Genesis of Tephra-derived Soils from the Roccamonfina Volcano, South Central Italy

2003 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vacca ◽  
P. Adamo ◽  
M. Pigna ◽  
P. Violante
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
South Central

scholarly journals Probable autochthonous introduced malaria cases in Italy in 2009–2011 and the risk of local vector-borne transmission

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (48) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Romi ◽  
D Boccolini ◽  
M Menegon ◽  
G Rezza
Keyword(s):  
Malaria Transmission ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Vivax Malaria ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
South Central ◽  
Vector Abundance ◽  
Plasmodium Vivax Malaria ◽  
Local Vector ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Local Transmission

We describe two cases of probable autochthonous introduced Plasmodium vivax malaria that occurred in 2009 and 2011 in two sites of South-Central Italy. Although the sources of the infections were not detected, local transmission could not be disproved and therefore the cases were classified as autochthonous. Sporadic P. vivax cases transmitted by indigenous vectors may be considered possible in some areas of the country where vector abundance and environmental conditions are favourable to malaria transmission.

scholarly journals Effects of water stress on spectral reflectance of bermudagrass

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Caturegli ◽  
Stefania Matteoli ◽  
Monica Gaetani ◽  
Nicola Grossi ◽  
Simone Magni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Stress ◽  
Water Content ◽  
Spectral Reflectance ◽  
Irrigation Management ◽  
Chlorophyll Concentration ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Stress Monitoring ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Water Index ◽  
South Central

Abstract In the south-central Italy, during summer rainfall does not supply a sufficient amount of water. Therefore, irrigation management during dry periods is important for maintaining turf quality. The hybrid bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. × Cynodon transvaalensis Burtt–Davy) is known to represent the dominant warm-season turfgrass in warm to temperate climatic regions and its drought tolerance make bermudagrass a competitive turfgrass. A greenhouse experiment was conducted using uniform cores of hybrid bermudagrass, which were secured in a polyvinyl chloride cylinders and watered by constant sub-irrigation. The objectives of the present research were to measure the spectral reflectance with a new generation handheld spectroradiometer on hybrid bermudagrass and to explore various vegetation indices to be used as future detecting tool to study water stress in bermudagrass. Moreover, the potential uses of multivariate processing techniques for discriminating different water stress conditions in turfgrass has been investigated. Besides spectral indices, multivariate methods, although performed on a data set limited in terms of sample size, have shown a great potential for water stress monitoring in turfgrass and surely deserve further investigations. There are different indices that use distinct water absorption features independent of chlorophyll concentration, such as water index (WI = R900/R970) that has been reported to be a robust index of canopy water content and is used as an active indicator of changes in Leaf Relative Water Content (LRWC). Also, the ratio of WI with NDVI (WI/NDVI = (R900/R970)/((R800 − R680)/(R800 + R680)]) was found to be an effective indicator of water stress. Another vegetation index to detect water features is normalized difference water index (NDWI), designed to maximize reflectance of water by using green wavelengths. In our trial in bermudagrass the relationships studied, suggest that WI (900/970) and WI/NDVI, among the indices studied, are the more effective indicators of water stress. In fact, lower values of WI indicate higher water stress, while higher values of WI/NDVI indicate higher water stress levels.

scholarly journals An integrated approach to the characterization of two autochthonous lentil (Lens culinaris) landraces of Molise (south-central Italy)

Heredity ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
G S Scippa ◽  
D Trupiano ◽  
M Rocco ◽  
V Viscosi ◽  
M Di Michele ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lens Culinaris ◽  
Central Italy ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
South Central

The weathering of zeolitic and non-zeolitic calcareous materials in a lacustrine plain in south-Central Italy

Geoderma ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Portegies Zwart ◽  
A.P.A. Vink ◽  
J. van Schuylenborgh
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
South Central

Evidence of Absence or Absence of Evidence?

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-184
Author(s):  
Sonja Kačar
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Important Food ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
South Central ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Late Mesolithic ◽  
Blade Production

The last hunter-gatherers of the central and western Mediterranean are associated with the Castelnovian technocomplex, which developed during the seventh millennium BC and is characterized mainly by its lithic industries, which reflect important changes that occurred during the Late Mesolithic: debitage from this time is oriented towards blade production by pressure-flaking and the manufacture of special tools, such as trapezes (made by the microburin technique) and notched blades. Although rare, Castelnovian sites have been identified in the wider Adriatic region of south-central Italy, Albania, Montenegro and the Italian and Slovenian Karst. However, it seems that the Croatian coast and its hinterland in the eastern Adriatic lack any traces. No sites were found in Dalmatia and only a few questionable surface finds come from Istria. This study explores whether this absence is due to historical factors, such as depopulation during the Late Mesolithic or the region being outside the Castelnovian expansion route, or whether it is because of a combination of taphonomic causes (such as loss of sites by marine transgression) and lack of previous research. The paper also focuses on the hypothesis that the presence of the last hunter-gatherers can be detected indirectly through the persistence of Castelnovian elements in the oldest Neolithic Impressed Ware assemblages of the eastern Adriatic. I further propose that Castelnovian traits are observable in the Impressed Ware assemblages of Istria. This Mesolithic tradition consists of the use of local flint, blade production by indirect percussion and ‘simpler’ forms of pressure flaking in lithic production, while marine resources remain an important food resource.

A comparison among olive flowering trends in different Mediterranean areas (south-central Italy) in relation to meteorological variations

2008 ◽  
Vol 97 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 339-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Orlandi ◽  
Carlo Sgromo ◽  
Tommaso Bonofiglio ◽  
Luigia Ruga ◽  
Bruno Romano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
South Central ◽  
Mediterranean Areas
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