He shaped the program for the collection of seed accessions of traditional Italian varieties of maize during 1954 and 1955, and sponsored the program selection of inbred lines, fixed from such varieties and their combinations with American lines, under the coordination of his pupil and friend Aureliano Brandolini.
Nel 1968 passò alla direzione del nuovo "Istituto sperimentale di assestamento forestale e alpicoltura" di Trento, che guidò fino al 1974.