Quirico Migheli - Curriculum vitae Date of Birth

Quirico Migheli - Curriculum vitae
Date of Birth: 2.12.1961
Present Address: Dipartimento di Agraria, University of Sassari
Viale Italia 39, I - 07100, Sassari (Italy)
Tel: ++39 079 229295; Fax: ++39 079 229316
e-mail: [email protected]
Citizenship: Italian
Marital status: Married, 2 children.
Languages
Italian (mother tongue); English, French, Spanish (fluent); German, Portuguese (fair).
Education and professional career
2012: member of the Group of Experts of Evaluation (GEV-07) for the Evaluation of Research Quality (VQR)
2004-2010, promoted by the National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes
(ANVUR).
2011-date: Rector's delegate for International Student Mobility.
2009: achieved “Qualification” as university professor in the sections CNU 68 (Biology of organisms) and 66
(Physiology), French University System. Included in the Expert database of the European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA).
2008-2010: coordinator of the MS course in Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology, University of
Sassari, Italy. Member of the scientific board of the Porto Conte Ricerche srl, Alghero (Scientific and
Technological Park of Sardinia).
2007-2009: member of the executive board of the Italian Society of Plant Pathology (S.I.Pa.V.)
2007: achieved "Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches" (HDR), University of Burgundy, Dijon, France.
2001-date: coordinator of the Research Unit of the Inter-university Consortium "Istituto Nazionale di
Biostrutture e Biosistemi". Member of the Center of Excellence for Biotechnology Development and
Biodiversity Research at the University of Sassari, funded by the Italian Ministry for University and Research.
2001-2011: Member of the scientific board of the Center for the Plant Biodiversity (CBV) at the University of
Sassari. Member of the Socrates Committee at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sassari. Member of
the Patenting Commission at the University of Sassari.
2001-2005: national delegate for COST Action 853 ("Agricultural Bio-markers for Array Technology").
1997-2001: national delegate for COST Action 830 (“Microbial inoculants in agriculture and environment”)
and coordinator of WG: “Acceptability by users and commercial considerations”.
1998-date: associate professor in Plant Pathology, University of Sassari. Main fields of research: applied
mycology; molecular diagnostics and biological control of phytopathogenic fungi; silencing and transposonbased tagging of genes involved in pathogenicity of Fusarium culmorum; management of mycotoxigenic
fungi (Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium spp.); molecular ecology of Trichoderma and Fusarium spp.;
development of marker-assisted selection systems for antagonistic microorganisms; risk assessment for
microbial inoculants and pathogens.
1996-1998: working at the Dipartimento di Valorizzazione e Protezione delle Risorse Agroforestali
(Di.Va.P.R.A.), University of Torino. Main fields of research: risk assessment studies on the release of
genetically manipulated and wild-type antagonistic microorganisms in the environment; development of
molecular diagnostic tools for rapid detection of plant pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum in soil, plants and
propagative material; biological control against postharvest pathogens on fruit commodities with antagonistic
yeasts and bacteria.
1995: 12-months U.E. fellowship (Human Capital and Mobility Programme) at the Laboratoire de Génétique
Moléculaire des Champignons Phytopathogènes, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie - Université ParisSud (France), supervisor Dr. M.J. Daboussi (development of a transposon-based gene tagging system in F.
oxysporum).
1991-1994: full-time work at the Di.Va.P.R.A.. Main fields of research are: improvement of biocontrol activity
of antagonistic Fusarium and Trichoderma spp. through mutagenesis, protoplast fusion and transformation
techniques; genetic fingerprinting of Fusarium spp. and biocontrol yeast strains by electrophoretic
karyotyping and RAPD analysis; localisation of specific genes in Fusarium spp. chromosomes; risk
assessment studies for the release of antagonistic Trichoderma and Fusarium spp. in the environment;
genetic transfer and ecology in antagonistic Fusarium spp.; study of plant responses to atmospheric
pollutants.
1990-1991: 6-months O.E.C.D. fellowship at the AFRC Institute of Horticultural Research, Littlehampton
(United Kingdom), supervisors Professor J. M. Lynch and Dr. J. M. Whipps (obtainment of inter-strain hybrids
of antagonistic Trichoderma spp. through protoplast fusion and their use as biocontrol agents against
Botrytis cinerea, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Pythium ultimum).
1990: achieved permanent position as Assistant Professor at the Di.Va.P.R.A.
1989-1990: full-time work at the Di.Va.P.R.A., supervisors Professor A. Garibaldi and Professor M.L. Gullino
(improvement of the activity of antagonistic Trichoderma and Fusarium spp. by chemical and physical
mutagenesis and protoplast fusion; characterisation of antagonistic Fusarium spp. by pulsed-field gel
electrophoresis; study of the mechanism of action of antagonistic Fusarium spp. against pathogenic F.
oxysporum; development of selective media for the isolation of phytopathogenic fungi from soil and infected
tissues).
1988: 6-months C.N.R. fellowship at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Microbiology,
Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot (Israel), supervisor Professor I. Chet (chitinases and ß-glucanases produced
by antagonistic Trichoderma spp. and their role in biological control against Fusarium wilts of cotton and
muskmelon).
1987: 12-months C.N.R. fellowship at the Istituto di Fitovirologia Applicata of the National Research Council
of Italy, Torino, supervisor Dr. P. Redolfi (pathogenesis-related (b) proteins in TNV-infected Phaseolus
bean).
1986: full-time work at the DI.VA.P.R.A., supervisors Professors A. Garibaldi and M.L. Gullino (biological
control of Fusarium roseum; fungicide resistance in Botrytis spp., Cryptocline cyclaminis; thermoterapy and
fungicide dressing on Gladiolus, Iris and Tulip bulbs and corms).
1981-1985: University of Torino, Faculty of Agriculture, gratuated (cum laude) in Plant Pathology and Plant
Disease Management (supervisor Professor A. Garibaldi) presenting a thesis on biological control of
Fusarium roseum on carnation.
