Room: King Willem Alexander
Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2026
Time: 11:30 - 12:45 CEST
Session code 1BO.4
Integrated agricultural management practices - A contribution to sustainability
Cumulative Soil C Emissions of Intercrop vs Monocrop Systems with PGPR Application for the Production of Sustainable Biomass
Short Introductive summary
Diversification of conventional food-based cropping system with multipurpose lignocellulosic crops could increase biodiversity, farmer’s market opportunities, feedstock for biorefineries, though can also imply SOC stock changes, without competing with food production. Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) and biomass sorghum (Sorghum bicolor x sudangrass) are annual high yielding lignocellulosic crops with great potential for their multiple applications. Lignocellulosic crops yield for sustainable aviation fuel production could be significantly increased by applying plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). PGPR are a group of beneficial bacteria that live in the rhizosphere and play important functions for plant nutrition. Thanks to their metabolic and catabolic functions, they act as mineral solubilizers, nitrogen fixing, iron capture, phytohormone and antibiotic producers.
Presenter
Andrea PARENTI
University of Bologna, DISTAL Dpt., ITALY
Presenter's biography
I got a PhD in 2020 with the following thesis title 'Modelling new sustainable cropping systems for advanced biofuel production'. Adjunct professor, agronomist and field technician at the Depertment of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Bologna.
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Co-authors:
E. Ferro, University of Bologna, ITALY
B. Alberghini, University of Bologna, ITALY
E. Pagliarini, University of Bologna, ITALY
F. Gaggia, University of Bologna, ITALY
A. Monti, University of Bologna, ITALY
Session reference: 1BO.4.2