Ermes LO PICCOLO

Ruolo attuale:: Ricercatore Legge 240/10 a tempo determinato
SSD:: AGRI-03/A - Arboricoltura generale e coltivazioni arboree
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI)

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Curriculum

Laureato in Progettazione e Gestione del Verde Urbano e del Paesaggio (LM) presso l’Università di Pisa nel 2015, abilitato alla libera professione di Agronomo. Vincitore del Premio di Laurea “Gino Melani” in Progettazione e Gestione del Verde Urbano e del Paesaggio (anno 2018). Ha conseguito il titolo di Dottore di Ricerca (SSD: AGR03) presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro-ambientali (Università di Pisa) nel Dicembre 2019 con tesi dal titolo Anthocyanin presence influences physiological and metabolic leaf processes in a red morph of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. Assegnista di Ricerca (SSD: AGR03) presso Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Agro-ambientali (Università di Pisa, anno 2020 e 2022). Vincitore di concorso per Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato di tipo a) (SSD: AGR03) nell'ambito del Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) National Biodiversity Future Center-CN5, e presa in servizio dal 15 Dicembre 2022 presso il DAGRI dell’Università di Firenze.Nel 2025 vincitore di concorso per Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato Tenure track [RTT]) (SSD: AGR03), e presa in servizio dal 15 Dicembre 2025 presso il DAGRI dell’Università di Firenze.

Principale linea di studio: Meccanismi fisiologici, biochimici e molecolari di risposta delle piante arboree a stress di natura abiotica e biotica. In questa linea di ricerca emergono chiare tematiche principali, come di seguito dettagliate: i) - Studio del processo fotosintetico in specie vegetali esposte a stress abiotici e biotici (stress idrico, stress salino, differenti qualità e quantità di luce); ii) Valutazione del ruolo fisiologico degli antociani in piante arboree; iii) Valutazione dell’impatto dell’inquinamento luminoso urbano su specie arboree.

L’attività di ricerca è documentata da pubblicazioni scientifiche e in atti di congressi (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57192063751).

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Pubblicazioni

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Tesi di Dottorato

Lo Piccolo E.; Mariotti B.; Alderotti F.; Detti C.; Scartazza A.; Traversari S.; Giovannelli A.; Traversi M.L.; Rezaie N.; Gori A.; Brunetti C.; Ghelardini L.; Maltoni A.; Salbitano F.; Ferrini F. (2025). Urban forests, provenance matters: Investigating its influence on growth and physiological responses to drought in Quercus robur and Acer pseudoplatanus. URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, vol. 107, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1618-8667 DOI

Agati, Giovanni; Brunetti, Cecilia; dos Santos Nascimento, Luana Beatriz; Gori, Antonella; Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Tattini, Massimiliano (2025). Antioxidants by nature: an ancient feature at the heart of flavonoids' multifunctionality. NEW PHYTOLOGIST, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0028-646X DOI

Luigi Piemontese, Giulio Castelli, Niccolò Renzi, Ilenia Murgia, Sara Pini, Lorenzo Villani, Sara Beltrami, Francesca Alderotti, Giulia Angelonia, Alice Checcucci, Matteo Daghio, Maria Chiara Fabbri, Emanuele Giachi, Antonella Gori, Luisa Leolini, Ermes Lo Piccolo, Enrico Lucca, Giovanni Mastrolonardo, Livia Passarino (2025). The challenge of science for sustainable agriculture: an Italian early career researchers’ perspective. AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2168-3573 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

El Horri H.; Bianchi G.; Florio M.; Malfanti A.; Ceccanti C.; Lo Piccolo E.; Risoli S.; Nali C.; Landi M.; Guidi L. (2025). The Influence of Solar Radiation Modulation Using Double-Roof Light Conversion Films on the Pre- and Post-Harvest Fruit Quality of Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa cv. Marimbella). HORTICULTURAE, vol. 11, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2311-7524 DOI

