Selected references

   

Area of Interest :

- Plant pathology, biological and epidemiological aspects of the fungal diseases

- Metabolites activity in plant-pathogen interactions

- Screening methods of plants disease resistance

- Isolation and classification of species of the genus Phytophthora

- Forest pathology

Research Goals

*      Activity of pectic enzymes and lectins in plant pathogen interactions.

*      Differentiation among  formae speciales and species in the genus Fusarium and Phytophthora with  serological methods.

*      Induction of resistance genes to plant diseases by using gamma rays.

*      Isolation of phytotoxins and elicitins from Phytophthora species.

*      Research on a new method for screening plant disease resistance based on valuation of electrolyte leakage from plant tissues caused    by cultural filtrates of pathogens.

*      Forest pathology

*      Chestnut disease

 

For more information contact :

Prof. Gennaro Cristinzio
Department of Arboriculture, Botany and Plant Pathology
University of Naples "Federico II"
Via Universitą, 100
80055 Portici (Na)
Italy

  cristinz@unina.it