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Francesco Sestili

FRANCESCO SESTILI

FRANCESCO SESTILI

Professore Associato

  • Department

    DAFNE - DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE AGRARIE E FORESTALI

  • Email

    francescosestili@unitus.it

  • Social Profiles

  • Curriculum

  • Profile

    • Bio

    • Prof. Francesco Sestili is Associate Professor of Agricultural Genetics in the DAFNE Department. In November 2022, he was appointed President of the University Quality Assurance Presidium. His research focuses on wheat genetic improvement, particularly in developing high-nutritional-value wheat varieties (durum and bread wheat) biofortified with resistant starch, provitamin A, and micronutrients, as well as high-yielding varieties, and on the traceability of cereal supply chains. Prof. Sestili is co-holder (50%) with Grandi Molini Italiani S.p.A. of Italian patent no. 102022000008315, dated April 27, 2022, for the invention entitled 'Wheat mutant plant with a reduced content of phytic acid'

    • Keywords
      • agricultural genetics
      • wheat
      • genetic improvement
      • gene editing
      • biofortification of durum wheat
    • Discliplinary scientific field

    • AGR/07 GENETICA AGRARIA

    • Research fields
      • genetic improvement of bread and durum wheat
    • Skills

    • Scientific research

      • Groups of research
        • Research Projects
          • Prizes and Awards
            • Scientific Participations
              • Member Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics
            • PhD Students
              • Chiara D'Attilia
              • Giuliana Bruno
              • Valeria Chiatti
              • Ida Colella
              • Hamza Ramzan
              • Nicola Scalzi
            • Research Fellows
              • Arianna Frittelli
              • Aziza Ez-Zaaraoui
              • Marco Bonarrigo
              • Maria Dolores Garcia Molina
            • Scholars

            • Principal Publications

              • Publications

              • Third Mission

                • Third Mission
                  • Italian patent n. 102022000008315 27/04/2022 WHEAT MUTANT PLANT WITH A REDUCED CONTENT OF PHYTIC ACID

              • Didattica

                • Ricevimento
                • Friday 09:30
                • Insegnamenti
                • SUBJECTS
                  Plant genomics and stress responses -
                  Molecular biology of agricultural plants -
                  Plant genetics -