Francesco Favaron

Francesco Favaron publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Francesco Favaron D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• Overexpression of Pectin Methylesterase Inhibitors in Arabidopsis Restricts Fungal Infection by Botrytis cinerea

  Vincenzo Lionetti;Alessandro Raiola;Laura Camardella;Alfonso Giovane

  413
  Citations

• The Ectopic Expression of a Pectin Methyl Esterase Inhibitor Increases Pectin Methyl Esterification and Limits Fungal Diseases in Wheat

  Chiara Volpi;Michela Janni;Vincenzo Lionetti;Daniela Bellincampi

  185
  Citations

• Pectin-degrading enzymes and plant-parasite interactions

  Paolo Alghisi;Francesco Favaron

  174
  Citations

• Purification and molecular characterization of a soybean polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein

  F. Favaron;R. D'Ovidio;E. Porceddu;P. Alghisi

  168
  Citations

• Transgenic expression of polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins in Arabidopsis and wheat increases resistance to the flower pathogen Fusarium graminearum.

  S. Ferrari;L. Sella;M. Janni;G. De Lorenzo

  158
  Citations

• Chitosan induces Ca2+ -mediated programmed cell death in soybean cells.

  Anna Zuppini;Barbara Baldan;Renato Millioni;Francesco Favaron

  134
  Citations

• Relationships among endo-polygalacturonase, oxalate, pH, and plant polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP) in the interaction between Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and soybean.

  Francesco Favaron;Luca Sella;Renato D'Ovidio

  126
  Citations

• The Expression of a Bean PGIP in Transgenic Wheat Confers Increased Resistance to the Fungal Pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana

  Michela Janni;Luca Sella;Francesco Favaron;Ann E. Blechl

  123
  Citations

• An endopolygalacturonase from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum induces calcium-mediated signaling and programmed cell death in soybean cells.

  Anna Zuppini;Lorella Navazio;Luca Sella;Carala Castiglioni

  97
  Citations

• Biocontrol Ability and Action Mechanism of Starmerella bacillaris (Synonym Candida zemplinina) Isolated from Wine Musts against Gray Mold Disease Agent Botrytis cinerea on Grape and Their Effects on Alcoholic Fermentation.

  Wilson J Lemos;Barbara Bovo;Chiara Nadai;Giulia Crosato

  89
  Citations

• The characterization of the soybean polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (Pgip) gene family reveals that a single member is responsible for the activity detected in soybean tissues.

  R. D’Ovidio;S. Roberti;M. Di Giovanni;Cristina Capodicasa

  83
  Citations

• A Fusarium graminearum xylanase expressed during wheat infection is a necrotizing factor but is not essential for virulence

  Luca Sella;Katia Gazzetti;Katia Gazzetti;Franco Faoro;Silvana Odorizzi

  82
  Citations

• Different Hydrophobins of Fusarium graminearum Are Involved in Hyphal Growth, Attachment, Water-Air Interface Penetration and Plant Infection

  Alessandra Quarantin;Birgit Hadeler;Cathrin Kröger;Wilhelm Schäfer

  71
  Citations

• Polygalacturonase isoenzymes and oxalic acid produced by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in soybean hypocotyls as elicitors of glyceollin

  F. Favaron;P. Alghisi;P. Marciano;P. Magro

  71
  Citations

• Expression and localization of polygalacturonase during the outgrowth of lateral roots in Allium porrum L.

  R. Peretto;F. Favaron;V. Bettini;G. De Lorenzo

  69
  Citations

• Synergistic effect of different plant cell wall-degrading enzymes is important for virulence of fusarium graminearum

  Maria Chiara Paccanaro;Luca Sella;Carla Castiglioni;Francesca Giacomello

  65
  Citations

• Polygalacturonase inhibiting proteins fromAllium porrumL. and their role in plant tissue against fungal endo-polygalacturonases☆

  Francesco Favaron;C Castiglioni;R Dovidio;P. Alghisi

  61
  Citations

• Constitutive Expression of the Xylanase Inhibitor TAXI-III Delays Fusarium Head Blight Symptoms in Durum Wheat Transgenic Plants

  Ilaria Moscetti;Silvio Tundo;Michela Janni;Luca Sella

  60
  Citations

• THE ROLE OF GRAPE POLYPHENOLS ON TRANS-RESVERATROL ACTIVITY AGAINST BOTRYTIS CINEREA AND OF FUNGAL LACCASE ON THE SOLUBILITY OF PUTATIVE GRAPE PR PROTEINS

  F. Favaron;M. Lucchetta;S. Odorizzi;L. Sella

  59
  Citations

• Inhibition of some rot fungi polygalacturonases by Allium cepa L. and Allium porrum L. extracts.

  F. Favaron;C. Castiglioni;P. Di Lenna

  58
  Citations

• An endo-polygalacturonase (PG) of Fusarium moniliforme escaping inhibition by plant polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) provides new insights into the PG-PGIP interaction.

  Luca Sella;Carla Castiglioni;Serena Roberti;Renato D'Ovidio

  51
  Citations

• Polygalacturonase activity and location in arbuscular mycorrhizal roots of Allium porrum L.

  Renato Peretto;Vittorio Bettini;Francesco Favaron;Paolo Alghisi

  40
  Citations

• Biocontrol activity of Starmerella bacillaris yeast against blue mold disease on apple fruit and its effect on cider fermentation

  Chiara Nadai;Wilson José Fernandes Lemos;Francesco Favaron;Alessio Giacomini

  39
  Citations

• Characterization and expression of Fusarium graminearum endo-polygalacturonases in vitro and during wheat infection

  A. Tomassini;L. Sella;A. Raiola;R. D’Ovidio

  36
  Citations

• The Fusarium graminearum cerato-platanins loosen cellulose substrates enhancing fungal cellulase activity as expansin-like proteins.

  Alessandra Quarantin;Carla Castiglioni;Wilhelm Schäfer;Francesco Favaron

  35
  Citations

• Fusarium graminearum Possesses Virulence Factors Common to Fusarium Head Blight of Wheat and Seedling Rot of Soybean but Differing in Their Impact on Disease Severity

  Luca Sella;Katia Gazzetti;Carla Castiglioni;Wilhelm Schäfer

  32
  Citations