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Plant Biology and Microbiology

The lines of research developed by the group are:

  • interactions between host and symbiont in mycorrhizal symbiosis, with attention to the qualitative and quantitative effects induced in the plant
  • effects of heavy metals and metalloids on plants used as model systems
  • phytoremediation of contaminated sites: case studies
  • use of biotic resistance elicitors in the fight against phytoplasmosis. Studies in model systems
  • use of biofertilizers, mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria, to improve the quality and productivity of agricultural crops, in conditions of low fertilization: case studies
  • suppression of opportunistic human pathogens through the use of natural substances (essential oils) (LS6_7)
  • analysis of the microbial communities of polluted, natural, stressed and agricultural soils with different management using molecular techniques (LS8-1)
  • study of bacteria / mycorrhizal fungi / plants interactions; selection of nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and plant growth promoting bacteria (LS8_11)
  • identification of beneficial microorganisms for plants (biofertilizers, biopesticides, bioherbicides and modulators of the nutritional parameters of the edible parts) (LS9_5)

Team Leaders: prof. Guido Lingua, prof.ssa Elisa Gamalero

Team members  Flavio AnastasiaPatrizia CesaroElisa GamaleroGuido LinguaNadia MassaGiorgia NovelloValeria Todeschini

 

Last modified 14 July 2022