BtBs seminar - The role of plant functional traits in ameliorating urban pollution

Emily Rose Palm, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences - University of Milano-Bicocca

Impermeable surfaces, unlike vegetation, do little to attenuate high temperatures, standing water, soil and air pollution. Variation in how plants respond to and affect these environmental factors can be directly linked to leaf and root functional traits: leaf area and shape, trichomes, carbon assimilation rate and stomatal conductance, root architecture and biochemical interactions with the soil. This talk will focus on the morphological and physiological mechanisms by which plants contribute toward improved air quality and water-use efficiency in an urban context, highlighting the work being conducted in the Piazza della Scienza as a part of MUSA (Multilayered Urban Sustainability Action).

The seminar is OPEN to all.

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