Research yearbook 2017

This scientific report gives an overview of the research activity carried on during the sixth year of DAFNAE history, and of the wide and qualified collaboration with important research centers around the world in the sectors of agronomy, food, natural resources, animals and environment. DAFNAE was inaugurated on 1st January 2012, following the re-organization of the Italian University system, in accordance with Italian law 240/2010. The fifth research yearbook of DAFNAE collects the abstracts of the papers published in 2017 and indexed by Scopus. These abstracts were grouped into the following scientific categories: Agronomy and soil science, Animal science, Ecology and environmental science, Entomology, Food science and technology, Genetics and genomics, Microbiology, Plant science. It offers a snapshot of DAFNAE research activity, that is mainly focused on the production and dissemination of basic and applied knowledge, to promote the quality of human life, the competitiveness of the agrifood sector, and the sustainable use of biotic and abiotic natural resources. Prof. Maurizio Borin, head of DAFNAE (Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment), promoted the idea of publishing the DAFNAE annual yearbook as a tool to show and disseminate the level of the research activities of the Department. All researchers of DAFNAE hope that this fifth edition will continue to propose their scientific activities in the territory and in the world.