Adaptability of old Italian flint maize (Zea mays L.) varieties to different weed control systems

The current diffusion of high-yielding hybrid maize varieties has relegated old Italian flint varieties for polenta dishes to domestic scale. However, increasing demands for traditional foods as well as the exploitation of the local biodiversity furnish the base for the rediscovery of old flint varieties. Their cultivation represents an important source of income for low-input agricultural systems, marginal areas and organic systems. Information is currently lacking on the management of old flint varieties. This article provides information on the management of three flint maize varieties, concerning yield level and the adaptations found under chemical and mechanical weed control methods. The varieties Marano, Nostrano dell'Isola, Pignoletto and Ottofile were described and evaluated. The varieties assayed were shown to completely recover from damage caused by mechanical weed control means and to tolerate herbicide treatment with foramsulfuron and bromoxynil. In our study we observed increasing presence of..

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Management of red rice (Oryza sativa) and barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli) grown with sorghum with reduced rate of atrazine and mechanical methods.

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Alexithymia in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: is it a discriminant factor?

9nonemixedGHIGGIA, ADA; TESIO, VALENTINA; ROMEO, ANNUNZIATA; Monoli, F; COLONNA, FABRIZIO; LEOMBRUNI, Paolo; Fusaro, E; TORTA, Riccardo; CASTELLI, LorysGhiggia, Ada; Tesio, Valentina; Romeo, Annunziata; Monoli, F; Colonna, Fabrizio; Leombruni, Paolo; Fusaro, E; Torta, Riccardo; Castelli, Lory

White book on physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) in Europe. Chapter 10. Science and research in PRM: Specificities and challenges

In the context of the White Book of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM), this paper deals with Research, the future of PRM. PRM students and specialists are mainly involved in biomedical research, investigating the biological processes, the causes of diseases, their medical diagnosis, the evaluation of their consequences on functioning, disability and health and the effects of health interventions at an individual and a societal level. Most of the current PRM research, often interdisciplinary, originates from applied research which, using existing knowledge, is directed towards specific goals. Translational medical research, research and development, implementation research and clinical impact research are in this field. PRM physicians, mainly master or PhD students, are nowadays increasing their participation in basic research and in pre-clinical trials. PRM physicians are involved in primary research, which is an original first hand research, but also in secondary research, which is the analysis and interpretation of primary research publications in a field, with a specific methodology. Secondary research remains an important activity of the UEMS PRM section and it will be the field of the new created Cochrane Rehabilitation. Secondary research with interest for persons with disabilities, will be developed world wide on the basis of evidence based medicine, with the participation of PRM physicians and of all other health and social professionals involved in rehabilitation. The development of research activities with interest for PRM in Europe is a challenge for the future, which has to be faced now. The European PRM schools, the European master and PhD program with their supporting research and clinical facilities, the European PRM organizations with their websites, the PRM scientific journals and European congresses are a strong basis to develop research activities, together with the development of Cochrane Rehabilitation field and of our cooperation with European high level research facilities, European and international scientific societies in different fields. PRM will be a leader in this field of research