GUIDONI	Identification and prioritization of Climate Change derived risks to the terroir character and quality grape and wine production of Nebbiolo in Barolo DOCG with the development of a prevention and mitigation strategy.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	BELLEZZA ODDON Sara	GASCO	Advanced insect rearing: a new opportunity for feed production.
2	BRONDINO Luca	PEANO	Contesto dei piccoli frutti italiani: focus sui principali problemi di filiera e possibili soluzioni sperimentate.
3	CAPO Luca	BLANDINO	Innovation in seed dressing for the crop enhancement of arable crops.
4	DǍMǍTÎRCǍ Claudia	LOMBARDI	Management of climate-smart forage systems to enhance ecosystem service delivery.
5	DE PETRIS Samuele	BORGOGNO MONDINO	SAR data processing techniques to monitor vegetation structural parameters.
6	LI Ruiling	ACQUADRO	CRISPR/CAS9 targeted mutagenesis of susceptibility genes for resistance in tomato.
7	LI Yan	AJMONE/CELI	Potentially toxic elements in urban soils: size-related bioaccessibility, potentially bioavailability, and risk assessment.
8	MAIOLI Alex	MOGLIA	CRISPR/CAS9-mediated genome editing in Solanaceae species.
9	MANTERO Giulia	GARBARINO/MARZANO	Short- and medium-term drivers of post-fire regeneration dynamics in the context of Global Change and altered disturbance regimes.
10	MARTINA Matteo	PORTIS	Genetical markers identification for map development and qtl analysis in ornamentals.
11	MERLINO Valentina	MASSAGLIA	Consumers’ preferences, choices profiles and supply composition of cow milk: common points and opportunities.
12	NEGRI Sara	BONIFACIO	Wildfire impacts on soils: interaction between mineral and organic phases.
13	OTTATI Sara	BOSCO	Discovery and characterization of viruses infecting insect vectors of plant pathogens.
14	POMATTO Enrico	LARCHER	Analysis and evaluation of historical rural heritage: innovative approaches for terraced landscapes in the European Alpine region.
15	SCALZINI Giulia	ROLLE	Innovation in oenology to improve the phenolic composition of italian red wines.
16	STELLUTI Stefania	SCARIOT	Sustainable horticultural solutions to improve saffron (crocus sativus L.) production.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	BATTISTI Michela	GRIGNANI	Strategie sostenibili di fertilizzazione fosfatica di colture. \| Sustainable P fertilization.
2	BELLINI Alessio	GULLINO	Difesa innovativa di colture ortofrutticole. \| Innovative management of horticultural crops.
3	BONNIN Dennis	BORREANI	Sistemi foraggeri per ridurre le emissioni di gas serra ed aumentare il sequestro di carbonio nelle aree agricole continentali e mediterranee. \| Forage systems for less GHG emission and more soil Carbon sink in continental and mediterranean agricultural areas.
4	BUZZANCA Davide	COCOLIN	Interazione ospite-patogeni alimentari: studio dei meccanismi molecolari di virulenza. \| Host pathogen interaction: study of the virulence mechanisms.
5	CARISIO Luca	PORPORATO	Struttura delle comunità di api servatiche in diversi paesaggi. \| Wild bee community structure in different landscapes.
6	DALLAKYAN Marina	NOVELLO	Genetic, ampelographic and phenolic characterisation of Armenian grapevine varieties (Vitis Vinifera L.).
7	LANDOLFI Viola	BLANDINO	Qualità globale nei cereali: ricerche sul miglioramento delle caratteristiche tecnologiche e sanitarie per le specialties. \| Global quality of cereals: researches to enhance the technological and safety property for specialties.
8	MAFFIA Jacopo	BALSARI	L’importanza delle emissioni di ammoniaca e particolato del comparto agro-zootecnico e le possibili tecniche di controllo e valutazione delle stesse. \| Ammonia and particulate matter emissions coming from the agricultural sector: their importance and measurement and control methods.
9	MAINETTI Andrea	LONATI	Gestione delle praterie alpine per valorizzarne la biodiversità e i servizi ecosistemici nelle aree protette. \| Alpine grassland management to improve biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem service in protected areas.
10	MORRESI Donato	GARBARINO	Monitoraggio delle dinamiche forestali post-disturbo con l’utilizzo combinato di telerilevamento e dati di campo. \| Monitoring post-disturbance forest dynamics by coupling remote sensing and field data.
11	NOTA Ginevra	LOMBARDI	Sistemi innovativi di gestione del pascolamento del bovino da carne ai fini del recupero dei territori montani alpini e mediterranei abbandonati. \| Innovative beef cattle grazing systems for the restoration of abandoned lands in the Alpine and Mediterranean mountains.
