Archivio Journal of Plant Pathology

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- DETECTION, HOST PREFERENCE AND ROLE ON TREE STABILITY OF WOOD DECAY FUNGI IN URBAN ENVI- RONMENT. L. Giordano, F. Sillo, P. Gonthier. Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of To- rino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy. E-mail: [email protected] PATHOGENICITY OF ETIOLOGICAL AGENTS OF CROWN ROT DISEASE ON ORGANIC BANANA IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. M.A.M. Kamel, P. Cortesi, M. Saracchi. Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Univer- sity of Milano, Via Giovanni Celoria 2, I-20133 Milano, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] - RACE TYPING AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS pv. CAMPESTRIS STRAINS OCCURRING IN ITALY. P. Bella1, C. Moretti2, C.P. Strano1, M. Zaccardelli3, F. Branca1, R. Buonaurio2, J.G. Vicente4, V. Catara1. 1Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 100, I-95123 Catania, Italy. 2Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences (DSA3), University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, I-06121 Peru- gia, Italy. 3Agricultural Research Council – Experimental Institute for Horticulture (CRA-ORT), Via Cavalleggeri 25, I-84098 Pontecagnano Faiano (SA), Italy. 4School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Wellesbourne Campus, CV35 9EF, United Kingdom. E-mail: patrizia. [email protected] ‘CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA PHOENICIUM’ ASSOCI- ATED WITH ALMOND WITCHES’-BROOM DISEASE: IN- SIGHTS INTO THE STRAIN POPULATION STRUCTURE AND THE INTERACTIONS WITH HOSTS. F. Quaglino1, M. Kube2, M. Jawhari3, Y. Abou-Jawdah3, C. Siewert2, E. Choueiri4, H. Sobh3, P. Casati1, R. Tedeschi5, M. Molino Lova6, A. Alma5, P.A. Bianco1. 1Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sci- ences - Production, Landscape, Agroenergy (DISAA), University of Milano, Via Giovanni Celoria 2, I-20133 Milano, Italy. 2Division Phytomedicine, Thaer-Institute, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Lentzeallee 55/57, Berlin, Germany. 3Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon. 4Department of Plant Protection, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Tal Amara, Lebanon. 5De- partment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), Uni- versity of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy. 6AVSI Foundation, Jounieh-Ghadir, Lebanon. E-mail: fabio. [email protected] THE NEW DEAL IN VIRUS DISCOVERY: A MAJOR CON- CERN FOR “MINOR” CROPS. M. Morelli, M. Chiumenti, P. Saldarelli, A. Giampetruzzi, A. Minafra. National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Via G. Amendola 122/D, I-70126 Bari, Italy. E-mail: massimiliano. [email protected] - SYNTHETIC CLONES OF GRAPEVINE ALGERIAN LATENT VIRUS (GALV) DEVELOP A TYPICAL TOMBUSVIRUS IN- FECTION IN NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA INFECTED CELLS. A. Lovato1, A. Polverari1, D. Maffi2, F. Faoro2. 1Depart- ment of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 15, I-37134 Verona, Italy. 2Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Production, Landscape, Agroenergy (DISAA), University of Milano, Via Giovanni Celoria 2, I-20133 Milano, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] - DIPLODIA SAPINEA AND CLIMATE CHANGE: SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PINE SHOOT PATHOGEN IN ITALY. L. Bosso1, H. Rebelo2,3, N. Luchi4, G. Maresi5, D. Russo1,3, G. Cristinzio1. 1Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Napoli “Federico II”, Via Univer- sità 100, I-80055 Portici (NA), Italy. 2CIBIO-Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, R. Padre Armando QuintasVairão, Por- tugal. 3School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol 24, Tyndall Avenue, BS8 1TQ, Bristol, United Kingdom. 