Agrofood Research Hub

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BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT

The "Biodiversity Assessment" platform aims to study the structural and functional biodiversity aspects in different agroecosystem contexts.

One of the fundamental objectives of the platform is to develop a scientific approach that guides the selection of agronomic practices that minimize the negative impacts on biodiversity and that enhance the contribution of biodiversity to the genesis and regulation of ecosystem services. 

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Impact of Environmental Conditions and Management on Soil Arthropod Communities in Vineyard Ecosystems

I Ghiglieno, A Simonetto, G Sperandio, M Ventura… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com

The importance of soil biodiversity and soil-based ecosystem services in the context of viticulture has recently been emphasized. Over 85% of soil fauna species richness is represented by edaphic arthropod communities. Edaphic arthropod responses to soil characteristics and management practices can be considered as good bioindicators of soil quality. Here, 168 soil samples that were collected from 2014 to 2019 in several vineyards of different Italian wine-growing areas were analyzed to explore how arthropod communities …


Response of the arthropod community to soil characteristics and management in the Franciacorta Viticultural Area (Lombardy, Italy)

I Ghiglieno, A Simonetto, F Orlando, P Donna, M Tonni… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com

Soil represents an important pool of biodiversity, hosting about a quarter of the living species on our planet. This soil richness has led to increasing interest in the structural and functional characteristics of its biodiversity. Studies of arthropod responses, in terms of abundance and taxon richness, have increased in relation to their ecological value as bioindicators of environmental change. This research was carried out over the 2014–2018 period with the aim to better understand arthropod taxa responses in vineyard soils in Franciacorta …


I Ghiglieno, A Simonetto, P Donna, M Tonni, L Valenti… - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com

Biodiversity is an increasingly important aspect of wine production. The assessment of agro- ecosystem biodiversity is highly complex due to the heterogeneity of the elements involved in the evaluation. For this reason, wine companies have expressed a need for a decision support system (DSS) capable of dealing with this complexity, integrating assessments referring to the whole production system within a single tool. In this study a DSS developed for wine sector biodiversity management assessment is introduced. The DSS, called …


Characterisation of Franciacorta vineyard agroecosystem to support biodiversity and ecosystem services

I Ghiglieno, A Simonetto, E Lipreri… - BIO Web of …, 2022 - bio-conferences.org

Vineyard is a multifunctional ecosystem associated to a multitude of environmental benefits and ecosystem services. Despite the increased research efforts on the analysis of biodiversity patterns and ecosystem services in vineyard, the lack of approaches to multifunctionality suggests to develop integrated approaches allowing to manage the complexity of vineyard landscape. The present study introduces an innovative methodology aimed at developing a unitary framework able to describe vineyard ecosystems biodiversity …


G Gilioli, F Orlando, I Ghiglieno, G Sperandio… - Equilibri, 2020 - rivisteweb.it

Medicina e Chirurgia dell’Università di Brescia e coordinatore di Agrofood Lab. Si occupa di analisi e valutazione dei sistemi agricoli sostenibili e dei rischi nella filiera agroalimentare. …


Lo studio della biodiversità degli artropodi del suolo: metodi tradizionali e prospettive future

I Ghiglieno, A Simonetto, F Gatti, G Sperandio, G Gilioli - ENTOMATA - researchgate.net

Le feci degli Artropodi contribuiscono all'aggregazione delle particelle e alla formazione dell'humus, importanti per il mantenimento della fertilità del terreno e per la sua capacità di immagazzinare nutrienti. Molti Artropodi edafici agiscono come predatori e contribuiscono quindi alla regolazione delle popolazioni di microrganismi implicati nella decomposizione della sostanza organica morta. Gli Artropodi possono, infine, svolgere anche un ruolo importante nella disseminazione del popolamento di funghi e batteri.