A5046953683- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection
2022-2024
National Research Council
2022-2024
Federico II University Hospital
2022-2023
University of Naples Federico II
2022-2023
A growing population coupled with a higher demand for food is putting pressure on agriculture. The use of synthetic pesticides and chemical fertilizers allowed us to boost agricultural productions, but at great environmental cost. Exploitation beneficial microorganism (BM)-plant interactions has been proposed as an eco-friendly solution improve plant resistance stresses increase productivity sustainably. We provide overview scientific evidence that this positive interaction often mediated...
Abstract Plant roots can exploit beneficial associations with soil-inhabiting microbes, promoting growth and expanding the immune capacity of host plant. In this work, we aimed to provide new information on changes occurring in tomato interacting fungus Beauveria bassiana. The leaf proteome revealed perturbed molecular pathways during establishment plant–fungus relationship. early stages colonization (5–7 d), proteins related defense responses were down-regulated calcium transport...
Fungi emit a broad spectrum of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), sometimes producing species-specific profiles. Volatilomes have received over the last decade increasing attention in ecological, environmental and agricultural studies due to their potential be used biocontrol plant pathogens pests as growth-promoting factors. In present study, we characterised compared volatilomes from four different Trichoderma species: T. asperellum B6; atroviride P1; afroharzianum T22; longibrachiatum...
Timely and noninvasive detection of plant diseases may help to mitigate significant yield losses represents an important milestone in sustainable protection. Herein, we report the application pulsed thermography (PT) predict presymptomatic stages gray mold. For this purpose, pepper tomato plants were inoculated with conidia Botrytis cinerea or Trichoderma harzianum, a beneficial fungus employed as nonpathogenic control. Time-course measurements on infected leaves showed that, unlike...
Plants are central to complex networks of multitrophic interactions. Increasing evidence suggests that beneficial microorganisms (BMs) may be used as plant biostimulants and pest biocontrol agents. We investigated whether tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) plants thoroughly colonized by the endophytic entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana , how such colonization affects physiological parameters phenotype grown under unstressed conditions or exposed pathogenic Botrytis cinerea . As a...
Societal Impact Statement Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) impact the relationships between plants, aphids (insects that feed on plant phloem), and their natural enemies prey or parasitize aphids). The presence of AMF influences growth population different aphid species affects development aphid‐killing wasps attraction to plants. This research has been conducted also considering insects' feeding strategy specialization. study provides novel perspectives how these shape interactions in...
Climate change, population growth and resource scarcity are putting increasing pressure on agriculture. In this perspective, progress has been made to replace traditional methods for plant phenotyping, which destructive, time-consuming, inefficient high-cost, with high-throughput, time-saving highly efficient phenotyping technologies able evaluate complex traits, assess responses stresses, screen desirable new genotypes. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), now deeply investigated as promising...