People PhD Students XXXIX Cycle 2023-24Sara Anichini

Sara Anichini

 

Supervisor

Giampiero Cai

Emails

sara.anichini@unifi.it 

Office address

Via Mattioli, 4, 53100, Siena

Office phone

0577 232396

Profile 

Sara Anichini graduated in March 2022 with a degree in Agro-Food Biotechnology (LM-7) from the University of Verona, achieving a final grade of 110/110. During the last semester of her master's degree, she completed a curricular internship at SICIT Group, a chemical company in Vicenza specializing in biostimulant production.

After graduation, she worked in a wine-chemical analysis laboratory at Vinlab S.r.l. and later obtained a PhD in Advanced and Sustainable Agricultural-Forestry Systems at the Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI).

CV: Advanced and Sustainable Agricultural-Forest Systems

PhD Program:

Advanced and Sustainable Agricultural-Forestry Systems – Sustainable Management of Agro-Food and Forestry Systems

Research Interests & PhD Project

Her PhD project aims to identify grapevine genotypes resistant to water and salinity stress, with the goal of using them as rootstocks to enhance the adaptability and sustainability of viticulture. Additionally, the project seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying different adaptive responses.

The platform's main objectives are:

• Identifying one or more genotypes resistant to abiotic stresses (water and salinity stress)
• Determining which molecular response strategies enable such resistance

Main Papers

• Anichini, S., Bellini, A., Cai, G., Romi, M., & Parri, S. (2025). Light spectrum differentially modulates physiology and secondary metabolism in underutilized leafy greens grown in aeroponics. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 110546.
• Parri, S., Faleri, C., Romi, M., Del Río, J. C., Rencoret, J., Dias, M. C. P., ... & Cai, G. (2024). Unravelling Different Water Management Strategies in Three Olive Cultivars: The Role of Osmoprotectants, Proteins, and Wood Properties. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(20), 11059.
• Khaerani, P. I., Musa, Y., Anichini, S., Parri, S., Faleri, C., & Cai, G. (2024). Effect of UV-B stress on olive (Olea europaea L.) pollen tubes: A study of callose plug deposition and male germ unit integrity. Protoplasma, 1-13.

Seminars and conference

• POSTER Presentation – V AISSA#UNDER40 Conference, "Agricultural Sciences in the Anthropocene: From Productivity to the Protection of Material and Cultural Heritage," Florence, June 26-27, 2024.
• ORAL communication – “VI AISSA#UNDER40 Conference”, “Growth and antioxidant capacity of four Tuscan landraces under different wavelengths of LED light”, Portici, June 5-7 2025

Personal Links, Blogs, Websites

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sara-Anichini?ev=hdr_xprf