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140 Pages·2009·3.46 MB·English

Fondazione Edmund Mach
IASMA Research Centre

FRONT COVER
View of the Rotaliana plane from one of the micrometeorological towers active
in the main ecosystems on the Trentino region. These stations enhance the
understanding on the mechanisms controlling the carbon and nitrogen cycles,
important information to comply with the Kyoto protocol obligations.
FONDAZIONE EDMUND MACH
President
Giovanni Gius
Managing director
Alessandro Carlo Dini
RESEARCH CENTRE
Director
Roberto Viola
Scientifi c relations
Floriana Marin
Administration
Roberto Maffei, Luigi Conter
Secretary
Elisabetta Esposito
Phone: [phone] - Fax: [phone]
Web: http://research.iasma.it
e-mail: [email protected]
Annual Report IASMA Research Centre 2008
© 2009 Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1 – 38010 San Michele all’Adige (TN), Italia
Reproduction in any form is prohibited
Managing editor
Roberto Viola
Editorial committee
Claudio Ioriatti, Fulvio Mattivi, Annapaola Rizzoli, Nico Salmaso, Marco Stefanini, Riccardo Velasco
Editorial staff
Floriana Marin, Lucia Martinelli
Photography
Gianni Zotta; Palma & Associati still life; archivio IASMA; archivio SafeCrop; archivio CSBT; AB Applied Biosystems;
N. Angeli; P. Fontana, p. 73, Fig. 1; S. Gottardi, p. 96; DM Rizzo, p. 65, Fig. 3; Gianfranco Scieghi, p. 91
Concept and layout
Palma & Associati
Printing
Litotipografi a Alcione
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PART 1 | PREFACE TABLE OF CONTENTS
IASMA President 7
Research Centre Director 9
The Institute 10
About the Research Centre 14
PART 2 | DEPARTMENTS
Agrifood Quality Department 19
Geographical traceability of Italian and European extra-virgin olive oils 21
Classical sensory profi ling and an innovative data mining approach to typical cheese classifi cation 23
Microbial biodiversity in Trentino milk and the use of autochthonous strains in Secondary Adjunct Cultures 25
in typical raw milk cheeses
In brief 27
Facilities and Equipment 29
Agricultural Resources Department 30
Bi-axis - an alternative training system for apple growing 32
Soft fruit and strawberry germplasm 34
Application of Texture Analysis to grapevine: effects of genotype and cultivation practices 36
In brief 39
Facilities and Equipment 41
Genetics and Molecular Biology Department 42
The foundations for successful genetic improvement: from genome to fi eld 44
Variation in the aromatic expression of two Chardonnay clones 46
Development of a reliable method for quantifying exogenous genes in grape plantlets 49
Ethylene synthesis and signalling in grapevine: its role in berry development 51
In brief 53
Facilities and Equipment 55
Natural Resources Department 56
Modelling the impact of global warming on the phenology of grapevines in Trentino 59
Tropospheric ozone in Trentino: a danger to forests? 61
The interaction between forest pathogens and climate change 64
Energy and environmental sustainability on a mountain farm 66
In brief 68
Facilities and Equipment 69
Plant Protection Department 71
Morpho-functional studies on olfactory communication in Apis mellifera L. and other Apoidea species 73
In vitro screening for resistance to apple proliferation in Malus species 75
An innovative method based on nicotinic acid degradation for the selection of microbial 77
antagonists of fi re blight
In brief 80
Facilities and Equipment 82
The Centre for Alpine Ecology 83
Humans and the Environment: social-ecological systems 85
Remote Sensing and Environmental Research 87
Global changes and the risk posed by emerging wildlife diseases to human health in the Alps 90
GHG fl uxes in forest ecosystems 92
Conservation Genetics 94
In brief 96
Facilities and Equipment 98
PART 2 | ANALYTIC SERVICES
Services and Support to Stakeholders 100
PART 3 | OVERVIEW
Research Projects 103
Affi liations 109
Editorial Board Participation 111
Recognition 112
Academic Theses at IASMA in 2008 112
Publications 2008 114
Staff 124
GETTING TO SAN MICHELE ALL’ADIGE 134
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 135
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PART | PREFACE
Giovanni Gius
W
e are proud to present for the third year running the Annual Report, an extensive selection of the
work and activities carried out in 2008 by the Centre for Research and Innovation of the Agrarian Institute
of San Michele all’Adige.
This third edition is also full of scientifi c concepts and ideas, bearing witness to the multifarious research
activities carried out by the Edmund Mach Foundation. The institute has grown and evolved over time
and now comprises six hundred and sixty-nine employees and collaborators plus a complex of buildings
covering a surface area of 24 thousand square metres. Important numbers and an important history.
This year marked a further stage on the journey that the institute began with its transformation into a
private foundation. On the fi rst of January 2009 the new organisational regulations came into operation,
the most signifi cant aspect of which was the separation of research and experimentation. The centres
have changed their names and functions thus speeding up operational processes and allowing the Institute
to concentrate more clearly on research, training and technical consultation in response to the province’s
demands. The new set-up will also see San Michele integrated into a national and international network of
organisations active in these sectors, particularly with respect to research and innovation.
Past and future, tradition and innovation, reputations and projects: the equilibrium has, I hasten to point
out, not always been easy to maintain but it has been at the heart of the important decisions recently
taken by the Institute. We are committed to keeping to this path in the future: while, on the one hand,
the Centre for Research and Innovation will fi rmly maintain its links with Trentino, it will also continue to
develop and enhance the excellent standards which already distinguish its activities. It must be stressed
that its research activities are a direct response to the specifi c demands of the Trentino territory; in other
words, it is the concrete needs of agriculture in Trentino which spark the ideas and proposals which are
then realised in international projects and which, developed to their full potential, lead to results of
signifi cant impact and interest on an international level.
The Annual Report, then, mirrors and bears witness to the team work which has brought and will continue
to bring - I hope - the research activities at San Michele to the whole world through collaborations,
partnerships, encounters in their various forms and exchanges of researchers.
Finally, I would like to congratulate all those who, in their various ways, participate in and dedicate their
energies to the Centre for Research and Innovation of the Foundation-Agrarian Institute. A particular
thought goes to those who have contributed to putting together this publication. To all of you my personal
thanks and those of the entire administrative council.

Dr. Giovanni Gius
IASMA President
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