12	PATONO Davide Lucien	LOVISOLO	L'allocazione del carbonio durante e dopo eventi di siccità nella vite: evento chiave delle strategie di difesa delle piante. \| The allocation of Carbon during drought in grapevine as a key event in plant defense strategies.
13	PAVESE Vera	BOTTA, TORELLO MARINONI	Biotecnologie per il miglioramento genetico di specie arboree da frutto. \| Biotechnologies for breeding woody fruit specie.
14	PINTALDI Emanuele	FREPPAZ	Processi pedogenetici e dinamiche pedoambientali. \| Pedogenic processes and pedoenvironmental dynamic.
15	PIPPINATO Liam	BRUN, MANCUSO	La sostenibilità economica e sociale delle filiere agroalimentari. \| Economic and social sustainability of agri-food supply chains.
16	STRAFFON DÍAZ Sara	PORPORATO	Adattamento del servizio di impollinazione in gradienti di habitat. \| Pollination service response across habitat gradient.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	BOCCA Federico Marco	ALMA	to be discussed Biology and biocoenosis of three exotic pests of the vineyard agroecosystem, with particular reference to new associations involving Palaearctic parasitoids.
2	BORRAS Dionis	LANTERI, BARCHI	Molecular and biochemical studies on the effect of water stress in Capsicum annuum.
3	CAIMI Christian	GASCO	Insect protein meal: an alternative raw material for freshwater fishes.
4	FRANCIOSA Irene	COCOLIN	Autochthonous starter culture selection for PGI Salame Piemonte production through the microbiota analysis.
5	KORWIN KRUKOWSKI Paolo	CARDINALE	Strigolactones in drought stress responses and development: cross-talk with other phytohormones and signal molecules.
6	LIOY Simone	MANINO, PORPORATO	Prevention and management of Vespa velutina spread in Europe.
7	LIZCANO TOLEDO Rodolfo	CELI	to be discussed
8	MENDES DA SILVA Thais	PEANO	New approaches to evaluate quality of horticultural products.
9	MORABITO Cristina	SCHUBERT	Sweeties vinifera: the role of sugar metabolism and signalling in grapevine responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.
10	POLLON Matteo	ROLLE	Volatile compounds and their precursors in Vitis vinifera (L.) grapes and wines. Dynamics understanding and management of them.
11	QUAGLIA Elena	LOMBARDI	Phenology and interdipendent soil-plant dynamics in two different high-elevation Alpine biomes.
12	RIPAMONTI Matteo	BOSCO	Insights on insect vector-plant-phytoplasma interactions: the Flavescence dorée of grapevine.
13	ROJO POVEDA Olga	ZEPPA	Valorisation of compounds with high nutritional value from Cocoa by-products as food ingredients and additives.
14	SANTORO Veronica	CELI	Strigolactones involvement in tomato plants response to low P levels.
15	ZAMAN Shahzad	GAY, BALSARI	New Automation technologies and solutions for precision agriculture.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	ACCASTELLO Cristian	BRUN	Economic evaluation of new forest governance tools.
2	BATTISTI Luca	LARCHER	Ecosystem services provided by landscape and urban horticulture.
3	CARO Eleonora	FORTINA	Effects of alternative feeds and feed additives on ruminant digestibility, fermentation characteristics, gas production and microbiome.
4	CORDERO Eleonora	SACCO	Optical measurements for improving crops agronomic management.
5	FERRERO Francesco	BORREANI	New solutions to reduce the negative impacts of aerobic deterioration of corn silage.
6	GENOVESE Dino	BATTAGLINI	Il ruolo dell’allevamento estensivo, tra sostenibilità e conflittualità, nel governo del territorio e del paesaggio rurale. Possibili modelli concertati pubblico-privati.
7	KAHLAOUI Maher	ZEPPA	Valorisation des sous-produits d’amande (Prunus dulcis L.), identification des molécules bioactives et leur utilisation en agroalimentaire.
8	MOTA GUTIERREZ Jatziri	COCOLIN	Fermented cocoa microbiome: Linking microbial and quality aspects.
9	PENNISI Giuseppina	NICOLA	Led lighting for indoor cultivation of leafy vegetables and herbs.
10	RODIAS Efthymios	BERRUTO	Optimisation of resources for agriculture and agri-food processes.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	ASHOFTEH BEIRAGI Maryam	SECCHI	Physiological, chemical and anatomical responses to abiotic stresses and strygolactoine deficency in Poplar spp.
