A5090097399- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Diverse academic and cultural studies
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Nuts composition and effects
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Plant Disease Management Techniques
Cereal Research Centre
2017-2025
Centro di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura
2014-2023
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria
2012-2023
In this article, a combination of non-destructive NIR spectroscopy and machine learning techniques was applied to predict the texture parameters total soluble solids content (TSS) in intact berries. The multivariate models obtained by building artificial neural networks (ANNs) applying partial least squares (PLS) regressions showed better prediction ability after elimination uninformative spectral ranges. A very good for TSS springiness (R2 0.82 0.72). Qualitative were hardness chewiness...
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the world's most important crop plants, which large economic value for fruit and wine production. There much interest in identifying genomic variations their functional effects on inter-varietal, phenotypic differences. Using an approach developed analysis human mammalian genomes, combines high-throughput sequencing, array comparative hybridization, fluorescent situ hybridization quantitative PCR, we created inter-varietal atlas structural single...
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), a globally significant crop, is highly susceptible to Botrytis cinerea, the causative agent of gray mold disease. This study investigates transcriptomic responses B. cinerea in tolerant and grapevine genotypes using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified at three time points (T1, T2, T3), highlighting both genotype-independent genotype-specific responses. Early-stage infection (T1) revealed rapid robust activation...
Grapes represent a significant source of phenolic compounds known for their health-promoting properties, such as antioxidant capacity on normal cells and prooxidant activity tumor cells. The genotype highly affects the polyphenolic composition in grapes and, consequently, nutritional quality berries. This work aimed to characterize composition, antioxidant, anticancer grape skin extracts (GSEs) nine new table genotypes selected from breeding program obtain cultivars seedless grapes, well...
Abstract: Flavonoids present in skin extracts of red seedless table grape varieties Summer Royal, Autumn and Crimson, white Carati Thompson were analyzed by HPLC‐DAD‐MS, 3 y study (2006 to 2008). The anthocyanins, delphinidin‐3‐O‐glucoside, cyanidin‐3‐O‐glucoside, petunidin‐3‐O‐glucoside (with their corresponding p ‐coumaroyl derivatives), peonidin‐3‐O‐glucoside, malvidin‐3‐O‐glucoside acetyl, caffeoyl, derivatives) found. In addition the flavonols quercetin‐3‐O‐glucuronide,...
Texture characteristics are valuable parameters in the perceived quality and overall acceptability of fresh fruit. The characterization grape texture attributes, such as firmness crunchiness, is usually performed by sensory analysis or instrumental analysis. Both methodologies destructive. Hence, it not possible to test multiple times perform any other on same sample. In this article, near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy was applied intact berries table cv. Regal Seedless. NIR spectra were...
Postharvest spoilage fungi, such as Botrytis cinerea, are considered the main cause of losses fresh fruit quality and vegetables during storage, distribution, consumption. The current control strategy is use SO2 generator pads whose application now largely under observation. A high quantity can be deleterious for fruits it not allowed in organic agriculture. For this reason, great attention has been recently focused on identifying Biological Control Agents (BCA) to implement biological...
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is importantly cultivated worldwide for table grape and wine production. Its cultivation requires irrigation supply, especially in arid semiarid areas. Water deficiency can affect berry quality mostly depending on the extent of plant perceived stress, which a cultivar-specific trait. We tested physiological molecular responses to water two cultivars, Italia Autumn royal, we highlighted their different adaptation. Microarray analyses revealed that royal reacts...
Seedless inheritance has been considered a quasi-monogenic trait based on the VvAGL11 gene. An intragenic simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker, p3_VvAGL11, is currently used to opportunely discard seeded progeny, which represents up 50% of seedlings be established in field. However, rate false positives remains significant, and this lack accuracy might due more complex genetic architecture, some intrinsic flaws or potential recombination events between p3_VvAGL11 causal SNP located coding...
Fourier-transform near infrared spectroscopy (FT-NIR) is a technique used in the compositional and sensory analysis of foodstuffs. In this work, we have measured main maturity parameters for grape (sugars acids) using hundreds intact berry samples to build models prediction these from berries two very different varieties: "Victoria" "Autumn Royal". Together with chemical composition terms sugar acidic content, carried out on single berries. Employing built sugars acids it was possible learn...
Polyphenols, such as anthocyanins, are secondary metabolites produced in plants which can play an important health-promoting role considering their strong correlation with antioxidant capacity. The biosynthesis of these compounds generally increases a response to biotic or abiotic stress, therefore, order achieve high phenolic accumulation possible, the interactive effects storage conditions (temperature and time) postharvest ultraviolet irradiation (UV-C) on total polyphenols (TPP)...
Vitis vinifera L. varieties were spread through cuttings following historic migrations of people, trades, or after biological crises due to pests outbreaks. Some today's could be more than a 1000 years old and, although over the centuries these generated most remaining cultivars, their origin impossible track back. The Italian grapevine biodiversity is one important, likely its strategic position in middle Mediterranean sea. Unravelling structure challenging because complexity and lack...
Mixed fermentation using Starmerella bacillaris and Saccharomyces cerevisiae has gained attention in recent years due to their ability modulate the qualitative parameters of enological interest, such as color intensity stability wine. In this study, three most important red Apulian varieties were fermented through two pure inoculations strains or sequential inoculation after 48 h from bacillaris. The evolution anthocyanin profiles chromatic characteristics determined produced wines at...
A number of studies have established that vertical transmission viruses is an important phenomenon affecting a wide range viruses, especially as result breeding programs. Nevertheless, the presence virus in seed, does not always lead to seedling infection. In grapevine, seed has been reported for many nepoviruses, but little known about other associated diseases such Leafroll, Rugose wood complex and Fleck diseases, are considered by Italian legislation on certification grapevine propagation...
Grapevine requires irrigation supply for its cultivation, especially in the arid and semiarid geographic areas. As consequence of severe climatic changes, water consumption is becoming more important as environmental cost factor that needs to be reduced. Water deficiency can affect berry wine quality depending on extent plant perceived stress, which a cultivar specific trait. In four-year project, we tested physiological molecular responses two different table grape cultivars, Italia Autumn...
Vine rootstocks are known to have an influence on the vegetative growth and yield of scion, also can fruit quality in grafted vines with direct effects uptake water mineral elements, or more indirectly by affecting balance between shoot growth. The adaptability restrictive soil conditions, nutrient supply is variable. impact different vine performance scion could be useful information for selecting which rootstock suitable soils reduced availability. This study was conducted 2013 three Vitis...