Giovanni Fiori

TL;DR: It seems unlikely that altitude has exerted a major selective pressure on mitochondrial genes in central Asian populations, because lowland and highland Kirghiz mtDNA sequences are very similar, and the analysis of molecular variance has revealed that the fraction of mitochondrial genetic variance due to altitude is not significantly different from zero.

TL;DR: In this paper, a non-destructive index for monitoring the progression of ripening, the difference in absorbance between two wavelengths near the chlorophyll- a absorption peak (670 and 720nm; index of absorbance difference, I AD ) was related to the time course of ethylene production during on-tree ripening of peaches (cv. Batsch), and nectarines (cvs. ‘Fayette’ and ‘Stark Red Gold’).

TL;DR: A dramatic reduction of the haplotype genetic diversity was observed in the villages at high altitude, especially in the highland Kirghiz, when compared with the village at low altitude, which suggests a male founder effect in the settlement of high-altitude lands.

TL;DR: The results show that this biostimulant may represent an environmental-friendly substitute of the iron chelates, and preliminary experiments showed that Actiwave® positively influenced also the root-associated microbial biocoenosis.

TL;DR: Evidence corroborates the hypothesis that Actiwave®, a metabolic enhancer derived from the alga, Ascophillum nodosum, may be a useful tool to reduce alternate bearing in organic and low-input farming.