Research Projects

In the last decade, High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS), also referred to as Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), has revolutionized biology and medicine. The technology allows DNA and RNA sequencing data to be generated in huge amounts at a very low cost, enabling the parallel processing of many samples. The resulting large amounts ...

Set up of sentinel plantations to prevent the introduction of alien invasive pests and pathogens. Project leader: Alberto Santini IPSP personnel: Nicola Luchi, Duccio Migliorini, Emanuele Nigrone, Francesco Pecori, Alessia L. Pepori. Start: 01/09/2019 End: 30/09/2022 ...

Aims of the project: The project includes monitoring activities throughout the Tuscan territory of some alien pathogenic organisms that are subject to quarantine measures and the development of precise, rapid and effective diagnostic systems. Project leader: Alberto Santini IPSP personnel: Nicola Luchi, Duccio Migliorini, Emanuele Nigrone, Francesco Pecori, Alessia L. ...

Institutional collaboration between the Phytosanitary Sector and Technical-Scientific Services of the Piedmont Region and the Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection for the identification and characterization of plant pathogens and parasites and the development of sustainable strategies for their control; the study of interactions with other plant organisms and the environment; ...

Bilateral agreement CNR-JSPS (Japan): identification of new metabolic models and related genes and enzymes involved in this degradation process, through physiological, biochemical and genetic analyses of strains selected for resistance to PCP of Drosophila melanogaster. Project Leader: Maurilia Monti IPSP personnel: Paolo Pedata Start: 20/03/2020 End: 31/12/2022 ...

MYCO-GRAPE is a project of the Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation (Split, Croatia) funded by the Croatian Science Fundation. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are proven to have potential for alleviation of biotic stress in plants and activation of mycorrhiza-induced resistance. However, there are significant gaps in the knowledge ...

The Bat-Ram project plans to apply Raman spectroscopy to rapidly characterize and identify plant pathogenic bacteria, e.g. Pseudomonas syringae, Xanthomonas campestris, Erwinia amylovora, agents of serious bacteriosis on actinidia, bean and pome fruit crops. The technique will be validated on other bacterial species and on various isolates present in the ...

The BIOVEXO Project explores innovative biopesticides, which target the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. Six candidate biocontrol solutions (bacterial strains, microbial metabolites, plant extracts, entomopathogenic fungus) acting either against X. fastidiosa or its vector will be tested within the BIOVEXO Project. These biopesticides will be evaluated for use in curative and preventive approaches of X. fastidiosa to ...

Hazelnut cultivation in Piedmont is a rapidly growing agricultural sector characterized by: i) constant and significant increase in the total area planted; ii) high quality profile of its production, based on the cultivar ‘Tonda Gentile Trilobata’ (TGT). This favorable situation is contrasted by the negative impact of climate change on ...

Aims of the project: push companies to adopt autonomous control criteria to avoid the introduction of alien and / or emerging pathogens and insects. To do this, we intend to draw up a list of those potentially associated with the ornamental species cultivated in the Pistoia district which, with the ...

The project WATDEV – Climate Smart WATer Management and Sustainable DEVelopment for Food and Agriculture in East Africa is funded by the DeSIRA initiative of the European Union and aims to develop an in-depth understanding of small and large-scale water and agricultural resource dynamics and management while boosting people’s resilience ...

The project LIFE CAPT-TILE, financed by the European Union, aims at developing innovative and easily accessible solutions for a green and sustainable architecture. This project focuses on the integration of novel clay tiles with urban greening systems able to host a layer of “synthetic mineral soil” which allows plants to ...

Contract between Università’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza and CNR – Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection for the realization of the project n. 29 “DEBUG – New knowledge for the control of the alien pest Halyomorpha halys in vineyards of the Lombardy Region ” funded by Regione Lombardia 2018 D.D.S. ...

The project aims at introducing logistic and process innovations, both agronomic and technological, in the chestnut ecoystem, relative to the management of c residues and therefore of the carbon cycle. The protocol is founded on the preparation of ligno-cellulosic piles deriving from both crop residues of the chestnut (fallen hedgehogs, ...

The aim of the CRIREC project is to recover varieties of chrysanthemum in great demand from a commercial point of view, but which have now disappeared from the catalogs of both Dutch and Danish breeders; the varieties “Turner”, “Snowdon”, “Dilana” and “Spider” will be considered which, due to viral diseases ...

CropSafe is a European project that addresses the challenge of reducing chemical pesticides through a systemic and sustainable approach. The consortium, composed of universities, research centers, and companies from seven countries (Spain, Norway, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, and Switzerland), develops biopesticides based on bioactive compounds extracted from residual ...

Dissection of molecular mechanisms underlying tolerance to virus and viroid infection in grafted tomato plants (DiVInGrafT) PROGETTI DI RICERCA DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE NAZIONALE (PRIN)– Bando 2022; Finanziato dall’Unione Europea – Next Generation EU   The DiVInGrafT research project aims to uncover the molecular mechanisms of grafting in the activation of ...

The main objective of DroNuts is the construction of a hardware and software infrastructure capable of providing the Piedmontese sector of hazelnut production with an economic and reliable remote sensing service, based on the use of drones able to evaluate the pathophysiological state of the plants.   Project Leader: Emanuela ...

In the frame of this project, IPSP collaborates with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to the activities regarding the preparation of commodity risk assessment.   Project Leader: Francesco Di Serio IPSP personnel: Umberto Bernardo, Giovanni Bubici, Nicola Centorame, Michela Chiumenti, Cristina Marzachì, Concetta Mottura, Elena Fanelli. Start: 01/06/2020 End: ...

ESOPO – Enhancing the organic supply chain of aromatic and medicinal plants to define biopesticides and biostimulants for organic tomato cultivation. When adopting organic production methods, one of the main problems to be addressed is protecting plants from diseases and finding alternative, effective approaches to using agrochemicals. This project involves ...