A5029662005- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Fungal Plant Pathogen Control
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
- Plant Disease Management Techniques
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
- Powdery Mildew Fungal Diseases
- Berry genetics and cultivation research
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Microbial Inactivation Methods
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2016-2025
Sapienza University of Rome
2010-2017
University of L'Aquila
1995-1996
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
1992
Abstract BACKGROUND Botryotinia fuckeliana ( Botrytis cinerea ) is a pathogen with high risk of development resistance to fungicides. Fungicide was monitored during 2008–2011 in B. populations from both table‐grape vineyards and greenhouse‐grown strawberries southern Italy. RESULTS Isolates showing different levels anilinopyrimidines APs were detected at frequency (up 98%) fields treated intensively (4–7 sprays season −1 ). A slight decrease sensitivity fludioxonil, always combined AP...
Abstract Fungal diseases seriously affect agricultural production and the food industry. Crop protection is usually achieved by synthetic fungicides, therefore more sustainable innovative technologies are increasingly required. The atmospheric pressure low-temperature plasma a novel suitable measure. We report on effect of treatment phytopathogenic fungi causing quantitative qualitative losses products both in field postharvest. focus our attention vitro direct inhibitory non-contact Surface...
Introduction: The study investigates the potential of Plasma Activated Water (PAW) as an innovative irrigation medium to enhance growth and defense responses in tomato seedlings. It explores PAW’s utility both healthy seedlings those inoculated with Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV). Methods: PAW, produced through a dielectric barrier volume discharge, serves chemical-free alternative traditional fertilizers. were irrigated PAW or control solutions. employs biometric measurements assess...
To investigate the effectiveness of low-volume plus ascorbic acid [polyethylene glycol (PEG + Asc)] and high-volume simethicone Sim)] bowel preparations.A total one hundred forty-four outpatients (76 males), aged from 20 to 84 years (median age 59.5 years), who attended our Department, were divided into two groups, sex matched, underwent colonoscopy. Two questionnaires, for patients reporting acceptability other endoscopists evaluating cleansing according validated scales, completed....
Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs), interfering with fungal respiration, are considered to be fungicides at medium high risk of resistance. Boscalid was the first molecule belonging SDHIs that introduced for control Botryotinia fuckeliana. A range different target-site mutations leading boscalid resistance have been found in field populations fungus. The types mutation confer cross-resistance profiles towards novel SDHIs, such as recently fungicide fluopyram. This study combines...
The use of resistance inducers is a novel strategy to elicit defence responses in strawberry fruit protect against preharvest and postharvest decay. However, the mechanisms behind specific are not completely understood. Here, global transcriptional changes were investigated using RNA-Seq technology. Preharvest, benzothiadiazole chitosan applied plant canopy, harvested at 6, 12 24 h post-treatment. Overall, 5,062 5,210 differentially expressed genes (fold change, ≥2) identified these under...
There is increasing interest in the use of biological control agents (BCAs) and botanicals (BOTs) due to awareness environmental human health risks associated with synthetic plant protection products. The BCAs Bacillus subtilis strain QST713, amyloliquefaciens D747 Aureobasidium pullulans strains DSM14940 DSM14941, BOTs Melaleuca alternifolia terpenic extracts are proposed for grey mould vineyards. This study was aimed at evaluating their effectiveness integrated crop management strategies...
Monilinia species are among the most devastating fungi worldwide as they cause brown rot and blossom blight on fruit trees. To understand molecular bases of their pathogenic lifestyles, we compared newly assembled genomes single strains fructicola, M. fructigena laxa, with those Botrytis cinerea Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, closest within Sclerotiniaceae. Phylogenomic analysis orthologous proteins syntenic investigation suggest that laxa is closer to than other investigated Sclerotiniaceae...
Monilinia spp. are responsible for brown rot decay of stone and pome fruit in the field as well postharvest. laxa M. fructigena considered indigenous to Europe, while fructicola is a quarantine pathogen European Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization area included A2 List. In Italy, it was first reported 2009 Piedmont (northern Italy) rapidly spread central Italy. We carried out monitoring program on occurrence southern Italy comparative characterization three main fungal pathogens....
