114 CONGRESSO DELLA SOCIETÀ BOTANICA ITALIANA - ABSTRACTS KEYNOTE LECTURES, COMMUNICATIONS, POSTERS - SIMASEED

114° Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana
    VI INTERNATIONAL PLANT SCIENCE CONFERENCE (IPSC)

                         Padova, 4 - 7 September 2019

                                ABSTRACTS

   KEYNOTE LECTURES, COMMUNICATIONS, POSTERS

ISBN 978-88-85915-23-7

Scientific Committee                         Local Committee
Consolata Siniscalco (Torino) (President)    Barbara Baldan (Dipartimento di Biologia,
Maria Maddalena Altamura (Roma)              Università di Padova)
Stefania Biondi (Bologna)                    Lorella Navazio (Dipartimento di Biologia,
Alessandro Chiarucci (Bologna)               Università di Padova)
Salvatore Cozzolino (Napoli)                 Livio Trainotti (Dipartimento di Biologia,
Lorenzo Peruzzi (Pisa)                       Università di Padova)
Ferruccio Poli (Bologna)                     Francesca Dalla Vecchia (Dipartimento di
Barbara Baldan (Università di Padova)        Biologia, Università di Padova)
Lorella Navazio (Università di Padova)       Isabella Moro (Dipartimento di Biologia,
Livio Trainotti (Università di Padova)       Università di Padova)
Francesca Dalla Vecchia (Università di       Antonella Miola (Dipartimento di Biologia,
Padova)                                      Università di Padova)
Isabella Moro (Università di Padova)         Caniato Rosamaria (Dipartimento di Scienze del
Antonella Miola (Università di Padova)       Farmaco, Università di Padova)
Caniato Rosamaria (Università di             Filippini Raffaella (Dipartimento di Scienze del
Padova)                                      Farmaco, Università di Padova)
Filippini Raffaella (Università di Padova)   Piovan Anna (Dipartimento di Scienze del
Piovan Anna (Università di Padova)           Farmaco, Università di Padova)
                                             Tomas Morosinotto (Dipartimento di Biologia,
                                             Università di Padova)
                                             Fiorella Lo Schiavo (Dipartimento di Biologia,
                                             Università di Padova)
                                             Nicoletta La Rocca (Dipartimento di Biologia,
                                             Università di Padova)
                                             Michela Zottini (Dipartimento di Biologia,
                                             Università di Padova)
                                             Elide Formentin (Dipartimento di Biologia,
                                             Università di Padova)
                                             Alessandro Alboresi (Dipartimento di Biologia,
                                             Università di Padova)
                                             Ildikò Szabò (Dipartimento di Biologia, Università
                                             di Padova)

Petruccelli Valerio, Brasili Elisa, Bavasso Irene, Reuse of reclaimed wastewater from hexavalent
Valletta Alessio, Vilardi Giorgio, Di Palma Luca, chromium through iron based nanoparticles on tomato         33
Pasqua Gabriella                                   plant growth
Rugnini Lorenza, Ellwood Neil William Thomas,
                                                  Plant products as a green solution in the fight against
Sprocati Anna Rosa, Migliore Giada, Tasso Flavia,                                                             34
                                                  biodeterioration of stone monuments
Alisi Chiara, Bruno Laura
Sciubba Fabio, Tomassini Alberta, Pizzichini
                                                 Phytochemical profile of olive oil mill vegetative
Daniele, Bellincampi Daniela, Lionetti Vincenzo,                                                              35
                                                 waters
Miccheli Alfredo
Sorrentino Maria Cristina, Capozzi Fiore,
                                               Are mosses effective in the interception                 on
Carotenuto Rosa, Giordano Simonetta, Spagnuolo                                                                36
                                               microplastics in water environment?
Valeria
Spina Federica, Furno Matteo Florio, Bordiglia
Giorgio, Mucciarelli Marco, Perugini Iolanda,
                                               Contaminant assessment and bioremediation of urban
Tigini Valeria, Fabbri Debora, Gaggero Elisa,                                                                 37
                                               soils: a case study
Malandrino Mery, Fusconi Anna, Varese Giovanna
Cristina, Calza Paola
Venanzoni Roberto, Tirillini Bruno, Bistocchi
                                                Characteristics of Monacolin K production by
Giancarlo, Arcangeli Andrea, Angeles Giancarlo,
                                                Pleurotus (Fr.) P. Kumm. strains from Umbria (Italy),         38
Bastioli Federica, Monarca Lorenzo, Fioretti
                                                in liquid and solid culture
Bernard, Angelini Paola

   2. FOREST BIODIVERSITY AND FUNCTIONING IN A CHANGING WORLD: CHALLENGES AND
                                            OPPORTUNITIES

2.1 Global change
Candeago Elisabetta, Pollastrini Martina, Carrer Snow cover influence on phenology and primary
Marco                                            growth of Juniperus communis L.                              39

Carruggio Francesca, Castrogiovanni         Maria, Warmer temperatures determine the germination
Impelluso Carmen, Cristaudo Antonia                window of Platanus orientalis L.                           40

Conte Antonio Luca, Lucia Donato, Cillis
                                               Oak decline: the study case of Lucanian Apennine
Giuseppe, Di Marzio Piera, Iamonico Duilio, Di                                                                41
                                               (southern Italy) in summer 2017
Pietro Romeo, Fortini Paola
Marando Federica, Salvatori Elisabetta, Sebastiani The role of Urban Green Infrastructure in regulating
Alessandro, Fusaro Lina, Manes Fausto              climate at the local level: the case of the city of Rome   42

Martellos Stefano, Ongaro Silvia, Massimi Marco, Modelling Invasive Alien Species distribution using
Attorre Fabio                                    data from citizen science                                    43

