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Laboratorio di Protezione delle piante

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The Laboratory of Plant Protection of DIBAF – University of Tuscia, focuses on epidemiology, ecology and aetiology of Plant Pathogens in agriculture, natural and semi-natural environments. Specific skills are on advanced molecular barcoding for diagnostics and biodiversity studies (including HTS); alien invasive fungi and oomycetes, insect-pathogens associations, IPM applied to agriculture and agroforestry ecosystems.

 

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Prof Andrea Vannini

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  • Plant Pathology Team

    • Andrea Vannini (Full Professor) is a mycologist and plant pathology scientist mainly involved in studies on protection of natural and semi-natural, and urban terrestrial systems. Specific skills are on ecology of plant-pathogens interactions; impact of Invasive Forests Pathogens and strategies of early detections. He is currently full professor at the Department for Innovation in Biological Systems, Food and Forestry DIBAF. Scientific literature available at https://www2.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7003304155.
      E-mail vannini@unitus.it

     

    • Gabriele Chilosi (Associate Professor) is a plant pathologist. His research is mainly focused on innovative and sustainable control strategies of the main diseases caused by fungal and oomycete pathogens along the production chains of durum wheat, horticultural crops (melon, tomato, potato) and grape. The research approach is holistic involving factors affecting pathogen epidemiology, soil fertility, beneficial and antagonistic microorganisms. Scientific literature is available at https://scholar.google.it/citations?hl=it&user=xDHFC-0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate.
      E-mail Chilosi@unitus.it

  • Post-docs

     

    • Carmen Morales-Rodriguez (PhD) is a biologist and plant pathologist with specific skills in microbial communities’ assessment and analysis by means of High Throughput Sequencing technologies (Illumina MiSeq; Nanopore MinION); biological control of plant pathogens; Invasive Forest Pathogens early detection. Scientific literature is available at https://www2.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55215633000.
      E-mail moralescorreo@hotmail.com

  • PhD students

    • Sofia Pagliarani (PhD student) is carrying out studies on microbial landscaping of bacterial communities associated to Tuber spp. mycorrhizae on different broadleaved hosts. Her PhD fellowship is co-funded by the Urbani Tartufi s.r.l. (https://urbanitartufi.it/).
      E-mail pagliarani@unitus.it

     

    • Giorgia Bastianelli (PhD student) is carrying out studies on the fungal communities colonizing chestnut fruits in pre- and post-harvest and on methods of control, including the reduction of mycotoxin impact and contamination. Her PhD fellowship is co-funded by the Mastrogregori s.r.l. (https://www.mastrogregori.it/).
      E-mail giorgiabastianelli93@gmail.com

  • MS students

    Merima Jasarevic (MS student) is carrying out studies on the fungal community associated to the invasive Ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus compactus.
    E-mail merima995@hotmail.com

  • Administrative staff

    Roberta Libriani supervises the administrative and logistic activity of the Laboratory of Plant Protection including projects preparation and reporting.
    E-mail rlibriani@unitus.it