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Bertinelli G, Tizzani L, Mosconi F, Ilardi V, Bertin S. First Report of the Association of the Psyllid Vector Bactericera trigonica (Hemiptera: Triozidae) with ' Candidatus Liberibacter Solanacearum' in Italy. Insects 2024; 15:117. [PMID: 38392536 PMCID: PMC10889155 DOI: 10.3390/insects15020117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Psyllids, members of the family Triozidae, represent a potential threat to the cultivation of solanaceous and apiaceous crops worldwide, mainly as vectors of the phloem-restricted bacterium 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' (Lso). The Lso haplotypes C, D and E are known to affect apiaceous crops, such as carrot and celery, in several European countries. In Italy, data on the incidence and natural spread of both Lso and psyllids have not been reported so far. In this study, the presence of the vectors was investigated in a main Italian district for carrot production, the "Altopiano del Fucino" area (Central Italy). Both occasional and regular surveys were carried out on a total of five carrot fields and one potato field in 2021 and 2022. Bactericera trigonica (Hodkinson), which is known to efficiently transmit Lso to carrots, was found to be well-established in the area. High levels of population density were recorded in the summer period (more than 100 adult specimens per trap caught every two weeks) and then sharply decreased after the carrot harvest, confirming the strict association of this psyllid species with crop availability. In 2022, 27.5% of the total tested psyllid samples resulted in being positive for Lso haplotypes D and E, the latter being prevalent. This survey revealed, for the first time in Italy, the presence of B. trigonica adults associated with Lso in carrot crops. Although this study was limited to a few fields located in one area, it provided important evidence of the risks for Lso outbreaks and prompted further research to assess the spread and incidence of the disease in apiaceous cultivations in Italy.
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- Giorgia Bertinelli
- CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via C.G. Bertero 22, 00156 Rome, Italy
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- CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via C.G. Bertero 22, 00156 Rome, Italy
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- CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via C.G. Bertero 22, 00156 Rome, Italy
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- CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via C.G. Bertero 22, 00156 Rome, Italy
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- CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Via C.G. Bertero 22, 00156 Rome, Italy
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Molfini M, Redolfi de Zan L, Campanaro A, Rossi de Gasperis S, Mosconi F, Chiari S, Cini A, Antonini G, Solano E, Audisio PA, Roversi PF, Sabbatini Peverieri G, Carpaneto GM, Mason F, Bologna MA, Mancini E. A first assessment of genetic variability in the longhorn beetle Rosalia alpina (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Italian Apennines. The European Zoological Journal 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2018.1433243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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- M. Molfini
- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
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- Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana” Carabinieri, Verona, Italy
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana” Carabinieri, Verona, Italy
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
- Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, London, UK
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie Charles Darwin, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria - Centro di ricerca Difesa e Certificazione (CREA-DC), Firenze, Italy
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- Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana” Carabinieri, Verona, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
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Campanaro A, Hardersen S, Redolfi De Zan L, Antonini G, Bardiani M, Maura M, Maurizi E, Mosconi F, Zauli A, Bologna MA, Roversi PF, Sabbatini Peverieri G, Mason F. Analyses of occurrence data of protected insect species collected by citizens in Italy. NC 2017. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.20.12704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Maurizi E, Campanaro A, Chiari S, Maura M, Mosconi F, Sabatelli S, Zauli A, Audisio P, Carpaneto GM. Guidelines for the monitoring of Osmoderma eremita and closely related species. NC 2017. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.20.12658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Mosconi F, Campanaro A, Carpaneto GM, Chiari S, Hardersen S, Mancini E, Maurizi E, Sabatelli S, Zauli A, Mason F, Audisio P. Training of a dog for the monitoring of Osmoderma eremita. NC 2017. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.20.12688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Campanaro A, Redolfi De Zan L, Hardersen S, Antonini G, Chiari S, Cini A, Mancini E, Mosconi F, Rossi de Gasperis S, Solano E, Bologna MA, Sabbatini Peverieri G. Guidelines for the monitoring of Rosalia alpina. NC 2017. [DOI: 10.3897/natureconservation.20.12728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gornung E, Mosconi F, Annesi F, Castiglia R. The first cytogenetic description of Euleptes europaea (Gené, 1839) from Northern Sardinia reveals the highest diploid chromosome number among sphaerodactylid geckos (Sphaerodactylidae, Squamata). Comp Cytogenet 2013; 7:153-161. [PMID: 24260697 PMCID: PMC3833756 DOI: 10.3897/compcytogen.v7i2.4881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 05/27/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The karyotype of a sphaerodactylid gecko Euleptes europaea (Gené, 1839) was assembled for the first time in this species. It is made of 2n = 42 gradually decreasing in size chromosomes, the highest chromosome number so far acknowledged in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The second chromosome pair of the karyotype appears slightly heteromorphic in the male individual. Accordingly, FISH with a telomeric probe revealed an uneven distribution of telomeric repeats on the two homologues of this pair, which may be indicative of an XY sex-determination system in the species, to be further investigated.
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- Ekaterina Gornung
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Alfonso Borelli 50 – 00161 – Roma – Italia
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- Cooperativa Myosotis c/o Museo Civico di Zoologia di Roma, Via Aldrovandi 18 – 00197 – Roma – Italia
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Alfonso Borelli 50 – 00161 – Roma – Italia
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Via Alfonso Borelli 50 – 00161 – Roma – Italia
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We measured levels of calcitonin and other markers of calcium and phosphorus metabolism in both unconscious and conscious patients after multiple trauma. We found dramatic increases in calcitonin levels in unconscious patients, and smaller increases in conscious patients. In two cases, very high levels, more than 100 x normal, appeared to be related to more rapid healing of bone. Calcitonin levels were highest immediately after admission and decreased over the ensuing two weeks. The possible relationship between unconsciousness and the increased rate of healing of fractures is discussed.
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- G De Bastiani
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Microscopy, University of Verona, Italy
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