Botanical Readings

Giovanni Aliotta

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-148-2

Botanical Readings: an alphabetical journey through culture and cultivation of plants. Scientific, historical, and ethical reflections

Authors

Giovanni Aliotta

Former full professor of Botany at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli'

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-148-2

Keywords:

Botany teaching, ethnobotany, sustainability, biodiversity

Synopsis

Editor: FedOA -Federico II University Press

Series: Cavoliniana. Monografie della Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli

Pages: 326

Language: Italiano

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/resolver.pl?nbn=urn:nbn:it:unina-28760

Abstract: The popularisation of botany is an issue that involves not only teachers and students, but society as a whole, since plants are the basis of every ecosystem and at the same time represent a primary source of psychophysical well-being for mankind.

Traditionally, the teaching of botany in Italian secondary schools has had, and still has, an inadequate role, leading to a lack of knowledge of even the most common plants of the Italian landscape.

The aim of this book is to introduce the reader to the plant world through an exemplified educational pathway, in which, following an alphabetical order, general topics are accompanied by the description of plants that are characterized by a long history of cultivation and cultural relations with Italic populations.

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Author Biography

Giovanni Aliotta, Former full professor of Botany at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli'

Giovanni Aliotta, born in Naples in 1948, is a former full professor of Botany at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli'.

His research concerns sustainable agriculture, ethnobotany, and the history of biology. In particular, he has dealt with the control of weed species using natural substances (Allelopathy).

In 1999, he received the 'Antonio Cederna' prize for environmental education. Former president of the European Allelopathy Society, he is a member of the Scientific Commission of the Inter-University Research Centre for Bioethics.

He contributed with other colleagues to the recent refounding of the Società dei Naturalisti in Napoli.