1976-1980: High School (Classics)
Scientific cooperation abroad
Dr. Marie-Josèe Daboussi and Dr Marie Dufresne, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay France (Transposonmediated mutagenesis in pathogenic Fusarium spp.).
Prof. Tapani Yli-Mattila, University of Turku, Finland (Ecology amd molecular detection of toxigenic Fusaria).
Prof. Claude Alabouvette, INRA, Dijon, France (Transposon-mediated mutagenesis in antagonistic Fusarium
oxysporum).
Dr. Matias Pasquali, CRP Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg (Pathogenicity traits in Fusarum culmorum and F.
graminearum).
Prof. Kim Hammond-Kosack, Rothamsted Research Centre, UK (Genomics of Fusarium culmorum).
Prof. Naresh Magan, University of Cranfield, UK (Mycotoxin biosynthesis regulation).
Prof. Christian Kubicek, Technische Universität Wien, Austria (Molecular ecology of Trichoderma spp.)
Prof. Harold Corby Kistler, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA (Genomics of Fusarium spp.).
Prof. Nancy P. Keller, University of Madison, WN, USA (Silencing of trichothecene genes in Fusarium
culmorum).
Dr. Michael Wisniewski, USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, WV, USA (Biological control of postharvest pathogens).
Dr. Kerry O'Donnell, NCAUR-ARS-USDA, Peoria, IL, USA (Molecular taxonomy of Fusaria).
Prof. David M. Geiser, PennState University, PA, USA (Molecular taxonomy of Fusaria).
Dr. Patricia Del Portillo, Corpogen, Bogotà, Colombia (Molecular diagnosis of plant pathogenic Fusarium
spp.).
Dr. Andrés Bardier, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay (Biological control of eucalyptus
diseases with Trichoderma spp.).
Prof. Samir Jaoua, Biological & Environmental Sciences Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar
University, Doha, Qatar (Diagnostics of pathogenic and mycotoxigenic fungi; biological control of plant
pathogens).
Dr. Ali Ould Mohammed Salem, Université de Nouakchott, Mauritania and Dr. Hassan Sedra, INRA,
Marrakech, Morocco (Monitoring of the bayoud disease on date palm).
Dr. Kamel Abd Elsalam, King Saud University, Ryadh, Saudi (Ecology and application of Trichoderma in
biological control of cotton diseases).
Prof. Ilan Chet, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (Chitinolytic activity of antagonistic
Trichoderma spp.).
Dr. Nguyen Vinh Truong, Plant Protection Department, Hue University, Hue City, Vietnam (Training course
on diagnostics of pathogenic Fusarium spp.).
Relevant grants and funding agencies
Qatar National Research Fund 2012/15 - National Priorities Research Program (NPRP ID: 4 - 259 -2-083
“MYCOSAFE – Control of food-borne mycotoxins in Qatar”).
Autonomous Region of Sardinia, Italy 2012/2013 ("New protective strategies for cereals and safeguard of
food security standard in Sardinia).
Italian Ministry of University and Research - PRIN 2010/2011 ("Cell wall determinants to improve durum
wheat resistance to Fusarium diseases").
Fondazione Banco di Sardegna 2010/2012 (“Epidemiology of Trichoderma spp. on mushroom and possible
control stragies”).
European Union - Interreg IIIA “Italy - France 2000-2006 (“Citrus as model system for the Mediterranean
area: selection for resistance to biotic and abiotic stress).
Italian Ministry of University and Research - PRIN 2007/2008 (“Identification of virulence and pathogenicity
factors in Fusarium culmorum by transposon tagging and gene silencing").
Italian Ministry of Agriculture - FRUMED 2003/2011 ("Innovative approaches to protect fruit cultures in
Southern Italy").
Italian Ministry of University and Research - PRIN 2005/2006 (“Crown and foot rot of wheat: effect of defense
mechanisms on pathogenicity and on mycotoxin production").
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2004/2005 - Bilateral Cooperation Italy-Austria (“Study on the biodiversity of
the genus Trichoderma in Sardinia and selection of antagonists against phytopathogenic fungi”).
Fondazione Banco di Sardegna 2004/2005 - (“Study on the biodiversity of the genus Trichoderma in Sardinia
and selection of antagonists against phytopathogenic fungi”).
European Union – STREP 2003/2005 (“Enhancement and Exploitation of Soil Biocontrol Agents for Bio
Constraint Management in Crops”, Proposal acronym: 2E-BCAs in Crops).
Isagro Biofarming S.p.A. 2001/2002 (“Marker assisted selection of new filamentous fungi and yeasts with
high antagonistic potential against phytopathogens”).
Since 2002, the research group ccordinated by Prof. Quirico Migheli has hosted the following scientists for
training and/or research programmes of 1-12 months:
2002: Dr. Moulay Hassan Sédra, Centre Régional du Haouz Présahara, Institut National de la Recherche
Agronomique de Marrakech, Marocco.
2003: Dr. Andrés Bardier, Departamento de Bioingenieria, Facultad de Ingenieria, Universidad de la
Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.
2003: Prof. Ali Ould Mohammed Salem, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques,
Nouakchott, Mauritania.
2003: Dr. Nguyen Vinh Truong, Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture and Forestry, Hue
University, Vietnam.
2004: Dr. Jack Adundo, Dudutech Ltd, Naivasha, Kenya.
2004: Dr. Monika Komon, Technische Universität, Wien, Austria.
2005: Dr. Monika Schmoll, Technische Universität, Wien, Austria.
2006: Dr. Kamel Abd-Elsalam, King Saud University, Ryiadh, Saudi Arabia.
2007: Prof. Domenico Pavone Maniscalco, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología,
Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela.
2008: Mrs. Dilek Tekdal, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey.
2008: Prof. David M. Geiser, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
2009: Mrs. Raquel Salvador Guirao, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
2009: Mrs. Burcu Cakir, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey.
2009: Dr. Daniel Jiménez Fernández, Department of Crop Protection, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture
CSIC, Córdoba, Spain.
