scholarly journals Fungal Diversity in the Mediterranean Area

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Venturella
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Diversity ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Culture Collection ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Therapeutic Value ◽  
Mediterranean Habitat ◽  
The Mediterranean

The Special Issue entitled “Fungal Diversity in the Mediterranean Area” aimed at highlighting the role of various organisms in the Mediterranean habitat. The role of fungi at the root and phyllosphere level; the biodiversity in small island territories and the sea; rare forms of fungi never previously found; the commercial, food, and therapeutic value of some ascomycetes and basidiomycetes; the diversity related to fungi associated with galls on plants; and the important role of culture collection for the ex situ conservation of fungal biodiversity are the topics dealt with in this Special Issue.

scholarly journals Special Issue “Focus on the Salinization Issue in the Mediterranean Area”

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 681
Author(s):  
Micòl Mastrocicco
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Precipitation Pattern ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Mediterranean

Throughout the Mediterranean Region, recent and past studies have highlighted an increase in temperature, especially during summer, a decrease in precipitation and a change in the in-year precipitation pattern [...]

scholarly journals An Italian Research Culture Collection of Wood Decay Fungi

Diversity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Elena Girometta ◽  
Annarosa Bernicchia ◽  
Rebecca Michela Baiguera ◽  
Francesco Bracco ◽  
Simone Buratti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Italy ◽  
Wood Decay ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Culture Collection ◽  
White Rot ◽  
Temperate Climate ◽  
Research Culture ◽  
Decay Fungi ◽  
Mn Peroxidase ◽  
The Mediterranean

One of the main aims of the University of Pavia mycology laboratory was to collect wood decay fungal (WDF) strains in order to deepen taxonomic studies, species distribution, officinal properties or to investigate potential applications such as biocomposite material production based on fungi. The Italian Alps, Apennines and wood plains were investigated to collect Basidiomycota basidiomata from living or dead trees. The purpose of this study was to investigate the wood decay strains of the Mediterranean area, selecting sampling sites in North and Central Italy, including forests near the Ligurian and Adriatic seas, or near the Lombardy lakes. The isolation of mycelia in pure culture was performed according to the current methodology and the identity of the strains was confirmed by molecular analyses. The strains are maintained in the Research Culture Collection MicUNIPV of Pavia University (Italy). Among the 500 WDF strains in the collection, the most interesting isolates from the Mediterranean area are: Dichomitus squalens (basidioma collected from Pinus pinea), Hericium erinaceus (medicinal mushroom), Inocutis tamaricis (white-rot agent on Tamarix trees), Perenniporia meridionalis (wood degrader through Mn peroxidase) and P. ochroleuca. In addition, strains of species related to the Mediterranean climate (e.g., Fomitiporia mediterranea and Cellulariella warnieri) were obtained from sites with a continental-temperate climate.

scholarly journals Role of desert aerosol in metal fluxes in the Mediterranean area

Chemosphere ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Guerzoni ◽  
E. Molinaroli ◽  
P. Rossini ◽  
G. Rampazzo ◽  
G. Quarantotto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
The Mediterranean

scholarly journals Performance of multi-model AEMET-SREPS precipitation probabilistic forecasts over Mediterranean area

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 133-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Callado ◽  
C. Santos ◽  
P. Escribà ◽  
D. Santos-Muñoz ◽  
J. Simarro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Horizontal Resolution ◽  
Ensemble Prediction ◽  
Ensemble Prediction System ◽  
Probabilistic Forecasts ◽  
Mesoscale Convective ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
One Year ◽  
Convective Organization

Abstract. Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) runs a daily experimental multi-model Short-Range Ensemble Prediction System (AEMET-SREPS). The role of the system horizontal resolution (0.25 degrees) on the performance of 24-h precipitation probabilistic forecasts, and its relation with mesoscale events, are assessed comparing the performance over the Mediterranean area and over an European Atlantic area. Gridded high resolution rain observations and standard verification measures have been used at different precipitation thresholds, while studying the dependency on seasons for a one year period (May 2007 to June 2008). As a general result, performance over the Mediterranean area is higher than over the Atlantic one, albeit some relative loss of skill is found in autumn, when mesoscale convective organization is assumed to play a more important role. So it is suggested that AEMET-SREPS system precipitation predictability over the Mediterranean in autumn could be expected to improve if the horizontal and vertical resolution is increased in order to take into account the effect of meso-beta scale, especially important for convective organization.

scholarly journals A peach (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch.) in Ancient and Early Byzantine Medicine According to Selected Sources (1st – 7th c. AD.)

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-41
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Jagusiak ◽  
Maciej Kokoszko
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Prunus Persica ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Persian Empire ◽  
Pliny The Elder ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Early Byzantine

The peach (Prunus persica [L.] Batsch) is a tree native to the region known today as Northwest China, where its fruits were known around 2000 BC. Inhabitants of the Mediterranean Area came into contact with the peach probably between the 6th and 4th century BC thanks to the contacts with Persian Empire. In the western part of the Mediterranean Region the peach appeared later (ca. 1st c. AD). In the period under study there were many varieties of the peach, and they were eaten in many different ways – e.g. raw, dried, boiled etc. They could be consumed without any other ingredients, or as an element of more complicated dishes. Ancient and early Byzantine authors, who wrote their treatises between the 1st and 7th c. AD, and dealt with medicine (Dioscorides, Pliny the Elder, Galen, Oribasius, Aetius of Amida, Paul of Aegina, Athimus and others), described dietetic properties of a peach with details. Moreover, they left some information about a medical use of this fruit. This aspect of their works is an element of a wider and well-known phenomenon, i.e. an important role of all groups of aliments in the ancient art of healing.

scholarly journals Towards the advancement of the Mediterranean food cultures

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (1a) ◽  
pp. 103-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro Dernini
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Childhood Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Interdisciplinary Dialogue ◽  
Food Cultures ◽  
The Mediterranean

AbstractThe Forum on Mediterranean Food Cultures has the purpose to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue to acknowledge the underestimated role of the Mediterranean diet and of the Mediterranean food cultures for an effective sustainable development in the Mediterranean. It is addressed towards the achievement of food security and a broader nutritional well-being in the entire Mediterranean area. The Forum uses a creative approach for the development of community-based programmes to manage the emerging trend of childhood overweight and obesity, as well as to reduce the increasing erosion of the Mediterranean food cultural heritage.

Heavy Precipitation Systems in the Mediterranean Area: The Role of GPM

2020 ◽  
pp. 819-841
Author(s):  
Giulia Panegrossi ◽  
Anna Cinzia Marra ◽  
Paolo Sanò ◽  
Luca Baldini ◽  
Daniele Casella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Precipitation ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
The Mediterranean
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