Alessandro Matese

National Research Council, Istituto di Biometeorologia

Papers

Total Citations

284

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About

Alessandro Matese is a leading researcher at the intersection of precision agriculture, viticulture, and remote sensing. His work focuses on developing and applying cutting-edge technologies—particularly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and advanced vegetation indices—to revolutionize vineyard and crop management. Matese’s major contributions are twofold: he has authored a seminal state-of-the-art review on precision viticulture, which has garnered over 229 citations and serves as a foundational text for the field, and he has pioneered high-throughput phenotyping methods using UAVs to discriminate crop vigour, as demonstrated in his highly cited 2017 study on barley. His research demonstrates how site-specific management can simultaneously enhance both grape quality and yield, directly addressing the demands of high-quality wine production regions. With a combined citation count exceeding 284 for these two works alone, Matese’s impact is clear. He is recognized for bridging the gap between emerging sensor technologies and practical agricultural applications, making him a key figure in the ongoing transformation of viticulture and crop science through precision farming.