Orlandi Fabio, Ranfa Aldo, Ruga Luigia, Proietti Hazelnut phenological phases and environmental
Chiara, Fornaciari da Passano Marco              effects in two central Italy areas                           44

                                                   Ecosystem services of urban forest, quantification, and
Prigioniero Antonello, Scarano Pierpaolo, Marziano
                                                   evaluation. Study case in Real Bosco of Capodimonte,       45
Mario, Sciarrillo Rosaria, Guarino Carmine
                                                   Naples

2.3 Conservation
Angelini Paola, Wagensommer Robert P., Perini
                                                Conservation status of Boletales in Umbria (Italy): an
Claudia, Bistocchi Giancarlo, Arcangeli Andrea,                                                               46
                                                evaluation at regional level
Angeles Giancarlo, Venanzoni Roberto
                                                  Species distribution models of the narrow endemic
Astuti Giovanni, Olivieri Francesca, D’Antraccoli
                                                  Primula apennina Widmer (Primulaceae): a valuable           47
Marco, Bedini Gianni
                                                  tool for conservation purposes
Bedini Gianni, Astuti Giovanni, Carta Angelino, Institutional projects to monitor plant species targeted
D’Antraccoli Marco, Peruzzi Lorenzo             by the Habitats Directive in Tuscany                          48

Posters                                                      40

2.1 = Warmer temperatures determine the germination window of Platanus orientalis L.

Francesca Carruggio1, Maria Castrogiovanni1, Carmen Impelluso1, Antonia Cristaudo1
1
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, University of Catania, Via Empedocle 58, 95128
Catania, Italy

Recent anthropogenic climate change is disrupting natural environmental patterns, which is affecting
species’ distributions and life history events, putting natural populations at risk and creating challenges for
biodiversity conservation (1). The most threatened species are those with restricted ecology. This might be
the case of wetland species in the Mediterranean bioregion.
Platanus orientalis L. is a long-lived tree distributed from the central Mediterranean to the Himalaya (2) that
occupies lowland riparian forests, a geographically restricted ecological niche within its distribution (Habitat
Natura 2000 code 92C0). P. orientalis is currently in decline in Europe, where it is considered vulnerable
due to habitat loss, fungal infection by Ceratocystis platani and ongoing climate change (3).
The aim of our work was to better understand seed germination behaviour of Sicilian populations from Iblei
and Peloritani Mountains at the western range edge of P. orientalis in Europe. We recently observed that the
number of individuals of P. orientalis in natural populations has significantly declined in the last few
decades, and seedling recruitment is very low in almost all monitored locations. Here, we conducted a series
of experiments to explore the effects of temperature and light on seed germination of P. orientalis.
Experiments started two weeks after seed collection and tested germination performance at constant
temperature (5°C increments from 5-35°C), either with 12/12h light/dark (L/D) or full darkness (D)
photoperiod.
Our results allowed us to exclude the presence of primary dormancy. Seeds are dispersed between late winter
and early spring and are immediately germinable, but require temperatures above 10°C, with almost
complete thermo-inhibition of germination below 15°C, either in light and dark conditions. In the light, final
germination percentage reached 90% in the optimal temperature range (20 to 30°C) and remained high at
temperatures either side of the optimal range (around 80% at both 35 and 15°C). At temperature above 20°C,
mean germination time was very short (3 days), and increased with decreasing temperature (up to 10 days at
15°C). The presence of light improved germination at 15 and 20°C (near zero germination in full darkness),
but had no effect at higher temperatures.
Our laboratory experiments supported the likelihood of a late-spring germination window (April to May),
when the temperature increases and water availability in the soil is assured. In agreement with this, we
observed seedlings of P. orientalis in the field in early May. Seed germination characteristics in P. orientalis
were quite similar to those reported for many temperate wetland species that require high temperature,
temperature fluctuation and light for ideal germination conditions. For example, seeds of Salix spp. are also
non-dormant at the time of dispersal and can germinate over a wide range of temperatures (4). This
combination of characteristics is known as the ‘typical wetland germination requirement (TWGR)’ (5,6).
Considering the thermal germination requirements observed in our experiments, long-term population
survival of P. orientalis, particularly at the western edge of its distribution, could be further threatened by
reduced spring precipitation, increased temperatures and more frequent extreme weather events that are
predicted to occur with ongoing climate change (7). There may be a second window of suitable germination
conditions between late summer and early autumn, and our future research will test this to better understand
the natural germination seasons of P. orientalis, and how they may shift between spring and autumn as
climate change continues to alter natural environmental regimes. Indeed, understanding how germination
strategies will respond to ongoing climate change is important for implementing active conservation
measures.
This research was supported by the programme INTERREG V-A Italia-Malta 2014-2020, Axis III - SO 3.1,
‘SiMaSeed’ project - Code C1-3.1-16.

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2) N. Wazen, B. Fady (2016) FAO and Plan Bleu, Rome, Italy
3) M. Barstow, M.C. Rivers (2017) http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017- 3.RLTS.T33951A68135880.en
4) R. Densmore, J.C. Zasada (1983) Canadian Journal of Botany, 61, 3207-3216
5) M.A. Albrecht, Q.G. Long (2014) Seed Science Research, 24, 239-245
6) C.C. Baskin, J.M Baskin. (2014) Elsevier/Academic Press, San Diego, CA, USA
7) S. Planton, F. Driouech, K. EL Rhaz, P. Lionello (2016) In J.P. Moatti, S. Thiébault. IRD Éditions, Marseille

                114° Congresso S.B.I. (IPSC) - Padova, 4 - 7 September 2019