A5049418726- Plant Gene Expression Analysis
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Berry genetics and cultivation research
- Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
- Light effects on plants
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
Research Centre for Olive Growing and Olive Oil Industry
2016-2020
University of Calabria
2019
National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
2005-2019
Centro di Ricerca per l’Orticoltura
2017
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria
2017
ENEA Trisaia Research Centre
2005-2011
Molina Center for Energy and the Environment
2009
Trisa (Switzerland)
2006
The influence of internal (genetic and developmental) external (environmental) factors on levels flavonoid gene transcripts, enzyme activity metabolites was studied in fruit six cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) genotypes grown at two Italian locations. Gene expression showed development- genotype-associated patterns, revealing coordination. Analysis clarified the regulation mechanism hydroxylation status B-ring major pools pointed out examples genotype-specific...
The identification and characterization of transcripts involved in flower organ development, plant reproduction metabolism represent key steps phenotypic physiological pathways, may generate high-quality transcript variants useful for the development functional markers. This study was aimed at obtaining an extensive olive transcripts, by providing sound information on candidate MADS-box genes related to ABC model putative genetic molecular determinants ovary abortion pollen-pistil...
Microscopic investigations were conducted into the interaction of Colletotrichum acutatum on white and red strawberry ( Fragaria ×ananassa ) fruit surfaces. The results showed that, whilst early events similar in both fruits, after 24 h fungal colonization dramatically varied: fruits C. became quiescent as melanized appressoria, but it displayed subcuticular necrotrophic invasion. A microarray analysis strawberries with was performed, order to reveal differences gene expression possibly...
A circadian clock (CC) has evolved in plants that synchronizes their growth and development with daily seasonal cycles. properly functioning contributes to increasing plant growth, reproduction, competitiveness. In plants, continuous light treatment been a successful approach for obtaining novel knowledge about the clock. The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is one of most important crops Mediterranean area, and, so far, limited information available on its CC gene network. Here, we studied...
Background Circadian clocks are internal molecular time-keeping mechanisms that provide living organisms with the ability to adjust their growth and physiology anticipate diurnal environmental changes. clocks, without exception, respond light and, in plants, is most potent best characterized entraining stimulus. The capacity of plants achieved through a number photo-perceptive proteins including cryptochromes phytochromes. There considerable experimental evidence demonstrating roles...
In order to sense and respond the fluctuating light conditions, higher plants possess several families of photoreceptors, such as phytochromes (PHYs), cryptochromes (CRYs) phototropins. CRYs are responsible for photomorphogenesis play a role in circadian, developmental adaptive growth regulation plants. tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), CRY2 controls vegetative development, flowering time, fruit antioxidant content well diurnal transcription other photoreceptor genes. We applied large-scale...
Cultivated olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. var. europaea) is the most ancient and spread tree crop in Mediterranean basin. An important quality trait for extra virgin oil fatty acid composition. In particular, a high content of oleic low linoleic, linolenic, palmitic considered very relevant health properties oil. The oleate desaturase enzyme encoding-gene (FAD2-2) main responsible linoleic fruit mesocarp and, therefore, revealing to be candidate gene biosynthesis. this study, an silico...
The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae) is the most devastating pest of cultivated (Olea europaea L.). Intraspecific variation in plant resistance to B. has been described only at phenotypic level. In this work, we used a transcriptomic approach study molecular response two cultivars with contrasting level susceptibility. Using next-generation pyrosequencing, first generated catalogue more than 80,000 sequences expressed drupes from approximately 700k reads. assembled...
Background The ripening process of olive fruits is associated with chemical and/or enzymatic specific transformations, making them particularly attractive to animals and humans. In drupes, including 'Cassanese' ones, usually accompanied by progressive chromatic change, resulting in a final red-brown colourization both epidermis mesocarp. This event has an exception the 'Leucocarpa', which we observed destabilization equilibrium between chlorophyll metabolism that other pigments,...
Light plays a key role in the regulation of many physiological processes required for plant and chloroplast development. Plant cryptochromes (crys) play an important monitoring, capturing, transmitting light stimuli. In this study, we analyzed effects CRY2 overexpression on transcription tomato genome by tiling array, containing about 90 000 overlapping probes (5-nucleotide resolution). We profiled leaves wild-type CRY2-overexpressing plants grown diurnal cycle, to generate comprehensive map...
Olive possesses excellent nutritional and economic values for its main healthy products. Among them, a high content of antioxidant compounds, balanced during the ripening process, are produced under genetic environmental control, resulting in variability among cultivars. The genes involved these complex pathways mainly known, but despite many studies which indicated key role light quality quantity synthesis metabolites plants, limited information on topics is available olive. We carried out...
The olive tree (Olea europaea L.) is a typical Mediterranean crop, important for and oil production. high tendency to bear fruits in an uneven manner, defined as irregular or alternate bearing, results significant economic impact the losses olives Buds from heavy loaded (‘ON’) unloaded (‘OFF’) branches of unique were collected July next March compare transcriptomic profiles get deep insight into molecular mechanisms regulating floral induction differentiation. A wide set DEGs related...
Abstract BACKGROUND Lettuce is a leafy vegetable that extensively commercialized as ready‐to‐eat product because of its widespread use in human nutrition salad. It well known washing treatments can severely affect the quality and shelf‐life vegetables. The study presented here evaluated effect two procedures on fresh‐cut lettuce during storage. RESULTS An omics approach was applied to reveal global changes at molecular level induced by peracetic acid comparison with sodium hypochlorite...