Education

PhD, University of Turin, 2000

Lab information

Plant Pathology Lab

Research focus

Aetiological investigation on bacterial and fungal diseases in plants; molecular characterization of bacterial and fungi isolates;
interaction between Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi, the casual agent of olive knot disease, and bacterial endophytes;
genome analyses of phytopathogenic and endophytes bacteria;
the role of calcium ion in the virulence of phytopathogenic bacteria.

Publications