Table Of ContentMaster of Science 
Theses 
 
 
Land and water resources management 
Integrated pest management of Mediterranean fruit crops 
Mediterranean organic agriculture 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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edited by Wanda Occhialini 
CIHEAM-IAMB Documentation Center 
November 2015
CONTENTS 
CONTENTS 
 
 
A.Y. 1989-1990 ............................................................................. 7 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION ................................... 7 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....................... 12 
A.Y. 1990-1991 ........................................................................... 14 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION ................................. 14 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....................... 20 
A.Y. 1991-1992 ........................................................................... 23 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION ................................. 23 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....................... 29 
A.Y. 1992-1993 ........................................................................... 31 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION ................................. 31 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....................... 38 
A.Y. 1993-1994 ........................................................................... 43 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE - JULY SESSION .................................. 43 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....................... 51 
A.Y. 1994-1995 ........................................................................... 54 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION ................................. 54 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....................... 61 
A.Y. 1995-1996 ........................................................................... 66 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION ................................. 66 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....................... 72 
A.Y. 1996-1997 ........................................................................... 76 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION ................................. 76 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....................... 86 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – SEPTEMBER SESSION ....................... 89 
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A.Y. 1997-1998 ........................................................................... 90 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION ................................. 90 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....................... 98 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................ 100 
A.Y. 1998-1999 ......................................................................... 105 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ..................... 105 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....... 109 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 114 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – DECEMBER SESSION118 
A.Y. 1999-2000 ......................................................................... 120 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....... 120 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ..................... 124 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - OCTOBER SESSION . 128 
A.Y. 2000-2001 ......................................................................... 134 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....... 134 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ..................... 138 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 143 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – NOVEMBER SESSION147 
A.Y. 2001-2002 ......................................................................... 148 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ..................... 148 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....... 151 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION .................................. 156 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 161 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 163 
A.Y. 2002-2003 ......................................................................... 168 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION .................................. 168 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ....... 171 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JULY SESSION ..................... 178 
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ORGANIC AGRICULTURE ............................................................. 182 
A.Y. 2003-2004 .......................................................................... 184 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – JUNE SESSION ....... 184 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JUNE SESSION ..................... 188 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – JUNE SESSION .................................. 192 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - OCTOBER SESSION . 196 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 199 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – DECEMBER SESS. ... 203 
A.Y. 2004-2005 .......................................................................... 204 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION . 204 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 213 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT - OCTOBER SESSION ............... 214 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 218 
A.Y. 2005-2006 .......................................................................... 225 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION . 225 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION ............... 234 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 239 
A.Y. 2006-2007 .......................................................................... 246 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION . 246 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION ............... 254 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 260 
A.Y. 2007-2008 .......................................................................... 266 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION . 266 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION ............... 274 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 281 
A.Y. 2008-2009 .......................................................................... 288 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION . 288 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION ............... 296 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 302 
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A.Y. 2009-2010 ......................................................................... 310 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 310 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION .............. 316 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 321 
A.Y. 2010-2011 ......................................................................... 326 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 326 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION .............. 330 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 336 
A.Y. 2011-2012 ......................................................................... 342 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 342 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION .............. 348 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 354 
A.Y. 2012-2013 ......................................................................... 361 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 361 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION .............. 368 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 374 
A.Y. 2013-2014 ......................................................................... 381 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 381 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION .............. 384 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – OCTOBER SESSION ........................... 388 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 393 
A.Y. 2014-2015 ......................................................................... 395 
INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT – JUNE SESSION .................... 395 
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE – JUNE SESSION ................................. 400 
LAND & WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT – OCTOBER SESSION 405 
 
 
 
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ANALYTICAL INDEXES ................................................................. 412 
MASTER STUDENTS 
List of NAMES with COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN and THESES NUMBER
 ......................................................................................... 413 
SCIENTIFIC TEAM 
List of SUPERVISORS, CO-SUPERVISORS, ADVISORS and CO-
ADVISORS and THESES NUMBER ........................................... 429 
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A.Y. 1989-1990 
IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE – JULY SESSION 
1.  FAKHEUR Samet (Tunisia) 
Supervisor : N. Katerji 
Étude comparé des méthodes d'estimation de l'évapotranspiration potentielle 
en climat Méditerranéen du sud de l'Italie (Région de Bari). - 80 p. 
