Trees and Timber Institute National Research Council - CNR Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy.

Annarita Leva is Researcher at IVALSA-CNR in Sesto Fiorentino (Florence, Italy). She performs the position as Researcher since August 1982, and has been Leader of Projects on biotechnologies applied to perennial fruit crops ( Olea europaea L. predominantly. On 2012, Annarita Leva has received the" Antico Fattore" prestigious scientific award of the Academy of Georgofili, for an innovative methodology applied to olive tissue culture.