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106° ITALIAN BOTANICAL SOCIETY CONGRESS
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
4° Floor Economy Faculty - Darsena
(Genoa, 21 - 24 September 2011)

FINAL PROGRAMME

Wednesday 21 September 2011

9.00 Partecipants registration (4th floor)
10.00-10.45 Opening ceremony

First Symposium: “MARINE BOTANY” - Chairman: C. ANDREOLI
10.15 –

Romero J. - The status of the seagrass habitats
10.50 –Mannino A.M., Di Giovanni D. - Competition among introduced and indigenous submerged macrophytes in a southern Mediterranean shallow system
11.10 –Grimaldi S., G. Puglia, Nicastro A., Pavone P. - Posidonia oceanica genetic diversity assessment through ISSR and SSR analyses in SE Sicilian coast
11.30 –Micheli C., Borfecchia F., Belmonte A., De Cecco L., Martini S., Ceriola G., Bollanos S., Carannante F., Valiante L.M., Fresi E. - Monitoring the restored Posidonia oceanica meadow at S. Marinella (Central Tyrrhenian sea)
11.50 – Greco M., Chiappetta A., Bruno L., Bitonti M.B. - Changes in genome methylation and transcriptional activation of stress responsive genes in Posidonia oceanica plants under stress condition
12.10 –Abbate M., Bordone A., Micheli C., Orlandi M., Simonini R. - Blooms of Ostreopsis ovata in the gulf of La Spezia are related to abiotic factors and may threat a benthic polychaete
12.30 – Mosti S., Ballini R., Papini A. - Indagini ottiche e ultrastrutturali su due specie di Gracilaria presenti nella Laguna di Orbetello e potenzialmente utili per la produzione di biocarburanti e agar
12.50 – Discussion

13.30 – Poster Session (at Students’ Square - 3rd floor) and lunch

Second Symposium: “BIODIVERSITY ALONG COASTS. SHARED MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT” - Chairman: C. BLASI
15.00 – Campostrini P. - Biodiversity Monitoring and adaptive management in the coastal lagoons
15.30 – Sfriso A., Facca C., Bonometto A., Boscolo R. - Macrophytes and ecological status assessment in the Venice lagoon (2010)
15.50 – Bertacchi A., T. Lombardi - Diachronic analysis of changes in environmental carrying dune at Tirrenia (PI) - 1954-2010
16.10 – Speranza M., Ferroni L., Pritoni G. - Plant cover development and sand accumulation: results of one year quantitative monitoring on a constructed dune system
16.30 – Balduzzi I., Vagge I., Corradi N., Ferrari M. - An integrated monitoring procedure of coastal dune fields. The example of Capo Comino area (NE Sardinia, Italy)
16.50 – Ciccarelli D., Bacaro G., Chiarucci A. - Vegetation dynamics on the sandy shores of northern Tuscany in relation to coastal erosion
17.10 – Discussion

17.30 – SBI working groups and nominations of the new Directive Boards (inside the 6 halls at 4th floor: Doria, Boccanegra, Embriaco, Caffaro, Fieschi e Spinola)

21.15 – Concert of Renaissance's music "Se l'aura spira", the love poetry in Renaissance music. Ensemble Fuggilozio. Chiesa inferiore di San Giovanni di Pré. Download the programme


Thurday 22 September 2011

Third Symposium: “BOTANIC GARDENS AND BIODIVERSITY: THEIR ROLE IN CONSERVATION, RESEARCH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” Chairman: P. PAVONE
9.00 – Oldfield S. - The role of the Botanic Gardens and their economic sustainability
9.30 – Hopper S.D. - The Criteria for a Planned Management of the Botanic Gardens and the Feasibility of the Master Plans
10.00 – Mascarello C., Sacco E., Zappa E., Suffia G.I., Mariotti M.G., Ruffoni B - Seed germination performances of several species of the Liguria region
10.20 – Mondoni A., Rossi G. - Botanical Gardens, climate change and research on the longevity of seeds stored ex situ
10.40 – Bedini G., Foggi B., Carta A. - Botanical gardens, germplasm banks and new institutional networks for conservation, research and development at regional level.
11.00 – Villani M., Miola A. - The role of the botanic garden of Padua and the Herbarium Patavinum in taxonomy education

11.20 – Discussion

11.40 –13.30 – Poster Session and lunch (at Students’ Square - 3rd floor)

Fourth Symposium : “GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTATIVE ANSWERS IN PLANTS” - Chairmen: M.B. BITONTI and D.CHIATANTE
15.00 – Schmid M. - The Quest for Florigen: Are we there yet?
15.30 – Van Lijsebettens M. - Chromatin control of organ development and plasticity in plants
16.00 – D’Angeli S., Matteucci M., Errico S., Lamanna R., Perrotta G., Altamura M.M. - Genotype-related cold responses in leaves and fruits of Olea europaea L.
16.20 – Scippa G.S., Trupiano D., Rocco M., De Luca C., Rossi M., Chiatante D. -The biology of woody root: mechanisms controlling the thigmomorphogenesis
16.40 – Pagano G., D’Aquino l., Ippolito M.P., Fasciano C., Tommasi F. - Le terre rare: una risorsa per le piante o un’emergenza ambientale?
17.00 – Discussion