Bianca Rompato, Lucia Mondanelli, Ermes Lo Piccolo, Claudia Cocozza, Giovanni Mastrolonardo, Laura Giagnoni, Gregorio Fantoni, Alessandro Bizzarri, Barbara Mariotti, Leonardo Verdi, Alberto Maltoni, Francesco Ferrini, Giacomo Certini (2025). Cork and Compost as Mitigators of Soil Compaction from Trampling in Urban Green Areas: Effects on Plant Growth and Soil Functionality.. URBAN SCIENCE, vol. 9, pp. 1-14, ISSN:2413-8851 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Alderotti, Francesca; Bussotti, Filippo; Gori, Antonella; Ferrini, Francesco; Centritto, Mauro; Pollastrini, Martina; Detti, Cassandra; Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Vanacore, Diana; Brunetti, Cecilia (2025). Moderately and severely defoliated Quercus ilex L. trees exhibit hydraulic dysfunction and carbon depletion: physiological implications for Mediterranean forest monitoring. TREE PHYSIOLOGY, vol. 45, pp. 1-13, ISSN:1758-4469 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Beltrami S.; Alderotti F.; Capperucci A.; Tanini D.; Brunetti C.; Ferrini F.; Lo Piccolo E.; Gori A. (2025). Exploring the Potential of Selenium-Containing Amine (Se-AMA) to Enhance Photosynthesis and Leaf Water Content: New Avenues for Carbonic Anhydrase Modulation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANTS, vol. 14, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2223-7747 DOI

Alderotti F.; Lo Piccolo E.; Brunetti C.; Stefano G.; Ugolini T.; Cecchi L.; Beccaluva M.; Renna L.; Detti C.; Ferrini F.; Nicese F.P.; Gori A. (2025). Cultivar-specific responses of young olive trees to water deficit: impacts on physiology, leaf anatomy, and fruit quality in 'Arbequina', 'Leccio del Corno' and ‘Maurino’. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, vol. 229, pp. 1-13, ISSN:0981-9428 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Resemini R.; Geroldi C.; Capotorti G.; De Toni A.; Parisi F.; De Sanctis M.; Cabai T.; Rossini M.; Vignali L.; Poli M.U.; Lo Piccolo E.; Mariotti B.; Arcidiacono A.; Biella P.; Alghisi E.; Bani L.; Bertini M.; Blasi C.; Buffi F.; Caprio E.; Castiglione S.; Digiovinazzo P.; Dondina O.; Fanelli G.; Ferrini F.; Fiorilli V.; Gaiani G.; Gambino D.; Genre A.; Lasserre B.; Maltoni A.; Marchetti M.; Montagnani C.; Ottaviano M.; Panigada C.; Ronchi S.; Salata S.; Salbitano F.; Simoni E.; Versace S.; Pastore M.C.; Citterio S.; Labra M.; Gentili R. (2025). Building Greener Cities Together: Urban Afforestation Requires Multiple Skills to Address Social, Ecological, and Climate Challenges. PLANTS, vol. 14, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2223-7747 DOI

Ceccanti C.; Landi M.L.; Landi M.; Lo Piccolo E.; Guidi L.; Matteoli S. (2025). Validation of betacyanin content in Beta vulgaris leaves by using non-destructive measurement with Dualex™ leaf clip sensor or proximal sensing spectroscopy. COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, vol. 230, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0168-1699 DOI

Ceccanti C.; Lauria G.; Araniti F.; Lo Piccolo E.; Pieracci Y.; Flamini G.; Guidi L.; Landi M. (2025). “Sensing, learning but forgetting”: the inability of strawberry plants to transmit the infochemically-mediated stress priming under salinity. PLANT STRESS, vol. 16, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2667-064X DOI

Piccolo, Ermes Lo; Torre, Sara; Lauria, Giulia; De Quattro, Concetta; Sebastiani, Federico; Guidi, Lucia; Remorini, Damiano; Massai, Rossano; Landi, Marco (2024). LED streetlamps alter tree architecture, downregulate the photosynthetic process and alter the sugar metabolism of Populus alba L.. ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0098-8472 DOI

Ceccanti C.; Davini A.; Lo Piccolo E.; Lauria G.; Rossi V.; Ruffini Castiglione M.; Spano C.; Bottega S.; Guidi L.; Landi M. (2024). Polyethylene microplastics alter root functionality and affect strawberry plant physiology and fruit quality traits. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, vol. 470, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0304-3894 DOI