2	BLANC Simone	BRUN, MOSSO	The transition to a green economy model and sustainable development in rural areas. Case studies in Italy and Spain.
3	CERRUTI Elisa	COMINO/CATONI	Plant epigenomics approaches: from Arabidopsis thaliana to non-model species.
4	FRANCO ORTEGA Sara	GULLINO	Targeted and untargeted techniques for the detection, monitoring and surveillance of plant pathogens.
5	GU Meichao	PAUCIULLO	Effect of transcripts and genetic variants found in key genes of lipid metabolism (DGAT1, SCD, LPL, ACACA nda FASN) on milk fat in lactating river buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).
6	KEDRINA Olga	FERRANDINO/ NOVELLO	Grapevine main non-volatile secondary metabolites.
7	MARTELLETTI Sara	MOTTA, NOSENZO	Ecological restoration of degraded areas in northern italy: forest restoration.
8	MENEGUZ Marco	GASCO	Insects as feed: a case study on Black soldier fly (Hemetia illucens).
9	OSSOLA Carolina	GERBI	Phenolic profile of wines expression of the territory: development of models for the management of the production process.
10	PAISSONI Maria Alessandra	ROLLE/THEISSEDRE	Characterization of anthocyanins and condensed tannins from grapes and their qualitative incidence on astringency and bitterness sensory properties.
11	PEROTTI Elisa	LOMBARDI	Sustainable grazing systems for plant diversity conservation.
12	POGOLOTTI Cristina	FERRACINI	Host range evaluation of Torymus sinensis, exotic parasitoid of the chestnut gall wasp.
13	RAIMONDO Elisa	BONIFACIO	Physical and mineralogical properties of soils with fragipan.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	BAUDINO Claudio	PEANO	Innovazione di prodotto e di processo nel sistema frutticolo piemontese e creazione di nuove filiere: il caso studio del baby kiwi Nergi^®.
2	BIGLIA Alessandro	GAY, FABRIZIO	Innovative thermal processes and plants for food industry.
3	CANDIAN Valentina	TEDESCHI	Innovative pest control strategies in IPM orchards.
4	CENTRONE Francesca	CALVO, MOSSO	Gender indicators for the sustainability of rural development programmes. Case studies in Senegal and Brazil.
5	CRAVERO Francesco	COCOLIN	Ozone and electrolyzed water treatments of post harvested wine grapes.
6	ENGLEZOS Vasileios	COCOLIN	Exploitation of the non-saccharomyces yeast Starmerella bacillaris (synonym Candida zemplinina) in wine fermentation.
7	GIANOGLIO Silvia	COMINO	CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing for functional genomics in Solanaceae spp.
8	MAGHENZANI Marco	GIACALONE	Tecnologie di conservazione post raccolta: metodi innovativi.
9	MANIA Ilaria	GORRA	Ecology and function of microbial communities in different alpine, periglacial ecosystems.
10	PADOAN Elio	AJMONE	Size fractionation and bioavailability in the assessment of heavy metal contamination of urban soils and road dust.
11	RAVETTO ENRI Simone	LOMBARDI	Characterization, diversity, and management challenges of mountain pasturelands.
12	SANNA Francesca	CALVO	Metrology applied to agrometeorology and forecasting models for agro-food sciences technologies.
13	SERRA Francesca	VIDOTTO	Herbicide resistance in weeds and effects of salinity.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	BERTERO Alessia	FORTINA/NERVO	Application of innovative technologies in veterinary and human medicine.
2	BRIANO Rossella	PEANO	Valutazione della potenzialità di utilizzo dell'atmosfera modificata passiva e di film biodegradabili e compostabili nella fresh fruit supply chain: il caso studio di fragola e lampone.
3	CUCCUI Ignazia	ZANUTTINI	Legno termicamente modificato in condizioni di vuoto: studio per lo sviluppo di prodotto/processo.
4	FERRERO Manuela	SCHUBERT	Studio dei meccanismi molecolari coinvolti nel controllo dell'accumulo dei polifenoli in acini di Vitis vinifera.
5	GILARDI Giovanna	GULLINO	Innovation of production process and sustainable diseases management in leafy vegetables crop sector.
6	GIORDANO Debora	REYNERI	Cereal supply chains for the production of functional foods.
7	GRELLA	BALSARI	Application of direct (ISO22866:2005) and new alternative indirect test methods for spray drift assessment.
8	GUGLIELMETTI Alessandro	ZEPPA	Evaluation of coffee silverskin as source of bioactive compounds and its possible application in novel foods.
