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Ex situ conservation of Sicilian endemic species in the Botanical garden of Catania University

2009

Ex situ conservation botanical gardens plant biodiversity wild flora endemic plantsSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E Applicata
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Evaluation of biocidal potential of some plant species from the Mediterranean wild flora

wild flora biocidal inhibiition stimulation germination phytotoxic phytotoxicity extract extraction fungitoxic insecticidal Artemisia arborescens Rhus coriaria Dittrichia viscosa water extract bioassay essential oil Camphor Chamazulene and β-thujone Gallic acid nematodes Sesamin Ashantin Isocostic acid Carabrone TomentosinSettore AGR/02 - Agronomia E Coltivazioni Erbacee
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Essential oil crops for sustainable agriculture - A review

2009

Multifunctionality and diversification of farming systems, integration of agricultural practices both inter se and with the non-agricultural productive systems operating on the territory, biodiversity safeguards, and reduction in off-farm inputs, are key factors for all modern development strategies in agricultural areas. Such issues are valid worldwide, but are especially true in areas in which the cultivation of the more widespread and “classical” crops is constrained by factors of varying degree and importance. In Mediterranean areas, where many environmental and economic factors often reduce rural areas to marginal conditions, the search for new crop opportunities has become one of the …

wild floraNatural resource economicsAgricultural diversificationbusiness.industryBiodiversityDiversification (marketing strategy)non-common cropEnvironmentally friendlySettore AGR/02 - Agronomia E Coltivazioni ErbaceeAgricultural sciencecrop diversificationAgricultureon-farm transformationSustainable agricultureMedicinal and aromatic plantBusinessArable landEmerging markets
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