In collaboration with “Consorzio di Bonifica 3 Medio Valdarno”, the public authority in charge of rivers maintenance and flood management, we started in 2020 a pilot study to identify suitable means of invasive alien speciesRoberto DantiSe containment without the use of herbicides, with the aim of providing management protocols applicable in the regional and supra-regional context. The study will focus in particular on Ailanthus altissima and on the so-called “Japanese knotweed”, a group of exotic species of the genus Reynoutria = Fallopia. For A. altissima, the possibility of applying bio-control…
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Di Prisco Gennaro
RESEARCHER gennaro.dipriscoAT)ipsp.cnr.it 06.4993.27831 publications: Orcid personnel details and activity: People Curriculum Vitae Gennaro Di Prisco studies the ecosystem services of pollinators for the development of ecological and sustainable agriculture (IPSP4Pollinators). Specifically, he works with: monitoring the morpho-molecular biodiversity of the Apoidea insects in natural and agricultural ecosystems with the developing of agroecological techniques for the ecosystem services recovery; use of the honey bee to monitor environmental pollutants related to human activity (crop protection products, Particular matters, heavy metals, dioxins, etc.); study of the impact of environmental stressors, both biotic and…
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RESEARCHER michela.chiumenti(AT)cnr.it 080.544.3071 publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae High-throughput sequencing (HTS) technologies have become an important tool in phytopathology, since they allow either the identification and characterization of infectious agents, without the need of their prior knowledge, or the study of molecular interactions between such organisms and their host plants. In this context, since my Ph.D. in plant health in 2011, I started deepening my bioinformatics and statistical knowledge applied not only to viral diagnostics and metagenomics but also to the virus/viroid-plant interactions. Currently, my…
Read MorePRIN 2017: A multidisciplinary approach to gain sustainable improvement of rice productivity through the co-cultivation with the fern Azolla and its cyanobacterial symbiont
This project focuses on the development of a sustainable innovative way to enhance the productivity of rice (Oryza sativa) under resource-limiting, sub-optimal environmental conditions. The research activity aims at investigating the co-cultivation of rice with Azolla spp., an aquatic pteridophyte that has co-evolved with Anabaena azollae, a symbiotic nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria inhabiting the fern leaflets. The benefits of Azolla spp. have been already well documented through decades of agronomic studies. However, the nature of molecular interactions, particularly the effects of volatile organic compounds (VOC)released by Azolla–Anabaena on rice remain unknown…
Read MoreMicrobial uptakes for sustainable management of major banana pests and diseases (MUSA)
The MUSA project (UE Call H2020-SFS-2016-2017, Sustainable Food Security – Resilient and resource-efficient value chains, topic SFS-11-2016) aims at achieving a sustainable intensification of banana and ensete cultivation in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Canary Islands and the Caribbean, through the identification, development and implementation of IPM methods based on beneficial microorganisms. The Project proposes the use of microbial consortia and banana germplasm, studying the phenotypic and molecular reactions of plants to different biotic stresses (phytoparasitic nematodes, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense and Cosmopolites spp.). The results include data obtained by screening,…
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