Scuola superiore di studi universitari e di perfezionamento Sant’Anna

Organisation

Scuola superiore di studi universitari e di perfezionamento Sant’Anna (SSSA), is an Italian public university funded by the State to pursue excellence in higher education and research through a multidisciplinary approach.  Research carried out at the Institute of Life Sciences (Group of Agroecology) is focused on (i) the development of sustainable low-input and organic farming/cropping systems and of indicator toolboxes for their assessment; (ii) functional biodiversity in agroecosystems: genetic, species and habitat diversity and their relationship with the provision of agroecosystem services; (iii) cover crop single stands and mixtures in arable and vegetable systems, with special emphasis on legume species; (iv) weed ecology, weed management, dynamics and functional analysis of weed communities.