2010: Dr. Raul Castaño Muñoz, Departamento de Ciencias Agroforestales, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain.
2010: Mrs. Zeynep Aqbal, University of Harran, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
2011: Dr. Zahra Jahanshiri, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
2011: Dr. Emre Akpinar, University of Ankara, Biotechnology Institute, Tandogan, Turkey.
2011: Dr. Matias Pasquali, CRP Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg.
2012: Ing. Agr. Ismael Malbràn, Centro de Investigaciones de Fitopatología, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y
Forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.
Publications
The scientific activity is documented by 90 scientific papers on peer reviewed journals, 20 reviews and over
120 abstracts of congress presentations.
Experience in peer reviewing
1. Research/cooperative projects:
BARD Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund United States – Israel; Fundaçao para a
Ciencia e a Tecnologia - Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Portugal; European Union (INTAS); Italian
Ministry of University and Research (PRIN); National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation,
Republic of Kazakhstan.
December 2011-date: member of the Group of Experts of Evaluation (GEV-07) for the Evaluation of
Research Quality (VQR) 2004-2010, promoted by the National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and
Research Institutes (ANVUR).
2. Scientific journals:
Journal of Plant Pathology (Senior Editor), Biocontrol Science and Technology (Editor, Plant Disease and
Control), Phytopathology (reviewer), African Journal of Plant Pathology (senior editor), Open Agriculture
Journal (member of the Editorial Advisory Board), Petria (reviewer and member of the scientific committee),
Plant Pathology (reviewer), European Journal of Plant Pathology (reviewer), Phytopathologia Mediterranea
(reviewer), Phytoparasitica (reviewer), International Journal of Food Microbiology (reviewer).
Teaching activity
2011/12 taught Monitoring and diagnostics of plant pathogens (6 credits), BS Programme in Agricultural
Sciences. October, 2012: invited lecturer at the Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural
Sciences, Beijing, China. September, 2012: invited lecturer at the Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
2009/10-2012/13: taught Scientific communication (3 credits), PhD Programme in "Scienze e Biotecnologie
dei Sistemi Agrari e Forestali", University of Sassari, Italy (during the last 3 academic years the course has
been taught in english).
2007/08-2010/11 taught Molecular plant pathology (6 credits), Scientific communication (4 credits), MS
Programmes in Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology and Agricultural Science, University of
Sassari. September, 2009: invited lecturer at the University of Turku, Finland. November, 2008: invited
lecturer at the King Saud University, Ryadh, Saudi Arabia.
2005/06-2006/07: taught Scientific communication (3 credits) and Plant Pathology (2 credits), integrated
course on Applied Plant Biotechnology, BS Programme in Biotechnology, University of Sassari.
March, 2007: invited lecturer at the University of Valencia, Spain. May, 2006: invited lecturer at the
Universities of Palermo and Catania, Italy.
2004/05: taught Plant protection of fruit trees (5 credits), Molecular plant pathology (3 credits), Plant
pathology (2 credits), Scientific communication (2 credits), MS Program in Biotechnology and Agricultural
Science, University of Sassari. July, 2004: invited lecturer at Dudutech (K) Ltd., Naivasha, Kenya. June,
2004: invited lecturer at the Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.
2002/03-2003/04: taught Plant protection of fruit trees (5 credits), Molecular plant pathology (3 credits), Plant
pathology (3 credits), Scientific communication (2 credits), MS Program in Biotechnology and Agricultural
Science, University of Sassari.
2001/02 taught Plant protection of fruit trees (5 credits), Molecular plant pathology (4 credits), MS Program in
Agricultural Science, University of Sassari.
2000/01 Coordinated the Master in "Agricultural and Veterinary Biotechnology", University of Sassari, cofinanced by the European Social Fund; taught Molecular plant pathology (4 credits).
1999/00 taught Biotecnological applications in phytopathology (4 credits), MS Program in Agricultural
Biotechnology, University of Torino, Italy.
1998/99-1999/00 taught Forest pathology (6 credits), MS Program in Environmental and Forestry Sciences,
University of Sassari.
1997/98-1999/00 taught Biotecnological applications in phytopathology (2 credits), BS Program in Plant
Protection, University of Torino.
1994/95-1996/97 taught Plant pathology (4 credits), BS Program in Food Science and Technology Viticulture, University of Torino.
Member of the Scientific committee of the following international conferences:
X International Fusarium Workshop e Fusarium Genomics Workshop 2008, Alghero, Italy, AugustSeptember, 2008 (convener).
6th European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Pisa, Italy, April, 2002.
COST 830 Meeting on: Quality control and efficacy assessment of microbial inoculants: need for standard
evaluation protocols, Sevilla, Spain, October, 2001.
International Meeting on: Genetically modified organisms: doubts and certainties, Alghero, Italy, October,
2001.
International Workshop on: Agricultural and Veterinary Biotechnology, Sassari, Italy, May, 2001.
Honours
Member of the Italian Society of Plant Pathology and of the American Phytopathological Society.
Awards and Prizes
2012: Prize awarded by the University of Sassari reserved to the 50 most active scientists (based on
bibliographic analysis of publications during the period 2004-2008, run by the independent evaluation agency
Research Value).
2006: Research award by the University of Sassari for the scientific productivity during the period 2003-2005.
1994: Luigi Perdisa Research Prize (ex-aequo).
1986: Fellow Fondazione Aldo Gini to carry on research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Due
to incompatibility with another C.N.R. fellowship (see above), the candidate has receded.
1885: Award (ex-aequo) for the best thesis presented during 1985 at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of
the University of Torino (sponsored by Associazione Provinciale dei Dottori in Scienze Agrarie e in Scienze
Forestali).
QUIRICO MIGHELI - LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS:
1. MIGHELI Q., GARIBALDI A. (1985) Ricerche sull'effetto della carica microbica del terreno sulla
gravità della fusariosi parenchimatica del garofano. Annali della Facoltà di Scienze Agrarie
dell'Università di Torino, Vol. XIV: 33-42 (in Italian).