9	MAGNANI Andrea	FREPPAZ	Biogeochemistry of alpine tundra soils.
10	MOLINARO Francesco	NEGRE	Bioactive compound from the allelopathic species: Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. A focus study on isabelin.
11	NOGUEIRA VIÇOSA Gabriela	COCOLIN	Microbial interactions between Staphylococcus aureus and lactic acid bacteria in experimental matrices.
12	ROVETTO Francesca	COCOLIN	Genomic and viruloprofiling of the emerging foodborn pathogen Arcobacter.
13	URCAN Delia Elena	ROLLE	Evaluation of enological potential of some native (autochthonous) wine varieties from Romania and ltaly.
14	VAZQUEZ MORIS Jose Antonio	MOTTA	Resilience of larch forests to global change.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	BODINO Nicola	TAVELLA	Native parasitoids on exotic pests: performances, adaptation processes and possible use in biological control programmes.
2	CARLOMAGNO Antonio	NOVELLO, FERRANDINO	Grapevine biodiversity and "berry shrinking" physiopathy: multidisciplinary approach and characterization.
3	FISSORE Vanina	MOTTA, BORGOGNO MONDINO	Spatial data uncertainty sources in the forest research context.
4	KOVITVADHI Attawit	GASCO	Rabbit's performance, health, and meat quality improvement by phyto-additives.
5	LLERA DURAN Tania Pamela	GULLINO
6	ORLANDI Stefano	LOMBARDI	Conservation of plant diversity for the multifunctionality of alpine grasslands.
7	PACE Caterina	ROLLE	Study of phenolic compounds extraction kinetics using different winemaking techniques and relationship with mechanical properties.
8	PITTARELLO Marco	LOMBARDI	Sustainable grazing management and pastoral practices to restore shrub-encroached alpine grasslands.
9	PRIMICERIO Jacopo	GAY	Telerilevamento da drone in viticoltura di precisione.
10	RINALDI Riccardo	LANTERI	New tools for the analysis of synteny and QTL orthology between tomato/pepper and eggplant.
11	RUGGIRELLO Marianna	DOLCI	Study of viability and metabolic activity of Lactococcus lactis throughout cheese ripening.
12	SODANO Marcella	CELI
13	SOZZO SBARSI Sara	GULLINO	Conservation agriculture: opportunities and challenges for studying ecosystem services.
14	SUBEDI Raghunath	GRIGNANI	Biochar amendment to soils: effects on ammonia and greenhouse gas emissions, crop nutrient availability and soil quality.
15	VIOLA Gabriele	BATTAGLINI	Analisi di un territorio montano: la valle Stura di Demonte e la Val Grana da un'economia agricola di autosufficienza alla multifunzionalità.
16	VISINTIN Simonetta	COCOLIN	Microbial ecology of cocoa beans fermentation: characterization and selection of strains as suitable starter culture.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	ASPROUDI Andriani	GUIDONI	Impact of vineyard characteristics on aroma precursors in cv Nebbiolo (Vitis vinifera L.).
2	BELFORTI Marco	GASCO	Utilizzo degli insetti nell'alimentazione animale e gestione dei sottoprodotti.
3	BELMONTE Sergio Alfonso	ZANINI	Vineyard management and soil conservation: from field scale to landscape.
4	BIDDOCCU Marcella	FERRARIS	Temporal and soil management effects on hydrological and erosion processes in a hillslope vineyard.
5	CHIUSANO Luca	GERBI	Innovative and sustainable products for the wine sector.
6	COMINO Luciano	BORREANI	New forage systems for dairy farms and effects on forage characteristics, cow perfomance, milk quality and economic sustainability.
7	CURTAZ Fabienne	ZANINI	Effect of land management on agricultural and forest soils in mountain regions.
8	DABBOU Sihem	GASCO	Evaluation des effets de l'intégration de sous-produits ou produits végétaux dans le régime alimentaire des lapins sur leurs performances de croissance, la qualité de la viande et sur les paramètres de reproduction.
9	DEMASI Sonia	SCARIOT	Iron deficiency tolerance in evergreen azaleas (Rhododendron spp.).
10	FACELLO Alessio	BALSARI	Aspetti energetici, qualitativi e produttivi delle macchine sminuzzatrici.
11	GIACOSA Simone	ROLLE	Advances in mechanical and acoustic properties assessment in table and wine grapes analysis.
12	GUAITA Massimo	GERBI	Implementation of new analytical methods for the characterization of phenols in grapes, wines and marcs.
13	IUSSIG Gabriele	LOMBARDI	The role of extensive grazing systems for the conservation and the enhancement of semi-natural ecosystems in the mountain belt.
