The combined virus-inhibitory effects of a proteinaceous protease inhibitor, produced by Streptomyces sp. 225b (BF), rimantadine hydrochloride (Rim), ε-aminocaproic acid (ACA) and a polyphenol extract from Geranium sanguineum L. (PC) have been investigated on the reproduction of influenza virus A/Germany/34, strain Rostock (H7N1) in MDCK cell cultures. The simultaneous application of BF and PC,...

Italian floriculture is facing structural changes. Possible options to maintain competitiveness of the involved companies include promotion added values, from local production environmental sustainability. To quantify value and benefits cleaner processes choices, a holistic view necessary could be provided by life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. Previous studies on ornamental products gener...

This paper reports on recent progress in the development of system to group populations of vegetative cuttings. The system is required to assign a classification to cuttings such that they appear uniform after a growing period based on single two-dimensional monochrome images. We have developed a fast segmentation technique that is able to measure plant features and a supervised learning scheme...