2. GULLINO M.L., MIGHELI Q. GARIBALDI A. (1987) Valutazione della sensibilità nei confronti di
fungicidi diversi di isolati di Botrytis elliptica. La Difesa delle Piante, 10: 245-250 (in Italian).
3. GARIBALDI A., MIGHELI Q., GULLINO M.L. (1987) Evaluation of the efficacy of several fungicides
against Cryptocline cyclaminis on Cyclamen. Mededelingen van de Fakulteit der
Landbouwwetenschappen Rijksuniversiteit Gent, 52: 859-865.
4. MIGHELI Q., ALOI C., GULLINO M.L. (1988) Valutazione dell'attività del fenilcarbammato
diethofencarb in vitro nei confronti di alcuni patogeni sensibili e resistenti ai benzimidazoli. La Difesa
delle Piante, 11: 3-12 (in Italian).
5. GARIBALDI A., MIGHELI Q. (1988) Osservazioni sull'uso della termoterapia combinata con la
concia chimica dei bulbo-tuberi di gladiolo nella lotta a Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. gladioli. Atti
Giornate Fitopatologiche 1988, 1: 507-518 (in Italian).
6. REDOLFI P., CANTISANI A., MIGHELI Q. (1989) The pathogenesis-related proteins of Phaseolus
bean. Journal of Phytopathology, 126: 193-203.
7. MIGHELI Q., ALOI C., GULLINO M.L. (1989) Presenza in Italia di ceppi di Botrytis elliptica resistenti
ai fungicidi dicarbossimidici. La Difesa delle Piante, 12: 303-310 (in Italian).
8. MIGHELI Q., ALOI C., GULLINO M.L. (1990) Resistance of Botrytis elliptica to fungicides. Acta
Horticulturae, 266: 429-436.
9. MIGHELI Q. (1990) Attività in vitro di fungicidi diversi nei confronti di isolati di Botrytis tulipae
resistenti ai benzimidazoli. Notiziario sulle Malattie delle Piante, 112: 7-12 (in Italian).
10. MIGHELI Q., GARIBALDI A. (1990) Effetto della termoterapia combinata con la concia chimica su
bulbi di iris artificialmente inoculati con Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. gladioli e Penicillium
corymbiferum. Atti Giornate Fitopatologiche 1990, 2: 297-306 (in Italian).
11. MIGHELI Q., MINUCCI C., GARIBALDI A. (1990) Messa a punto di un substrato selettivo per
l'isolamento di Rhizoctonia sp. da tessuti infetti e dal terreno. Rivista di Patologia Vegetale, S. IV,
26(1): 23-37 (in Italian).
12. MINUCCI C., MIGHELI Q., GARIBALDI A., GULLINO M.L. (1991) Protoplast fusion for the
production of superior strains of antagonistic Fusaria. In: Biotic interactions and Soil-Borne Diseases
(A.B.R. Beemster, G.J. Bollen, M. Gerlagh, M.A. Ruissen, B. Schippers, A. Tempel, eds.)., Elsevier,
Amsterdam, 1991, pp. 316-321.
13. ORDENTLICH A., MIGHELI Q., CHET I. (1991) Biological control activity of three Trichoderma
isolates against Fusarium wilts of cotton and muskmelon and lack of correlation with their lytic
enzymes. Journal of Phytopathology, 133: 177-186.
14. MIGHELI Q., PIANO S., ENRIETTI S., GULLINO M.L. (1992) Protoplast fusion in antagonistic
Fusarium spp.. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin, XV/1: 196-198.
15. CONCARO G., MIGHELI Q., GULLINO M.L. (1992) Prove di lotta contro Pyrenophora teres (Died.)
Drechs. su orzo nell'Italia nord-occidentale. Atti Giornate Fitopatologiche 1992, 2: 253-259 (in
Italian).
16. CONCARO G., MALLARINO A., MIGHELI Q., GULLINO M.L. (1992) Prove di concia con diversi
fungicidi nella difesa del frumento duro contro Fusarium culmorum e Microdochium nivale (F.nivale).
Atti Giornate Fitopatologiche 1992, 2: 237-242 (in Italian).
17. MIGHELI Q., PASINI C., D'AQUILA F., GARIBALDI A. (1992) Prove di termoterapia e di concia
chimica su bulbi di iris artificialmente inoculati con Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. gladioli e Penicillium
corymbiferum. Atti Giornate Fitopatologiche 1992, 2: 339-346 (in Italian).
18. MIGHELI Q., AVATANEO M., HERRERA-ESTRELLA A., MINUTO G., GULLINO M.L. (1993)
Sopravvivenza sul filloplano e stabilità mitotica di ceppi antagonisti di Trichoderma harzianum
geneticamente manipolati. Micologia Italiana, 3: 36-42 (in Italian).
19. MEZZALAMA M., MIGHELI Q., G. MINUTO, GULLINO M.L. (1993) Dinamica di popolazione di
Fusarium oxysporum antagonisti geneticamente manipolati in microcosmi tellurici. Micologia Italiana,
3: 30-35 (in Italian).
20. MIGHELI Q., BERIO T., GULLINO M.L. (1993) Electrophoretic karyotypes of Fusarium spp..
Experimental Mycology, 17: 329-337.
21. MIGHELI Q., MOCIONI M., VARESE C., GARIBALDI A. (1993) Prove di lotta biologica contro
Phytophthora nicotianae var parasitica su garofano. La Difesa delle Piante, 16: 3-10 (in Italian).
22. CAPRARI C., BERGMANN C., MIGHELI Q., SALVI G., ALBERSHEIM P., DARVILL A., CERVONE
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F., DE LORENZO G (1993). Fusarium moniliforme secretes four endopolygalacturonases derived
from a single gene product. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 43: 453-462.
MIGHELI Q., HERRERA-ESTRELLA A., AVATANEO M., GULLINO M.L. (1994) Fate of transformed
Trichoderma harzianum in the phylloplane of tomato plants. Molecular Ecology, 3: 153-159.
