Update of technical results

Updates from the field

• • The video surveillance system of the Abies Nebrodensis trail is ready!
  • New seedlings of Abies Nebrodensis are growing!
  • Commissioning of the seed bank and cryobank
  • Summer update of the progress of the LIFE4FIR project
  • Update on the action A 1.4 “Seed conservation at low temperature (-18°C), application of cryopreservation protocols”
  • Remote sensing via drone and monitoring activities of the LIFE4FIR project
  • Autumn update on LIFE4FIR project activities
  • Summer update on the activities and results achieved by LIFE4FIR
  • The progress of the LIFE4FIR project continues!
  • Isolation and hand pollination of strobiles of Abies nebrodensis

Scientific articles

• • Seed vitality and fungal contamination in Abies nebrodensis – G. Mirabile , F. Cirlincione, G. Venturella and L. Torta
  • Innovative In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation Strategies of the
    Madonie Fir Abies nebrodensis – A. Frascella, G. Della Rocca, S. Barberini , G. Emiliani, S. Secci, M. Lambardi, C. Benelli, W. Tarraf, T. Izgu, R. Schicchi, M.A. Germanà, N. Jouini, F. Amato, G. Di Noto, G. La Placa, A. Geraci, P. Bonomo, M. Arista, F. Balao, A. Terrab, J.C. Del Valle, V. Lo Meo, R. Danti
  • Somatic embryogenesis in Abies nebrodensis, an endangered Sicilian
    fir – N. Jouini, E. Yahyaoui, W. Tarraf, T. İzgü, C. Benelli, M. Lambardi, M.A. Germanà

Articles and press releases

• • Operazione salvataggio dell’abete dei Nebrodi – on Gardenia
  • Abies Nebrodensis: il progetto LIFE Natura di conservazione in situ ed ex situ – on www.parks.it