A5051988027- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Food composition and properties
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Fungal Plant Pathogen Control
- Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Genetically Modified Organisms Research
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
Centro di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura
2019-2023
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria
2022-2023
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2022
Cereal Research Centre
2019
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2015
Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura
2004-2007
Cereal Research (Hungary)
2006
The aim of this study was to examine the effect five naturally occurring compounds from essential oils on 10 different species mycotoxigenic fungi involved in several plant diseases. antifungal activities terpinen-4-ol, eugenol, carvone, 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) and thymol were observed vitro Fusarium subglutinans, cerealis, verticillioides, proliferatum, oxysporum, sporotrichioides, Aspergillus tubingensis, carbonarius, Alternaria alternata Penicillium sp. tested showed toxic effects...
Besides improved mineral nutrition, plants colonised by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi often display increased biomass and higher tolerance to biotic abiotic stresses. Notwithstanding the global importance of wheat as an agricultural crop, its response AM symbiosis has been poorly investigated. We focused on role fungus nutrition wheat, potential protective effect against Xanthomonas translucens. To address these issues, phenotypical, molecular metabolomic approaches were combined....
Aims: The aim of this study was to examine the effect Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil (TTO) and its principal components on four cereal-pathogenic fungi. Methods Results: antimycotic properties TTO terpinen-4-ol, γ-terpinen 1,8-cineole (eucalyptol) were evaluated in vitro Fusarium graminearum, culmorum Pyrenophora graminea. Moreover, barley leaves infected with Blumeria graminis treated whole TTO. All tested fungi susceptible components. Conclusions: exerted a wide spectrum activity....
T-2 and HT-2 toxins are two of the most toxic members type-A trichothecenes, produced by a number Fusarium species. The occurrence these mycotoxins was studied in barley samples during survey carried out 2011-2014 growing seasons climatically different regions Italy. percentage found positive ranges from 22% to 53%, with values included between 26 787 μg/kg. content above EU indicative levels for 200 μg/kg 2% 19.6% period. fungal species responsible production 100% has been identified as...
The Italian grape germplasm is characterized by a high level of richness in terms varieties number, with nearly 600 wine listed the National Register Grapevine Varieties and plethora autochthonous grapes. In present study an extended SNP genotyping has been carried out on cultivated Vitis vinifera subsp. sativa hybrids. Several hundred maintained repositories scientific Institutions about one thousand additional derived from previous studies European, Southern Italy, Magna Graecia Georgian...
Chilling stress limits processing tomato growth and yield, leading to high losses. An approach increase the sustainability of crop production could involve use beneficial microorganisms. The objectives this research were investigate: (i) efficacy Funneliformis mosseae Paraburkholderia graminis C4D1M in avoiding damage during severe chilling stress; (ii) synergic effect two microorganisms inoculated as a consortium; (iii) if putative microorganism effects depended on genotype. To achieve...
The domestication and spreading of grapevine as well the gene flow history had been described in many studies. We used a high-quality 7k SNP dataset 1,038 Eurasian grape varieties with unique profiles to assess population genetic diversity, structure, relatedness, infer most likely migration events. Comparisons putative scenarios throughout Europe from Caucasus helped fit more reliable routes around Mediterranean Basin. Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) approach made possible provide...
Infinium SNP data analysed as continuous intensity ratios enabled associating genotypic and phenotypic from heterogeneous oat samples, showing that association mapping for frost tolerance is a feasible option. Oat sensitive to freezing temperatures, which restricts the cultivation of fall-sown or winter oats regions with milder winters. Fall-sown have longer growth cycle, mature earlier, higher productivity than spring-sown oats, therefore improving an important goal in breeding. Our aim was...
Abstract Sensitivity to lodging of oat varieties has been reduced in the last decades through introduction dwarfing genes. However, may still cause significant yield loss, underscoring need for new with higher levels tolerance. In present study, we analysed and plant height a collection European accessions including landraces, old modern varieties, order perform genome-wide association study (GWAS) identifying markers associated This recently genotyped by Infinium 6K SNP array data were as...
Phytopathogenic fungi can lead to significant cereal yield losses, also producing mycotoxins dangerous for human and animal health. The fungal control based on the use of synthetic fungicides be complemented by "green" methods crop protection, natural products. In this frame, antifungal activities bergamot lemon essential oils five compounds recurrent in (citronellal, citral, cinnamaldehyde, cuminaldehyde limonene) have been evaluated against three species mycotoxigenic (Fusarium...
Pasta, the Italian product par excellence, is made of pure durum wheat. The use Triticum derived semolina in fact mandatory for pasta, which aestivum species considered a contamination that must not exceed 3% maximum level. Over last 50 years, various electrophoretic, chemical, and immuno-chemical methods have been proposed aimed to track possible presence common wheat pasta. More recently, new generation methods, based on DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid ) analysis, has developed this aim....
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. (Cmm) and Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs) are important bacterial pathogens of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum), included in A2 list the EPPO (European Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization) region recommended for regulation as quarantine pests. The control requires accurate rapid detection tools. In this study, a method based on chip digital PCR (cdPCR) was developed to identify quantify Cmm Rs. assays were tested pure bacteria samples tomato naturally...