MIGHELI Q., GARIBALDI A. (1994) Termoterapia e concia chimica di bulbo-tuberi di gladiolo infetti
da Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. gladioli. Atti Giornate Fitopatologiche 1994, 3: 297-304.
MIGHELI Q., FRIARD O., RAMON-VIDAL D., GONZALEZ-CANDELAS L. (1994) Hypercellulolytic
transformants of Trichoderma longibrachiatum are active in reducing Pythium damping-off on
cucumber seedlings. Advances in Molecular Genetics of Plant-Microbe interactions, Vol. 3 (M.J.
Daniels, J.A. Downie, A.E. Osbourn, eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Doordrecht, pp. 395-398.
MIGHELI Q., CAVALLARIN L. (1994) Characterization of antagonistic and pathogenic Fusarium
oxysporum isolates by random amplification of polymorphic DNA. Molecular Biotechnology, 2: 197200.
MIGHELI Q., MOCIONI M. (1994) Impiego della termoterapia e della concia chimica per il
risanamento di bulbo-tuberi di gladiolo infetti da Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. gladioli e di bulbi di iris
infetti da F. oxysporum f. sp. gladioli e Penicillium corymbiferum. Flortecnica, 177: 47-66 (in Italian).
MINUTO A., MIGHELI Q., GARIBALDI A. (1995) Integrated control of soil-borne plant pathogens by
solar heating and antagonistic microorganisms. Acta Horticulturae, 382: 138-144.
MIGHELI Q., CONCARO G., MALLARINO A., GULLINO M.L. (1995) Fluorides of industrial origin
and their effect on spontaneous and cultivated plants. Proc. Conference on: Response of plants to
air pollution, 7-8 Aprile 1994, Pisa, Italia, Agricoltura Mediterranea,Special Volume, pp. 216-220.
MIGHELI Q., WHIPPS J.M., BUDGE S.P., LYNCH J.M. (1995) Production of inter- and intra-strain
hybrids of Trichoderma spp. by protoplast fusion and evaluation of their biocontrol activity against
soil-borne and foliar pathogens. Journal of Phytopathology, 143: 91-97.
MINUTO A., MIGHELI Q., GARIBALDI A. (1995) Evaluation of antagonistic strains of Fusarium in
the biological and integrated control of Fusarium wilt of cyclamen. Crop Protection, 14: 221-226.
MIGHELI Q., BERIO T., GULLINO M.L., GARIBALDI A. (1995) Electrophoretic karyotype variation
among pathotypes of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. dianthi. Plant Pathology, 44: 308-315.
MIGHELI Q., FRIARD O., DEL TEDESCO D., MUSSO M.R., GULLINO M.L. (1996) Stability of
transformed antagonistic Fusarium oxysporum strains in vitro and in soil microcosms. Molecular
Ecology, 5: 641-649.
BETTIOL W., MIGHELI Q., GARIBALDI A. (1997) Controle, com matéria organica, do tombamento
do pepino, causado por Pythium ultimum Trow. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 32: 57-61 (in
Portuguese).
PIANO S., GULLINO M.L., MIGHELI Q. (1997) Mechanism of action of the biocontrol yeast
Metschnikowia pulcherrima against Botrytis rot of apple: role of nutrient competition and of toxic
metabolites. Proc. 10th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, June 1-15, 1997,
Montpellier, France, pp. 763-767.
PIANO S., NEYROTTI V., MIGHELI Q., GULLINO M.L. (1997) Biocontrol capability of
Metschnikowia pulcherrima against Botrytis postharvest rot of apple. Postharvest Biology and
Technology, 11: 131-140
MIGHELI Q., BRIATORE E., ANDRINA M., GARIBALDI A. (1997) Physiological race determination
in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. dianthi by RAPD-PCR. In: Diagnosis and Identification of Plant
Pathogens (H.-W. Dehne, G. Adam, M. Diekmann, J. Frahm, A. Mauler-Machnik, P. Van Halteren,
eds.), Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1997, pp. 203-206.
MIGHELI Q., GULLINO M.L., PIANO S., GALLIANO A., DUVERNEY C. (1997) Biocontrol capability
of Metschnikowia pulcherrima and Pseudomonas syringae against postharvest rots of apple under
semi-commercial condition. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische
Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent 62(3b): 1065-1070.
MINUTO A., MINUTO G., MIGHELI Q., MOCIONI M., GULLINO M.L. (1997) Effect of antagonistic
Fusarium spp. and of different commercial biofungicide formulations on Fusarium wilt of basil
(Ocimum basilicum L.). Crop Protection 16: 765-769.
BETTIOL W., GARIBALDI A., MIGHELI Q. (1997) Bacillus subtilis for the control of powdery mildew
on cucumber and zucchini squash. Bragantia, 56: 281-287.
41. MIGHELI Q., BRIATORE E., GARIBALDI A. (1998) Use of random amplified polymorphic DNA
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(RAPD) to identify races 1, 2, 4 and 8 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi in Italy. European
Journal of Plant Pathology 104: 49-57.
MIGHELI Q., GHIGNONE S., CHIOCCHETTI A., MINUTO G., GARIBALDI A. (1998) Identificazione
di Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. basilici mediante la tecnica RAPD-PCR. Colture Protette, 27(3): 55-59
(in Italian).
TITONE P., MIGHELI Q., ACUTIS M., GARIBALDI A. (1998) Il fosfato monopotassico nella lotta al
mal bianco dello zucchino. Colture Protette, 27(4): 73-79 (in Italian).
PIANO S., CERCHIO F., MIGHELI Q., GULLINO M.L. (1998) Effetto di diverse sostanze sull’attività
biologica dell’antagonista Metschnikowia pulcherrima 4.4 contro Botrytis cinerea e sulla sua
sopravvivenza su mele. Atti Giornate Fitopatologiche 1998: 495-500 (in Italian).
