Dr Pietro Iannetta is research leader in Agroecology, and based within the Dept. of Ecological Sciences at the James Hutton Institute [1]. 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 [2], ‘novel crops and farming practices’; Deputy-Coordinator, RADIANT [3]; work-package leader, econutri [4]; Executive Committee Advisor, FRAMEWork [5]. Coordinator, MARINADE [6]. Dr Iannetta’s recently concluded projects include: TRUE [7], Coordinator; TOMRES [8], work-package leader; and Executive Committee Advisor, DIVERSify [9].
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 [10]
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 [11]
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 [12]
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 [13]
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 [14]