14	LÓPEZ REYES Jorge Giovanny	GULLINO	Development of alternative methods for disinfection of vegetable seeds.
15	MANIA Elena	GUIDONI	Valutazioni interdisciplinari per la valorizzazione del sistema vigneto in contesto collinare.
16	MARCHIANI Roberta	ZEPPA	Application of winery and distillery by-products for innovative functional foods production.
17	MAZZETTO Fabio	ALMA	Monitoring of the exotic fly Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in NW Italy and possible symbiont-based control strategies.
18	MILIORDOS Dimitrios Evangelos	BOSCO	Control of flavescence dorée and its vector Scaphoideus titanus Ball.
19	MINIOTTI Eleonora Francesca	CELI	Agro-environmental sustainability of different management practices in temperate rice agro-ecosystems.
20	NWAFOR Chinedu Charles	GUIDONI	Genetic investigation of seed development in grapewine.
21	PIGNATA Giuseppe	NICOLA	Innovation and technology in pre and postharvest of fresh produce with high added value.
22	ROSSO Laura	MINOTTA	Indagine sulla coltivazione di pioppo e salice per la produzione di biocarburanti.
23	SCARPINO Valentina	REYNERI	Moniliformin and other "emerging" mycotoxins in cereal production: analytical and agronomic aspects.
24	SOPEGNO Alessandro	BERRUTO	Applicazioni informatiche per l'ottimizzazione dell'uso delle risorse nei processi agricoli.
25	TESTA Giulio	REYNERI	Agronomical enhancements in order to improve maize yield and kernel quality.
26	TESTA Stefano	BORGOGNO MONDINO	Time series of MODIS-sensor-derived vegetation indices for phenological characterization of forests: a best practice proposal.
27	VITALI Marco	LOVISOLO	Ecophysiological technics to assess water relation and photosynthesis in grapevine.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	BOSCO Renato	SCARIOT	Chromatographic methods for the evaluation of phytormones in Rosa hybrida.
2	BOTTA Cristian	COCOLIN	Selection of autochtonous strains with probiotic features for the fermentation of green table olives.
3	BUSTOS LOPEZ Maria del Pilar	GULLINO	Development of control strategies on fruit crops to prevent pathogen's resistance to fungicides.
4	CERICOLA Fabio	PORTIS	The genetic architecture of key breeding traits in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.).
5	DONNO Dario	BECCARO	Effect of genetic, agronomic and environmental conditions on chemical fingerprint of bioactive compounds in tree-species buds used for herbal preparations: a new tool for bud-preparation standardization and quality control.
6	ELJOUNAIDI Kaouthar	LANTERI	Insights into the sesquiterpene lactone biosynthetic pathway in Cynara cardunculus L.
7	GREPPI Anna	COCOLIN	Yeasts for nutritional improvement traditional African fermented foods.
8	MARINACCIO Federico	REYNERI	Integrated strategies to improve winter cereal yield and quality.
9	MATESE Alessandro	GUIDONI	Monitoring systems of micrometeorological parameters in precision viticulture.
10	PAMPURO Niccolò	BALSARI	Densification process of animal wastes for organic fertilizers production.
11	PERRONE Benedetta	RANTSIOU	Study on the dominance behavior of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains in enological fermentations.
12	RASHIDI Mahanaz	BOSCO	Insights on phytoplasma transmission by leafhoppers: interactive transmission and molecular determinants of vector specificity.
13	SANDOVAL PRANDO María Angélica	BOTTA	Biotecnologie applicate per il miglioramento genetico del nocciolo (Corylus avellana L.).
14	TIRONE Matteo	ACQUADRO	Biomass yield and related traits in Cynara cardunculus L.: a genomic approach.
15	VERCELLI Monica	DEVECCHI	The use of cyclodextrin-based nanosponges for new fertilization methods in agriculture.
16	ZANET Stefania	FERROGLIO	Epidemiology of Bobesia spp., Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora coninum: an holistic approach to wildlife, domestic and human health.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	ANDRES Andre	FERRERO	Biology and management of weedy rice (Oryza sativa).
2	BOTTERO Alessandra	MOTTA, VEBLEN	Interactions and ecological feedbacks between natural and anthropogenic disturbances in mountain forests in the European Alps.
3	CAVALLO Eugenio	CALVO	Health and safety requirements from Directive 2006/42/CE applicable to agricultural tractors.
4	COGLIATI Ettore Erik	GULLINO	Management of the nutrient solution in soilless culture systems: the protective role of silicon on some plant diseases.