El Horri, Hafsa; Vitiello, Maria; Ceccanti, Costanza; Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Lauria, Giulia; De Leo, Marinella; Braca, Alessandra; Incrocci, Luca; Guidi, Lucia; Massai, Rossano; Remorini, Damiano; Landi, Marco (2024). Ultraviolet-to-Blue Light Conversion Film Affects Both Leaf Photosynthetic Traits and Fruit Bioactive Compound Accumulation in Fragaria × ananassa. AGRONOMY, vol. 14, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2073-4395 DOI

Lauria, Giulia; Ceccanti, Costanza; Lo Piccolo, Ermes; El Horri, Hafsa; Guidi, Lucia; Lawson, Tracy; Landi, Marco (2024). “Metabolight”: how light spectra shape plant growth, development and metabolism. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM, vol. 176, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0031-9317 DOI

El Horri, Hafsa; Vitiello, Maria; Braca, Alessandra; De Leo, Marinella; Guidi, Lucia; Landi, Marco; Lauria, Giulia; Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Massai, Rossano; Remorini, Damiano; Ceccanti, Costanza (2024). Blue and Red Light Downconversion Film Application Enhances Plant Photosynthetic Performance and Fruit Productivity of Rubus fruticosus L. var. Loch Ness. HORTICULTURAE, vol. 10, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2311-7524 DOI

Detti, Cassandra; Gori, Antonella; Azzini, Lapo; Nicese, Francesco Paolo; Alderotti, Francesca; Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Stella, Carlo; Ferrini, Francesco; Brunetti, Cecilia (2024). Drought tolerance and recovery capacity of two ornamental shrubs: Combining physiological and biochemical analyses with online leaf water status monitoring for the application in urban settings. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, vol. 216, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0981-9428 DOI

Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Ceccanti, Costanza; Lauria, Giulia; Santonocito, Gianluca; Rosellini, Irene; Pezzarossa, Beatrice; Guidi, Lucia; Laudicina, Vito Armando; Baglieri, Andrea; Remorini, Damiano; Massai, Rossano; Landi, Marco (2024). From lava to leaf: Physiological responses and trace element mobility in Tilia cordata L. trees grown in volcanic ash amended urban soil. URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, vol. 99, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1618-8667 DOI

Lo Piccolo E.; Quattrocelli P.; Becagli M.; Cardelli R.; El Horri H.; Guidi L.; Landi M.; Pecchia S. (2023). Can Chitosan Applications in Pre- and Post-Harvest Affect the Quality and Antioxidant Contents of Red Raspberries?. HORTICULTURAE, vol. 9, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2311-7524 DOI

Lauria G.; Lo Piccolo E.; Ceccanti C.; Guidi L.; Bernardi R.; Araniti F.; Cotrozzi L.; Pellegrini E.; Moriconi M.; Giordani T.; Pugliesi C.; Nali C.; Sanita di Toppi L.; Paoli L.; Malorgio F.; Vernieri P.; Massai R.; Remorini D.; Landi M. (2023). Supplemental red LED light promotes plant productivity, “photomodulate” fruit quality and increases Botrytis cinerea tolerance in strawberry. POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 198, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0925-5214 DOI

Lo Piccolo, E.; Lauria, G.; Pellegrini, E.; Cotrozzi, L.; Guidi, L.; Skoet, M.; Vernieri, P.; Remorini, D.; Massai, R.; Landi, M. (2023). Testing the suitability for coastal green areas of three ornamental shrub species through physiological responses to the saline nebulization. URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING, vol. 84, pp. 1-10, ISSN:1618-8667 DOI

Lauria G.; Lo Piccolo E.; Ceccanti C.; Paoli L.; Giordani T.; Guidi L.; Malorgio F.; Massai R.; Nali C.; Pellegrini E.; Remorini D.; Sanita Di Toppi L.; Vernieri P.; Landi M. (2023). Supplemental red light more than other wavebands activates antioxidant defenses in greenhouse-cultivated Fragaria × ananassa var. Elsanta plants. SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE, vol. 321, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0304-4238 DOI

Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Massai, Rossano; Incrocci, Luca; Remorini, Damiano (2023). Ancient apple cultivars from Casentino (Italy): rediscovering a reservoir of healthy compounds. AGROCHIMICA, vol. 67, pp. 145-153, ISSN:0002-1857 DOI

Lauria, Giulia; Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Davini, Anna; Ruffini Castiglione, Monica; Pieracci, Ylenia; Flamini, Guido; Martens, Stefan; Angeli, Andrea; Ceccanti, Costanza; Guidi, Lucia; Pellegrini, Elisa; Incrocci, Luca; Landi, Marco (2023). Modulation of VOC fingerprint and alteration of physiological responses after supplemental LED light in green- and red-leafed sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.). SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE, vol. 315, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0304-4238 DOI

Lo Piccolo, E.; Lauria, G.; Guidi, L.; Remorini, D.; Massai, R.; Landi, M. (2023). Shedding light on the effects of LED streetlamps on trees in urban areas: Friends or foes?. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 865, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0048-9697 DOI

Ceccanti C.; Lo Piccolo E.; Guidi L.; Landi M. (2023). Targeted effects of beneficial elements in plant photosynthetic process. In: Sangeeta Pandey, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Vijay Pratap Singh, Shivesh Sharma, and Devendra Kumar Chauhan. Beneficial Chemical Elements of Plants: Recent Developments and Future Prospects, pp. 103-122 wiley, ISBN:9781119688808. DOI

Lo Piccolo E; Matteoli S; Landi M; Guidi L; Massai R; Remorini D (2022). Measurements of anthocyanin content of Prunus leaves using proximal sensing spectroscopy and statistical machine learning. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT, vol. 71, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1557-9662 DOI

Ermes Lo Piccolo; Michelangelo Becagli; Giulia Lauria; Valentina Cantini; Costanza Ceccanti; Roberto Cardelli; Rossano Massai; Damiano Remorini; Lucia Guidi; Marco Landi (2022). Biochar as a soil amendment in the tree establishment phase: What are the consequences for tree physiology, soil quality and carbon sequestration?. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 844, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0048-9697 DOI

Pisuttu Claudia; Lo Piccolo Ermes; Paoli Luca; Cotrozzi Lorenzo; Nali Cristina; Pellegrini Elisa; Lorenzini Giacomo (2022). Physiochemical responses of Ailanthus altissima under the challenge of Verticillium dahliae: elucidating the decline of one of the world’s worst invasive alien plant species. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1573-1464 DOI

Lo Piccolo, E; Lauria, G; Bongi, G; Guidi, L; Brestic, M; Remorini, D; Massai, R; Landi, M (2022). Differences in pigment circadian rhythmicity in green- and red-leafed tree species in the sun and shade. JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1007-662X DOI

Ceccanti C.; Lauria G.; Lo Piccolo E.; Guidi L.; Pezzarossa B.; Rosellini I.; Cardelli R.; Becagli M.; Landi M. (2022). Assessment of leaf photosynthetic performances and bioaccumulation of trace metals by lettuce leaves and strawberry fruits amended with sewage sludge: Which possible re-use in agriculture?. SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE, vol. 295, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0304-4238 DOI

Bartolini S.; Lo Piccolo E.; Remorini D. (2022). The influence of water deficit and re-watering on flower bud morphogenesis in young apricot trees (Prunus armeniaca L.). ACTA HORTICULTURAE, vol. 1335, pp. 499-506, ISSN:0567-7572 DOI

Lo Piccolo E; Massai R; Remorini D (2021). Red grips the mind: Potential horticultural techniques to increase anthocyanins in fruit skin and pulp. AGROCHIMICA, vol. 65, pp. 53-59, ISSN:2283-5431 DOI

Lo Piccolo E.; Landi M. (2021). Red-leafed species for urban “greening” in the age of global climate change. JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH, vol. 32, pp. 151-159, ISSN:1007-662X DOI

