Plant Pathology

Director: Elena Savino

Headquarters: Orto Botanico, Via S. Epifanio 14 (first floor, room 1)

Main equipment:

• Laminar flow hood
• Refrigerators
• Optical microscopes
• Stereomicroscopes
• Refrigerated thermostat
• Bunsen burner stations
• Rotavapor
• Oven
• Freeze dryer
• Chemical hood

Activities performed:

Identification of fungal taxa from basidiomes

Identification of microfungi from plate cultures

Isolation of fungal strains from basidiomes

DNA extraction

Cultivation of fungi in liquid and solid media

Maintenance of fungal strains

The laboratory is equipped for: 

Bachelor's theses, Doctoral theses, Teaching exercises for the Bachelor's Degree in Natural Sciences and Technologies, Third-party services with a specific price list, and Other third-party services.