5	COLLA Paola	GULLINO	Knowledge and transfer in sustainable soil disinfestation.
6	CUCU Maria Alexandra	CELI	Redox conditions and rice straw management drive nitrogen dynamics in temperate paddy soils.
7	CUGNETTO Alberto	NOVELLO	Evaluation of the distribution and correlations of metals in Nebbiolo vines and wines from Piedmont, Lombardia and Aosta valley regions.
8	DINI Francesca	BOTTA	Studi sulla risposta del cinipide galligeno (Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu) in genotipi di castagno di interesse agronomico.
9	FELLIN Marco	ZANUTTINI	Monitoring wooden materials for recycling.
10	GAUDINO Stefano	GRIGNANI	Evaluation of agronomic and environmental sustainability of farming systems using different indicators and FSSIM model.
11	GEMMITI Alessandra	NOVELLO	Study of canopy efficiency to improve quality on "Sangiovese" cv (Vitis vinifera).
12	MENARDO Simona	BALSARI	Pre-treatments to improve anaerobic digestion of agricultural by-products and lingo-cellulosic biomasses.
13	MILAN Marco	FERRERO	Behavior of herbicides in runoff and percolated waters.
14	MONTI Monia	TEDESCHI	Study of the interactions between the phytoplasma 'Candidatus phytoplasma mali' and the insect vector Cacopsylla melanoneura Förster (hemiptera: Psillidae) in the transmission of apple proliferation in northwest Italy.
15	POGNANT Davide	FERRARIS	Rapid melting of a spring snow cover and its effects on turbulent fluxes and energy balance closure.
16	PROBO Massimiliano	LOMBARDI	Restoration and conservation of sub-alpine and alpine grasslands.
17	ROMAN Federica	SCHUBERT	Influenza dell'ABA sulla colorazione dell'acino in Vitis vinifera: caratterizzazione dei recettori di ABA e regolazione di geni biosintetici degli antociani.
18	ROTOLO Luca	ZOCCARATO	Environment and management in monogastric animals: effects on productive performances and lipidic component of derived products.
19	SOVRANI Valentina	REYNERI	Increase and valorization of nutritional compounds naturally present in cereals.
20	TRAMONTINI Sara Valentina	LOVISOLO	Water transport on the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum: focus on the plant components in field and potted grapevines.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	BERRUTI Andrea	SCARIOT	Rationalization of Camellia japonica L. pot cultivation: a multidisciplinary approach.
2	BORSOTTO Patrizia	GIAU	The framework of multifunctionality using FADN data: the Piedmont case study.
3	CAGLIERO Roberto	GIAU	La governance nella valutazione dello sviluppo rurale.
4	CAMEROTA Caterina	ALMA	Symbiontic bacteria communities associated to Cacopsylla spp.
5	CATONI Marcella	BONIFACIO	Pedogenic and lithogenic carbonates: a methodological approach to their characterization and environmental significance.
6	CEAGLIO Elisabetta	FREPPAZ, ZANINI	Snow gliding and soil erosion related to ground avalanches and shallow landslides.
7	CHITARRA Walter	LOVISOLO	Water metabolism and aquaporin roles: molecular and ecophysiological responses to some biotic and abiotic stresses in grapevine.
8	COMBA Lorenzo	GAY, BELFORTE	Modelling frameworks and control of food industry processes.
9	COSTANTINI Antonella	COCOLIN, GARCIA	Application of "omics" technologies in the study of gene and protein expression of Oenococcus oeni.
10	LAURINO Daniela	PORPORATO	Sviluppo di famiglie di api, dinamica e fattori avversi.
11	LIU Junwei	LOVISOLO, CARDINALE	The phytohormones Strigolactones and their response to abiotic stress.
12	MANCA Fabrizio	GIAU	La misurazione della qualità della vita nei comuni rurali
13	MAUTINO Giulia Carla	TAVELLA	Caratterizzazione biologica e molecolare dell'interazione tripidi vettori e tospovirus.
14	PITALUGA COSTA E SILVA FILHO Paulo	FORTINA, VINCENTI	Effects on eCG in timed artificial insemination (TAI) protocols to increase the reproductive performances of nelore (Bos indicus) in a program of crossbreed with valdostana in Brazil.
15	PIZZINAT Alan Claudio Franco	TEDESCHI	Bioethology of Cacopsylla melanoneura (Förster), the vector of "Candidatus Phytoplasma mali" in Northwest Italy.
16	SANLORENZO Gabriella	GIAU	Donne e agricoltura innovativa: l'apporto femminile nelle decisioni aziendali. Approfondimenti sulla provincia astigiana.
17	SANTINI Deborah	NOVELLO, MANNINI	Physiological, agronomical and enological response of grapevine to different leafroll virus infection.