Abstract : Connaître le degré de précision des formules les plus couramment 
utilisées dans la pratique pour l'estimation de l'évapotranspiration potentielle 
en région méditerranéenne du sud de l'Italie (Rutigliano) est d'une importance 
notable pour une utilisation rationnelle des ressources hydriques. Notre étude 
propose de tester des formules de l'évapotranspiration potentielle à partir des 
références (évapotranspiration maximale du gazon, évaporation du bac classe 
"A") en se basant sur des mesures climatiques journalières effectuées à la 
station  agroclimatique  (ISA  Bari)  de  Rutigliano,  sur  une  période  de  trois 
années (1987-1989). Les résultats obtenus montrent que: parmi les formules 
étudiées (Penman, Blaney et Criddle, Turc), la formule de Turc est celle qui 
donne  les  valeurs  les  plus  proches  de  l'ETP  de  référence.  La  formule  de 
Penman est adapte aux caractéristiques du climat local sous réserve qu'une 
révision  des  relations  empiriques  utilisées  dans  l'estimation  des  différents 
termes qui la compose soit réalisée pour tenir compte des conditions locales. 
Les  mesures  du  bac  classe  "A"  sont  un  moyen  intéressant  pour  estimer 
l'évapotranspiration du moment ou on applique a ces mesures un coefficient 
déduit  de  l'étude  d'Allen  et  Pruitt  (1990).  Enfin,  et  compte  tenu  que 
l'évapotranspiration est avant tout un phénomène énergétique, on a cherché 
une approche du type de Priestley et Taylor à partir du rayonnement net 
mesuré et de la durée d'insolation. Cette approche s'est révélée intéressante 
dans la mesure où elle conduit à des résultats satisfaisants et qu'elle utilise 
des paramètres météorologiques moins nombreux. 
2.  NEJIB Bouzid (Tunisia) 
Supervisor : N. Katerji 
Fonctionnement hydrique et production de la fève (Vicia faba L.) en relation 
avec la salinité de l'eau d'irrigation. - 71 p. 
Abstract : Cette expérience réalisée sur une culture de fève et en présence de 
deux  types  de  sol  a  permis  d'étudier  les  effets  de  la  salinité  de  l'eau 
d'irrigation sur le fonctionnement hydrique, la croissance et le rendement de la 
plante. Les trois critères d'étude du fonctionnement hydrique se sont révélés 
sensibles  à  la  salinité  de  l'eau  d'irrigation:  le  potentiel  hydrique  de  base 
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diminue,  la  résistance  stomatique  et  la  température  radiative  foliaire 
augmentent. Le critère le plus sensible et le plus simple à déterminer est 
cependant  le  potentiel  de  base.  La  croissance  normale  de  la  plante  est 
compromise et son rendement s'est réduit en conditions de salinité de l'eau 
d'irrigation. Tous les effets observés sont plus intenses sur le sol limoneux-
argileux comparé à celui limoneux-sableux. 
3.  EL-SAYED MAHROUS Samira (Egypt) 
Supervisor: J. W. van Hoorn 
Lysimeter experiments with saline water: salt balance and salt movement. - 
38 p. 
