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Invasive forest pathogens and global changes
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invasive Forest Pathogens and Global Changes course approaches the International context of Plant Protection and, specifically, of protection of forests within global change scenarios, including climatic changes and biological invasions. The course aims to provide the single elements that make the complex picture of prevention, monitoring, diagnosis, and control of forest pathogens, considering, time by time, the issues of international agreements, regulations, and the new frontiers of prevention, new diagnostic tools, and the advances in knowledge on biological invasions.
a) Knowledge and understanding. The course will provide the students with the concepts and information needed to develop the single issues and integrate them within the general context of plant protection. Through an analytical process, open discussions, and the stimulation of the attitude to the analysis, the students will be able to assimilate and elaborate on the issues and to collocate them within the complex context of plant protection, integrating ecological, biological concepts with socio-economic ones. b) Applying knowledge and understanding; the body of information on a specific topic that the student will receive through an interactive and practical approach will allow perceiving the applicability into the professional activity at the national and international levels. Moreover the course includes several practical activities specifically for laboratory diagnostics. c) Making judgments; the interactive teaching method based on the framing of the general topics, and their development through practical examples and class braining storms, will stimulate the student skills in elaborating their own judgment. d) Communication skills; the body of information and concepts provided by the course will enable the student to efficiently communicate the topic of biosecurity in forest protection and the complex of agreements and rules that regulate the quarantine system at a global level. e) Learning skills. The use of a teaching approach based on general concepts and practical activities (literature reading, laboratory activities) helps the students in the process of learning and concepts assimilation.
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VANNINI Andrea
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Biological Invasions: general concepts and glossary; concept of introduction, naturalization; acclimatization and invasion; examples of biological invasions; factors associated to risk of introduction. Invasive Forest Pathogens: dimension of the problem. Introduction to pathways: living plants trade; timber trade; seed and propagation material trade; unregulated pathways: wood manufactured products; examples. Strategies of invasions: host jump; hybridization; differential evolution. Impacts: economic; on biodiversity; on carbon dioxide fixation; on cultural heritage; examples. Phytosanitary regulations: ICPP, SPS agreement, NPPO, Phytosanitary services; EPPO products, quarantine organisms lists; EPPO standards; Pest Risk Analysis. Invasive Forest Pathogens: European situation; vulnerability of EU countries to invasion. Pest Risk Analysis: concepts and examples. Constraints of the Phytosanitary regulations; possible solutions: search of centers of origin; the sentinel tree strategy. Introduction to diagnostic. Serological diagnostics: polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies; the antigen; the ELISA test; molecular methods: PCR; the concept of markers; characteristics of markers for molecular diagnostics; general and specific primer sets; practical application. Molecular diagnostic: multiplex and nested conventional PCR; quantitative PCR, TaqMan and SYBR Green technologies; examples of application; proof of the vitality of the pathogen: mRNA as a template; the dqRT-PCR approach; the HTS approach; the use of EPPO diagnostic standards. Phytosanitary forest monitoring: introduction; proximal and remote sensing activities, advantages and disadvantages. Phytosanitary monitoring in European countries (the example of France) and Italy. Phytosanitary monitoring: ICP forests monitoring in Europe: Levels 1 and 2. Plant Viruses: structure, cycle, vectors, epidemiology, symptomatology, diagnosis, and control; examples of viral diseases Introduction to Phytoplasmas and Spyroplasmas: disease cycle, vectors, symptomatology, epidemiology, detection & diagnosis; taxonomy; an example of Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas diseases. Introduction to Bacteria: morphology, biology, ecology, symptomatology, phytopathogenic bacteria; diagnosis and taxonomy; an example of bacterial diseases. Oomycetes: taxonomic context; morphology, biology, epidemiology; an example of Phytophthora diseases. Laboratory practical work on specimens collection; binocular observation; microscopic observation; application of identification keys; isolation from samples onto growing media. DNA extraction from fungal cultures; separation on agarose gel and observation; sample preparation for PCR reaction; PCR amplification and run of agarose gel for amplicons separation; Sequence analysis and BLAST on GeneBank.
