Lucetti Giulia

RESEARCH FELLOW giulia.lucetti(AT)ipsp.cnr.it publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae In the present project, RNAi will be explored for the control of the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), an alien quarantine species highly polyphagous that cause severe damages to crops. The management of P. japonica in Italy is under the official control of the National Plant Protection Services and mainly based on applications of chemical insecticides. Therefore, innovative and sustainable alternative strategies are urgently needed. The use of microalgae and cyanobacteria for production and delivery of…

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Vitiello Gennaro

RESEARCH FELLOW gennaro.vitiello(AT)ipsp.cnr.it publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae Development of a work plan for the monitoring of invasive insect species. Selection of traps and attractants. Characterisation Morpho-bio-molecular characterisation of captured insects, from collection to obtaining sequences. Support to regional technicians in the identification and study of new invasive species, particularly at BCPs. Study of the population dynamics of invasive insects, with assessment of damage, spread and if possible with a reconstruction of the place of origin. Construction of phytophagous flight curves and statistical comparison of…

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Serrapica Rossella

RESEARCH FELLOW rossella.serrapica(AT)ipsp.cnr.it publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae I am a food technologist with many years of experience in quality control and food safety. In parallel I dedicated myself to research activities through collaborations with the Department of Agriculture of the University of Naples Federico II, in particular during my involvement in the training grant “Sequencing of the buffalo genome for the qualitative-quantitative improvement of agri-food production GENOBU, I carried out a training internship at the microbiology laboratory of the ISPAAM CNR in Portici. In…

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Petito Enza

RESEARCH FELLOW enza.petito(AT)ipsp.cnr.it publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae Graduated in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies at the Department of Agriculture of the University of Naples Federico II with an experimental thesis carried out in Phytovirology entitled: “Viruses and viroids associated with symptoms of incompatibility of grafting in apple trees”. During my thesis work I acquired skills in the use of serological and molecular diagnostic methods in plant virology, of the main genomic banks for the extrapolation of information on the genome of a virus, of laboratory…

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Pierro Sara

RESEARCH FELLOW sara.pierro(AT)ipsp.cnr.it publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae I received a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural, Forestry and Environmental Sciences and a Master’s degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies at the University of Naples Federico II. During my experimental thesis work, I worked on the development of microbial biostimulants for plant growth promotion gaining significant laboratory experience. The research activity I am going to do will be part of the research project “URCoFi 2023-2025: Unit for the coordination and enhancement of activities of surveillance, research, experimentation,…

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Papagna Antonio

RESEARCH FELLOW antonio.papagna(AT)ipsp.cnr.it 080.544.3065 publications: Orcid personal details and research activity: People Curriculum Vitae Graduation in Plant Protection at University of Bari, with experience in image analysis of Botrytis infection on grapevine. The activities in the frame of the PRIN project ((Apricot genomics and transcriptomics to unravel the genetic bases of resistance to Sharka and the plant/virus interaction) will concern in vivo grafting and in vitro propagation of apricot cultivars, susceptible or resistant to PPV, to verify the timing of virus infection. On infected plants, transcriptome analysis for early interaction…

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