The laboratory develops new multifunctional indicators of the soil-plant system by proposing an integrated ecophysiological approach for the assessment of ecosystem resilience to stress factors (e.g. drought, salinity, high and low temperatures, metals, organic pollutants) and the restoration and sustainable use of degraded ecosystems. To this end, information relating to morphophysiological and biochemical characteristics of plants (e.g. morphostructural, physiological and biochemical leaf traits associated with the photosynthetic apparatus functionality, primary and secondary metabolism, water, light and nutrient resource use efficiency) are related and combined with the physical, chemical and biological soil properties.
Relevant instrumentation
- Portable photosynthesis system LI-6800 for the simultaneous measurement of gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence at leaf level
- Rapid porometer / fluorometer for stomatal conductance and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements LI-600PF and portable porometer SC-1
- Gas analysis system EGM-5 equipped with a chamber for soil respiration and a chamber for the measurement of net CO2 canopy fluxes
- Portable fluorimeter MINI-PAM-II for the measurement of chlorophyll fluorescence according to the modulated variable fluorescence method
- Portable pigment meters MPM-100 and SPAD-502 for the measurement of chlorophyll, anthocyanin and flavonol content in intact leaves
| Chief Scientific Officer | Andrea Scartazza, Daniela Di Baccio |
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| Team | Andrea Scartazza , Daniela Di Baccio, Silvia Traversari, Francesca Vannucchi, Valerio Lazzeri |
| Contacts | E-mail: andrea.scartazza@cnr.it, daniela.dibaccio@cnr.it |