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Teacher PPT presentation; scientific papers; online software; web sites
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Monitoring soil quality
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Course aims:
1. To present soil as a living, dynamic, vulnerable resource
2. To introduce the concept of soil quality, health and security
3. To present a basic set of indicators to monitor soil quality
4. To suggest how to choose the right indicators in relation to specific case studies in forest environment
At the end of the course the student will
1) increase the knowledge and understanding about soil vulnerability and methods to monitor its quality
3) be able to making judgements on soil issues
4) be able to use a proper language and improve the communication skills in relation to soil science
5) increase the learning skills getting in contact with a wider sphere of scientific knowledge
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MOSCATELLI Maria cristina
( syllabus)
I. Introduction
Soil and its different definitions
Role and position of soils in terrestrial ecosystems
Ecosystem services and soil functions
Concepts of chemical and biological fertility
II. Indicators of soil quality and health
Review of concepts of soil quality, soil health and soil security. Rationale for the use of soil indicators and specific requisites. Physical, chemical and biological indicators. Static and dynamic descriptors.
Pools and processes.
Main bioindicators: definitions and functions.
Soil health and resilience
Soil quality indexes
III. Soil organic matter (SOM)
Main features, composition, physical, chemical and biological properties.
SOM as a complex indicator of soil quality. Quantity and quality of SOM
Role of SOM to maintain soil fertility, to promote carbon storage and as the site of tight interactions with soil biota. Pools of ecological relevance.
IV. Soil microbial biomass
Definition, composition and main characteristics
Factors influencing microbial biomass development. Trophic conditions and adaptation strategies. Functions of soil microrganisms and their specific role within nutrient cycles.
How to study microbial biomass. Quantitative and qualitative approaches. FE method, SIR, multi-SIR, CLPP techniques. Concepts of genetic and functional diversity.
Microbial indexes: the microbial quotient, significance and measurement.
V. Mineralization processes (C & N mineralization)
Significance of mineralization processes to guarantee soil fertility
C mineralization. Soil respiration and its components: definition and measurement
Microbial indexes: the metabolic and the mineralization quotients: significance and measurement
N mineralization. Mineralization potential and in situ measurements
VI. Soil enzymes
Definitions and main features. Notes on enzyme kinetics: general infos. Localization and origin of soil enzymes. Classes of soil enzymes. Functions and stability of enzymes in soil. Immobilized enzymes.
Intra- and extracellular enzymes.
Determination of enzyme activities by means of different methods : colorimetric and fluorimetric techniques. Specific activities. Real and potential activity.
VII. Drivers of global soils change:
Natural and anthropogenic pressures (climate changes, land use changes, pollution)
Threats to soil functions
Soil degradation, soil loss
VIII. How to plan a monitoring activity
WWWHWWW scheme.
Experimental design, sampling schemes.
How to choose the right indicators. New sets of indicators.
Presentation of specific case studies in forest soils
Laboratory classes
1 - Determination of soil respiration
2 - Determination of acid phosphatase activity
Working group
Presentation to the class of a scientific article selected from the recent literature
Integrative seminars
( reference books)
TTexts
1) Brady NC, Weil RR, 2016
The nature and properties of soils, XV Ed. (Chapt. 1, 11, 12, 20), XIV Ed.(Chapt. 2, 12, 13, 21) or XIII Ed. (Chapt. 1-11-12-20)(University Library)
2) FAO and ITPS., 2015.
Status of the World’s Soil Resources (SWSR) – Main Report. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, Rome, Italy (selected chapters)
3) NERI Technical Report No. 388, 2002
Microorganisms as indicators of soil health,
4) European Commission - DG ENV, Report 2010
Soil biodiversity: functions, threats and tools for policy makers,
5) Gardi C., Jeffrey J. , 2009
Soil biodiversity, JRC Scientific and Technical Reports
6) Shukla G., Varma A., 2011,
Soil enzymology –Springer Verlag
(selected chapters)
Additional articles, reports etc will be provided for each section of the course
Course slides may be only used as a guide to prepare the exam
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Trees and plants to improve air quality of urban areas
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Understanding the role of vegetation in urban environment in improving air quality.
Providing tools for the choice of the best tree species to improve environmental quality with particular focus on air quality.
