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pagina 12 – ARTICOLO: Le Regine della Primavera. – AUTRICE:  dott.ssa Antonietta Lina Stragliotto

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pagina 13 – ARTICOLO: Dal Mal del Piombo all’Uomo. – AUTORE:  prof. agr. Marco Nigro

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pagine 14 e 15 – ARTICOLO: Pinus longaeva D.K.Bailey: emblema di resilienza e rinascita. – AUTORE:  agr. dott. Vincenzo Di Michele

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pagina 16 – ARTICOLO: Lontano dalle stagioni l’iconico drago delle grotte. – AUTORE:  Edgardo Mauri

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pagina 17 – ARTICOLO: Dove tutto ebbe inizio: le supernovae. Non brillano più nel cielo, ma le supernovae hanno forgiato gli elementi, i pianeti e la vita stessa. – AUTORE: agr. dott. Vincenzo Di Michele

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pagina 18 – ARTICOLO: Nanoparticelle polimeriche e bio-ibridazione vegetale: nuove prospettive per l’efficienza fotosintetica. – AUTORE:  prof. agr. Marco Nigro

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pagina 19 – ARTICOLO: L’haustorio: una primavera silenziosa nel cuore del seme. – AUTORE:  prof. agr. Marco Nigro

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pagina 20 – ARTICOLO: Il Valore Strategico della Biodiversità. – AUTORE:  dott. Carlo Mascarello

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pagina 20 – ARTICOLO: Chia Made in Italy. – AUTORE:  dott. Daniele Noè e dott. Alessandro Genoni

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