Federico Leoni | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Research

Agroecology, Weed Science, Organic Farming, Cover Crops, Intercropping, Living Mulches, Plant-Plant Interactions

Publications

Leoni, F.; Carlesi, S.; Lazzaro, M.; Esposito, M.; Moonen, A. -C.

Annual, Annual Self-Seeding and Perennial Legume Living Mulches (LLMs) Shape Weed Community Composition and Diversity During the Wheat–Sorghum Fallow Period Open new browser tab

(2026)
Triacca, A.; Nerucci, G.; Leoni, F.; Carlesi, S.; Reckling, M.; Horneburg, B.; Rahman, M. S.; Moonen, A. C.; Nendel, C.

Lentil and chickpea crop growth and yield prediction across Europe Open new browser tab

(2026)
Leoni, Federico; Ceccanti, Costanza; Pagnotta, Eleonora; Matteo, Roberto; Florio, Marta; Guidi, Lucia; Moonen, Anna-Camilla

Permanent living mulches of white clover and bird's-foot trefoil affect the biomass and nutraceutical quality of organic broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) inflorescences Open new browser tab

(2026)
Formica, Valentina; Romano, Daniela; Verdeguer, Mercedes; Zingale, Silvia; Leoni, Federico; Carlesi, Stefano; Bàrberi, Paolo; Guarnaccia, Paolo

Mild abiotic stresses improve essential oils yield and composition of Mediterranean medicinal and aromatic plants with minimal impact on plant growth: A systematic literature review Open new browser tab

(2026)
Bàrberi, Paolo; Carlesi, Stefano; Leoni, Federico

Weed management in organic Conservation Agriculture systems Open new browser tab

(2025)
Leoni, Federico; Nigro, Francesco; Duce, Celia; González-Rivera, José; Mattonai, Marco; Ribechini, Erika; Bàrberi, Paolo; Carlesi, Stefano

Water Residues from Rosemary Essential Oil Production: Transforming Waste into a Potential Bioherbicide Open new browser tab

(2025)
Formica, Valentina; Leoni, Federico; Duce, Celia; González-Rivera, José; Onor, Massimo; Guarnaccia, Paolo; Carlesi, Stefano; Bàrberi, Paolo

Controlled drought stress affects rosemary essential oil composition with minimal impact on biomass yield Open new browser tab

(2024)
Lorenzetti, Elisa; Leoni, Federico; Koskey, Gilbert; Bàrberi, Paolo

Increasing diversity gradient in lentil mixtures for intercropping with wheat reveals an increase in lentil biomass with minimal impact on mycorrhizal activity Open new browser tab

(2024)
Leoni, Federico; Lazzaro, Mariateresa; Carlesi, Stefano; Moonen, Anna-Camilla

Screening suitable legumes for living mulches to support nitrogen dynamics and weed control in a durum wheat-forage sorghum crop sequence Open new browser tab

(2024)
Triacca, Alessandro; Nerucci, Gabriele; Nendel, Claas; Carlesi, Stefano; Leoni, Federico; Moonen, Anna-Camilla

Adapting Italian Agriculture to Climate Change: A MONICA Model Analysis of Chickpea and Lentil Phenology Shifts; Open new browser tab

(2024)