18	VALENZA Alessio	MIMOSI, VINCENTI, FRICKE	Improving dairy cattle reproduction through development of an accelerometer system for detection of estrus and synchronization of ovulation protocols.
19	VANELLA Giuseppe	BALSARI	Devices for sprayer performance evaluation with particular regards to potential spray drift.
20	VIGLIETTI Davide	ZANINI, FREPPAZ

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	ALESSANDRIA Valentina	COCOLIN	Molecular approaches for the understanding of prevalence, diversity and behaviour of Listeria monocytogenes in food.
2	BEVILACQUA Ivan	FERRARIS	Modelli numerici applicati all'irrigazione: tecniche di calcolo, simulazioni e analisi delle efficienze.
3	CAMPOLONGO Simona	COCOLIN	Brettanomyces bruxellensis in wine: presence, off-odours production and strategies for the inhibition.
4	CANTERINO Sara	BOUNOUS	Nutritional, chemical and bio-functional analysis of ancient cultivars and new hybrids of the genus Citrus.
5	CASTAGNERI Daniele	MOTTA	Growth and mortality patterns of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) in mountain forests.
6	CERUTTI Alessandro	BOUNOUS	Application of environmental assessment methods in fruit production. Methodologies and study cases.
7	CONTESSA Cecilia	BOTTA	Tecniche di propagazione per il nocciolo (Corylus avellana L.) e metilazione del DNA.
8	COPPA Mauro	CAVALLERO, MARTIN	Relationships between cow pasture feeding and characteristics of dairy products.
9	DAL BELLO Barbara	COCOLIN, ZEPPA	Bioprotection of traditional fermented foods: selection of bacterial strains with antagonist activity towards pathogenic and spoiling microorganisms.
10	FABIETTI Gabriele	AJMONE	Large scale assessment of soil diffuse contamination by organic and inorganic pollutants.
11	FOGLIATTO Silvia	FERRERO	Biological, morphological and genetic characterization of Italian weedy rice populations.
12	GIRGENTI Vincenzo	PEANO	Gestione e valorizzazione della qualità del prodotto frutticolo all'interno della Supply-Chain.
13	INGEGNO Barbara Letizia	TAVELLA	Distribuzione e bioetologia di miridi dicifini predatori di fitomizi.
14	MATTEUCCI Enrica	ISOCRONO, PIERVITTORI	Characterisation of semi-natural environments by analysing lichen diversity: chestnut orchards as a model case.
15	MENIN Barbara	LANTERI	Isolation and characterization of enzymes involved in caffeoylquinic acids and sesquiterpene lactones biosynthesis in Cynara cardunculus L.
16	MORGANTI Massimo	CASTELLANI, MANCUSO	The soft wheat in Piedmont: structural framework, economic organization, market and processing costs.
17	NEGRO Francesco	ZANUTTINI	Development and assessment of new lightweight wood-based composites.
18	PAGLIARANI Chiara	SCHUBERT	Molecular and innovative approaches for quality evaluation in Vitis vinifera L.
19	PETROZZIELLO Maurizio	GERBI, BOSSO	Caratterizzazione aromatica e valutazione del contenuto in β-ionone e β-damascenone di vini da varietà autoctone e rare piemontesi.
20	PROVENZANO Sofia	SCHUBERT	The genetics of anthocyanin production, accumulation and display: a comparative study in different species.
21	PUGLIESE Massimo	GULLINO	The use of compost for controlling plant pathogens.
22	RENNA Manuela	BATTAGLINI	Effects of production systems and concentrate supplements on the fatty acid profile of ruminant milk and dairy products.
23	REVELLO CHION Andrea	BORREANI	The role of forage quality and farm management on fatty acid composition of dairy products.
24	RUFFINATTO Flavio	ZANUTTINI	Problems of wood identification on cultural heritage: a non-invasive approach.
25	SCAGLIONE Davide	LANTERI	Linkage analysis and development of new generation molecular markers in C. cardunculus L.
26	SEGLIE Ludovica	DEVECCHI	Impiego di molecole di inclusione nell'ambito della conservazione di fiori recisi di Dianthus caryophyllus e della micropropagazione di Camellia japonica.
27	TIBALDI Giorgio	NICOLA	Horticultural species for biofunctional food: the influence of preharvest factors and postharvest management on the phytochemical complex.
28	TORCHIO Fabrizio	GERBI	Innovazioni della tecnica enologica e nell'analisi delle uve per esaltare le caratteristiche varietali ed aumentare la shelf life dei vini.