Estevez L.; Queizan M.; Mosquera R. A.; Guidi L.; Lo Piccolo E.; Landi M. (2021). First Characterization of the formation of anthocyanin-Ge and anthocyanin-B complexes through UV-Vis spectroscopy and density functional theory quantum chemical calculations. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY, vol. 69, pp. 1272-1282, ISSN:0021-8561 DOI

Lo Piccolo, E; Lauria, G; Remorini, D; Massai, R; Guidi, L; Landi, M (2021). Urban lighting alters chlorophyll metabolism and promotes CO2 assimilation during the night in Tilia plathyphyllos Scop. and Platanus x acerifolia (Aiton) Willd. AGROCHIMICA, vol. 65, pp. 389-400, ISSN:0002-1857 DOI

Lauria G; Lo Piccolo E; Pellegrini E; Bellini E; Giordani T; Guidi L; Lorenzini G; Malorgio F; Massai R; Nali C; Paoli L; Remorini D; Sanità di Toppi L; Vernieri P; Landi M. (2021). Photosynthetic traits and biochemical responses in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) leaves supplemented with LED lights.. PHOTOSYNTHETICA, vol. 59, pp. 557-569, ISSN:1573-9058 DOI

Lo Piccolo E.; Ceccanti C.; Guidi L.; Landi M. (2021). Role of beneficial elements in plants: Implications for the photosynthetic process. PHOTOSYNTHETICA, vol. 59, pp. 349-360, ISSN:0300-3604 DOI

Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Araniti, Fabrizio; Landi, Marco; Massai, Rossano; Guidi, Lucia; Abenavoli, Maria Rosa; Remorini, Damiano (2021). Girdling stimulates anthocyanin accumulation and promotes sugar, organic acid, amino acid level and antioxidant activity in red plum: An overview of skin and pulp metabolomics. SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE, vol. 280, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0304-4238 DOI

LO PICCOLO, E.; LANDI, M.; GIORDANI, T.; LORENZINI, G.; MALORGIO, F.; MASSAI, R.; NALI, C.; PELLEGRINI, E.; RALLO, G.; REMORINI, D.; VERNIERI, P.; GUIDI, L. (2020). Can anthocyanin presence ameliorate the photosynthetic performance of Prunus saplings subjected to polyethylene glycol-simulated water stress?. PHOTOSYNTHETICA, vol. 58, pp. 799-807, ISSN:0300-3604 DOI

Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Landi, Marco; Ceccanti, Costanza; Mininni, Alba N.; Marchetti, Luca; Massai, Rossano; Guidi, Lucia; Remorini, Damiano (2020). Nutritional and nutraceutical properties of raw and traditionally obtained flour from chestnut fruit grown in Tuscany. EUROPEAN FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 246, pp. 1867-1876, ISSN:1438-2377 DOI

Landi M.; Araniti F.; Flamini G.; Lo Piccolo E.; Trivellini A.; Abenavoli M.R.; Guidi L. (2020). “Help is in the air”: volatiles from salt-stressed plants increase the reproductive success of receivers under salinity. PLANTA, vol. 251, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0032-0935 DOI

Lo Piccolo E.; Landi M.; Massai R.; Remorini D.; Guidi L. (2020). Girled-induced anthocyanin accumulation in red-leafed Prunus cerasifera: Effect on photosynthesis, photoprotection and sugar metabolism. PLANT SCIENCE, vol. 294, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0168-9452 DOI

Vangelisti A.; Guidi L.; Cavallini A.; Natali L.; Lo Piccolo E.; Landi M.; Lorenzini G.; Malorgio F.; Massai R.; Nali C.; Pellegrini E.; Rallo G.; Remorini D.; Vernieri P.; Giordani T. (2020). Red versus green leaves: transcriptomic comparison of foliar senescence between two Prunus cerasifera genotypes. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, vol. 10, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2045-2322 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Bartolini, Susanna; Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Remorini, Damiano (2020). Different summer and autumn water deficit affect the floral differentiation and flower bud growth in apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.). AGRONOMY, vol. 10, pp. 1-14, ISSN:2073-4395 DOI

Lo Piccolo E.; Martinez Garcia L.; Landi M.; Guidi L.; Massai R.; Remorini D. (2020). Influences of postharvest storage and processing techniques on antioxidant and nutraceutical properties of rubus idaeus l.: A mini-review. HORTICULTURAE, vol. 6, pp. 1-13, ISSN:2311-7524 DOI

