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The Importance of Technical Support in the Return of Traditional Crops in the Alps: The Case of Rye in Camonica Valley

Valeria Leoni,
Davide Pedrali,
Marco Zuccolo,
Alessia Rodari,
Luca Giupponi and
Annamaria Giorgi

Sustainability2021, 13(24), 13818;https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413818

14 December 2021

Multifunctional agriculture could be strategic for the recovery of some mountain areas of the Alps, and traditional crops like cereals generated study cases that triggered processes of development, such as rye in Camonica Valley (Northern Italy). How...

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1,860 Views

17 Pages

Characterization and Future Distribution Prospects of “Carciofo di Malegno” Landrace for Its In Situ Conservation

Davide Pedrali,
Marco Zuccolo,
Luca Giupponi,
Stefano Sala and
Annamaria Giorgi

Plants2024, 13(5), 680;https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13050680

28 February 2024

“Carciofo di Malegno” is a little-known landrace of Cynara cardunculus subsp. scolymus cultivated in Camonica Valley (northern Italy). The morphological and phytochemical characteristics of this landrace were investigated; furthermore, a...

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Selective Activity of Chrysin-6-C-Fucopyranoside from Cyclanthera pedata Toward Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma

Marco Zuccolo,
Angela Bassoli,
Gigliola Borgonovo,
Luca Giupponi,
Annamaria Giorgi,
Aniello Schiano Moriello and
Fabio Arturo Iannotti

Molecules2025, 30(7), 1626;https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules30071626

5 April 2025

Caigua (Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad.) is a traditional herbal remedy traditionally used in Latin America for its health benefits and to treat metabolic disorders, including diabetes. Despite interest in its herbal use, the phytochemical properties...

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3,153 Views

21 Pages

Restoration of Vegetation Greenness and Possible Changes in Mature Forest Communities in Two Forests Damaged by the Vaia Storm in Northern Italy

Luca Giupponi,
Valeria Leoni,
Davide Pedrali and
Annamaria Giorgi

Plants2023, 12(6), 1369;https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12061369

19 March 2023

Windstorms are rare in the Southern Alps, but their frequency is increasing due to climate change. This research analyzed the vegetation of two spruce forests in Camonica Valley (Northern Italy) destroyed by the Vaia storm to evaluate the vegetation...

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Future Scenarios of Soil Erosion in the Alps under Climate Change and Land Cover Transformations Simulated with Automatic Machine Learning

Marco Gianinetto,
Martina Aiello,
Renata Vezzoli,
Francesco Niccolò Polinelli,
Maria Cristina Rulli,
Davide Danilo Chiarelli,
Daniele Bocchiola,
Giovanni Ravazzani and
Andrea Soncini

Climate2020, 8(2), 28;https://doi.org/10.3390/cli8020028

7 February 2020

Erosion is one of the major threats listed in the Soil Thematic Strategy of the European Commission and the Alps are one of the most vulnerable ecosystems, with one of the highest erosion rates of the whole European Union. This is the first study inv...

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892 Views

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Characterization of Litter and Topsoil Under Different Vegetation Cover by Using a Chemometric Approach

Fulvia Tambone,
Anna Masseroli,
Paolo Beccarelli,
Luca Breno,
Marco Zuccolo,
Gigliola Borgonovo,
Stefania Mazzini,
Alex Golinelli and
Barbara Scaglia

Forests2025, 16(8), 1349;https://doi.org/10.3390/f16081349

19 August 2025

Leaf litter conservation practices in forests can contribute to increasing CO₂ storage in natural soils as organic matter; however, this process depends on the type of vegetation cover. This study, using different approaches, aimed to assess this pro...

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