Site/Institution | Experiment Name | Surface Soil Texture | Primary contact | |
| ERSAF | MOSAC | silty-clay | Stefano Brenna | stefano.brenna@ersaf.lombardia.it |
| MOSAC | silt loam | Stefano Brenna | stefano.brenna@ersaf.lombardia.it | |
| Fagna | loam | Nadia Vignozzi | nadia.vignozzi@crea.gov.it | |
| Legume-cereal cropping systems | sandy-clay-loam | Gianluca Carboni | gcarboni@agrisricerca.it | |
| Legume-cereal cropping systems | loam | Gianluca Carboni | gcarboni@agrisricerca.it | |
| Forage cropping systems | sandy loam | Paolo Mulè | pmule@agrisricerca.it | |
| Legume-cereal-forage cropping systems farming | sandy clay loam; sandy clay; sandy clay loam | Paolo Mulè | pmule@agrisricerca.it | |
| PD1 | silty loam | Antonio Berti | antonio.berti@unipd.it | |
| PD2 | Antonio Berti | antonio.berti@unipd.it | ||
| PD3 | sand; silt-loam; clay | Antonio Berti | antonio.berti@unipd.it | |
| PD4 | sand; peaty; clay | Antonio Berti | antonio.berti@unipd.it | |
| BioSyst | clay loam | Marcello Guiducci | marcello.guiducci@unipg.it; giacomo.tosti@unipg.it | |
| NewSMOCA | clay loam | Marcello Guiducci | marcello.guiducci@unipg.it; giacomo.tosti@unipg.it | |
| Tetto Frati | sandy loam | Laura Zavattaro | laura.zavattaro@unito.it | |
| Policoro1 | clay loam | Giuseppe De Mastro | giuseppe.demastro@uniba.it | |
| Policoro2 | clay loam | Giuseppe De Mastro | giuseppe.demastro@uniba.it | |
| Montepaldi | silty clay loam/clay loam with widespread gravel | Gaio Cesare Pacini | gaiocesare.pacini@unifi.it | |
| Move | fine loam | Gabriele Campanelli | gabriele.campanelli@crea.gov.it | |
| Palap9 | clay | Giancarlo Roccuzzo | giancarlo.roccuzzo@crea.gov.it | |
| ADO_MOLTI | Enrico Maria Lodolini | enricomaria.lodolini@crea.gov.it | ||
| CRLTE (FG-4 (SCA1-ICFAR)) | clay-loam | Domenico Ventrella | domenico.ventrella@crea.gov.it | |
| FG-5 (SCA2-ICFAR) | clay-loam | Domenico Ventrella | domenico.ventrella@crea.gov.it | |
| FG-6 (DeGiorgio) | clay-loam | Domenico Ventrella | domenico.ventrella@crea.gov.it | |
| CALTE (FG-Pod124) | clay-loam | Domenico Ventrella | domenico.ventrella@crea.gov.it |
| CREA | CREA-ZA Lodi | Massimo Valagussa | info@maclab.it |
Experiment Name | Site/Institution | Year of initiation | Topic |
| MOSAC | ERSAF | 2012 | conservation agriculture |
| MOSAC | 2014 | conservation agriculture | |
| Fagna | 1994 | continuous maize (12 plots) and 3-year rotation (maize - wheat - bean, 12 plots); tillage, different depth, inversion/non inversion: minimum tillage to 10-15 cm by disk harrowing (DH), ripper subsoiling to 40-45 cm depth (RS), shallow mouldboard ploughing to 20 cm depth (SP), conventional mouldboard ploughing to 40 cm depth (DP) | |
| Legume-cereal cropping systems | 2003 | Conservation agriculture vs conventional and crop succession | |
| Legume-cereal cropping systems | 2003 | Conservation agriculture vs conventional and crop succession | |
| Forage cropping systems | 2010 | conservation agriculture and crop succession | |
| Legume-cereal-forage cropping systems farming | 2013 | conservation agriculture vs conventional and crop succession | |
| PD1 | 1962 | continuos soil cover , conservation agriculture; crops: wheat, maize, soybean, sugarbeet, alfalfa, permanent meadow; 7 crop rotations; oragnic and mineral inputs; 288 plots (47 m^2 each) | |
| PD2 | 1966 | main factors: N input, residue management; crops: wheat, maize, tomato, sugarbeet, four-year rotation; organic and mineral input over a wide range of N inputs; 64 plots (36 m^2 each) | |
| PD3 | 1970 | main factors: N input, residue management in different soils; crops: wheat, maize, tomato, sugarbeet, four-year rotation; organic and mineral input over a wide range of N inputs; 108 open lysimeter (4 m^2 each). Starting from 2013, the experimtal design has been modified again introducting the application of wood biochar at two rates (20 and 40 t/ha) and reducing the fertilisation levels to 0, 100 and 300 kg/ha | |
| PD4 | 1964 | main factors: organic or mineral fertilization in different soils; crops: wheat, maize, tomato, sugarbeet, four-year rotation; organic, mineral or mixed (FYM+mineral) input; 36 open lysimeters (4 m^2 each) | |
| BioSyst | 1999 | organic vs conventional low input | |
| NewSMOCA | 2013 | organic vs conventional vs organic + soil conservation management cropping system | |
| Tetto Frati | 1992 | Fertilization | |
| Policoro1 | 1972 | fertilization: durum wheat in rotation with sugar beet, corn and pulses under different levels of NPK fertilizer arranged in a factorial experiment | |