N°	PhD	Tutors	Thesis title
1	ALLUVIONE Francesco	GRIGNANI	Environmental impact of cropping system management: gaseous losses and energy use efficiency.
2	BEGHIN Rachele	MOTTA
3	BELTRAMO Chiara	BOTTA	Studio della biologia fiorale del nocciolo (Corylus avellana L.) mediante analisi di espressione genica.
4	BERGANTE Sara
5	BERTOLONE Eleonora	AMBROSOLI	Applicazione dei profili fisiologici di comunità microbiche (CLPPs) con Biolog System per l'analisi microbiologica in prodotti vegetali di IV gamma.
6	BORDA Teresa	BARBERIS
7	CAGNASSO Matteo Maria Giuseppe
8	CASER Matteo	SCARIOT
9	CHAKIR Amina	FERRAZZI	Indagini sulle caratteristiche fisico-chimiche e la qualità dei mieli del Marocco.
10	D'AMELIO Romina	BOSCO
11	FALVO Sara	LANTERI
12	GABRIOLOTTO Chiara	NEGRE
13	LI Yuan	GARIBALDI
14	LOPRESTI Rossella	DI STASIO
15	LU Ping Xiang	GARIBALDI
16	MASSOBRIO Viola	ALMA	Influenza di fattori abiotici e biotici sullo sviluppo degli ortotteri.
17	OPSI Francesca	FORTINA	Forage evaluation and factors affecting ruminal fermentation.
18	PICCIAU Luca	ALMA
19	PIPINO Luca	SCARIOT	Seed production in Rosa x hybrida L.: development of fertility and dormancy markers.
20	SALA Giacomo	BARBERA	Valutazione e controllo della qualità di matrici di origine bovina mediante tecniche rapide e non invasive.
21	SARDO Luca	ACCOTTO	Complexity of Geminivirus - plant host interactions towards synergism and resistance.
22	STÀGEL Aniko	LANTERI	Construction of an intraspecific linkage map and development of new tools for genetic analyses in eggplant (S. melongena L.)
23	ZHAN Lijuan	NICOLA

N°	PhD
1	BERGER Federica
2	BOURSIER Carlotta Maria
3	CALDERON VEGA Maria Fernanda
4	CANONE Davide
5	CAVANNA Manuela
6	CHORTI Evaghelia
7	CIUFFO Marina
8	CORNALE Paolo
9	FILIPPA Gianluca
10	FOSSI Alessia
11	GARBARINO Matteo
12	GHIRARDELLO Daniela
13	GIAVENO Cinzia
14	GIORDANO Luana
15	GODONE Danilo Francesco
16	GONELLA Elena
17	LISA Claudio
18	MOGLIA Andrea
19	MOLINO Elena
20	PREVIATI Maurizio
21	PROIETTI Roberta
22	REGIS Cristina
23	SARTOR Chiara
24	SAVIGLIANO Riccardo
25	SCURASATONE Bernardo

N°	PhD
1	ASCOLI Davide
2	BERTORA Chiara
3	BLASIOLI Sonia
4	BOSCO Lara
5	BRUNA Simona
6	BUSATO Patrizia
7	CASULLI Enzo
8	CLEMATIS Francesca
9	DAL MOLIN Erica
10	DINUCCIO Elio
11	FALCHERO Luca
12	GALETTO Luciana
13	GALEOTTI Francesco
14	GIRIBALDI Marzia
15	LETAIEF Hend
16	MAGURNO Franco
17	MAIORANO Andrea
18	MANERO Luca
19	MARGARIA Paolo
20	NATOLI Vincenzo
21	PACIFICO Davide
22	PANSA Marco Giuseppe
23	PERRONE Irene
24	QUACCHIA Ambra
25	REITA Giorgio
26	RICAUDA AIMONINO Davide
27	SABIA Claudia
28	SALADINI Matteo Alessandro
29	TESIO Franco

N°	PhD
1	ANGIOI Simonetta Agostina
2	BARCHI Lorenzo
3	BERTOLINO Marta
4	CERLI Chiara
5	DALLA COSTA Lorenza
6	FONTANA Emanuela
7	FORNI Emanuela Gaia
8	GENTILE Marcella
9	GHIRINGHELLI Dario
10	GIORDANO Manuela
11	LAURA Marina
12	LOMBARDO Dario Maria
13	MANZONE Marco
14	POGGIO Laura
15	RETTORI Andrea Alberto
16	SALINARI Francesca
17	SANTONA Laura
18	SECCHI Francesca
19	TAGLIATORI Chiara
20	VACCHIANO Giorgio
21	VANARA Francesca
22	VRSCAJ Borut

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