Researcher of Council for Agricultural Research and Economics at the Research Centre for Olive, Citrus and Tree Crops (CREA OFA) in Acireale, CT (Sicily, Italy). Research interests: Tree fruit ecophysiology, Citrus, Mineral nutrition, Deficit irrigation techniques, Orchard management in organic farming (OF). Member of scientific societies (ISHS, SOI, ISOFAR, SICA, CIEC, ISC, Agroecology Europe). Visiting scientist in 2012 at the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS-CSIC) in Cordoba, Spain. Coordinator of national projects on OF: SALIBUS, education (2011-12) e ITACA, orchard conversion to OF, (2014-15) funded by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture (MiPAAF). Partner in national project on OF (2016-2019): BIOPAC (Introduction of agroecology concepts in stone fruit orchards); BIOFOSF (Solving the phosphite emergence in OF); BIOPAG (Economic and energy analysis in organic Citriculture). PI for CREA of projects (2016-19): Innovative remote and ground sensors, data and tools into a decision support system for agriculture water management (IRIDA) [ERA-NET Water Joint Programming Initiative, WaterWorks2014 Cofunded Call]; WAter Saving in Agriculture: technological developments for the sustainable management of limited water resources in the Mediterranean area (WASA) [ERANETMED, Call for research proposals on Renewable Energies, Water Resources and their connections for the Mediterranean Region]. Team leader of the long term experiment on organic Citrus (Palap9).