Franco Nigro

Franco Nigro publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Franco Nigro sits on this spectrum.

Franco Nigro D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Franco Nigro sits on this spectrum.

Best Publications

• Effects of Pre‐ and Postharvest Chitosan Treatments to Control Storage Grey Mold of Table Grapes

  G. Romanazzi;F. Nigro;A. Ippolito;D. DiVenere

  516
  Citations

• IDENTIFICATION OF DNA SEQUENCES RELATED TO XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA IN OLEANDER, ALMOND AND OLIVE TREES EXHIBITING LEAF SCORCH SYMPTOMS IN APULIA (SOUTHERN ITALY)

  Unknown

  451
  Citations

• Real-time quantitative PCR: a new technology to detect and study phytopathogenic and antagonistic fungi

  Leonardo Schena;Franco Nigro;Antonio Ippolito;Donato Gallitelli

  421
  Citations

• Impact of preharvest application of biological control agents on postharvest diseases of fresh fruits and vegetables.

  Antonio Ippolito;Franco Nigro

  371
  Citations

• Activity of extracts from wild edible herbs against postharvest fungal diseases of fruit and vegetables

  Maria Antonia Gatto;Maria Antonia Gatto;Antonio Ippolito;Vito Linsalata;Nicholas A. Cascarano

  336
  Citations

• Fungal Planet description sheets: 320–370

  P. W. Crous;M. J. Wingfield;J. Guarro;M. Hernández-Restrepo

  294
  Citations

• Effectiveness of Aureobasidium pullulans and Candida oleophila against postharvest strawberry rots

  Giuseppe Lima;Antonio Ippolito;Franco Nigro;Mario Salerno

  276
  Citations

• Use of UV-C light to reduce Botrytis storage rot of table grapes

  Franco Nigro;Antonio Ippolito;Giuseppe Lima

  259
  Citations

• Control of postharvest rots of sweet cherries and table grapes with endophytic isolates of Aureobasidium pullulans

  Leonardo Schena;Franco Nigro;Isabella Pentimone;Angela Ligorio

  228
  Citations

• Short hypobaric treatments potentiate the effect of chitosan in reducing storage decay of sweet cherries

  Gianfranco Romanazzi;Franco Nigro;Antonio Ippolito

  224
  Citations

• Control of table grape storage rots by pre-harvest applications of salts

  Franco Nigro;Leonardo Schena;Angela Ligorio;Isabella Pentimone

  191
  Citations

• Genetic diversity and biocontrol activity of Aureobasidium pullulans isolates against postharvest rots

  Leonardo Schena;Antonio Ippolito;Tirtza Zahavi;Lea Cohen

  179
  Citations

• EFFECT OF ULTRAVIOLET-C LIGHT ON POSTHARVEST DECAY OF STRAWBERRY

  F. Nigro;A. Ippolito;Lattanzio

  174
  Citations

• Control of postharvest rots of sweet cherries by pre- and postharvest applications of Aureobasidium pullulans in combination with calcium chloride or sodium bicarbonate

  Antonio Ippolito;Leonardo Schena;Isabella Pentimone;Franco Nigro

  172
  Citations

• Effect of short hypobaric treatments on postharvest rots of sweet cherries, strawberries and table grapes

  Gianfranco Romanazzi;Franco Nigro;Antonio Ippolito;Mario Salerno

  160
  Citations

• Greenhouse and field studies on Cr, Cu, Pb and Zn phytoextraction by Brassica napus from contaminated soils in the Apulia region, Southern Italy

  Gennaro Brunetti;Karam Farrag;Pedro Soler Rovira;Franco Nigro

  149
  Citations

• Detection of Phytophthora nicotianae and P. citrophthora in Citrus Roots and Soils by Nested PCR

  Antonio Ippolito;Leonardo Schena;Franco Nigro

  144
  Citations

• Control of storage diseases of citrus by pre- and postharvest application of salts

  Khamis Youssef;Angela Ligorio;Simona Marianna Sanzani;Franco Nigro

  142
  Citations

• ISOLATION OF A XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA STRAIN INFECTING OLIVE AND OLEANDER IN APULIA, ITALY

  Unknown

  139
  Citations

• Long-Term Fungal Inhibitory Activity of Water-Soluble Extracts of Phaseolus vulgaris cv. Pinto and Sourdough Lactic Acid Bacteria during Bread Storage

  Rossana Coda;Carlo G. Rizzello;Franco Nigro;Maria De Angelis

  124
  Citations