Publications by authors named "Alice Calvo"
Impact of two sp. on the response of diverse genotypes under salt stress.
Physiol Mol Biol Plants
February 2024
Unlabelled: Currently, salinization is impacting more than 50% of arable land, posing a significant challenge to agriculture globally. Salt causes osmotic and ionic stress, determining cell dehydration, ion homeostasis, and metabolic process alteration, thus negatively influencing plant development. A promising sustainable approach to improve plant tolerance to salinity is the use of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB).
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- Soil functionality is vital for ecosystem services, and urbanization significantly alters the microbial composition of soil, impacting sustainable city development.
- This study focuses on urban flowerbeds in Prato, Italy, using DNA metabarcoding and GC-MS analysis to assess microbial biodiversity and VOC emission profiles.
- Findings indicate that VOCs are linked to both human activities and biological processes, with notable correlations found between specific microbial communities and VOC patterns, suggesting that microbe-VOC relationships can help evaluate soil quality in urban environments.
Picco is a greatly appreciated truffle species mainly distributed in Italy. Its price and characteristics mostly depend on its geographical origin. Truffles represent a fundamental step of the life cycle of species promoting spore dissemination.
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