Abstract :  This  investigation  was  undertaken  to  study  salt  balance  and 
movement in soils. The experiment was conducted in drainable lysimeters in 
silt loam and silty loam soil; broad bean was used as an indicator plant under 
irrigation with saline water of 4 and 8 ds/m for the first soil and 2,4 ds/m for 
the second one beside a control treatment irrigated with fresh water (0.9 
ds/M).  The  conclusions  which  may  be  drawn  from  the  results  could  be 
summarized  as  follows:  the  salt  accumulation  depends  on  the  salt 
concentration of the irrigation water and the leaching fraction; it becomes less 
pronounced  and  even  decreases  when  the  leaching  fraction  increase.  The 
highest salt concentration in the soil profile gradually changes towards greater 
depth, showing the highest value in the bottom layers. Comparison between 
the measured increase in salt concentration of the soil water after irrigation 
and the values calculated from the difference between input from irrigation 
water  and  output  from  drainage  water,  suggests  an  exchange  of  sodium 
against calcium at the soil complex and precipitation of calcium carbonate. 
4.  KADRIBASIC Muriz (Yugoslavia) 
Supervisor: A. Castorani 
Equivalent pipeline methodology in computation of water hammer. Effects in 
branched irrigation network. Analysis and possibilities. – 2 vol. - 59 p. + 
annexes 
Abstract : The feasibility of unsteady flow effects computations in branched 
water supply schemes applying equivalency methods in the goal of the thesis. 
The  idea  of  the  research  work  is  to  establish  the  range  of  error  when 
computing extreme values of pressure due to water hammer in equivalent 
pipeline related to the original scheme.  The equivalency method  refers to 
substitution of the branched network by an equivalent pipeline. The method of 
Virtual  Piezometric  Heads  is  used  for  solution  of  water  hammer.  Three 
equivalency criterions applied in the work considered kinetic energy, elastic 
potential energy and frictional head losses. Performed analysis treated three 
types of water supply schemes (w.s.s.1,2,3). Schemes of type 1 are typical 
irrigation schemes with hydrants as a final point. In schemes of type 2 and 3 
hydrants  were  replaced  with  reservoirs  of  infinite  volume.  Analysis  of  the 
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simulated data for w.s.s.1 showed that in general the differences in pressures 
computed in real scheme and equivalent pipelines are in the limits of +-2 m. 
Safety level attained when applying equivalency criterions for protective device 
design is quite high, and can be used for that purpose. Analysis proved that 
the  equivalency  methodology  can  be  satisfactorily  applied  for  air  chamber 
design in w.s.s.2, application of the equivalency methodology enables, when 
w.s.s.3 are considered, valve closure time computation in relation to pressure 
variation, and can be used for feasibility study design. 
5.  KOSSONOU Yao (Yvory Coast) 
Supervisor : V. A. Copertino 
Analyse  régionale  des  basses  eaux  à  travers  la  courbe  de  “durée 
d’écoulement”. - 66 p. 
Abstract : This study is based on the idea that a long term runoff on a area 
can  be  considered  as  more  dependent  on  the  physical  and  climatic 
characteristics of the catchement area than on the quantity of precipitations, 
and that low flow rate extracted from data could be related statistically to 
these characteristics to generate low flow forecasting formulas at unguaged 
sites. The aim of this study is to enable engineers to draw the flow duration 
curve when hydrological data are missing, relying only upon physical and 
climatic characteristics of the catchment area for the design of hydraulic works 
(operational discharge determination) and for water resource management: 
The application to Apulia provided satisfactory results and, contrary to the 
conclusions  of  the  Institute  of  hydrology  Wallingford,  showed  that  the 
catchment area is the major parameter for arid and semiarid regions. 
6.  KOFFI Germain Akoubia (Yvory Coast) 
Supervisor : G. Grittani 
Évaluation  economique  à  posteriori  du  réseau  d'irrigation  du  projet  Sinni-
Salento. - 49 p. 
