Gruppo di ricerca
Lab. name | Holistic Plant Sensing Lab |
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Principal Investigator | Laura Arru |
Components | Laura Arru (Principal Investigator
- Researcher in Plant Physiology
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Francesca Frongia (Dottorando ) Vittoria Marsili (Dottorando ) Luca Bonisoli (Dottorando ) Luca Forti (Collaboratore ) |
Description | Plants have developed systems of perception, processing and response to signals from the surrounding environment. Our research group studies how and why plants behave the way they do. The focus at the moment is on Plant Acoustics, sounds that could be advantageous for plants to hear, how plants respond to them, and even how and why plants are able to produce them. Furthermore, since it is known that a complete immersion in a wood or a forest guarantees to receive benefits from the forest atmosphere, this pratice, by bike or by walking -which derives from the Japanese Shinrin-yoku-, is another topic of our research. Last one is related to microalgae growth in a virtuous circle from agro-industrial waste as input to biodiesel or other high value products as output. |
Address | via Giovanni Amendola, 2 - Padiglione Besta - 42122 Reggio Emilia |
Keywords | Plant Behaviour, Plant Acoustics, Shinrin-yoku, Historical Medicinal Plants, Microalgae |
ERC Sectors | LS8_1 Ecosystem and community ecology, macroecology LS8_1 Ecosystem and community ecology, macroecology LS8_10 Ecology and evolution of species interactions LS8_11 Behavioural ecology and evolution |
Instrumentation | - VOCs detector (ION Science) - ultrasound microfone (Dodotronics) - MC 1000-OD-MIX PhotoBioReactor (Photon System Instrument) - PolyPen (Photon System Instrument) - Steam distiller (Agristore Cosenza) - 2 plants incubators - autoclave - Orbital shacker |
Research Lines | Agrifood and Environment |
Methodologies | - Plant behavior - Microalgae investigation |
Web Site | www.hpsl.unimore.it/ |