Gabriele De Carolis

• University of Bari Aldo Moro

The growing demand for renewable energy sources and the need to optimize water use in agriculture, particularly in water-scarce regions, highlights the importance of growing species suitable for semi-arid areas, such as sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). Deficit irrigation strategies allow water savings by optimizing water use efficiency. However...

Italy is the third peach producer in the world. Late ripening peach-cultivars prosper in semi-arid Mediterranean climate, but they have higher water demands due to prolonged fruit maturation on the plants. Considering the climate change scenarios and limited water resources, water-saving techniques are imperative to optimize irrigation water usage....

Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change and increasing agricultural water demands, highlights the necessity for efficient irrigation management. This study focused on estimating actual evapotranspiration (ETa) in watermelons under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions by integrating high-resolution satellite imagery and agro-meteorological data....

This study investigated the application of high-resolution satellite imagery from SuperDove satellites combined with machine learning algorithms to estimate the spatiotemporal variability of some winter wheat parameters, including the relative leaf chlorophyll content (RCC), relative water content (RWC), and aboveground dry matter (DM). The researc...

Climate change and water scarcity bring significant challenges to agricultural systems in the Mediterranean region. Novel methods are required to rapidly monitor the water stress of the crop to avoid qualitative losses of agricultural products. This study aimed to predict the stem water potential of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L., 1763) using Sentin...

Agroforestry integrates trees and crops to enhance sustainability and resilience in agricultural systems. This study evaluated the feasibility of cultivating cotton intercropped with peach trees under Mediterranean conditions, focusing on agronomic and physiological responses. The research aimed to evaluate how agroforestry affects cotton's agronom...

The carbon source/sink nature and the water balance of a drip-irrigated and mulched watermelon cultivated under a semi-arid climate were investigated. Biodegradable films, plants and some fruits were left on the soil as green manure. The study spanned from watermelon planting to the subsequent crop (June–November 2023). The eddy covariance techniqu...

Climate change is making water management increasingly difficult due to rising temperatures and unpredictable rainfall patterns, impacting crop water availability and irrigation needs. This study investigated the ability of machine learning and satellite remote sensing to monitor water status and physiology. The research focused on predicting diffe...

Italy is the third producer in the world of peach orchards. The semi-arid climate in Mediterranean area is particularly suitable for late ripening peach cultivars, but they are more water demanding due to the longer period of the fruits on the plants. Considering the climate change scenarios with limitation in water resources, water saving techniqu...

The measurement of transpiration at the field level is a challenging topic in crop water use research, particularly for orchards. The super high-density olive orchard system is in great expansion all over the world, so these investigations are necessary to assess the trees water use under different irrigation techniques. Here, transpiration at plan...

The climate change requires thrifty use of water resources in agriculture since irrigation is became common also for those crops like olive orchard that were traditionally grown in rainfed conditions. The water requirement is imperative in semi-arid conditions of the Mediterranean basin especially if the olive orchards are cultivated in super high...

The degree of coupling between canopy and atmosphere, through the decoupling factor Ω, well describes the behaviour of a crop concerning its water use and carbon dioxide exchange. Super high-density hedgerow olive orchard system is in great expansion all over the world and, since it has a complex field structure in rows of adjacent trees, investiga...

The measurement of transpiration at the field level is a challenging topic in crop water use research, particularly for orchards. The super high density olive orchard system is in great expansion all over the world, so these investigations are necessary to assess the trees water use under different irrigation techniques. Here, transpiration at plan...

Reduction of water availability imposes the agronomic issues of increasing the storage capacity of the soil and improving the use of rainwater or irrigation water. A field experiment in 2021 was conducted in a 5-year-old peach orchard in a Mediterranean environment to study the effect of mixed composed amendments (ACM), applied in different amounts...

The degree of coupling between canopy and atmosphere, through the decoupling factor Ω , well describe the behaviour of a crop with respect to its water use and carbon dioxide exchange. Super high density hedgerow olive orchard system is in great expansion all over the world and, since it has a complex field structure in rows of adjacent trees, inve...