Prof. Pietro Santamaria

Pietro Santamaria is full professor (Scientific Area AGR/04 “Vegetable and Floriculture”) at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. He has been Principal Investigator in many research projects: Soilless culture; Agrobiodiversity of vegetable crops; Microgreens; Nitrogen Fertilization Management for Vegetables; Technical Optimization for Producing Artichoke Transplants from “seeds”; Production of Greenhouse-grown Tomato with Zero-Runoff Systems; Process and Produce INNOvations for VALOrising the Early-Potato Crop. He’s the author and co-author of more than 390 papers, including 24 books (thirteen monographs and the textbook “Vegetable Crops: Principles and Practice”). He won two scientific awards: 1) 2016: "Bram Steiner Award 2016 on soilless culture" with the article "A targeted management of the nutrient solution in a soilless tomato crop according to plant needs" (Signore A., Serio F., Santamaria P. Frontiers in Plant Science). 2) 2014: "Vegetable Publication Award" for the article "Grafting Improves Tomato Salinity Tolerance through Sodium Partitioning within the Shoot" (Di Gioia F., Signore A., Serio F., Santamaria P. - HortScience). By decree of the Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry Policies, he was appointed member of the Technical Scientific Committee, which is updating the "National Plan on Biodiversity of Agricultural and Food Interest". For the sixth consecutive year, he is on the list that represents the top 2% of the most cited scientists in various disciplines.