Francesca Bretzel

National Research Council

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Francesca Vannucchi

National Research Council

B. Pezzarossa

National Research Council

Roberto Pini

Institute of Ecosystem Study

Manuele Scatena

National Research Council

Fernando Malorgio

University of Pisa

Irene Rosellini

National Research Council

Eliana Tassi

National Research Council

Andrea Scartazza

National Research Council

Stefano Benvenuti

Ospedale Santa Maria

F. Cinelli

University of Pisa

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Sapienza University of Rome

University of Pisa

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

University of Palermo

Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria

University of Cagliari

Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura

University of Florence

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Metal Contamination in Urban Soils of Coastal Tuscany (Italy)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2006)

Francesca Bretzel Marco Calderisi

10.1007/s10661-006-1495-5

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The contribution of Sicilian historical gardens to biodiversity conservation

Acta Horticulturae (2017)

Stefania Toscano Francesca Bretzel Francesca Vannucchi Daniela Romano

The potential value of private gardens for enhancing biodiversity has long been recognized, while, less investigated is the contribution of historical gardens. The complex history of Sicily, with its strategically central position in the Mediterranean basin, made the island an important crossroad of civilizations and also influenced the use of ornamental plants in gardens over the centuries. With the aim to investigate the biodiversity of historical gardens of Milazzo (North of Sicily), the flora of 31 gardens, dating from the late 19th to the early 20th century, were analyzed through a complete plant inventory. The gardens are localized in two areas: the first ('Piana' = 13 gardens) close to the rural area, the second ('Capo' = 18 gardens) close to the residential area. The determinants of taxonomic richness in individual gardens were carried out with the use of Shannon (H'), Simpson (D) and Evenness (J) indices. The values of the indices are, respectively for 'Capo' and 'Piana', 5.7 and 5.5 for H', 0.8 for J and 0.0046 and 0.0054 for D, and demonstrate the presence of a high biodiversity and an even distribution of individuals per species, with a few dominant species. In the 31 gardens, 529 taxa of ornamental plants were identified, belonging to 343 genera and 117 botanical families. The richness of species found in these green areas allow to consider them as living plant collections. About 80% of the taxa were present in less than 10% of the gardens; 43.5% of species were present in a single garden. Only one species (Cycas revoluta Thunb.) was present in 87.1% of gardens to underline the species diversity.

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10.17660/actahortic.2017.1189.10

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EFFECTS OF UV TREATMENTS ON STEM GROWTH OF SOME GREENHOUSE CROPS

Acta Horticulturae (1992)

Bartolomeo Lercari Francesca Bretzel Simone Di Piazza

10.17660/actahortic.1992.327.13

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Urban Services to Ecosystems

Future city (2021)

Chiara Catalano Maria Beatrice Andreucci Riccardo Guarino Francesca Bretzel Manfredi Leone

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10.1007/978-3-030-75929-2

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Response to Hypersalinity of Four Halophytes Growing in Hydroponic Floating Systems: Prospects in the Phytomanagement of High Saline Wastewaters and Extreme Environments

Plants (2023)

Meri Barbafieri Francesca Bretzel Andrea Scartazza Daniela Di Baccio Irene Rosellini

Hypersaline environments occur naturally worldwide in arid and semiarid regions or in artificial areas where the discharge of highly saline wastewaters, such as produced water (PW) from oil and gas industrial setups, has concentrated salt (NaCl). Halophytes can tolerate high NaCl concentrations by adopting ion extrusion and inclusion mechanisms at cell, tissue, and organ levels; however, there is still much that is not clear in the response of these plants to salinity and completely unknown issues in hypersaline conditions. Mechanisms of tolerance to saline and hypersaline conditions of four different halophytes (

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Extremophile

10.3390/plants12091737

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Use of paper mill sludge for the acclimation of nursery trees planted in urban soil

Acta Horticulturae (2018)

Francesca Bretzel B. Pezzarossa M. Scatena Francesca Vannucchi F. Cinelli

Paper mill

10.17660/actahortic.2018.1215.24

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Short-Term Abandonment versus Mowing in a Mediterranean-Temperate Meadow: Effects on Floristic Composition, Plant Functionality, and Soil Properties—A Case Study

Agriculture (2022)

Francesca Vannucchi Valerio Lazzeri Irene Rosellini Manuele Scatena Claudia Caudai

Hay meadows are secondary grasslands maintained by mowing, and their ecological importance resides in the inherent biodiversity and carbon stocking. We investigated the plant community and soil properties of a sub humid acid grassland near the Fucecchio marshes (Italy), managed as a hay meadow, mowed once a year, and not fertilized. Part of the meadow had been abandoned for three years. We analysed the soil properties (i.e., organic carbon and total nitrogen content, available phosphorus, pH, cation-exchange capacity, texture, and conductibility) and the plant community structure (composition, functionality, and species richness) of the two sides of the meadow (mowed and abandoned). Our aim was to highlight the changes in soil properties and vegetation community, and to find out to what extent abandonment can affect those dynamics. Our results showed that after short-term abandonment, soil pH, C and N increased; litter biomass and perennial forbs increased; and annual forbs decreased. New species colonising after abandonment, thus enriching the flora, may keep spreading and eventually hinder the growth of the specialists if mowing is not resumed. Certain valuable meadow habitats need constant human intervention to maintain their peculiar vegetation, most especially if they are a buffer zone in the proximity of natural protected areas.

Soil carbon

10.3390/agriculture12010078

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Characterisation of the Etna tephra to explore its suitability as growing media

Acta Horticulturae (2022)

Francesca Bretzel Irene Rosellini S. Toscano D. Romano

10.17660/actahortic.2022.1345.31

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Soil influence on the performance of 26 native herbaceous plants suitable for sustainable Mediterranean landscaping

Acta Oecologica (2009)