Massimo Cagnin

University of Padova | UNIPD · Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and the Environment DAFNAE

The identification of adaptive traits involved in the response of plants to nutritional stress is necessary for maintaining crop productivity at sustainable levels. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationships among root elongation rate, root/shoot ratio, nitrate and sulfate uptake rate in sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgari...

Nutritional stress is one of the main limits to sugar beet yield. This study evaluated morphological and molecular responses of sugar beet to changes in sulfate availability. Morphological characteristics of the root system and the accumulation of microRNA395 (miR395) were examined on sulfate(S)-supplemented and S-deprived seedlings under hydroponi...

Sulfur is an essential plant macronutrient, and its adequate supply allows an efficient root storage and sugar extractability in sugar beets (Beta vulgaris L.). In this study, we investigated the effect of changes in sulfur availability on the endophytic community structure of sugar beets. Plants were hydroponically grown in a complete nutrient sol...

DNA-based technologies have become widespread tools for soil microbiological analyses in recent years. DNA extraction from the soil is a key step for these approaches: it is a challenge for researchers as it is still both expensive and time-consuming when large surveys are planned. The aim of this study was to develop a high-throughput automated pr...

Minerals in meat vary with different extrinsic and intrinsic sources; therefore, we aimed to quantify different sources of variation in mineral profile of beef. Longissimus thoracis muscle (N.182) from young bulls and heifers was analysed using ICP‐OES for 6 macrominerals, 5 essential microminerals and 9 environmental microminerals. Results of mixe...

Humic substances extracted from leonardite are widely considered to be bioactive compounds, influencing the whole-plant physiology and the crop yield. The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of a new formulate based on leonardite in the early stage of growth of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.). A commercial preparation of leonardite (BLACKJAK)...

A better understanding of the plant metabolites produced in response to disease infection may be useful for the development of disease-resistant crop varieties. In the present study, ultra high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (QTOF-MS) was used to identify differentially accumulated metabolit...

The characterization of nutrient and biostimulant effects in crops is complex and needs rigorous evaluations. In this study, we evaluated morphological and molecular responses induced by microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris and Scenedesmus quadricauda) extracts in Beta vulgaris L. The two microalgae extracts were firstly characterized by CNS, Fourier tra...

In this study, a system based on omics profiling was set-up for sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. subsp. vulgaris) evaluation after changes in sulfate availability. Seedlings were grown on sulfate-deprived Hoagland solution. Six days after germination, 100 μM MgSO4 was added to the solution. Root samples were collected 36 h after treatments. WinRHIZO ro...

Some elements and metals (Al, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se, Sr, Zn, P) were analyzed in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), by comparing the concentration in raw and in the cooked fish. In particular, the cooking of European seabass was carried out on pots made of five different materials (cast iron, aluminum, steel, teflon and ceramic), com...

A very simple means of nitrogen functional group grafting onto the backbone of Desmostachya bipinnata is investigated, which is a sacrificial herb in the south Asian region particular to Hindu religion. This natural biomaterial is found to be very effective for metal binding, after treatment with hydrazine monohydrate. The present study explores a...

A very simple means of nitrogen functional group grafting onto the backbone of Desmostachya bipinnata is investigated, which is a sacrificial herb in south Asian region particularly to Hindu religion. This natural biomaterial is found to be very effective for metal binding, after treatment with hydrazine monohydrate. The present study explores a co...

This work focuses on the accumulation and mobility properties of arsenic (As) and the effects of phosphate (P) on its movement in Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst (kikuyu grass), grown hydroponically under increasing arsenate (As(V)) concentrations. The uptake of both ions and the relative kinetics show that phosphate is an efficient competitive inhi...

A speciation method by ICP-OES was developed to study the mineral profile of Crescenza and Squacquerone cheeses, together with the corresponding milk. The research and the quantitative estimate of macro- and microelements indicate that Crescenza and Squacquerone show a low content of Na compared to other cheeses or foods and an optimum ratio Ca/P....

L’attività di ricerca ha previsto il confronto fra due siti inquinati da metalli pesanti e due siti controllo naturali. Contrariamente ai parametri chimico-fisici e ai contenuti in metallo dei suoli, le analisi vegetazionali non hanno evidenziato differenze significative tra i siti. E’ stata necessaria la messa a punto strumentale di tecniche ICP-O...