MIGHELI Q., GONZÁLEZ-CANDELAS L., DEALESSI L., CAMPONOGARA A., RAMÓN-VIDÁL D.
(1998) Transformants of Trichoderma longibrachiatum overexpressing the -1,4-endoglucanase
gene egl1 show enhanced biocontrol of Pythium ultimum on cucumber. Phytopathology, 88: 673677.
MIGHELI Q., GULLINO M. L., GARIBALDI A. (1998) Molecular approaches in biocontrol of
Fusarium wilt of carnation. In: Molecular approaches in biological control (B.K. Duffy, U.
Rosenberger, G. Défago, eds.), IOBC/WPRS Bulletin, 21(9): 205-209.
PIANO S., DEALESSI L., MIGHELI Q., PRAMOTTON R., GULLINO M.L., DUVERNEY C.,
GARIBALDI A. (1998) Biological control of postharvest diseases of apple. Proceedings COST 914COST 915 Joint Workshop on: Non conventional methods for the control of postharvest disease and
microbial spoilage, 9-11 Ottobre 1998, Bologna, 77-83.
MIGHELI Q., BRIATORE E., GULLINO M.L., GARIBALDI A. (1998) Metodi diagnostici per
l’identificazione di razze fisiologiche di Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi. Notiziario sulla Protezione
delle Piante, 9, 1998: 111-121 (in Italian).
CACCIOLA S.O., MIGHELI Q., BRIATORE E., PANE A. (1998) Confronto tra elettroforesi delle
proteine miceliari e RAPD-PCR per la diagnosi di isolati del complesso Phytophthora cryptogea –
Phytophthora drechsleri. Notiziario sulla Protezione delle Piante, 9, 1998: 249-262 (in Italian).
MIGHELI Q., LAUGÉ R., DAVIÈRE J.M., GERLINGER C., KAPER F., LANGIN T., DABOUSSI M.J.
(1999). Transposition of the autonomous Fot1 element in the filamentous fungus Fusarium
oxysporum. Genetics, 151:1005-1013.
CHIOCCHETTI A., GHIGNONE S., MINUTO A., GULLINO M.L., GARIBALDI A., MIGHELI Q. (1999)
Identification of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. basilici isolated from soil, basil seed, and plants by RAPD
analysis. Plant Disease, 83: 576-581.
CHIOCCHETTI A., BERNARDO I., DABOUSSI M.J., GARIBALDI A., GULLINO M.L., LANGIN T.,
MIGHELI Q. (1999). Detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. dianthi in carnation tissue by PCR
amplification of transposon insertions. Phytopathology, 89: 1169-1175.
CACCIOLA S.O., PANE A., LI DESTRI NICOSIA G., MIGHELI Q., MAGNANO DI SAN LIO G.
(1999). Specie di Phytophthora (Pythiaceae) agenti di marciume radicale di piante della flora
mediterranea. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, 31: 57-72 (in Italian).
MIGHELI Q., STEINBERG C., DAVIÈRE J.-M., OLIVAIN C., GERLINGER C., GAUTHERON N.,
ALABOUVETTE C., DABOUSSI M.-J. (2000). Recovery of mutants impaired in pathogenicity after
transposition of impala in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis. Phytopathology 90: 1279-1284.
CHIOCCHETTI A., SCIAUDONE L., DURANDO F., GARIBALDI A., MIGHELI Q. (2001) PCR
detection of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. basilici on basil. Plant Disease 85: 607-671.
TROUVELOT S., OLIVAIN C., RECORBET G., MIGHELI Q., ALABOUVETTE C. (2002) Recovery of
Fusarium oxysporum Fo47 mutants affected in their biocontrol activity after transposition of the Fot1
element. Phytopathology 92: 936-945.
ARRAS G., SCHERM B., MIGHELI Q. (2002) Improving biocontrol activity of Pichia guillermondii
against post-harvest decay of oranges in commercial packing-houses by reduced concentrations of
fungicides. Biocontrol Science and Technology 12: 547-553.
MINUTO A., MINUTO G., MIGHELI Q., GULLINO M.L., GARIBALDI A. (2002) The "stanchezza"
(soil sickness) of sweet basil. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 41: 85-91.
PASQUALI M., ACQUADRO A., BALMAS V., MIGHELI Q., GARIBALDI A., GULLINO M. L. (2003)
RAPD characterization of Fusarium oxysporum isolates pathogenic on Argyranthemum frutescens L.
Journal of Phytopathology 151: 30-35.
60. SCHERM B., ORTU G., MUZZU A., BUDRONI M., ARRAS G., MIGHELI Q. (2003) Biocontrol
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activity of antagonistic yeasts against Penicillium expansum on apple. Journal of Plant Pathology 85:
205-213.
PASQUALI M., ACQUADRO A., BALMAS V., MIGHELI Q., GULLINO M. L., GARIBALDI A. (2004)
Development of PCR primers for a new Fusarium oxysporum pathogenic on Paris daisy
(Argyranthemum frutescens L.). European Journal of Plant Pathology 110: 7-11.
ABD-ELSALAM K., OMAR M.R., MIGHELI Q., NIRENBERG H.I. (2004) Genetic characterization of
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum isolates by random amplification of polymorphic DNA
(RAPD) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und
Pflanzenschutz/Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 111: 534-544.
BALMAS V., SCHERM B., DI PRIMO P., RAU D., MARCELLO A., MIGHELI Q. (2005) Molecular
characterization of vegetative compatibility groups in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-lycopersici
and f. sp. lycopersici by random amplification of polymorphic DNA and microsatellite-primed PCR.
European Journal of Plant Pathology 111: 1-8.
SCHERM B., PALOMBA M., SERRA D., MARCELLO A., MIGHELI Q. (2005) Detection of
transcripts of the aflatoxin genes aflD, aflO, and aflP by reverse transcription-polymerase chain
reaction allows differentiation of aflatoxin-producing and non-producing isolates of Aspergillus flavus
and Aspergillus parasiticus. International Journal of Food Microbiology 98: 201-210.
