RESEARCHER
luciana.galetto(AT)ipsp.cnr.it
011.397.7926
publications: Orcid
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Curriculum Vitae
Since 2003 I have studied phytoplasma diseases, focusing on diagnosis and interactions among plant-pathogen-insect vector. The main crops studied are strategic crops important for Italian agricolture production and severely affected by phytoplasmas, such as grapevine, apple and other fruit trees and herbaceous plants, also used as model systems. Interactions among plant-pathogen-insect vector are studied at molecular and cellular level by in vitro and in vivo (RNAi) techniques, on different species of leafhopper and planthopper spread in Italy, with main aim of understanding transmission specificity mechanisms.
Project leader of:
- FOotSTEP
- RNA interference for the control of hemipteran pests causing direct and indirect damages to crops: a case study to define best practices for sustainable and environment-friendly application of RNAi (HEMipteran INTerference, HEMINT)
- RNAi_PJ-RNA interference to control alien pests by exploring microalgae and cyanobacteria as cost-effective dsRNA producing platforms: the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica as case study
- ReSet- RNA interference for the control of sap-sucking insect plant pests: Scaphoideus titanus as case study