Preliminary Programme

• Monday
  5 September MON
  5 Sep
• Tuesday
  6 September TUE
  6 Sep
• Wednesday
  7 September WED
  7 Sep

• 10:00-13:00	Registration
  Cultural activities
  14:30-15:00	Institutional greetings
  Session 1 - Facing the climate change: effects and challenges on natural and agroforestry systems Chairs: Concetta Eliana Gattullo and Youry Pii
  15:00-15:45	Keynote lecture Marco Trevisan (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) Adaption to challenging environment: biochemical processes involved in abiotic stresses tolerance of plants
  15:45-16:00	B. Giannetta, C. Plaza, M. Cassetta, G. Mariotto, I. Benavente-Ferraces, M. Panettieri, J.C. García-Gil, C. Zaccone Response of soil organic matter fractions to biochar application and climate change in a Mediterranean agroecosystem
  16:00-16:15	D. Savy, M. Verrillo, S. Cangemi, A. Piccolo, V. Cozzolino Novel nanomaterials humic substances from green composts
  16:15-16:30	S. Celletti, R. Fedeli, M. Ghorbani, S. Loppi Basil as a model plant species for assessing the sustainability of bioplastic use in agriculture
  16:30-17:30	Coffee break and poster viewing
  17:30-17:45	M. Grigatti, C. Ciavatta Study of fertiliser efficiency and main soil effects following the use of compost in open field on cereals crops
  17:45-18:00	G. Di Rauso Simeone, C. Amalfitano, M. Caputo, F. Vairo, G. Sequino, F. Scognamiglio, M. Zaccardelli, F. De Filippis, M.A. Rao Properties of solid digestate after thermal treatment and N enrichment and derived vermicompost
  18:00-18:15	V. Zuffi, F. Puliga, L. Trincone, A. Zambonelli, O. Francioso Fungi and anaerobic digestate: a promising relationship
  18:15-18:30	C. Porfido, K. Köpke, I. Allegretta, S. Cesco, T. Mimmo, S. von Bargen, M. Bandte, M. Rybak, G. Falkenberg, C. Büttner, R. Terzano K and Ca concentrations in leaves correlate with ASaV infection in climate change trees (Fraxinus ornus) of Hamburg
  18:30-18:45	S. Blasioli, P. Mattarelli, L. Cavani, E. Buscaroli, M. Brecchia, I. Braschi Effect of Fenton-like treatment to reduce the persistence of veterinary antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance in pig manure
  18:45-20:00	Cultural activities

• 8:30-9:30	Registration
  Session 2 - Advances in plant responses to environmental change and food quality improvement Chairs: Begoña Miras-Moreno and Fabrizio Araniti
  9:00-9:45	Keynote lecture Roberto Pinton (Università degli Studi di Udine) Challenges in plant nutrition research for food quality and security
  9:45-10:00	P. Ganugi, A. Fiorini, F. Ardenti, T. Caffi, P. Bonini, E. Taskin, E. Puglisi, V. Tabaglio, M. Trevisan, L. Lucini Nitrogen use efficiency, rhizosphere bacterial community, and root metabolome reprogramming due to maize seed treatment with microbial biostimulants
  10:00-10:15	M. Alzate, S. Monterisi, Y. Rouphael, G. Colla, L. Lucini, S. Cesco, Y. Pii Plant-derived biostimulants differentially mitigate salinity stress in lettuce and tomato plants
  10:15-10:30	F. Fragalà, I. Puglisi, E. La Bella, E. Padoan, E. Montoneri, A. Baglieri Biobased biopolimers derived from municipal biowaste: agricultural applications
  10:30-11:30	Coffee break and poster viewing
  11:30-11:45	M. Brecchia, E. Buscaroli, I. Braschi Effect of seasonality, mycorrhization and clinoptilolite applications on Trace Elements (TE) uptake by melon plants
  11:45-12:00	L. B. Ebinezer, I. Battisti, N. Sharma, L. Ravazzolo, L. Ravi, A. R. Trentin, G. Barion, A. Panozzo, S. Dall'Acqua, T. Vamerali, S. Quaggiotti, G. Arrigoni, A. Masi Perfluorinated alkyl substances induced changes in physiology and root proteome of hydroponically grown maize plants
  12:00-12:15	C. Muratore, F. Araniti, L. Espen, B. Prinsi Comparison of physiological, biochemical and proteomic responses to nitrate or amino acids availability in maize
  12:15-12:30	I. Allegretta, G. Squeo, C.E. Gattullo, C. Porfido, F. Caponio, S. Cesco, C. Nicoletto, R.Terzano TXRF spectral information enhanced by multivariate analysis: a new strategy for food and seed traceability
  12:30-12:45	L. Ruggiero, C. Amalfitano, N. Dalal, E. Guerrera, P. Adamo Non-destructive determination of quality properties of "Pomodorino del Piennolo del Vesuvio PDO" tomato using Near Infrared Spectroscopy combined with chemometrics
  12:45-14:30	Lunch break
  14:30-15:00	Award ceremony for the best Ph.D. theses and publications
  15:00-17:00	SICA Plenary session
  17:00-19:30	Cultural activities
  20:30	Social dinner

• 8:30-9:30	Registration
  Session 3 - Strategies for improving soil management and quality in sustainable agriculture Chairs: Daniela Pezzolla and Vito Armando Laudicina
  9:00-9:45	Keynote lecture Maria Antonietta Rao (Università degli Studi di Napoli) Agricultural soil management: the delicate balance between sustainable practices and food security
  9:45-10:00	L. Maretto, S. Deb, S. Ravi, M. C. Della Lucia, G. Campagna, A. Squartini, S. Nardi, G. Concheri, P. Stevanato Microbiome profiling of soils under long-term conventional and organic management
  10:00-10:15	S. Paliaga, V.A. Laudicina, L. Badalucco A high CO2 pressure-based method for soil microbial cells disruption
  10:15-10:30	A. Ciurli, G. Di Biase, S. Rapisarda, C. Ciavatta & L. Cavani Evaluation of agronomic quality and impact on soil fertility of fertilizers from beef slaughterhouse biogas digested sludge
  10:30-11:30	Coffee break and poster viewing
  11:30-11:45	S. Martinengo, M. Schiavon, V. Santoro, D. Said-Pullicino, L. Celi, M. Martin Soil-plant interactions governing phosphorus availability in paddy soils
  11:45-12:00	G. Galluzzi, C. Plaza, B. Giannetta, S. Priori, C. Zaccone Soil organic carbon sequestration and dynamics along two climo-chronosequences
  12:00-12:15	M. Mazzon, P. Gioacchini, D. Montecchio, C. Ciavatta, C. Marzadori Shift from perennial to annual crops: the fate of the sequestered soil carbon in a long-term field experiment
  12:15-12:30	A. Giordano, E. Padoan, F. Ajmone Marsan, M. Malandrino Geochemical patterns and contamination aspects of rare earth elements (REEs) in soils of Northwestern Italy
  12:30-12:45	M. Verrillo, G. Rossi, S. Cangemi, F. Scognamiglio, R. Spaccini Methods of Soil Organic Matter analysis in forest soils: LIMCHEME project
  12:45-14:30	Lunch break
  14:30-15:00	Award for the best poster and oral presentations
  15:00-15:30	Closing workshop