Fifth Symposium “BOTANY CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE HORTICULTURE” - Chairmen: C. PASINI e P. GROSSONI
15.00 – Ducatillion C. - Acclimatation et utilisation d'espèces issues du sauvage dans la floriculture, en rapport avec le changement climatique
15.30 – Serra G. - Trends in botany knowledges and process technologies for a sustainable
16.00 – Mariotti M., Farina E., Fabiano M., Martini P., Gentile G., Vassallo P., Paoli C., Minuto G. - LIFE+ SUMFLOWER Project. An example of integration between research and production chain
16.20 – Caneva G., Savo V., Casalini R. - Ecological and agronomical aspects of Mediterranean plants for urban green roofs
16.40 – Pedrini S., Villa M., Cerabolini B., D’Angelo G., Spoleto P., Rossi G., Vavassori A. - The construction of a native plants certified nursery in the Lombardy Region
17.00 – Discussion

17.30 – Members’ Assemly at Doria’s Hall
21.00 – Social Dinner at the Galata - Sea Museum with a special visit of the Museum


Venerdì 23 Settembre 2011

Sixth Symposium: “NEW FRONTIERS IN APPLIED MICOLOGY” - Chairmen: S. ONOFRI and G. VENTURELLA
9.00 – Agathos S. - Role of Fungi in bioremediation
9.30 – Prenafeta Boldú F. - Fungi as a source for new bioactive natural products
10.00 – Isola D., Selbmann L., Onofri S., Zucconi L. - Isolation and screening of fungi as potential degradors of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons
10.15 – Chinaglia S., Chiarelli L.R., Picco A.M. - Lipolytic activity of microfungi from compost
10.30 – Angelini P., Donnini D., Venanzoni R., Tirillini B. - Allelochemicals isolation from methanol extracts of Tuber magnatum Pico and Tuber borchii Vittad.
10.45 – Maggi O., Ceci A., Dowgiallo G., Persiani A.M. - Tolerance to vanadium as a response of agricultural soil fungi in the latin valley (Italy): which are the potentialities for mycoremediation?
11.00 – Varese G.C., Anastasi A., Prigione V., Spina F., Tigini V. - Fungal exploitation in textile industry
11.15 – Zotti M., Pavarino M., Mariotti M.G. – Interactions between macrofungi production and forestry. The Amycoforest European ALCOTRA project.
11.30 – Discussion

Seventh Symposium: “SECONDARY METABOLITES IN OFFICINAL PLANTS CHARACTERIZATION” - Chairmen: F. POLI and A. BIANCHI
9.00 – Bicchi C. - New trends in the analysis of the volatile fraction of plant matrices
9.40 – Serafini M. - Botanicals characterization in Europe
10.20 – Cervelli C., Del Gaudio C., Ruffoni B. - Biodiversity and multipurpose uses of species in genus Salvia
10.40 – Forni C., Tirone S., Scarpino F., Lucioli S., Nota P., Preka P., Frattarelli A., Damiano C., Caboni E. In vitro characterization of nutraceutical content in compounds from cultures of blueberry, strawberry and pomegranate
11.00 – Spadaro V., Maggio A., Brancazio C.L., Rosselli S., Raimondo F.M., Bruno M. - New irregular sesquiterpene from Artemisia alba (Asteraceae) in Sicily
11.20 – Sacchetti G., Rossi D., Maietti S., Grandini A., Poppi I., Ballero M., Guerrini A. - Preliminary phytochemical and biological properties of a Sardinian endemism: Ribes sandalioticum Arrigoni
11.40 – Discussion

12.00 – Posters discussion
12.30 – Free lunch

Eighth Symposium: “ITALIAN FLORAS. BOTANISTS CONTRIBUTION TO TERRITORI KNOWLEDGE ON THE 150° ITALY UNION ANNIVERSARY” - Chairmen: E. NARDI and F.M. RAIMONDO
14.30 –Raimondo F.M. – Introductive presentation
14.40 – Graniti A. - Giuseppe De Notaris. Un botanico innovatore. Presentation of the book "Epilogo della Briologia Italiana (1869): I disegni ritrovati" (edited by Graniti A. e Aleffi M.)
15.10 – Pignatti S. - The role of the Italian Floras in botanical researches. Cultural differences and similarities
15.40 – Arrigoni P.V. National and regional Floras.
16.10 – Garbari F., Peruzzi L., Bedini G. – Italian plants chromosomes: Towards a century of research, 86 years after the first contribution
16.40 – Discussion
17.00 – Congress conclusions
17.30 – Resorgimental songs by the choir of the University of Genoa



Sabato 24 Settembre 2011

08.00 -17.00 Post-congress excursion with a visit to the Hanbury Botanical Gardens and the Ligurian Alps.Hanbury (40,00 Euro)

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