Giovanni Rallo is Associate Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (DAFE) of the University of Pisa. In 2010 he obtained theaPhD in Environmental Hydronomy, with a thesis on “Measurement and Modeling of Water Exchanges in Soil Plant Atmosphere Continuum and Water Stress Functions: Application to Olive Groves”. In his higher-educational background, he completed the II level Master's course in “Irrigation in Mediterranean Environment” and a High Scientific Training Seminar on “trends in plant eco-physiology and ecosystem ecology research”. For 15 years he has studied mathematical stress functions and the empirical formulation of woody perennial and vegetable crops under abiotic stresses, such as drought and salinity. However, his research activities have been carried out in order to define and transfer new strategies for optimizing water resource management in the Mediterranean environment.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Energy Balance
water deficit
actual evapotranspirat...
soil water content
Plant Transpiration
Olive
evapotranspiration
water mass balance
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33%
soil water content
31%
Olive
29%
evapotranspiration
18%
actual evapotranspiration
13%
water deficit
11%
Energy Balance
5%
Plant Transpiration
Short Biography
Giovanni Rallo is Associate Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (DAFE) of the University of Pisa. In 2010 he obtained theaPhD in Environmental Hydronomy, with a thesis on “Measurement and Modeling of Water Exchanges in Soil Plant Atmosphere Continuum and Water Stress Functions: Application to Olive Groves”. In his higher-educational background, he completed the II level Master's course in “Irrigation in Mediterranean Environment” and a High Scientific Training Seminar on “trends in plant eco-physiology and ecosystem ecology research”. For 15 years he has studied mathematical stress functions and the empirical formulation of woody perennial and vegetable crops under abiotic stresses, such as drought and salinity. However, his research activities have been carried out in order to define and transfer new strategies for optimizing water resource management in the Mediterranean environment.
Honors and Awards
Best PhD thesis in Agrometeorology 2011
PhD thesis titled: Misura e modellazione degli scambi idrici nel
sistema continuo SPA e approfondimenti sulle funzioni di stress idrico
Italian Agrometeorology Association
Best Paper 2011 in Agrometeorology
Paper titled: Actual Evapotranspiration
assessment by means of a coupled energy/hydrologic balance model: Validation over an olive grove by means of scintillometry and measurements of soil water content. Published in Journal of Hydrology (2010, 392(1-2), 70-82).
Italian Agrometeorology Association
Young Scientist Travel Award 2012
with reference to the paper titled: Adapting FAO-56 Spreadsheet Program to estimate olive orchard transpiration fluxes under soil water stress condition
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