Stefano Predieri

TL;DR: Positive achievement recorded in other species seem to support the hypothesis that in vitro mutation induction has high potential also for fruit improvement, and the possible contribution of a well-pondered and coordinated use of the numerous mutation induction, mutant selection, and field validation procedures available to advances in fruit breeding is discussed.

TL;DR: The Italian Taste project as discussed by the authors is a large-scale study (three thousand respondents in three years) launched by the Italian Sensory Science Society aimed at addressing these limitations by exploring the associations among a variety of measures describing the dimensions of food liking, preference, behaviour and choice, and their relevance in determining individual differences within a given food culture framework.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that MGDG, the major lipid component of the chloroplast, is a target of UV-B irradiation is supported.

TL;DR: In this article, a German clone of fiber nettle was used to evaluate the production potential of nettle crops in Tuscany (Italy), and the two first years of trials showed that the German clone used also seems to give good results in term of growth and fiber yield in an environment like central Italy, with higher temperatures and generally lower rainfall.

TL;DR: The production of both artemisinin and flavonoids by plants of an aromatic ecotype of A. annua L. (Qinghao, Asteraceae) was characterized in different aerial parts of the plants at different developmental stages, and the qualitative profile of the investigated plant parts was similar.