scholarly journals Reproductive fitness of Meloidogyne artiellia populations on chickpea and durum wheat

Nematology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Martín Barbarroja ◽  
Rafael Jiménez Díaz ◽  
Víctor Hernández Fernández ◽  
Pablo Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Reproductive Fitness ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Egg Mass ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Controlled Conditions ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

AbstractThe influence of chickpea and durum wheat, as crops widely used in rotations in the Mediterranean Basin, on the reproductive fitness of five Meloidogyne artiellia populations from Italy, Spain and Syria, was investigated under controlled conditions. The reproductive fitness of the M. artiellia populations, determined as the number of eggs per mature egg mass, was significantly greater in durum wheat cv. Simeto than in chickpea cv. UC 27 for all five nematode populations. Similarly, both in chickpea and durum wheat the reproductive fitness differed among nematode populations, with populations of M. artiellia from Castel del Monte (southern Italy) and CL5 (northern Spain) producing the greatest number of eggs per egg mass. The fewest number of eggs per egg mass of M. artiellia occurred for populations from Alhama 6 (southern Spain) and Tel-Hadya (northern Syria).

scholarly journals Evaluation of Olives Cultivated in Southern Italy by Simple Sequence Repeat Markers

HortScience ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 582-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Innocenzo Muzzalupo ◽  
Francesca Stefanizzi ◽  
Enzo Perri
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Group Method ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Olive Cultivars ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Simple Sequence ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

Olive (Olea europaea L.) is a species of great economic importance in the Mediterranean basin. Italy is very important for the olive industry; in fact, olive's genetic patrimony is very rich and characterized by an abundance of cultivars. At present, the majority of ancient landraces are vegetatively propagated by farm. It is likely that the number of cultivars is underestimated because of inadequate information on minor local cultivars that are widespread in different olive-growing areas. The existence of many cultivars reinforces the need for a reliable identification method. It is important to improve the ex situ plant germplasm collection and fairly to characterize all cultivars for future breeding programs. In the present report, we used 11 loci microsatellites to characterize 211 olive cultivars of an olive collection cultivated in six regions of southern Italy. These regions represent the major area for olive cultivation in Italy and have a strategic geographical location in the Mediterranean basin. The dendrogram obtained, using the unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean clustering algorithm, depicts the pattern of relationships between the studied cultivars. There is a clear structuring of the variability relative to the geographic origin of olive cultivars. This work, for the very high number of the Italian olive cultivars analyzed, highlights the degree and distribution of genetic diversity of this species for better exploitation of olive resources and for the design of plant breeding programs. Besides, the use of molecular markers, like simple sequence repeats, is imperative to build a database for cultivar analysis, for traceability of processed food, and for appropriate management of olive germplasm collections.

Pre-Zanclean end of the Messinian Salinity Crisis: new evidence from central Mediterranean reference sections

2021 ◽  
pp. jgs2020-183
Author(s):  
Speranta-Maria Popescu ◽  
William Cavazza ◽  
Jean-Pierre Suc ◽  
Mihaela Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu ◽  
Nadia Barhoun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Calcareous Nannofossils ◽  
Central Mediterranean ◽  
Reference Sections ◽  
Stratotype Section ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The concept of a geologically instantaneous earliest Zanclean reflooding of the Mediterranean Basin after the Messinian drawdown has dominated geological thinking and is ingrained in the scientific literature. The base of the Trubi Formation in southern Italy, formally defined as the Zanclean Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) at 5.33 Ma, has traditionally been considered as marking the marine reflooding of the Mediterranean. However, several studies provide evidence that marine reflooding occurred prior to the Zanclean GSSP, the most reliable of which comes from southern Calabria. Here, we show that the sedimentary coastal prism cropping out extensively immediately below the base of the Trubi Formation in this region and correlatable with the Arenazzolo Unit in Sicily contains a fully marine micropalaeontological association of calcareous nannofossils and dinoflagellate cysts, thus pointing to both a high sea-level and marine conditions before deposition of the Trubi Formation (i.e. in the latest Messinian).

scholarly journals The Mediterranean Lifestyle: The Power of Food

EDIS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charissa Lim ◽  
Alexa Hosey ◽  
Farah Tadros ◽  
Madison Woodard ◽  
Jeanette Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Pattern ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Food Science ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Minimal Consumption ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The Mediterranean diet dates back to the early 1960s, in which the population living among the Mediterranean basin, much of Greece and Southern Italy consumed high amounts of fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, and unprocessed cereals with minimal consumption of meat. This dietary pattern has been shown to improve heart health, maintain weight, and reduce the risk for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. This new 6-page publication discusses the Mediterranean dietary pattern and provides tips to incorporate this lifestyle into daily life, as well as sample recipes. Written by Charissa Lim, Alexa Hosey, Farah Tadros, Madison Woodard, and Jeanette Andrade, and published by the UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department.https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fs399

scholarly journals Monthly-to-seasonal predictions of durum wheat yield over the Mediterranean Basin

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 7-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Ferrise ◽  
P Toscano ◽  
M Pasqui ◽  
M Moriondo ◽  
J Primicerio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Durum Wheat ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Wheat Yield ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin
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