Assessing air pollution and carbon sequestration by urban vegetation.
Using tools in urban green planning and management
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GUIDOLOTTI Gabriele
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The urban environment and the Green Infrastructure for sustainable and resilient cities
Principal interactions of trees with the air pollutants and their uptake (O3, PM)
Effects of the main air pollutants on plants
Role of BVOC emission in urban air quality
Carbon sequestration of urban trees
Models to estimate air quality improvement and ecosystem services
Choice of the best species to improve air quality and ecosystem services
Biomonitoring air pollution
Urban environment as simulation of climate change
Urban Plant Physiology: adaptation and mitigation of plants
( reference books)
- Raymond, C.M., Berry, P., Breil, M., Nita, M.R., Kabisch, N., de Bel, M., Enzi, V., Frantzeskaki, N., Geneletti, D., Cardinaletti, M., Lovinger, L., Basnou, C., Monteiro, A., Robrecht, H., Sgrigna, G., Muhari, L., Calfapietra, C., 2017. An Impact Evaluation Framework to Support Planning and Evaluation of Nature-based Solutions Projects. Report prepared by the EKLIPSE Expert Working Group on Nature-based Solutions to Promote Climate Resilience in Urban Areas. Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallington, United Kingdom.
- Calfapietra, C., Niinemets, Ü., Peñuelas, J., 2015. Urban Plant Physiology: adaptation-mitigation strategies under permanent stress. Trends Plant Sci. 20, 72–75.
- Nowak, D.J., D.E. Crane, and J.C. Stevens. 2006. Air pollution removal by urban trees and shrubs in the United States. Urban For. Urban Gree. 4:115 – 123.
- Pearlmutter, D., Calfapietra, C., Samson, R., O'Brien, L., Krajter Ostoić, S., Sanesi, G., Alonso del Amo, R. (Eds.) 2017. The Urban Forest Cultivating Green Infrastructure for People and the Environment. Springer.
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Wood-based biocomposites
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Bioindustry in forest-wood chain. Knowledge of wood cascade use and exploitation of biomass to produce traditional and innovative wood-based composites. Wood improvements chracateristics by eco-frIendly and susitainable modification. All the topic will be related to regulations and to European technical standards (EN).New wood polymer composites
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ROMAGNOLI Manuela
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Background of wood science and technology: Wood chemistry: cellulose, hemicellulose, extractives (terpens, tannins, quinones, lignans).
Wood durability. Biotic agents of degradation, hazard classes, permeability, weathering.
National bodies and European Committee for standardization (CEN): types of technical standards
Solid wood. Standards for log and load bearing structures grading. Strength classes in structural timber EN technical standards. Structures in historical buildings, classification. Classification of quality in logs: EN technical standards. Marking CE.
Use of wood extractives, cork, gums, other non wood products.
Wood Preservants and consolidants.
Wood modification: Heat treatments (thermowood, Plato-wood, Moldrup), Chemical modification (acetylation, furfural alchol, isocyanates), properties of chemically modified wood.
Wood adhesion and wood adhesives. Liquified wood, welding wood, natural glues (proteins, starch, tannins…)
Laminated timber and solid wood panels: plywoods, X-LAMS, gluelams, KVH, LVL, PVL etc. EN technical standards
Particle wood biocomposites: particleboards (waferboard, flakeboards, OSB, LVL, etc.)
Fiber-wood composites (MDF, HDF, LDF), wood-plastic composites (WPC),
Cellulose nanopapers, cellulose nanocomposites, cellulose biofoams and aerogels. Plasma treatment of wood
Biorafinery, recycled wood.
Lignin nanoparticles and cellulose nanofibrils.
Applications to bio-coatings, bio-vernishes, biomedical products
Advances in wood composites: Wood polymers composite. Biocomposite materials inspired to wood.
Forest-wood new value chains: organization
( reference books)
Rowell. 2013. Handbook of wood chemistry and wood composites. CRC Press
Ansell 2015, Wood Composites. Elsevier publishing.
Slides of the teacher.