| Policoro2 | 2010 | conservation agrigulture: faba bean in rotation with durum wheat; different tillage levels; different fertilizer rates (0, 30, 60, 90 kg N ha-1) | |
| Montepaldi | 1991 | conventional vs old organic vs new organic | |
| Move | 2001 | organic rotation, no-till, cover crops | |
| Palap9 | 1995 | Organic system, Fertilization, cover crops, irrigation | |
| ADO_MOLTI | 2019 | sustainable nutrition management, cultivar comparison | |
| CRLTE (FG-4 (SCA1-ICFAR)) | 1977 | Conventional agriculture: crop residue management, N fertilization | |
| FG-5 (SCA2-ICFAR) | 1990 | Conventional agriculture: crop residue management, crop rotation, N fertilization | |
| FG-6 (DeGiorgio) | 1989 | Conventional agriculture: crop roation, fertilization, tillage | |
| CALTE (FG-Pod124) | 2002 | Conservation agriculture: tillage | |
| CREA-ZA Lodi | CREA | 2017 | biochar |
Topic | Classification System | Surface Soil Texture | Experiment Name |
| conservation agriculture | Chromic Haplustert | silty-clay | MOSAC |
| conservation agriculture | Typic Haplustalf | silt loam | MOSAC |
| continuous maize (12 plots) and 3-year rotation (maize - wheat - bean, 12 plots); tillage, different depth, inversion/non inversion: minimum tillage to 10-15 cm by disk harrowing (DH), ripper subsoiling to 40-45 cm depth (RS), shallow mouldboard ploughing to 20 cm depth (SP), conventional mouldboard ploughing to 40 cm depth (DP) | Fluventic Eutrudept | loam | Fagna |
| Conservation agriculture vs conventional and crop succession | Petrocalcic Palexeralf | sandy-clay-loam | Legume-cereal cropping systems |
| Conservation agriculture vs conventional and crop succession | Vertic Epiaquept | loam | Legume-cereal cropping systems |
| conservation agriculture and crop succession | Ultic Palexeralf | sandy loam | Forage cropping systems |
| conservation agriculture vs conventional and crop succession | Ultic Palexeralf; Aquultic Haploxeralf; Typic Xerortent | sandy clay loam; sandy clay; sandy clay loam | Legume-cereal-forage cropping systems farming |
| continuos soil cover , conservation agriculture; crops: wheat, maize, soybean, sugarbeet, alfalfa, permanent meadow; 7 crop rotations; oragnic and mineral inputs; 288 plots (47 m^2 each) | silty loam | PD1 | |
| main factors: N input, residue management; crops: wheat, maize, tomato, sugarbeet, four-year rotation; organic and mineral input over a wide range of N inputs; 64 plots (36 m^2 each) | PD2 | ||
| main factors: N input, residue management in different soils; crops: wheat, maize, tomato, sugarbeet, four-year rotation; organic and mineral input over a wide range of N inputs; 108 open lysimeter (4 m^2 each). Starting from 2013, the experimtal design has been modified again introducting the application of wood biochar at two rates (20 and 40 t/ha) and reducing the fertilisation levels to 0, 100 and 300 kg/ha | sand; silt-loam; clay | PD3 | |
| main factors: organic or mineral fertilization in different soils; crops: wheat, maize, tomato, sugarbeet, four-year rotation; organic, mineral or mixed (FYM+mineral) input; 36 open lysimeters (4 m^2 each) | sand; peaty; clay | PD4 | |
| organic vs conventional low input | clay loam | BioSyst | |
| organic vs conventional vs organic + soil conservation management cropping system | clay loam | NewSMOCA | |
| Fertilization | sandy loam | Tetto Frati | |
| fertilization: durum wheat in rotation with sugar beet, corn and pulses under different levels of NPK fertilizer arranged in a factorial experiment | clay loam | Policoro1 | |
| conservation agrigulture: faba bean in rotation with durum wheat; different tillage levels; different fertilizer rates (0, 30, 60, 90 kg N ha-1) | clay loam | Policoro2 | |
| conventional vs old organic vs new organic | silty clay loam/clay loam with widespread gravel | Montepaldi | |
| organic rotation, no-till, cover crops | Typic Calcixerept | fine loam | Move |
| Organic system, Fertilization, cover crops, irrigation | clay | Palap9 | |
| sustainable nutrition management, cultivar comparison | ADO_MOLTI | ||
| Conventional agriculture: crop residue management, N fertilization | Fine, mesic, Typic Chromoxerert | clay-loam | CRLTE (FG-4 (SCA1-ICFAR)) |
| Conventional agriculture: crop residue management, crop rotation, N fertilization | Fine, mesic, Typic Chromoxerert | clay-loam | FG-5 (SCA2-ICFAR) |
| Conventional agriculture: crop roation, fertilization, tillage | Fine, mesic, Typic Chromoxerert | clay-loam | FG-6 (DeGiorgio) |
| Conservation agriculture: tillage | Fine, mesic, Typic Chromoxerert | clay-loam | CALTE (FG-Pod124) |
| biochar | CREA-ZA Lodi |