A5031297513- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Fungal and yeast genetics research
- DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics
- Transgenic Plants and Applications
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Biopolymer Synthesis and Applications
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management
Cereal Research Centre
2019-2025
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria
2016-2021
Centro di Ricerca per la Patologia Vegetale
1997-2015
University of Padua
2009
Sapienza University of Rome
1990
Bakanae disease, caused by seed-borne Fusarium species, mainly F. fujikuroi, is a rice disease whose importance considerably increasing in several growing countries, leading to incremental production losses. A germplasm collection of japonica was screened for fujikuroi resistance, allowing the identification accessions with high-to-moderate levels resistance bakanae. GWAS approach uncovered two genomic regions highly associated observed phenotypic variation response bakanae infection on...
Abstract Background Pyrenochaeta lycopersici is a soil-dwelling ascomycete pathogen that causes corky root rot disease in tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) and other Solanaceous crops, reducing fruit yields by up to 75%. Fungal pathogens infect roots receive less attention than those infecting the aerial parts of crops despite their significant impact on plant growth production. Results We assembled 54.9Mb P. draft genome sequence based Illumina short reads, annotated approximately 17,000...
Abstract In 2022, EFSA was mandated by the European Commission's Directorate‐General for Health and Food Safety (M‐2022‐00070) to provide technical assistance regarding list of Union quarantine pests qualifying as priority pests, specified in Article 6(2) Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 on protective measures against plant pests. As part Task C, conducted comprehensive expert knowledge elicitations candidate focusing lag period, rate expansion impact production (yield quality losses) environment....
The first draft genome sequencing of the non-model fungal pathogen Pyrenochaeta lycopersici showed an expansion gene families associated with heterokaryon incompatibility and lacking mating-type genes, providing insights into genetic basis this "imperfect" fungus which lost ability to produce sexual stage. However, due Illumina short-read technology, was too fragmented allow a comprehensive characterization genome, especially repetitive sequence fraction. In work, another P. isolate using...
The heterothallic ascomycete Fusarium fujikuroi (teleomorph: Gibberella ) is the causal agent of bakanae rice, a disease increasing economic importance in major rice‐producing areas world and serious threat for Italian rice cultivation. A few studies have characterized F. isolates America Philippines but no data are available on genetic structure pathogen populations. Microsatellite SSR s useful tools to study intraspecific diversity at population level. In this study, 19 polymorphic been...
Common bunt of durum wheat (DW), Triticum turgidum L. ssp. (Desf.) Husn., is caused by the two closely related fungal species belonging to Tilletia genus (Tilletiales, Exobasidiomycetes, Ustilaginomycotina): laevis Kühn (syn. T. foetida (Wallr.) Liro.) and caries (DC) Tul. tritici (Bjerk.) G. Winter). This one most devastating diseases in growing areas worldwide, causing considerable yield loss reduction grains flour quality. For these reasons, a fast, specific, sensitive, cost-effective...
Pyrenochaeta lycopersici is the causal agent of corky root rot, which a serious disease worldwide that attacks roots tomato. A total 139 isolates were sampled from eight locations in Italy and Israel assigned to two molecular types (type 1 type 2) based on internal transcribed spacer ( ITS ) sequences. These genotyped using amplified fragment length polymorphisms AFLP s) decipher population structure. Based this structure analysis, three groups P. identified. One group correlated 1, while...
Abstract We have undertaken a search for autonomously replicating (ARSs) from Kluvermyces lactis chromosomal DNA able to sustain plasmid replication in K. and Saccharomyces cerevisiae . The discovery of such sequences might be interesting the comparison ARSs different sources possibly useful construction multivalent vectors. Hind III fragments were inserted YIp5 (lacking an origin replication) resulting chimaeric plasmids selected ability transform S. Four identified further analysed. Two...
Bakanae disease, caused by the fungal phytopathogen Fusarium fujikuroi, can be detected in most rice (Oryza sativa L.) growing areas worldwide. In this study, we investigated population structure of fungus southern Lao PDR, a country located near geographic origin domestication. Microsatellites (SSRs) and mating type (MAT) analyses, pathogenicity fungicide sensitivity tests were integrated study. The first key finding is that genetic F. fujikuroi PDR consistent with high clonal reproduction....
Pyrenophora graminea is the causal agent of barley leaf stripe. A mutant fungus (T2) was obtained by insertional mutagenesis from highly virulent isolate I2 random insertion a plasmid that has no homology with fungal genome. marked reduction disease incidence observed in two cultivars susceptible to stripe, Nudinka and Mirco, when inoculated isogenic T2 comparison P. I2. Southern blot RAPD analysis were performed confirm had affected only single locus consequently loss corresponding genetic...
Many soil-borne fungal pathogens cause severe diseases of many important crops.Their control is mainly based on the application toxic chemicals to soil, thus representing a serious problem for environment.Pyrenochaeta lycopersici, corky root disease plants both in field and greenhouse, well-studied pathogen tomato plants.The most effective way resist has been use methyl bromide, which actually banned, while other are less still environment users.The identification utilization plant cultivars...
Abstract The objectives of the study were to (i) demonstrate that hybridization data from microarrays can yield information on sequence variation between two inbred lines, an introgression line ‘Mogeor’ and its genetic background ‘Moneymaker’; (ii) characterize, by means identified SFPs, introgressed genomic segments ‘Mogeor’, carrying resistance genes; (iii) deliver a set genetically anchored SFPs potentially useful for breeding. In this work, GeSNP software was used identify in tomato...