Tsoumis 1991. Wood Science and Technology
APA Engineered wood handbook
Suggested Review Articles by the teacher
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Micropropagation of woody plants
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Acquire the theoretical and practical bases for the propagation of woody plants belonging to species used in the green infrastructures.
1) Knowledge and understanding
Students will be encouraged to take advantage of the knowledge acquired during the course and during laboratory practice in order to apply them (also in unfamiliar areas) to specific issues such as, for example, the propagation of productive tree plants for short rotation forestry (SFR) or ornamental woody plants, as well as historical trees. Students will be encouraged to work in interdisciplinary contexts in order to detect and solve problems related with the production of healthy plants for green infrastructures (landscape architectures, city planners, etc..).
2) Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will have a thorough knowledge of the principles of woody plant propagation to the obtainment of healthy plant material for SRF and green infrastructures. The students will be able to develop protocols for the propagation of woody species not included in the course on the base of the acquired knowledge in order to obtain woody plants suitable for the productive, environmental, historical and cultural contexts where they will work.
3) Making judgements
Students will be able to interpret and discuss scientific papers presented during the course and be able to identify in them the highlights and key points, as well as make judgments even with incomplete data.
4) Communication skills
During the lessons, it will be stimulated students' ability to think and discuss about the topics covered, as well as the comparison of opinions to develop their communication skills. These skills will then be tested in the examination in order to ameliorate the future communication skills of the students towards specialist and non-specialist interlocutors in relation to the approaches used and the results obtained.
5) Learning skills
Students will be able to expose and develop scientific issues related to the course. The active involvement of students through oral classroom discussions and experiences in the laboratory practices will develop those skills.
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KUZMINSKY Elena
( syllabus)
The class and lab. activities lectures will be focused on the following groups of topics/abilities: methods available for in vitro propagation, variation in cultures and plants, the control of contaminants and diseases, genetic, environmental and tissue dependent factors affecting growth and morphogenesis in cultures, the nature and uses of plant growth regulators, and the components, preparation and uses of culture media. Special problems encountered in initiating and maintaining cultures, how shoots and plantlets are converted into plants and established in the external environment, how performance in greenhouse and field can be altered, commercial aspects and economics of production, a tabulation of recent patents, and tables of published work on plant micropropagation of a large variety of trees and plants.
1) Plant Tissue Culture Techniques.
2) Woody Plant Propagation and Micropropagation.
3) Variation in Cultures and Regenerated Plants.
4) Equipment and Procedures.
5) Controlling Persistent Contaminants and Plant Diseases.
6) Storing and Distributing Clonal Material.
7) Factors Affecting Growth and Morphogenesis of woody plants (I. Genotype and the Physical Environment, II. Tissue Dependent Factors.
8) The Components of Culture Media.
9) The Derivation, Preparation and Use of Plant Tissue Culture Media.
10) Plant Growth Regulators
11) Appropriate Growth Factors and Media for woody plants.
12) Problems in Initiating and Maintaining Cultures, especially in woody plants.
13) Rooting and Establishment.
14) The Phenotype of micropropagated material.
15) Commercial Micropropagation.
16) Micropropagation in Practice
( reference books)
1. Plant Cell Culture, essential methods (2010). Edited by M.R. Davey and P. Anthony. Wiley-Blackwell.
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Phytotechnologies to protect water and soil in urban areas
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OBJECTIVES:
Provide the basic elements of plant-environment interactions, as necessary knowledge to use the plant processes (phytotechnologies) to reduce the impact of the urban environment on soil and water resources. Provide examples and create capacity of design and managing phytotechnologies in urban areas.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
knowledge and understanding
• A scientific based knowledge and understanding of the acclimation and adaptation of plant traits as response to the environmental conditions.
• An updated knowledge and understanding of the environmental drivers of carbon, water and nutrient cycles in plants.
