Physiological characterization of the tomato landrace Ciettaicale

REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN

PhD Program: Agriculture, Food and Environment – University of Pisa

PhD Student: Tommaso Michele Moles

FORMATIVE ACTIVITIES

(hours) LOCATION* PROFESSOR LANGUAGE

Doctorate courses attended

2015/16

Scientific English 20 DAFE Dr. A. Wallwork English

Statistic Course 44 DAFE

Prof. M. Mele, Dr. G. Conte, Prof. L. Avio, Prof. N.P.P. Macciotta Prof. A. Pardossi English Other courses 2015/16 Molecular Plant

Physiology 20 SSSUP Prof. F. Licausi English Principles of Plant-Microbe Molecular Interactions 10 SSSUP Prof. C. Pucciariello English Principles of

Genetic 20 SSSUP Prof. M.E. Pè English

Research seminars

2015/16 “Scientific Thinking and Method”, Prof. G. Zanni – DAFE

“Introduction to OvidSP (CAB Abstract and AGRIS)”, Dr. M. Clementi – DAFE

2016/17

“Weed management by using living organisms and natural products”, Dr. M. Vurro –DAFE

“Translating genome variability into phenotypical predictions”, Dr. E. Bosi –DAFE “Light in photosynthetic organisms: source of energy, information and toxicity”, Dr. D. Petroutsos – DAFE

“An auxin controlled ARF-partner module regulates organ morphogenesis in

Arabidopsis”, Dr. S. Simonini – IPMB

2017/18 Monday P1-Lab meetings, Wednesday seminars and Friday forum seminars – IPMB

* DAFE, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment – University of Pisa; SSSUP, School of Advanced Studies Sant’Anna, Pisa; IPMB, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology – University of Zürich.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN OTHER INSTITUTIONS

PERIOD HOST PROJECTS

01/09/2017 – 31/10/2018 (14 months)

Department of Plant and Microbial Biology (IPMB), University of Zürich,

Switzerland

Supervisor: Dr. Diana Santelia

Investigation of leaf starch degradation under osmotic stress in

Arabidopsis and tomato. Metabolic profile of Italian tomato

landraces fruits.

PARTECIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

- Attendance at “Geo&Geo” (season 2015-2016), Rai TV show aired on 25/01/16: topic of the program section “Storie” was an overview on Ciettaicale tomato landrace including a reference to my PhD project. - Moles TM, Pompeiano A, Huarranca Reyes T, Scartazza A, and Guglielminetti L. “Effetti della salinità sul pomodoro Ciettaicale di Tolve”. ORAL PRESENTATION. XI National Conference on Biodiversity: “Biodiversity and Sustainable Intensification”. 9-10 June 2016 – Matera, Italy.

- Huarranca Reyes T, Moles TM, Pompeiano A, Scartazza A, and Guglielminetti L. “The efficient physiological strategy of an Italian tomato landrace in response to high salinity stress”. POSTER. 34th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Cell and Molecular Biology. 1-3 September 2016 – Nagano, Japan.

- Moles TM, Mariotti L, De Pedro LF, Di Baccio D, Scartazza A, Guglielminetti L, and Picciarelli P. “Source-sink physiological changes and metabolic adjustments trigged by water deficit in two Solanum lycopersicum genotypes”. POSTER. Joint Congress SIBV-SIGA. 19-22 September 2017 – Pisa, Italy.

- Moles TM, Mariotti L, De Pedro LF, Di Baccio D, Scartazza A, Guglielminetti L, Santelia D and Picciarelli P. “Source-sink physiological changes and metabolic adjustments trigged by water deficit in two Solanum

lycopersicum genotypes”. POSTER. PSC Symposium “Dynamics in Plant Development and Evolution”. 30

November-1 December 2017 – Zürich, Switzerland.

- Yokota A, Moles TM, Thalmann M, and Santelia D. “Elucidating -amylase 1 (BAM1) regulation for ABA-dependent starch degradation upon osmotic stress”. POSTER. 5th International Conference “Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance”. 5-6 July 2018 – Vienna, Austria.

PUBLICATIONS

TYPOLOGY COAUTHORS TITLE PUBLICATION DETAILS ISSN/IBSN

Article Moles T.M. Pompeiano A. Huarranca Reyes T. Scartazza A. Guglielminetti L. The efficient physiological strategy of a tomato landrace in response to short-term salinity stress

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volume 109 December 2016

Pages 262-272

Article Pompeiano A. Huarancca Reyes T. Moles T.M. Villani M. Volterrani M. Guglielminetti L. Scartazza A.

Inter- and intra-specific variability in physiological traits and post-anoxia recovery of photosynthetic efficiency in grasses under oxygen deprivation Physiologia Plantarum Volume 161 –Issue 3 November 2017 Pages 385-399 1399-3054 Article Moles T.M. Mariotti L. De Pedro L.F. Guglielminetti L. Picciarelli P. Scartazza A. Drought induced changes of leaf-to-root relationships in two tomato genotypes

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volume 128 July 2018 Pages 24-31

0981-9428

PUBLICATIONS (submitted/prepared to submit, but not yet published)

TYPOLOGY COAUTHORS TITLE PUBLICATION DETAILS

Article

Moles T.M. Guglielminetti L. Huarancca Reyes T.

Differential effects of sodium chloride on germination and

post-germination stages of two tomato genotypes

Seed Science Research

Article Moles T.M. Francisco R. Mariotti L. Lupini A. Scartazza A. Incrocci L. Carmassi G. Pistelli L. Guglielminetti L. Pardossi A. Sunseri F. Hörtensteiner S. Santelia D. Salinity in autumn-winter season and fruit quality of

tomato landraces

Frontiers in Plant Science

Article Pompeiano A. Huarancca Reyes T. Moles T.M. Guglielminetti L. Scartazza A.

Photosynthetic and growth responses of Arundo donax L.

under different oxygen deficiency stresses and

re-oxygenation