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Fernando Carrari is affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and has a research focus that spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their work emphasizes Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with particular attention to Biochemistry, Artificial Intelligence applications, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Light effects on plants

Fernando Carrari frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, notably:

  • Alisdair R. Fernie (6 joint publications)
  • Ramón Asís (5 joint publications)
  • Luisa Bermúdez (4 joint publications)
  • Luis Alejandro de Haro (3 joint publications)
  • Mariana Conte (3 joint publications)

The researcher has published in various scientific venues, prominently including:

  • Journal of Experimental Botany (3 publications)
  • The Plant Journal (2 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (1 publication)
  • Scientific Reports (1 publication)

Significant recent papers by Fernando Carrari include:

  • "Phytochrome-Dependent Temperature Perception Modulates Isoprenoid Metabolism," 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "The cytosolic invertase NI6 affects vegetative growth, flowering, fruit set, and yield in tomato," 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Multi-gene metabolic engineering of tomato plants results in increased fruit yield up to 23%," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Validated MAGIC and GWAS population mapping reveals the link between vitamin E content and natural variation in chorismate metabolism in tomato," 2020, The Plant Journal
  • "The conserved brassinosteroid-related transcription factor BIM1a negatively regulates fruit growth in tomato," 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany

Best Publications

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Respiratory metabolism: glycolysis, the TCA cycle and mitochondrial electron transport.

    Alisdair R Fernie;Fernando Carrari;Lee J Sweetlove

  • Comprehensive metabolic profiling and phenotyping of interspecific introgression lines for tomato improvement

    Nicolas Schauer;Yaniv Semel;Ute Roessner;Amit Gur

  • Zooming In on a Quantitative Trait for Tomato Yield Using Interspecific Introgressions

    Eyal Fridman;Fernando Carrari;Yong-Sheng Liu;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • The genome of the stress-tolerant wild tomato species Solanum pennellii

    Anthony Bolger;Federico Scossa;Marie E Bolger;Christa Lanz

  • Integrated Analysis of Metabolite and Transcript Levels Reveals the Metabolic Shifts That Underlie Tomato Fruit Development and Highlight Regulatory Aspects of Metabolic Network Behavior

    Fernando Carrari;Charles Baxter;Björn Usadel;Ewa Urbanczyk-Wochniak

  • Metabolic regulation underlying tomato fruit development

    Fernando Carrari;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • Metabolic Profiling of Transgenic Tomato Plants Overexpressing Hexokinase Reveals That the Influence of Hexose Phosphorylation Diminishes during Fruit Development

    Ute Roessner-Tunali;Björn Hegemann;Anna Lytovchenko;Fernando Carrari

  • Enhanced Photosynthetic Performance and Growth as a Consequence of Decreasing Mitochondrial Malate Dehydrogenase Activity in Transgenic Tomato Plants

    Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Fernando Carrari;Anna Lytovchenko;Anna M.O. Smith

  • Deficiency of mitochondrial fumarase activity in tomato plants impairs photosynthesis via an effect on stomatal function.

    Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Fernando Carrari;Yves Gibon;Ronan Sulpice

  • RNA Interference of LIN5 in Tomato Confirms Its Role in Controlling Brix Content, Uncovers the Influence of Sugars on the Levels of Fruit Hormones, and Demonstrates the Importance of Sucrose Cleavage for Normal Fruit Development and Fertility

    María Inés Zanor;Sonia Osorio;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Fernando Carrari

  • Sucrose transporter LeSUT1 and LeSUT2 inhibition affects tomato fruit development in different ways

    Aleksandra Hackel;Nicolas Schauer;Fernando Carrari;Alisdair R. Fernie

  • Malate Plays a Crucial Role in Starch Metabolism, Ripening, and Soluble Solid Content of Tomato Fruit and Affects Postharvest Softening

    Danilo C. Centeno;Sonia Osorio;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Ana L.F. Bertolo

  • Vitamin Deficiencies in Humans: Can Plant Science Help?

    Thérésa Bridget Fitzpatrick;Gilles J C Basset;Patrick Borel;Patrick Borel;Patrick Borel;Fernando Carrari

  • Thioredoxin, a master regulator of the tricarboxylic acid cycle in plant mitochondria

    Danilo M. Daloso;Danilo M. Daloso;Karolin Müller;Toshihiro Obata;Alexandra Florian

  • Reduced Expression of Aconitase Results in an Enhanced Rate of Photosynthesis and Marked Shifts in Carbon Partitioning in Illuminated Leaves of Wild Species Tomato

    Fernando Carrari;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Yves Gibon;Anna Lytovchenko

  • Natural occurring epialleles determine vitamin E accumulation in tomato fruits

    Leandro Quadrana;Juliana Almeida;Ramon Asís;Tomás Duffy

  • Fruit carbohydrate metabolism in an introgression line of tomato with increased fruit soluble solids.

    Charles J. Baxter;Fernando Carrari;Antje Bauke;Sarah Overy

  • Reduced Expression of Succinyl-Coenzyme A Ligase Can Be Compensated for by Up-Regulation of the γ-Aminobutyrate Shunt in Illuminated Tomato Leaves

    Claudia Studart-Guimarães;Aaron Fait;Adriano Nunes-Nesi;Fernando Carrari

  • Heard it through the grapevine? ABA and sugar cross-talk: the ASR story

    Fernando Carrari;Alisdair R. Fernie;Norberto D. Iusem

Frequent Co-Authors

Alisdair R. Fernie
Alisdair R. Fernie Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
Adriano Nunes-Nesi
Adriano Nunes-Nesi Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Lothar Willmitzer
Lothar Willmitzer Max Planck Society
Björn Usadel
Björn Usadel Forschungszentrum Jülich
Christophe Rothan
Christophe Rothan University of Bordeaux
Saleh Alseekh
Saleh Alseekh Max Planck Society
Sonia Osorio
Sonia Osorio University of Malaga
Roberto L. Benech-Arnold
Roberto L. Benech-Arnold University of Buenos Aires
Rodolfo A. Sánchez
Rodolfo A. Sánchez University of Buenos Aires
Lee J. Sweetlove
Lee J. Sweetlove University of Oxford

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