• A basic knowledge and understanding of Urban Green Infrastructures
applying knowledge and understanding
- defining proper strategies and plans to improve the resilience of the urban areas using green infrastructure, also in a context of climate changes
- design phyto-technological systems to improve soil and water quality in polluted areas
- defining monitoring plans to support the management of green infrastructures
making judgements
- analyse the results of survey and monitoring activities, providing scientific supported interpretation of the most probable cause-effects relationships
- interpret results of trials and pilot systems for the management or the re-establishments of green infrastructures
communication skills
- writes reports and prepares oral presentations on different subjects at professional and wide information levels
- explain proposed solutions to specific management questions in a multidisciplinary context
- presenting results of testing and experimental activities in scientific contexts
learning skills
- reading and understanding the international scientific literatures in the sector of urban green infrastructures and environmental pollution and remediation
- new methods and tools for the design of green infrastructures
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DE ANGELIS Paolo
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PROGRAMME TOPICS
• Plants and microclimate: basic elements
• Environmental drivers of plant water relations
• Environmental drivers of photosynthesis and carbon allocation
• Impact of urban areas on soil and water contamination
• Remediation of polluted sites: general principle and legislation framework
• Sustainability of remediation designs
• Application of phytotechnologies for soil remediation
• Application of phytotechnologies for storm water management
• Site assessments, project design and monitoring
• Other multipurpose green infrastructures
• Analysis of case studies
( reference books)
Textbooks
Thomas P. Trees: their natural history. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Hirons A. D., Thomas P. Applied tree biology Wiley, 2018.
A.A. Ansari, S.S. Gill, R. Gill, G.R. Lanza, L. Newman (Eds.) Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 1. Springer 2015
A.A. Ansari, S.S. Gill, R. Gill, G.R. Lanza, L. Newman (Eds.) Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 2. Springer 2015
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Propagation of woody plants and disease management
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Propagation of woody plants
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Acquire the theoretical and practical bases for the propagation of woody plants belonging to species used in the green infrastructures.
1) Knowledge and understanding
Students will be encouraged to take advantage of the knowledge acquired during the course and during laboratory practice in order to apply them (also in unfamiliar areas) to specific issues such as, for example, the propagation of productive tree plants for short rotation forestry (SFR) or ornamental woody plants, as well as historical trees. Students will be encouraged to work in interdisciplinary contexts in order to detect and solve problems related with the production of healthy plants for green infrastructures (landscape architectures, city planners, etc..).
2) Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will have a thorough knowledge of the principles of woody plant propagation to the obtainment of healthy plant material for SRF and green infrastructures. The students will be able to develop protocols for the propagation of woody species not included in the course on the base of the acquired knowledge in order to obtain woody plants suitable for the productive, environmental, historical and cultural contexts where they will work.
3) Making judgements
Students will be able to interpret and discuss scientific papers presented during the course and be able to identify in them the highlights and key points, as well as make judgments even with incomplete data.
4) Communication skills
During the lessons, it will be stimulated students' ability to think and discuss about the topics covered, as well as the comparison of opinions to develop their communication skills. These skills will then be tested in the examination in order to ameliorate the future communication skills of the students towards specialist and non-specialist interlocutors in relation to the approaches used and the results obtained.
5) Learning skills
Students will be able to expose and develop scientific issues related to the course. The active involvement of students through oral classroom discussions and experiences in the laboratory practices will develop those skills.
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KUZMINSKY Elena
( syllabus)
I. GENERAL ASPECTS OF PLANT PROPAGATION.
1. How Plant Propagation Evolved in Human Society.
2. Biology of Plant Propagation.
3. The Propagation Environment.
II. SEED PROPAGATION.
4. The Development of Seeds.
5. Principles and Practices of Seed Selection.
6. Techniques of Seed Production and Handling.
7. Principles of Propagation from Seeds.
8. Techniques of Propagation by Seed.
III. VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION.
9. Principles of Propagation by Cuttings.
10. Techniques of Propagation by Cuttings.
11. Principles of Grafting and Budding.
12. Techniques of Grafting.
13. Techniques of Budding.
14. Layering and its Natural modifications.
15. Propagation by Specialized Stems and Roots.
16. Principles and Practices of Clonal Selection.
IV. METHODS OF MICROPROPAGATION.
17. Principles of Tissue Culture and Micropropagation.
18. Techniques of Micropropagation.
V. PROPAGATION OF SELECTED PLANTS.
19. Propagation Methods and Rootstocks for Fruit and Nut Species.
20. Propagation of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.
( reference books)
Hartmann & Kester's Plant Propagation: Pearson New International Edition: Principles and Practices
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Disease management in plants propagation
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Acquire the theoretical and practical bases for the propagation of pathogen-free plants belonging to species used in the green infrastructures.