4National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy. 5Tech- nology Transfer Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Via E. Mach 1, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige (TN), Italy. E-mail: luciano.bosso@ unina.it RAPID SPREAD AND GENETIC DIVERSITY OF PEPINO MOSAIC VIRUS IN TOMATO CROP IN SICILY. S. Panno1, S. Davino1,2,3, G. Iacono4, M. Davino4. 1Euro-Mediterranean Insti- tute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Via E. Amari 123, I-90139 Palermo, Italy. 2Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences (SAF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 5, I-90123 Palermo, Italy. 3National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Strada delle Cacce 73, I-10135 Torino, Italy. 4Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), Univer- sity of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 100, I-95123 Catania, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] COMPARATIVE GENOMICS BETWEEN THE INVASIVE FOREST PATHOGEN HETEROBASIDION IRREGULARE AND THE NATIVE SIBLING SPECIES H. ANNOSUM PRO- VIDE A GLIMPSE INTO THEIR DIVERGENT ADAPTIVE EVOLUTION. F. Sillo1, M. Garbelotto2, P. Gonthier1. 1Depart- ment of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy. 2Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Forest Pathology and Mycology Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, 54 Mulford Hall, 94720 Berkeley, California, USA. E-mail: [email protected] LASER MICRODISSECTION OF GRAPEVINE LEAVES HIGHLIGHTS SITE-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL CHANGES AT THE EARLY STAGES OF DOWNY MILDEW INFECTION. L. Lenzi1,2, C. Caruso2, P.L. Bianchedi3, I. Pertot1, M. Perazzolli1. 1Research and Innovation Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Via E. Mach 1, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige (TN), Italy. 2Department of Agrobiologia and Agrochimica (DABAC), Uni- versity of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis s.n.c., I-01100 Viterbo, Italy. 3Technology Transfer Centre, Edmund Mach Foundation, Via E. Mach 1, I-38010 San Michele all’Adige (TN), Trento, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] GENOME PERTURBATION CONSEQUENT TO GENE DE- LETION BY HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION. A. Grot- toli1, M. Beccaccioli1, W. Sanseverino2, C. Fanelli1, M. Reverberi1, V. Scala1. 1Department of Environmental Biology, Sapienza Univer- sity of Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy. 2Sequentia Biotech SL, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: [email protected] UNRAVELLING PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS: SUC- CESSFUL COLONIZATION OF LETTUCE BY TAGGED BIOCONTROL STREPTOMYCES. X. Chen1, M. Bonaldi1, C. Pizzatti1, A. Kunova1, M. Saracchi1, A. Erlacher2, G. Berg2, P. Cortesi1. 1Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Science (DeFENS), University of Milano, Via Giovanni Celoria 2, I-20133 Milano, Italy. 2Institute of Environmental Biotechnology, Graz University of Technology, Petersgasse 12, 8010 Graz, Austria. E-mail: [email protected] HOPA1’ A NEW PUTATIVE T3SS EFFECTOR OF PSEU- DOMONAS SAVASTANOI pv. SAVASTANOI STRAIN DAPP-PG722, THE CASUAL AGENT OF OLIVE KNOT DIS- EASE. C. Cortese1, M.P. Castañeda-Ojeda2, C. Ramos2, R. Buo- naurio1, C. Moretti1. 1Department of Agricultural, Food and Envi- ronmental Sciences (DSA3), University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, I-06121 Perugia, Italy. 2Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora” (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Málaga, Spain. E-mail: [email protected] DOWNY MILDEW CONTROL AND VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF GRAPEVINES UNDER ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS TO SYNTHETIC FUNGICIDES. V. Mancini, E. Feliziani, A. Servili, G. Romanazzi. Department of Agricultur- al, Food and Environmental Sciences (D3A), University Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, I-60131 Ancona, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] GENOME PLASTICITY MEDIATED BY TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS DRIVES THE EVOLUTION OF VIRULENCE IN THE VASCULAR WILT PATHOGEN VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE. L. Faino, M.F. Seidl, B.P.H.J. Thomma. Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands. E-mail:[email protected] FUNGAL β-GLUCANS PROTECT THE FUNGAL CELL FROM PLANT THAUMATIN-LIKE PROTEINS AND CHI- TINASE. R. Marcato1, L. Sella1, S. Vincenzi2, M. Sturlese3, S. Mo- ro3, F. Favaron1. 1Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, I-35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy. 2Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), Via dell’Università 16, I-35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy. 3Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences (DSF), University of Padova, Via Marzolo 5, I-35131 Padova, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] ANALYSIS OF PHYTOPHTHORA DIVERSITY IN ORNA- MENTAL NURSERIES USING METABARCODING AP- PROACHES BASED ON CLONING/SANGER SEQUENCING AND 454 PYROSEQUENCING. M.I. Prigigallo1, A. Abdelfat- tah1, A. Biasi1, S. Mosca1, M.G. Li Destri Nicosia1, S.O. Cacciola2, G. Magnano di San Lio1, L. Schena1. 1Department of Agriculture, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Via Salita Melissari, Località Feo di Vito, I-89122 Reggio Calabria, Italy. 2Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 100, I-95123 Catania, Italy. 3The James Hutton In- stitute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, United Kingdom. E-mail: [email protected] CA2+ TRANSPORT IN PSEUDOMONAS SAVASTANOI pv. SAVASTANOI-OLIVE PATHOSYSTEM. C. Moretti, L. Granie- ri, C. Cortese, M. Mazzoni, A.M. Del Pino, R. Buonaurio, C.A. Palmerini. Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sci- ences (DSA3), University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno 74, I-06121 Perugia, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] THE MAPK CASCADE IN PLANT INNATE IMMUNITY IS REGULATED BY PEROXYNITRITE-MEDIATED TYRO- SINE NITRATION. B. Sottocornola1, D. Bellin1, L. Tengfang1, A. Amoresano2, M. Delledonne1, E. Vandelle1. 1Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, I-37134 Verona, Italy. 2Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli “Federico II”, Cupa Nuova Cintia 21, I-80126 Napoli, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] NUCLEOLAR LOCALIZATION, PATHOGENIC EFFECTS AND SILENCING SUPPRESSOR ACTIVITY OF THE P15 PROTEIN FROM GRAPEVINE VIRUS B. S. Davino1, S. Ruiz- Ruiz2, P. Serra2, R. Flores2. 1Department of Agricultural and For- est Sciences (SAF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze Ed. 5, I-90123 Palermo, Italy. 2Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Avenida de los Naranjos, 46022 Valencia, Spain. E-mail: [email protected] BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF POST-HARVEST FUNGAL PATHOGENS BY AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS: COMPETITION ASPECTS. A. Di Francesco1, L. Righetti2, S. 311 D’Aquino , M. Mari . Department of Agricultural Sciences (DipSA), University of Bologna, Via Gandolfi 19, I-40057 Cadriano (BO), Italy. 2Agricultural Research Council – Research Centre for Industrial Crops (CRA-CIN), Via di Corticella 133, I-40128 Bologna, Italy. 3National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), Traversa La Crucca 3, Regione Baldinca, I-07040 Li Punti (SS), Italy. E-mail: [email protected] FUSARIUM INCARNATUM-EQUISETI SPECIES COMPLEX FROM CEREALS: PHYLOGENY AND VARIABILITY OF TRICHOTHECENE BIOSYNTHETIC GENE CLUSTER. A. Villani1, R.H Proctor2, D.W. Brown2, T.J. Ward2, A.F. Logrie- co1, A. Moretti1, A. Susca1. 1National Research Council of Italy, Insti- tute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), Via G. Amendola 122/O, I-70126 Bari, Italy. 