Presently I’m in charge of the institute nursery where we produce several woody plants used in our fields trial.
The main interest is related to the Elm breeding; recently we released another DED resistant hybrid ‘Morfeo’ (2011/0223) and many others elm clones are on study for urban plantations and bioenergetical purpose.
Another aspect is the relationship between DED fungus O. novo-ulmi s.l. and several Geosmithia spp fungus, that are considered no-pathogenic on elm, sharing the same host-plant and vectors.