BALMAS V., SCHERM B., GHIGNONE S., SALEM A.O.M, CACCIOLA S.O., MIGHELI Q. (2005)
Characterisation of Phoma tracheiphila by RAPD-PCR, microsatellite-primed PCR and ITS rDNA
sequencing and development of specific primers for in planta PCR-detection. European Journal of
Plant Pathology 111: 235-247.
MIGHELI Q., BALMAS V., MURESU M., OTGIANU L., FRESU B. (2005) First Report of Fusarium
oxysporum f. sp. canariensis (Fusarium wilt) on Phoenix canariensis in Sardinia, Italy. Plant Disease
89: 773.
SCHIRRA M., D’AQUINO S., PALMA A., MARCEDDU S., ANGIONI A., CABRAS P., SCHERM B.,
MIGHELI Q. (2005) Residue level, persistence and storage performance of citrus fruit treated with
fludioxonil. The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 53: 6718-6724.
GHIGNONE S., MIGHELI Q. (2005) The database of PCR primers for phytopathogenic fungi.
European Journal of Plant Pathology 113: 107109.
BALMAS V., DELOGU G., SPOSITO S., RAU D., MIGHELI Q. (2006) Use of a complexation of
tebuconazole with -cyclodextrin for controlling foot and crown rot of durum wheat incited by
Fusarium culmorum. The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 54: 480-484.
ABD-ELSALAM K.A., SCHNIEDER F., MIGHELI Q., VERREET J.-A. (2006) Molecular detection of
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum in cotton roots by PCR and real- time PCR assay. Journal of
Plant Diseases and Protection 113: 14-19.
SEIDL V., SCHMOLL M., SCHERM B., BALMAS V., SEIBOTH B., MIGHELI Q., KUBICEK C.P.
(2006) Antagonism of Pythium blight of zucchini by Hypocrea jecorina does not require cellulase
gene expression but is improved by carbon catabolite derepression. FEMS Microbiology Letters,
257: 145-151.
D’AQUINO S., SCHIRRA M., PALMA A., ANGIONI A., CABRAS P., MIGHELI Q. (2006) Residue
levels and effectiveness of pyrimethanil versus imazalil when using heated postharvest dip
treatments for control of Penicillium decay on citrus fruit. The Journal of Agricultural and Food
Chemistry 54: 4721-4726.
SCHIRRA M., D’AQUINO S., PALMA A., ANGIONI A., CABRAS P., MIGHELI Q. (2006) Residues of
the Quinone Outside Inhibitor (QoI) fungicide trifloxystrobin after postharvest dip treatments to
control Penicillium spp. on Citrus fruit. Journal of Food Protection 69: 1646-1652.
DEMONTIS M.A., ORTU S., COCCO A., LENTINI A., MIGHELI Q. (2007) Diagnostic markers for
Planococcus ficus (Signoret) and P. citri (Risso) by random amplification of polymorphic DNApolymerase chain reaction and species-specific mitochondrial DNA primers. Journal of Applied
Entomology 131: 59-64.
GIOBBE S., MARCEDDU S., SCHERM B., ZARA G., MAZZARELLO V., BUDRONI M., MIGHELI Q.
(2007) The strange case of a biofilm-forming strain of Pichia fermentans, which controls Monilinia
brown rot on apple but is pathogenic on peach fruit. FEMS Yeast Research 7: 1389-1398.
DEMONTIS M.A., CACCIOLA S.O., BALMAS V., CHESSA V., ORRÙ M., MASERTI B.E., MASCIA
L., RAUDINO F., MAGNANO DI SAN LIO G., MIGHELI Q. (2008) Development of real-time PCR
systems based on SYBR® Green I and TaqMan® technologies for specific quantitative detection of
Phoma tracheiphila in infected Citrus. European Journal of Plant Pathology 120: 339-351.
77. SCHIRRA M., D’AQUINO S., MULAS M., MELIS R.A.M., GIOBBE S., MIGHELI Q., GARAU A.,
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ANGIONI A., CABRAS P. (2008) Efficacy of heat treatments with water and fludioxonil for
postharvest control of blue and gray molds on inoculated pears and fludioxonil residues in fruit.
Journal of Food Protection 71: 697-792.
FIORI S., FADDA A., GIOBBE S., BERARDI E., MIGHELI Q. (2008) Pichia angusta is an effective
biocontrol yeast against postharvest decay of apple fruit caused by Botrytis cinerea and Monilia
fructicola. FEMS Yeast Research 8: 961-963.
Mariotti L., Casasoli M., Migheli Q., Balmas V., Caprari C., De Lorenzo G. (2008) Reclassification of
Fusarium verticillioides (= moniliforme) strain FC-10 as F. phyllophilum. Mycological Research 112:
1009-1013.
SCHIRRA M., D’AQUINO S., MIGHELI Q., PIRISI F.M., ANGIONI A. (2009) Influence of postharvest treatments with fludioxonil and soy lecithin co-application in controlling blue and grey mould
and fludioxonil residues in Coscia pears. Food Additives and Contaminants 26: 68-72.
MIGHELI Q., BALMAS V., KOMOŃ-ZELAZOWSKA M., SCHERM B., FIORI S., KOPCHINSKIY
A.G., KUBICEK C.P., DRUZHININA I. (2009) Soils of a Mediterranean hotspot of biodiversity and
endemism (Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Islands) are inhabited by pan-European and likely invasive species
of Hypocrea/Trichoderma. Environmental Microbiology 11: 35-46.
SCHERM B., SCHMOLL M., BALMAS V., KUBICEK C.P., MIGHELI Q. (2009) Identification of
potential marker genes for Trichoderma harzianum strains with high antagonistic potential against
Rhizoctonia solani by a rapid subtraction hybridisation (RaSH) approach. Current Genetics 55: 8191.
TOMBELLI S., MASCINI M., SCHERM B., BATTACCONE G., MIGHELI Q. (2009) DNA biosensors
for the detection of aflatoxin producing Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus. Monatshefte für Chemie
- Chemical Monthly 140: 901-907.