1)Knowledge and understanding
Students will be encouraged to take advantage of the knowledge acquired during the course and during laboratory practice in order to apply them (also in unfamiliar areas) to specific issues such as, for example, the propagation of ornamental plant, as well as historical trees. Students will be encouraged to work in interdisciplinary contexts in order to detect and solve problems related with the production of healthy plants for green infrastructures (landscape architectures, city planners, etc..).
2) Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course students will have a thorough knowledge of the basic principles of plant propagation to the obtainment of healthy material for green infrastructures. The students will be able to develop protocols for the propagation of species not included in the course on the base of the acquired knowledge in order to obtain plants suitable for the environmental, historical and cultural contexts where they will work.
3) Making judgements
Students will be able to interpret and discuss scientific papers presented during the course and be able to identify in them the highlights and key points, as well as make judgments even with incomplete data.
4) Communication skills
During the lessons it will be stimulated students' ability to think and discuss about the topics covered, as well as the comparison of opinions to develop their communication skills. These skills will then be tested in the examination in order to ameliorate the future communication skills of the students towards specialist and non-specialist interlocutors in relation to the approaches used and the results obtained.
5) learning skills
Students will be able to expose and develop scientific issues related to the course. The active involvement of students through oral classroom discussions and experiences in the laboratory practices, will develop that skill.
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VETTRAINO Anna maria
( syllabus)
Pathology basics, isolation and propagation of pathogens, Identification methods, pathogenicity test.
( reference books)
Fondamenti di Patologia Vegetale – Alberto Matta
Plant Pathology – G.N. Agrios
Patologia Vegetale – Giuseppe Belli
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Urban forestry
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- Understanding the role of forests and urban spaces in global sustainability challenges
- Analysis of forest ecosystem services and urban green infrastructures
- Ecological design of urban green spaces
-Monitoring and evaluation systems for professionals
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DE CINTI Bruno
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Lecture 1 - Introduction
Lecture 2 – Ecosystem services of green infrastructure and definition of urban forestry
Lecture 3 – Water services : transpiration, water cycle, regulating water floods
Lecture 4 – Carbon cycle
Lecture 5 – Carbon sequestration of urban green inftarstuctre
Lecture 6 – Methods for evaluation of carbon in biomass
Lecture 7 – Energy balance and urban heat island
Lecture 8 – Climate comfort of urban trees
Lecture 9 – Sound scaping : the role fo urban forestry
Lecture 10 – Heath and Forest Bathing
Lecture 11 – Urban forestry practices : species
( reference books)
The course material is organized in:
- Videolectures
- Lectures in pptx format
- Material in the format of reports and articles
Everything is contained in the repository
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/j4btwrx9gchgvda/AADs58G7eQkhD6QA0cv9yUwua?dl=0
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Digital technologies for climate-smart forestry
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The aim of the course is to provide students with basic knowledge of digital technologies that have application in forest monitoring and management. In particular, students will be given the opportunity to learn about the potential of today's most cutting-edge technologies with regard to the basics of microelectronics, Internet of Things (IoT) , wireless connections, the use of ground-based and aerial platform LIDARs, and the methods and algorithms used in monitoring systems.
Specific cases will be addressed such as the assessment of water transport in plants, diametric and biomass growth, air quality, tree stability and ecosystem services.
The theoretical lectures will also be supported by laboratory and field experiments.
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Silviculture of Mediterranean and temperate forests
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The course forms part of the field of knowledge of the multi-purpose and sustainable management of the forest resources and the utilization of wood and non wood-based products. The course will provide students with the knowledge on corology, ecology and silviculture of the main forest species in Europe, in the perspective to apply this knowledge to the management of complex territorial systems. Students completing the course will develop a good ability to:
- choose of the best silvicultural system to achieve the forest management objectives.
- evaluate the effects of silvicultural systems on the forest attitude to provide specific goods and services.
- estimate the ecological and social consequences of forest management at a territorial scale.