Monilinia fructicola is the most common and destructive brown rot agent on peaches. Knowledge of gene expression mediating host-pathogen interaction essential to manage fungal plant diseases. M. putative virulence factors have been predicted by genome investigations. The pathogen with host was validated. Five isolates were inoculated two cultivars (cv.s) peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) 'Royal Summer' 'Messapia' intermediate late ripening periods, respectively. pattern 17 candidate...
Brown rots are important fungal diseases of stone and pome fruits. They caused by several Monilinia species but M. fructicola, laxa fructigena the most common all over world. Although they have been intensively studied, availability genomic transcriptomic data in public databases is still scant. We sequenced, assembled annotated transcriptomes three pathogens using mRNA from germinating conidia actively growing mycelia two isolates opposite mating types per each for comparative transcriptome...
Abstract BACKGROUND Cerevisane, made up of cell wall derivatives from the Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain LAS117, is proposed as a resistance inducer in plants. The mode action cerevisane was investigated through transcriptome analysis (RNA‐Seq) carried out on leaves potted vines cv. Italia grown greenhouse and sprayed at 1‐week intervals with cerevisane. Analyses were performed three time points after one sprays well challenged artificial inoculation Plasmopara viticola , Erysiphe necator...
Aspergillus carbonarius is the principal fungal species responsible for ochratoxin A (OTA) contamination of grapes and derived products in main viticultural regions worldwide. In recent years, co-expressed genes representing a putative-OTA gene cluster were identified, deletion few them allowed partial elucidation biosynthetic pathway fungus. putative OTA-gene additionally present bZIP transcription factor (AcOTAbZIP), with this work, A. ΔAcOTAbZIP strains generated to study its functional...
Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin harmful for animals and humans. Aspergillus carbonarius the main responsible OTA contamination of grapes derived products. Gene transcriptional profiling 4 A. strains was carried out by RNA-Seq analysis to study transcriptome changes associated with production. By comparing inducing (OTAI) vs. non-inducing (OTAN) cultural conditions, total 3,705 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) (fold change > |2| FDR ≤ 0.05) were identified. Several involved in primary...
Monilinia fructigena (phylum Ascomycota, family Sclerotiniaceae) is a plant pathogen that causes brown rot and blossom blight in pome fruit stone of the Rosaceae family, which can cause significant losses field mainly postharvest. The aim this study was to create high-quality draft M. genome assembly annotation provides better understanding epidemiology its interactions with host(s) will thus improve management. We report here on sequence strain Mfrg269 collected from plum southern Italy....
Abstract Brown rot is a worldwide fungal disease of stone and pome fruit that caused by several Monilinia species. Among these, fructicola can cause severe preharvest postharvest losses, especially for fruit. Here, we present high-quality draft genome assembly M. Mfrc123 strain obtained using both Illumina PacBio sequencing technologies. The comprised 20 scaffolds, including 29 telomere sequences at ends 10 single end 9 scaffolds. total length was 44.05 Mb, with scaffold N50 2,592 kb....
QoI fungicides, inhibitors of mitochondrial respiration, are considered to be at high risk resistance development. In several phytopathogenic fungi, is caused by mutations (most frequently G143A) in the cytochrome b (cytb) gene. The genetic and molecular basis were investigated laboratory field mutants Botryotinia fuckeliana (de Bary) Whetz. exhibiting vitro reduced sensitivity trifloxystrobin.B. highly resistant trifloxystrobin obtained spontaneous wild-type strains, or from naturally...
Monilinia fructicola, M. laxa, and fructigena are the most important pathogens responsible for brown rot disease of stone pome fruits. Information on their mating system sexual behavior is scant. A mating-type-specific PCR-based assay was developed applied to 155 isolates from 10 countries different host plants. We showed that single carry only one two opposite idiomorphs at MAT1 locus consistent with a heterothallic all three species. MAT1-1 MAT1-2 types were detected in similar proportions...
The fungus Monilinia fructicola is responsible for brown rot on stone and pome fruit causes heavy yield losses both pre- post-harvest. Several mycoviruses are known to infect fungal plant pathogens. In this study, a metagenomic approach was applied obtain comprehensive characterization of the mycovirome in worldwide collection 58 M. strains. Deep sequencing double-stranded (ds)RNA extracts revealed great abundance variety mycoviruses. A total 32 phylogenetically distinct positive-sense (+)...