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Contact data |
Full
Professor |
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Biography |
Donato Chiatante was
born in 1949 and is currently Full Professor of Environmental and
Applied Botany in the Science Faculty belonging to the University
of Insubria. |
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Qualifications and awards |
For research purposes he has spent long periods working in different European laboratories and has been awarded several fellowships by different organization such as: NATO, Royal Society, OECD, and British Council, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei | |
Research interests |
His research has investigated a number of topics in the field of plant biology such as: DNA organisation and regulation of the cell cycle; control of cell proliferation during seed germination and seed maturation; role of cyclic nucleotides and protein phosphorylation on various plant physiological events; regulation of activity in different enzyme involved in the control of during seed germination. In recent years he has investigated some topics in the field of applied plant science such as: water stress resistance in crops (legumes and tomatoes) by using a cellular and sub-cellular approach with a particular attention for nuclear proteins; the relation existing between plant anchorage and soil erosion. This last topic is mainly focused upon the study of root system development in dependence from the environmental factors. The importance of understanding better plant anchorage is related to the fact that the loss of soil on steep slopes depends considerably from the capacity of roots to avoid soil particle movement. The root system is investigated in tree-, herb-, and shrub-species. The long term aim is the understanding of how vegetation on steep slopes should be controlled to keep the root-soil interface to its maximum level of efficiency. He has been responsible for a EU contract to investigate the use of roots for mitigating the effect of landslide, avalanche and to protect embankment erosion. At present, he is a national representative in a COST E38 project for woody roots. | |
Teaching experience and appointments |
His teaching experience
is very broad and includes courses such as: Plant Physiology, General
Botany, Environmental and applied botany, Plant Productions, Plant
Biology In the period from 1992 to 2002 he was appointed: Deputy Rector, Director of Department for Science and Technology Applied to Environment and Territory; Director of Interdepartmental Centre for Microscopy. Responsible of the Doctorate School for “Studies for Environment and Territory” and has directed an International degree course in “Science and Technology for the Environment and Territory” for students of 4 different nations (Italy, Croatia, Romania and Bosnia-Herzegovina.) In the period from 2003 to present he was appointed: Deputy Director of the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science; Coordinator of the Doctorate School in Environmental Science. |
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Representative publications |
The scientific activity
is summarised in more than 160 papers published mostly in international
journals. Among the most representative publication are: CHIATANTE D., ANTONINO DI IORIO, SOLENA SCIANDRA, STEFANIA GABRIELLA SCIPA, STEFANO MAZZOLENI (2005). Effect of drought and fire on root development in Quercus pubescens Willd. and Fraxinus ornus L.seedlings. ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. vol. 53 ISSN: 0098-8472 In via di pubblicazione. CHIATANTE D., ANTONINO DI IORIO, STEFANIA GABRIELLA SCIPPA (2005). Root responses of Quercus ilex L. seedlings to drought and fire. PLANT BIOSYSTEMS. vol. 139 ISSN: 1126-3504 In via di pubblicazione. DI IORIO A., LASSERRE B., SCIPPA G.S., CHIATANTE D. (2005). Root system architecture of Quercus pubescens Willd. trees growing on different-sloping conditions. ANNALS OF BOTANY. vol. 95 pp. 351-361 ISSN: 0305-7364 CHIATANTE D., ANTONINO DI IORIO, GABRIELLA STEFANIA SCIPPA, BARTOLOMEO SCHIRONE (2004). Root architectural and morphological response of Pinus nigra Arn. and Quercus robur L. to nutrient supply and root density in the soil. ANNALI DI BOTANICA. vol. IV pp. 125-136 ISSN: 0365-0812 SCIPPA GS, DI MICHELE M, ONELLI E, PATRIGNANI G, CHIATANTE D., BRAY EA (2004). The histone-like protein H1-S and the response of tomato leaves to water deficit. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. vol. 55 pp. 99-109 ISSN: 0022-0957 CHIATANTE D., SARNATARO M, FUSCO S, DI IORIO A, SCIPPA G.S (2003). Root architecture modified by mechanical stress in seedlings of Fraxinus ornus L. and Spartium junceum L. growing on slopes. PLANT BIOSYSTEMS. vol. 137 pp. 23-29 ISSN: 1126-3504 CHIATANTE D., SARNATARO M, FUSCO S, DI IORIO A, SCIPPA GS (2003). Modification of root morphological parameters and root architecture in seedlings of Fraxinus ornus L. and Spartium junceum L. growing on slopes. PLANT BIOSYSTEMS. vol. 137 pp. 47-56 ISSN: 1126-3504 CHIATANTE D., A, BARALDI, A. DI IORIO, M. SARNATARO G.S. SCIPPA (2003). Root response to mechanical stress in plants growing on slopes: an experimental system for morphological, biochemical and molecular analysis. In JUN ABE Roots: the dynamic interface between plants and the earth (pp. 427-439).: Kluwer Academic Publishers (NETHERLANDS). CHIATANTE D., DI IORIO A., SARNATARO M., SCIPPA G.S. (2002). Improvement of vigour assessment in pine seedlings before their use for reforestation. PLANT BIOSYSTEMS. vol. 136 pp. 209-216 ISSN: 1126-3504 CHIATANTE D., SCIPPA SG, DI IORIO A, SARNATARO M (2002). The influence of steep slopes on root system development. JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION. vol. 21 pp. 247 - 260 ISSN: 0721-7595 CHIATANTE D., MAIURO L, SCIPPA G.S, DI IORIO.A (2001). Effect of water stress upon root meristems of pea seedlings: the role of quantitative and qualitative changes in protein patterns. In O.GASPARIKOVA; CIAMPAROVA; MISTRIK; BALUSKA Recent Adavnces of Plant Root Structure and Function (pp. 151-158).: Kluwer Academic (NETHERLANDS). CHIATANTE D., MAIURO L, SCIPPA G.S. (1995). Tolerance of meristematic root cell to water stress and quantitative variation of proteins. (Eds), pp. . In BRYANT; CHIATANTE Plant Cell proliferation and its Regulation in Growth Development (pp. 119-134).: J. Wiley & Sons (UNITED KINGDOM). C.J. SMITH, J. GALLON, CHIATANTE D., G. ZOCCHI (1994). Biochemical Mechanisms Involved in Plant Growth Regulation. (vol. 36). ISBN: 0 19 857764 8 OXFORD: CLARENDON PRESS (UNITED KINGDOM). |
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