Keywords:
Breeding, Climatic Extremes, Fruit Three Crops, Germplasm, Mediterranean Basin
Synopsis
Climatic scenarios predicted for Mediterranean areas pose specific challenges for agriculture. The vulnerability of the fruit crops industry to the modification of agro-climatic conditions depends on both the expected regional climate extremes and the sectors’ adaptation ability. For their perennial status, fruit tree crops are particularly exposed to environmental extremes, i.e. yield and quality of fruit production are strongly affected by genotype x environment interactions. The overall aims of this book, other than presenting an overview of the main fruit crops industry in the Mediterranean basin (Almond, Apricot, Citrus spp., Grape, Olive, Peach), are: i) describing the most interesting features of their cultivation (state of the art), ii) enlighting the possible solutions in order to tackle the negative impacts of climatic extremes on the industry, iii) reporting the main findings of the ‘Freeclimb’ international project (https://primafreeclimb.com/) funded in the framework of PRIMA, a EU initiative meant to foster MB cooperation (https://prima-med.org/).
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Author Biographies
Daniele Bassi, University of Milan
born in Ravenna (I), graduated at Bologna University (I). From 1995 to 2021 he served as full professor at the University of Milan (I), also acting as chairperson of the PhD School in Agriculture, Environment and Bioenergy for more than a decade. His teaching activity has been carried out on Arboriculture and Fruit Tree Crops. He has been always involved on fruit tree breeding, emphasizing the study and heritability of fruit quality and resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses. He has active collaborations with some Chinese scientific academies. He attended over 70 scientific conferences, with personal or collaborative communications. Over 200 scientific papers published.
Marco Cirilli
born in Civitavecchia (Rm) obtained his PhD from the University of Tuscia. He is currently associate professor of Arboriculture and Fruit Tree Crops at the University of Milan. His teaching and research activities encompass agronomy, genetics and genomics and fruit tree species. The research activities covered various topics (pomological traits, environmental adaptation, disease resistance) addressed through multi-disciplinary approaches, aimed at integrating the technical-agronomic aspects with the biological and genetic ones to exploit germplasm resources in breeding ctivities. He is the author of over 50 scientific publications
Laura Rossini, University of Milan
born in Milan (I), was awarded a PhD in Genetics at University of Milan. After a period as a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford (UK), she moved back to University of Milan, where she is currently full professor in crop genetics and head of the Master Programme in Crop and Plant Sciences. Her teaching and research spans plant genetics, genomics and molecular biology. Since 2008, she started working on fruit trees, participating in the International Peach Genome Initiative and the development of genomics-based approaches for genetic improvement of fruit quality and agronomic traits in the context of national and international projects. She authored over 70 scientific publications
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