MIGHELI Q., BALMAS V., HARAK H., SANNA S., SCHERM B., AOKI T., O'DONNELL K. (2010)
Molecular phylogenetic diversity of dermatologic and other human pathogenic Fusaria from hospitals
in Northern and Central Italy. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 48: 1076-1084.
BALMAS V., MIGHELI Q., SCHERM B., GARAU P., O'DONNELL K., CECCHERELLI G., KANG S.,
GEISER D.M. (2010) Multilocus phylogenetics shows high levels of endemic fusaria inhabiting
Sardinian soils (Tyrrhenian Islands). Mycologia 102: 803-812.
MASERTI B.E. , DEL CARRATORE R., DELLA CROCE C.M., PODDA A., MIGHELI Q.,
FROELICHER Y., LURO F., MORILLON R., OLLITRAULT P., TALON M., ROSSIGNOL M. (2011).
Comparative analysis of proteome changes induced by the two spotted spider mite Tetranychus
urticae and methyl jasmonate in citrus leaves. Journal of Plant Physiology 168: 392-402.
DEL CARRATORE R., MAGALDI E., PODDA A., BEFFY P., MIGHELI Q., MASERTI B.E. (2011) A
stress responsive alternative splicing mechanism in Citrus clementina leaves. Journal of Plant
Physiology 168: 952-959.
SCHERM B., ORRÙ M., BALMAS V., SPANU F., AZARA E., DELOGU G., HAMMOND T.M.,
KELLER N.P., MIGHELI Q. (2011) Altered trichothecene biosynthesis in TRI6-silenced
transformants of Fusarium culmorum influences the severity of crown and foot rot on durum wheat
seedlings. Molecular Plant Pathology 12: 759-771.
SANNA M.L., ZARA S., ZARA G., MIGHELI Q., BUDRONI M., MANNAZZU I. (2012) Pichia
fermentans dimorphic changes depend on the nitrogen source. Fungal Biology 116: 769-777.
FIORI S., SCHERM B., LIU J., FARRELL R., MANNAZZU I., BUDRONI M., MASERTI B.E.,
WISNIEWSKI M., MIGHELI Q. (2012) Identification of differentially expressed genes associated with
changes in the morphology of Pichia fermentans on apple and peach fruit. FEMS Yeast Research
12: 785-795 (doi:10.1111/j.1567-1364.2012.00829.x).
SPANU F., PASQUALI M., SCHERM B., BALMAS V., MARCELLO A., ORTU G., DUFRESNE M.,
HOFFMANN L., DABOUSSI M.J., MIGHELI Q. (2012) Transposition of the miniature inverted-repeat
transposable element mimp1 in the wheat pathogen Fusarium culmorum. Molecular Plant Pathology
13: 1149–1155 (doi: 10.1111/J.1364-3703.2012.00823.X).
CUBAIU L., ABBAS H., DOBSON A.D.W., BUDRONI M., MIGHELI Q. (2012). A Saccharomyces
cerevisiae wine strain inhibits growth and decreases ochratoxin A biosynthesis by Aspergillus
carbonarius and Aspergillus ochraceus. Toxins 4: 1468-1481 (doi:10.3390/toxins40x000x).
PASQUALI M., SPANU F., BALMAS V., HOFFMANN L., HAMMOND-KOSACK K.E., BEYER M.,
MIGHELI Q. (2013) FcStuA from Fusarium culmorum controls wheat foot and root rot in a toxin
dispensable manner. PLoS ONE 8(2): e57429. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057429
94. FADDA A., SCHIRRA M., D'AQUINO S., MIGHELI Q., BORZATTA V., DELOGU G. (201-)
95.
Preparation of β-cyclodextrin-thiabendazole-piperonyl butoxide supramolecular complex and its
activity against blue and green mould decay on inoculated satsuma fruit. Journal of Food
Engineering (submitted).
SANNA M.L., ZARA G., ZARA S., MIGHELI Q., BUDRONI M., MANNAZZU I. (201-) A putative
phospholypase C is involved in Pichia fermentans dimorphic transition. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology (submitted).
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Gliocladium come mezzi biologici di lotta. Informatore Fitopatologico 40(9): 9-8 (in Italian).
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associated with the release of biological control agents. In: Environmental biotic factors in integrated
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aspetti biologici e normativi. In: (Catizone P., Ed.) Difesa delle colture con mezzi biologici. Collana
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spp. In: Biotechnological approaches in biocontrol of plant pathogens (K.G. Mukerji, B.P. Chamola,
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Informatore Fitopatologico 51 (3): 7-22 (in Italian).
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16. MIGHELI Q., RUIZ SAINZ J. E., Editors (2003) Quality control and efficacy assessment of microbial
inoculants: need for standard evaluation protocols, Proceedings of COST 830 Working Group 4 and
IBMA Quality and Standards Working Group Joint Meeting, Seville (Spain), 25-28 October 2001,
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18. GHIGNONE S., MIGHELI Q. (2007) SPPADBASE: the first on-line searchable database of PCR
primers for phytopathogenic fungi. In: Mycotechnology: present status and future prospects (Rai M.,
Ed.), IK International, New Delhi, pp. 173-180, ISBN:8189866087 320.
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Mal secco disease caused by Phoma tracheiphila: a potential threat to lemon production worldwide.
Plant Disease 93: 853-867.
20. ALABOUVETTE C., OLIVAIN C., MIGHELI Q., STEINBERG C. (2009) Microbiological control of soilborne diseases: capacities of non pathogenic strains of Fusarium oxysporum to control Fusarium
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O’DONNELL K, PFENNING L, PLOETZ RC, PROCTOR RH, REHNER SA, ROBERT VARG,
ROONEY AP, BIN SALLEH B, SCANDIANI MM, SCAUFLAIRE J, SHORT DPG, STEENKAMP E,
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Pathogen Profile: Fusarium culmorum: causal agent of foot and root rot and head blight on wheat.
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