Marino Maria Teresa

ASSOCIATE publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae I obtained my Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Naples Federico II (2021-2022), where I carried out my thesis internship in the Hygiene laboratory. During this experience, I acquired practical and theoretical expertise in the microbiological analysis of environmental matrices, including water and soil. The aim of my thesis project was to investigate the use of bioreactors (implemented using a specific microbial consortium) for the remediation of soil contaminated by heavy metals. Subsequently, I carried out a…

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Bibbò Tommaso Pio

ASSOCIATE publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae I hold a degree in Agricultural Science and Technology, and I am currently carrying out a research project focused on the epidemiology of Gnomoniopsis castaneae (syn. Gnomoniopsis smithogilvyi), a pathogen of significant phytosanitary concern in chestnut cultivation. This fungus is the causal agent of chestnut fruit rot (Castanea sativa), a disease that in recent decades has gained increasing economic and environmental importance, with repercussions on both the quality of fruits intended for consumption. My research activity focuses on the…

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Royer Pierre

ASSOCIATE publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae The spittlebug Philaenus spumarius L. (Hemiptera : Aphrophoridae) is the main vector of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe and, in particular, in the Apulia Region to olive trees. The efficiency of the vector in transmitting Xf is relatively low, but its abundance and the massive movement of the adult stage between the canopies of trees, and olive trees in particular, have made this insect capable of spreading the bacterium very quickly. Previous surveys have shown the prevalence of infected insects…

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Grasso Gianluca

ASSOCIATE publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where I am involved in the HerbaSoil project, which investigates the impact of intensive agriculture on soil microbial biodiversity through an innovative paleogenomic approach. My work focuses on the extraction and sequencing of ancient microbial DNA from soil samples preserved in herbarium collections. The resulting data are compared with modern soil samples and analyzed using bioinformatic tools, with the aim of reconstructing how soil microbial…

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Gallo Vito

ASSOCIATE publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae Since 2001, Vito Gallo’s scientific activity has been carried out at the Polytechnic University of Bari and has been mainly focused on metabolomics in the agri-food sector and on applications of NMR spectroscopy. His research in the agri-food field aims to develop intelligent systems for quality control, origin identification, authenticity verification, and the enhancement of traceability procedures through non-targeted analysis. Moreover, the studies also aim at developing robust methods for the early diagnosis of plant diseases. The main analytical…

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