Biodiversity and Primary Production

The thematic area studies the products/processes of the primary sector to increase their economic, environmental and social sustainability; the impacts of natural and anthropogenic factors on agro-forestry production and the primary sector on the environment; the conservation and enhancement of biodiversity as a strategy for improving the resilience and production of agro-ecosystems; biotechnology applied to the characterization, propagation, nursery and cryopreservation of genetic resources; the application of innovative technologies and approaches for phenotyping and the monitoring of the variability of agroecosystems and the realization and site-specific interventions (agriculture of precision and digital); the characterization chemical-physical, sensory and consumer science products food enon food ;for the enhancement of productions.