Plant-based biostimulants are sustainable tools widely applied in agriculture to enhance plant physiology and stress resilience. Shelf-life extension has a pivotal role in postharvest as low-temperature storage of lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.) often results in weight loss, surface damage, and a decline in quality and nutritional value. This study investigated the metabolic responses of lettuce to three commercial biostimulants,...

Historically, studies have sought to identify host-specific factors in host-microbe interactions as a means of understanding evolutionary success. The genus Atta , comprising leaf-cutter ants, is native to the southern Neotropics and obligately mutualistic with cultivated fungi. It hosts a remarkably diverse range of bacterial communities, yet this variability remains poorly understood. Using high-throughput amplicon sequencin...

The IGCP 714 project “3GEO – Geoclimbing & Geotrekking in Geoparks ” is financed by the International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) and supported by the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). In this paper, we report on the results of the first phase of the project focused on the criteria to be adopted to select geodiversity sites equipped for climbing or trekking. The selection of geoclimbing sites and geotrekking r...