1. Knowledge and understanding.
To develop during the lessons the knowledge on the characteristics of the main Mediterranean and temperate forests in an integrated perspective with ecological and silvicultural aspects. Ability to understand the evolving dynamics of forest systems, both natural and/or man-made, in relation to the objectives of sustainable forest management.
2. Applying knowledge and understanding.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding in order to define culture criteria and modalities for adaptive forest management of forest formations. To be able to apply methodologies for analysis and planning of forest management systems on a territorial scale. Describe and provide scientific and application topics related to the various forest management issues.
3. Making judgement.
Being able to develop interdisciplinary connection skills and critical discussion of course content. Develop critical interpretation skills and discussion of experiences or experimental results in the forestry sector similar to those discussed during lessons.
4. Communication skills.
Ability to communicate with clarity and conviction the forestry knowledge acquired during the course or through the analysis of scientific articles or other publications in the forestry sector. These skills will be developed through the active involvement of students in class discussions or during practice sessions on different forest issues.
5. Learning skills
Condition for successful learning skills is to develop the ability to re-organise and synthesize in autonomy the interdisciplinary knowledge on forest science to be applied to the silviculture of Mediterranean and temperate forests.
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SABATTI Maurizio
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1. Introduction and objectives of the course. Near-to-nature silviculture and sustainable silviculture: theoretical basis and applicative principles. Effects of silviculture on the genetic characteristics of forests. Forest resources in Europe: an integrated perspective on ecosystem services, disturbances and threats. Brief outline of forest bio-based economy in Europe.
2. European forests: an ecological overview. Forest vegetation belts in Italy. European forest classifications. European Forest Types: tree species matrix. Past forests of Europe.
Silviculture of Mediterranean and temperate forests, in particular:
3. Silvics and silviculture of Mediterranean forests: Mediterranean macchia; Mediterranean pine stands, (Pinus halepensis, P. pinaster, P. pinea); evergreen oak stands (Quercus ilex, Q. suber, Q. coccifera). Wood production in Mediterranean forests. Silviculture of minor tree species of the Mediterranean environment.
4. Silvics and silviculture of plain / sub mountain forests: deciduous oak stands (Quercus robur, Q. petraea, Q. pubescens, Q. frainetto, Q. cerris, Q. trojana); chestnut stands (Castanea sativa). Brief outline on silvics and silviculture of the main broadleaf species related to the deciduous oak stands (Carpinus spp., Acer spp., Fraxinus spp.). Outline on the riparian tree vegetation in Europe. Wood production in plain / sub-mountain forests.
5. Silvics and silviculture of mountain forests: European beech stands (Fagus sylvatica); European silver fir stands (Abies alba); Mountain pine stands (P. sylvestris, P. nigra, P. laricio, P. leucodermis). Brief outline on silvics and silviculture of valuable broadleved stands (Acer spp., Tilia spp., Fraxinus excelsior, Prunus avium). Wood production in mountain forests
6. Silvics and silviculture of subalpine forests: Norway spruce stands (Picea abies); European larch, stone pine, Swiss mountain pine, dwarf pine stands (Larix decidua, Pinus cembra, Pinus uncinata, Pinus mugo). Wood production in subalpine forests. Silviculture in protection forests.
7. Outline of forest reproductive material and forest nursery techniques. Technical principles for the establishment and management of forest plantations. Outline on clonal forestry, short rotation forestry, forest restoration.
( reference books)
Silviculture Handbook. Wisconsin DNR, Publication Number 2431.5, Madison: Wisconsin DNR, 2010. www.dnr.state.wi.us/forestry/Publications/H andbooks/24315/
San-Miguel-Ayanz, J., de Rigo, D., Caudullo, G., Houston Durrant, T., Mauri, A. (Eds.), 2016. European Atlas of Forest Tree Species. Publication Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Kelty, M. J., Larson, B. C., & Oliver, C. D. (Eds.). (2013). The ecology and silviculture of mixed-species forests: a festschrift for David M. Smith (Vol. 40). Springer Science & Business Media. (Class. Bibl. 574.52642).
The books are available in the university library or on the web. Teaching material will be distributed during the course and/or made available on the web.
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