Marco Landi; Ermes Lo Piccolo; Elisa Pellegrini; Giovanni Agati; Cristiana Giordano; Tommaso Giordani; Giacomo Lorenzini; Fernando Malorgio; Rossano Massai; Cristina Nali; Giovanni Rallo; Damiano Remorini; Paolo Vernieri; Lucia Guidi (2019). The use of red species for urban “greening” in the age of climate change. AGROCHIMICA, pp. 157-161, ISSN:0002-1857

Lo Piccolo, Ermes; VIVIANI, AMBRA; Guidi, Lucia; Remorini, Damiano; Massai, Rossano; Bernardi, Rodolfo; Landi, Marco (2019). Discerning between two Tuscany (Italy) ancient apple cultivars, 'Rotella' and 'Casciana', through polyphenolic fingerprint and molecular markers. MOLECULES, vol. 24, pp. 1-15, ISSN:1420-3049 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Landi, Marco; Massai, Rossano; Remorini, Damiano; Conte, Giuseppe; Guidi, Lucia (2019). Ancient apple cultivars from Garfagnana (Tuscany, Italy): A potential source for ‘nutrafruit’ production. FOOD CHEMISTRY, vol. 294, pp. 518-525, ISSN:0308-8146 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Guidi Lucia; Lo Piccolo E.; Landi M. (2019). Chlorophyll fluorescence, photoinhibition and abiotic stress: does it make any difference the fact to be a C3 or C4 species?. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, vol. 10, pp. 1-11, ISSN:1664-462X DOI

Tuccio, L.; Lo Piccolo, E.; Battelli, R.; Matteoli, S.; Massai, R.; Scalabrelli, G.; Remorini, D. (2019). Physiological indicators to assess water status in potted grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE, vol. 255, pp. 8-13, ISSN:0304-4238 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Lo Piccolo, Ermes; Landi, Marco; Pellegrini, Elisa; Agati, Giovanni; Giordano, Cristiana; Giordani, Tommaso; Lorenzini, Giacomo; Malorgio, Fernando; Massai, Rossano; Nali, Cristina; Rallo, Giovanni; Remorini, Damiano; Vernieri, Paolo; Guidi, Lucia (2018). Multiple consequences Induced by epidermally-located anthocyanins in young, mature and senescent leaves of Prunus. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, vol. 9, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1664-462X DOI

Marco Landi, Ermes Lo Piccolo, Renato Ricciardi, A. Rossi, Rossano Massai, Lucia Guidi, Damiano Remorini (2016). Contrasting the cracking phenomena in sweet cherries: positive effect of microelements addition (B, Fe, and Zn) to pre-harvest Ca- and Si-based spray treatments. AGROCHIMICA, vol. 60, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2283-5431 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Ermes LO PICCOLO

Curriculum

Educational and Professional Achievements:

Degree in Urban green areas and landscape planning and management at the University of Pisa in 2015
Winner of the "Gino Melani" Degree Award in Urban green areas and landscape planning and management in 2018
Achieved a PhD at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the University of Pisa in December 2019. The doctoral thesis was titled Anthocyanin presence influences physiological and metabolic leaf processes in a red morph of Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
Served as a Research Fellow at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the University of Pisa in 2020 and 2022
Researcher position (RTD-A) at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, (DAGRI) at the University of Florence (15 December 2022). This role was founded by the National Plan for Recovery and Resilience, specifically by the National Biodiversity Future Center-CN5
Researcher position (RTT) at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, (DAGRI) at the University of Florence (15 December 2025).

Research Focus:

Primarily centred on understanding the physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of tree plants to various abiotic and biotic stresses. The main research themes include:

I. Analysing the photosynthetic process in plants when confronted with stresses such as water scarcity, salt, and varying light conditions

II. Understanding the physiological implications of anthocyanins in tree plants

III. Investigating the influences of urban light pollution on tree species

Publications:

A comprehensive list of scientific contributions, including publications and conference proceedings, can be found on Scopus (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57192063751)