Unit of Biomarkers and Environment
Lab of Plant Biology
tel. +0512091282
fax +051242576
Group Leader: Gian Lorenzo Calzoni
E-mail : gianlorenzo.calzoni@unibo.it
Research in progress :
- Environmental quality analysis by: - 1. In vitro test of pollen viability. - 2. Heavy metal analysis in leaves and pollen grains of higher plants. - 3. Biometrical analysis on mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) managed in the field by the nest trapping and releasing and rearing techniques. - 4. Heavy metal analysis on mason bees. - 5. Heavy metal analysis and percent composition of pollen grains foraged by mason bees. - 6. Heavy metal analysis in the mud of the nests of mason bees.
- Microwaves effects on bio-objects in vitro or in planta (pollen germination, tobacco/TMV interactions)
- Effects of ultra-high dilutions on in vitro pollen germination and on some host-pathogen interactions in Brassica and tomato. - Study (by means of pollen) of plant and climate history (Palaeopalinology), of crimes (Criminopalinology) and of plant drugs (Pharmacopalinology ).
Funding :
- EU: LIFE Environment 2002-2004. Prop. N. LIFE00env/it/000215.
- Progetto triennale Intestato a Gian Lorenzo Calzoni: T.O.R.R.E. (Turismo Organizzato Recupero Rurale Ecologico)
Patents :
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Selected Publications :
- Gnes A, Rondinini T, Pari E, Fonti P, Vincenzi D, Speranza A, Calzoni GL. 2004 Mason Bees and Environment. Insect Social Life. Vol 5 111-116
- Betti L, Trebbi G, Lazzarato L, Brizzi F, Calzoni GL, Marinelli F, Nani D, Borghini F. 2004 Nonthermal Microwave Radiations Affect the Hypersensitive Response of Tobacco to Tobacco Mosaic Virus. J Altern Complement Med 10 (6): 947-957
- Calzoni GL, Borghini F, Del Giudice E, Betti L, Dal Rio F, Migliori M, Trebbi G, Speranza A. 2003 Weak Extremely High Frequencies Microwaves Affect Pollen-Tube Emergence and Growth in Kiwifruit: Pollen Grain Irradiation and Water-Mediated Effects. JACM 9(2): 217-233
- Betti L, Lazzarato L, Trebbi G, Brizzi M, Calzoni GL, Borghini F, Nani D. 2003 Effects of homeopathic arsenic on tobacco plant resistance to TMV: theoretical suggestions about system variability, based on a large experimental dataset. Homeopathy 92: 195-202
- Borghini F, Betti L, Lazzarato L, Trebbi G, Calzoni GL. 2001 Influenza di radiazioni elettromagnetiche EHF deboli con portante IR, ad emissione continua e modulata, su modelli vegetali. Ipotesi di correlazione con la potentizzazione omeopatica. In: Atti 1st FIAMO SCIENTIFIC SEMINARY pp 97-101
- Speranza A, Scoccianti V, Crinelli R, Calzoni GL. 2001 Involvment of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome Proteolytic Pathway in Pollen Tube Growth in Kiwifruit. In: Cell Biology of Plant and Fungal Tip Growth. Geitmann et al.(Eds.). IOS Press. pp 149-159
- Speranza A, Scoccianti V, Crinelli R, Calzoni GL, Magnani M. 2001 Inhibition of Proteasome Activity Strongly Affects Kiwifruit Pollen Germination. Involvment of the Ubiquitin/Proteasome Pathway as a Major Regulator. Plant Physiol. 126: 1150-1161
- Scoccianti V, Speranza A, Crinelli R, Calzoni GL, Biasi R, Altamura MM, Bagni N. 1999 Development-related changes of protein ubiquitination in pollen from male and female kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa). Physiol. Plant. 107: 128-135
- Scoccianti V, Speranza A, Crinelli R, Calzoni GL, Teti G, Bagni N. 1999 Protein targeting by ubiquitin during anther and pollen development in male and female flowers of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa). In: Anther and Pollen. Clément C, Pacini E, Audran JC (Eds.). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg pp 45-53
Postgraduate training :
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Collaborations :
- : Paolo Fonti ed Elena Pari, Gruppo CSA S.p.A. - Centro Studi Ambientali, Rimini.
- : Antonio Gnes, A.R.P.A. Agenzia Regionale Prevenzione Ambientale - Bologna
- : Divo Vincenzi, ENEA ENTE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L’ENERGIA E L’AMBIENTE
- : Claudio Porrini, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali, Università di Bologna
- : Antonio Felicioli, Sez. Entomologia Agraria, Dip. C.D.S.L. Università di Pisa.
- : Giovanna Aronne, Laboratorio di Botanica ed Ecologia Riproduttiva, Dipartimento di Arboricoltura, Botanica e Patologia Vegetale, Sezione Botanica - Fac. di Agraria - Università di Napoli Federico II
- : Luisa Forlani, Dipartimento di Biologia E. S. dell’Università di Bologna
- : Lucietta Betti, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali, Università di Bologna.
Links :
Botanica ed Ecologia Riproduttiva - Napoli
http://www.unina.it
laboratorio di Botanica
http://www.lifetorre-faenza.it
GRUPPO CSA S.p.A. ISTITUTO DI RICERCA
http://www.csaricerche.com
Agenzia Regionale Prevenzione Ambiente - Bologna
http://www.arpa.emr.it
ENEA
http://www.enea.it
Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali
http://www.agrsci.unibo.it/dista/index.htm
Entomologia Agraria - Pisa
http://www.unipi.it
Research group :
Gian Lorenzo Calzoni (Research Associate)
Luisa Forlani (Research Associate)
Fabiana Antognoni (Research Associate)
