UNIPA - University of Palermo

The University of Palermo (UNIPA), Italy, is a prominent public research university offering a wide range of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. Various disciplines are represented, including the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, and medicine. The university is known for its research contributions and its commitment to the advancement of knowledge in various fields. UNIPA engages in numerous research projects, often in collaboration with national and international institutions, to address scientific, technological, and social challenges.

Role in the project

The UNIPA Team will work within WP1 and WP4, with responsibilities for in-situ data collection on the Sicilian wild relatives of Brassica oleracea populations. The focus will be on the characterization of functional traits (specific leaf area, chlorophyll content, etc.) in the field, through in-situ measurements of a set of traits in wild-growing individuals, to explore traits related to increased fitness under constraining climatic and edaphic conditions. The target taxa will be Brassica incana, B. macrocarpa, B. villosa, B. rupestris. Within WP4, the UNIPA Team will contribute to increasing public awareness of the importance of CWRs and to the dissemination of the project’s results.

Key persons involved

• Prof Riccardo Guarino
• Dr Anna Geraci
• Dr Elisabetta Oddo
• Prof Vincenzo Ilardi
• Prof Rosario Schicchi