PhD Plant Science
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment
University of Pisa
Email: marco.landi@unipi.it
Tel: +39 050 2216620
Cell: +39 347 1322798
CURRENT RESEARCH INTEREST:
My group’s research has mainly focused on the structural, biochemical, molecular and physiological mechanisms through which plants accommodate environmental stress. Recent projects have included: (i) photoprotective role of anthocyanins and flavonoids sensu lato in plants under environmental stress (high light, UV-B, mineral toxicity); (ii) optical models to assess the development of anthocyanin-metal bond exploring the possibility that anthocyanins may additionally function as metal chelators; (iii) physiological mechanisms adopted by Mediterranean tree species, including fruit tree species, against high levels of tropospheric ozone, drought, salinity, mineral toxicity (e.g. boron, NaCl). Another line of research concerns the evaluation of bioactive compounds in crop species typical of the Mediterranean area when subjected to different pedo-climatic/agronomic/post-harvest factors, with the aim to increase their nutraceutical values and shelf life. Most recently, my group has started to characterize the bioactive profile of Mediterranean wild edible species in an attempt to select some of them as new functional foods.
KEYWORDS:
Chlorophyll fluorescence; Gas exchange; Environmental stress; Mineral Nutrition; Nutraceutical; Plant/soil interaction; Photosynthesis; Plant ecophysiology;
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