PrintDr Pietro Iannetta is research leader in Agroecology, and based within the Dept. of Ecological Sciences at the James Hutton Institute. Dr Iannetta delivers strategic and applied research; mainly on the multi-functional potential of legumes and working closely with a broad range of stakeholders; particularly through his European Commission supported activities. His current projects include: Principal Investigator, Scottish Government's (RESAS) Strategic Research Programme, ‘novel crops and farming practices’; Deputy-Coordinator, RADIANT; work-package leader, econutri; Executive Committee Advisor, FRAMEWork. Coordinator, MARINADE. Dr Iannetta’s recently concluded projects include: TRUE, Coordinator; TOMRES, work-package leader; and Executive Committee Advisor, DIVERSify.
Publications
Iannetta, P.P.M., Young, M., Bachinger, J., Bergkvist, G., Lopez-Bellido, R.J., Doltra, J., Monti, M., Pappa, V.A., Reckling, M., Topp, C.F.E., Walker, R.L., Rees, R.M., Watson, C.A., James, E.K., Squire G,R, Begg, G.S. (2016). A comparative nitrogen balance and productivity analysis of legume and non-legume supported cropping systems: the potential role of biological nitrogen fixation. Frontiers in Plant Science 7, 1700. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.01700
Squire, G.R., Quesada, N., Begg, G.S., Iannetta, P.P.M. (2019). Transitions to greater legume inclusion in cropland: defining opportunities and estimating benefits for the nitrogen economy. Food and Energy Security. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.175
Tran, F., Holland, J.E., Quesada, N., Young, M., Bienkowski, D., Savvas, D., Schubert, A., Ntatsi, G., White, P.J., Begg, G.S., Iannetta, P.P.M. (2021). What evidence exists on the effectiveness of the techniques and management approaches used to improve the productivity of field grown tomatoes under conditions of water-, nitrogen- and/or phosphorus-deficit? A systematic map. Environmental Evidence 10, 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-021-00229-9
Balázs, B., Keleman, E., Centofanti, T., Vasconcelos, M., Iannetta, P.P.M (2021). Policy interventions promoting sustainable food- and feed-systems: a Delphi study of legume production. Sustainability 13, 7597. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147597
Iannetta, P.P.M., Hawes, C., Begg, G.S, Maaß, H., Ntatsi, G., Savvas, D., Vasconcelos, M., Hamann, K., Williams. M., Styles, D., Toma, L., Shrestha, S., Balázs, B., Kelemen, E., Debeljak, M., Trajanov, A., Vickers, R., Rees, R.M. (2021). A multifunctional solution for wicked problems: value-chain wide facilitation of legumes cultivated at bioregional scales is necessary to address the climate-biodiversity-nutrition nexus. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 239. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.692137