Abstract : Cette étude s'est intéressée à l'évaluation économique à posteriori 
du  réseau  d'irrigation  du  projet  Sinni-Salento  en  utilisant  la  technique  de 
l'analyse  avantage-cout  référée  à  Bergman  et  Boussard.  Apres  avoir 
explicitement défini les paramètres essentiels qui interviennent dans ce genre 
d'étude nous avons choisi comme indicateurs de rentabilité la valeur actuelle 
nette (V.A.N.), le rapport avantage-cout actualisé (R.A.C.A.) et le taux interne 
de  rentabilité  (T.I.R.).  Selon  les  hypothèses  de  calcul  que  nous  avons 
élaborées  le  projet  Sinni,  du  point  de  vue  de  l'irrigation,  comporte  des 
problèmes très sérieux qui peuvent compromettre la rentabilité économique 
envisagée lors de sa conception. Les plus importantes sont : la programmation 
des investissements publics ; la durée des investissements publics. Mais, il est 
clair qu'un projet aussi complexe et a buts multiples (irrigation, industrie, 
potable) comme celui-ci doit être considéré dans son ensemble a fin de ne pas 
faire de jugement assez déplacé. 
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7.  SAAD ABBASS Mohamed (Egypt) 
Supervisor: A. Caliandro 
Residual effect of irrigation regimes and water quality on soil fertility and 
wheat yield. - 55 p. 
Abstract : This investigation was directed to an evaluation of soil productivity 
and grain yield production with respect to the residual accumulated salts in a 
soil subject to continuous irrigation with variable irrigation regimes and saline 
water of EC value 5 ds/m for three successive season (1987-89) growing 
maize-sunflower-maize.  The  data  obtained  demonstrated  the  possibility  of 
using lower water quality in irrigation for summer crops in semiarid region. 
The  autumn  precipitation  showed  its  high  efficiency  in  leaching  the 
accumulated salts. For the use of such water for irrigation to the successful, 
crops  should  be  selected  in  view  of  the  salt  content  in  irrigation  water. 
Moreover,  the  irrigation  requirement  should  be  determined  very  carefully, 
abundant irrigation volumes could lead to a greater salt accumulation rather 
than its removal. 
8.  MILETIC Predrag (Yugoslavia) 
Supervisor: C. De Marzo 
Landsat thematic mapper data application for agricultural resources surveying 
in Mediterranean region. - 126 p. 
Abstract : Satellite remote sensing has been employed for almost two decades 
in agricultural resources inventory management and monitoring, especially in 
the areas of the word were extensive agriculture production is practiced. In 
the case of Mediterranean regions, which are specific in many ways compared 
to other parts of the word, special methods are needed to extract information 
from the remotely sensed images. Landsat TM data were used for large area 
vegetation  cover  mapping.  The  extensive  remotely  sensed  data  set  was 
abridged  using  an  appropriate  transformation-tasseled  cap  TM  transfor-
keeping  95  of  data  variation  in  the  reduced  data  set.  A  method  for 
discrimination of land cover types was designed, profiting as much as possible 
of the multitemporal character of the available satellite images. The resulting 
thematic map was compared with the actual vegetation development cycle 
superimposing hit over the multidate images of the study area. The map was 
also confronted with the information obtained by the work previously carried 
out in the region. Finally, the general land cover distribution pattern was 
checked during the field work. The direct application on a test site in Puglia 
has  demonstrated  that  land  cover  mapping  by  means  of  satellite  digital 
imagery processing proved to be a powerful and useful tool both from the 
classification precision and time consumption point of view. This verification 
proved  that  the  applied  classification  procedure  suggested  in  the  thesis 
achieved a high degree of cover type discrimination on lands which can hardly 
the classified with other methods. These land cover types are mainly olives 
and almonds and to a lower degree vineyards which in earlier works had been 
confused among themselves. 
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Description:irrigation with saline water of 4 and 8 ds/m for the first soil and 2,4 ds/m for  water supply schemes applying equivalency methods in the goal of the  these characteristics to generate low flow forecasting formulas at unguaged .. surveys, graft-transmission tests to almond, apricot, peach and plum