2US Department of Agriculture, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, 1815 N. University Street Peoria, IL 61604, Peoria, USA. E-mail: [email protected] EFFICACY OF COLD PLASMA IN THE REDUCTION OF AFLATOXINS ON HAZELNUTS. D. Spadaro1,2, A. Prelle1, I. Siciliano1, M.C. Cavallero3, D. Vallauri3, A. Garibaldi1, M.L. Gullino1,2. 1Centre of Competence for the Innovation in the Agro- Environmental Field – AGROINNOVA, University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy. 2Department of Agri- cultural, Forestry and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy. 3TECNO- GRANDA S.p.A., Via G.B. Conte 19, I-12025 Dronero (CN), Italy. E-mail: [email protected] CHARACTERIZATION OF MONILINIA spp. POPULA- TIONS IN SOUTH ITALY AND DETERMINATION OF THEIR SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. D. Abate, C. Pastore, S. Pollas- tro, D. Gerin, R.M. De Miccolis Angelini, C. Rotolo, A. Spadoni, F. Faretra. Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (DiSSPA), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Amendola 165/A, I-70126 Bari, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] COMPETITIVE MULTITROPHIC INTERACTIONS IN THE BIOCONTROL OF FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT. S. Sarrocco, F. Valenti, R. Baroncelli, G. Piaggeschi, G. Vannacci. Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (DISAAA-a), University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, I-56124 Pisa, Italy. E-mail: sabrina.sar- [email protected] CONTROL OF SOIL-BORNE PATHOGENS ON POTTED VEGETABLES WITH MICROORGANISMS ISOLATED FROM SUPPRESSIVE COMPOST. M. Pugliese1,2, G. Castella1, L. Battisti1, M.L. Gullino1,2, A. Garibaldi1. 1Centre of Competence for the Innovation in the Agro-Environmental Field – AGROINNO- VA, University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy. 2Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, I-10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy. E-mail: [email protected] INFLUENCE OF THINNING TREATMENT ON THE OC- CURRENCE OF TREE DECLINE IN DECIDUOUS OAK FORESTS. N. Anselmi, A. Saraceni. Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest Systems (DIBAF), University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis s.n.c., I-01100 Viterbo, Italy. E-mail: [email protected] CONTROL OF GRAPEVINE DOWNY MILDEW BY PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES. N. Lachhab1, S.M. Sanzani1, M. Adrian2, A. Chiltz3, S. Balacey2, M. Boselli4, A. Ippolito1, B. Poinssot2. 1Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences (DiSSPA), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via G. Amendola 165/A, I-70126 Bari, Italy. 2Université de Bourgogne, UMR 1347 Agroécologie, Pôle Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes, ERL CNRS 6300, Dijon, France. 3INRA, UMR 1347 Agroécologie, Pôle Interactions Plantes Micro-organismes, ERL CNRS 6300, Dijon, France. 4Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Via della Pieve, I-37020 S. Flo- riano di S. Pietro in Cariano (VR), Italy. E-mail: simonamarianna. [email protected] NEW FUNGAL HYBRIDS THAT COMBINE IN A SINGLE STRAIN THE PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT BIOACTIVE SECONDARY METABOLITES AND ENHANCED BENEFI- CIAL EFFECTS ON PLANTS. G. Manganiello1, S. Lanzuise1,2, M. Ruocco1,2, F. Vinale1,2, R. Marra1,2, N. Lombardi1,2, A. Pascale1, F. Lacatena1, A. Djella2, L. De Vitto1, S.L. Woo1,2, M. Lorito1,2. 1Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Napoli “Fed- erico II”, Via Università 100, I-80055 Portici (NA), Italy. 2National Research Council of Italy, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP), Via Università 133, I-80055 Portici (NA), Italy. E-mail: [email protected] ROLE OF SINGLE SITE-SPECIFIC ALLELE REPLACEMENT INTO SVHK1 LOCUS IN THE STUDY OF STEMPHYLIUM VESICARIUM DICARBOXIMIDE AND PHENYLPYRROLE FUNGICIDES RESISTANCE. K. Gazzetti, A. Ciriani, A. Brunel- li, M. Collina. Department of Agricultural Sciences (DipSA), Univer- sity of Bologna, Viale G. Fanin 46, I-40127 Bologna, Italy. E-mail: [email protected]