About the Authors

Rocco Rossano

rocco.rossano@unibas.it

Affiliation Department of Biology, Defence and Agro-Forestal Biotechnology and Centre of Bioproteomics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

Marilena Larocca

Affiliation Department of Biology, Defence and Agro-Forestal Biotechnology and Centre of Bioproteomics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

Teresa Polito

Affiliation Department of Biology, Defence and Agro-Forestal Biotechnology and Centre of Bioproteomics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

Anna Maria Perna

Affiliation Department of Animal Production Sciences, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

Maria Carmela Padula

Affiliation Department of Biology, Defence and Agro-Forestal Biotechnology and Centre of Bioproteomics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

Giuseppe Martelli

Affiliation Department of Biology, Defence and Agro-Forestal Biotechnology and Centre of Bioproteomics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

Paolo Riccio

Affiliation Department of Biology, Defence and Agro-Forestal Biotechnology and Centre of Bioproteomics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RR PR. Performed the experiments: ML TP MCP. Analyzed the data: RR PR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMP GM. Wrote the paper: RR PR. Performed the zymographic and electrophoretic analysis: ML TP MCP. Performed the palynological analysis: AMP GM. Performed MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry and the bioinformatics analysis: RR LM. Final approval of the version to be published: RR PR.