Profile
Position: Professoressa Associata
Unit: Dipartimento di Biologia
Scientific-disciplinary sector: Fisiologia Vegetale BIOS-02/A
Teaching
Teaching activity
Teaching responsibility for modules/courses
- Strategie di resistenza negli organismi vegetali (cod. 448EE) per Laurea Magistrale in Conservazione ed evoluzione
Incarichi di co-docenza in moduli/insegnamenti
- Fisiologia Vegetale (Cod. 104EE) per Laurea in Scienze naturali ed ambientali
Student consultation hours
Time:
Ricevimento ordinario:
Lunedì ore 11-13
Mercoledì ore 9-11
Giovedì ore 9-11
Ricevimento Tutorato:
Venerdì ore 9-11
Research
Publications
- Interacting Effects of Heat and Nanoplastics Affect Wheat [Triticum turgidum L.] Seedling Growth and Physiology (Fontanini, Debora; Bottega, Stefania; Ruffini Castiglione, Monica; Spano', Carmelina - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Greenspaces can reduce the level of airborne microplastic contamination in urban environments: Evidence from a lichen biomonitoring study (Basile, Carolina Stringa; Jafarova, Mehriban; Aherne, Julian; Wyonch, Jacob; Castiglione, Monica Ruffini; Spanò, Carmelina; Fackovcová, Zuzana; Loppi, Stefano; Paoli, Luca - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Polyethylene microplastics alter root functionality and affect strawberry plant physiology and fruit quality traits (Ceccanti, C.; Davini, A.; Lo Piccolo, E.; Lauria, G.; Rossi, V.; Ruffini Castiglione, M.; Spano', Carmelina; Bottega, S.; Guidi, L.; Landi, M. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- The impact of polystyrene nanoplastics on plants in the scenario of increasing temperatures: The case of Azolla filiculoides Lam (Bottega, Stefania; Fontanini, Debora; RUFFINI CASTIGLIONE, Monica; Spano', Carmelina - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Stress responses of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa to environmentally relevant concentrations of pharmaceutical ibuprofen: Ecological implications (Menicagli, V.; Ruffini Castiglione, M.; Cioni, E.; Spanò, C.; Balestri, E.; De Leo, M.; Bottega, S.; Sorce, C.; Lardicci, C. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Titanium dioxide nanoparticles enhance the detrimental effect of polystyrene nanoplastics on cell and plant physiology of Vicia lens [L.] Coss. & Germ. seedlings (Spano', Carmelina; Giorgetti, Lucia; Bottega, Stefania; Muccifora, Simonetta; Ruffini Castiglione, Monica - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Effects of Zinc Oxide Particles with Different Sizes on Root Development in Oryza sativa (Ruffini Castiglione, M; Bottega, S; Sorce, C; Spano', C - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Glutathione and phytochelatins jointly allow intracellular and extracellular detoxification of cadmium in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha (Bellini, E; Bandoni, E; Giardini, S; Sorce, C; Spano', C; Bottega, S; Fontanini, D; Kola, A; Valensin, D; Bertolini, A; Saba, A; Paoli, L; Andreucci, A; Li, M; Varotto, C; Sanita' di Toppi, L - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Early evidence of the impacts of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution on the growth and physiology of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Menicagli, Virginia; Castiglione, Monica Ruffini; Balestri, Elena; Giorgetti, Lucia; Bottega, Stefania; Sorce, Carlo; Spano, Carmelina; Lardicci, Claudio - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Polystyrene nanoplastics affect seed germination, cell biology and physiology of rice seedlings in-short term treatments: Evidence of their internalization and translocation (Spanò, Carmelina; Muccifora, Simonetta; Ruffini Castiglione, Monica; Bellani, Lorenza; Bottega, Stefania; Giorgetti, Lucia - 2022 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Synchrotron Radiation Spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy Techniques to Evaluate TiO2 NPs Incorporation, Speciation, and Impact on Root Cells Ultrastructure of Pisum sativum L. Plants (Muccifora, Simonetta; Castillo-Michel, Hiram; Barbieri, Francesco; Bellani, Lorenza; RUFFINI CASTIGLIONE, Monica; Spanò, Carmelina; Pradas del Real, Ana E.; Giorgetti, Lucia; Tassi, Eliana L. - 2021 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Effect of zinc priming on salt response of wheat seedlings: Relieving or worsening? (Spano', Carmelina; Bottega, Stefania; Bellani, Lorenza; Muccifora, Simonetta; Sorce, Carlo; RUFFINI CASTIGLIONE, Monica - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Exploring the interaction between polystyrene nanoplastics and Allium cepa during germination: Internalization in root cells, induction of toxicity and oxidative stress (Giorgetti, L.; Spano, C.; Muccifora, S.; Bottega, S.; Barbieri, F.; Bellani, L.; Ruffini Castiglione, M. - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- TiO2 nanoparticles in a biosolid-amended soil and their implication in soil nutrients, microorganisms and Pisum sativum nutrition (Bellani, L.; Siracusa, G.; Giorgetti, L.; Di Gregorio, S.; Ruffini Castiglione, M.; Spano, C.; Muccifora, S.; Bottega, S.; Pini, R.; Tassi, E. - 2020 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)
- Ecophysiological research on Mediterranean natural plants in a changing environment (Sorce, Carlo; Bottega, Stefania; Ciccarelli, Daniela; Spano', Carmelina; Magrini, Nicoletta; Scartazza, Andrea - 2019 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)