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Gianfranco Romanazzi

Gianfranco Romanazzi

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
50
Citations
8567
World Ranking
2157
National Ranking
68

Gianfranco Romanazzi 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 Gianfranco Romanazzi sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 182 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Gianfranco Romanazzi 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 Gianfranco Romanazzi sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Fungus
  • Horticulture

Gianfranco Romanazzi mainly investigates Postharvest, Botrytis cinerea, Preharvest, Chitosan and Horticulture. His Postharvest research incorporates elements of Food science and Fungicide. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Biotechnology and Resistance.

Food preservation, Antimicrobial, Nutraceutical and Functional food is closely connected to Shelf life in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Chitosan. His work on Inoculation as part of general Horticulture research is frequently linked to Rhizopus, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. His research investigates the connection between Blue mold and topics such as Vineyard that intersect with issues in Berry and Veraison.

His most cited work include:

  • Effects of Pre‐ and Postharvest Chitosan Treatments to Control Storage Grey Mold of Table Grapes (224 citations)
  • Recent advances on the use of natural and safe alternatives to conventional methods to control postharvest gray mold of table grapes (157 citations)
  • Induced resistance to control postharvest decay of fruit and vegetables (148 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Gianfranco Romanazzi spends much of his time researching Horticulture, Postharvest, Botany, Fungicide and Botrytis cinerea. His research investigates the connection between Horticulture and topics such as Agronomy that intersect with problems in Stomatal conductance. Gianfranco Romanazzi works mostly in the field of Postharvest, limiting it down to topics relating to Chitosan and, in certain cases, Food science, as a part of the same area of interest.

The Botany study combines topics in areas such as Inoculation and Phytoplasma. His Fungicide study deals with Biotechnology intersecting with Disease management. His research in Botrytis cinerea intersects with topics in Mold and Blue mold.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Horticulture (48.85%)
  • Postharvest (33.59%)
  • Botany (29.01%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Horticulture (48.85%)
  • Phytoplasma (16.03%)
  • Fungicide (25.95%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Gianfranco Romanazzi mainly focuses on Horticulture, Phytoplasma, Fungicide, Candidatus Phytoplasma solani and Postharvest. The study incorporates disciplines such as Lavandula dentata and Shelf life in addition to Horticulture. In his research on the topic of Phytoplasma, Sequence analysis, Disease management and Identification is strongly related with Outbreak.

His Fungicide research integrates issues from Chitosan, Food science, Titratable acid, Spore germination and Botrytis cinerea. His work carried out in the field of Botrytis cinerea brings together such families of science as Antimicrobial and Penicillium. His studies in Postharvest integrate themes in fields like Colletotrichum, Temperate climate and Chitinase.

Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Effects of chitosan treatment on avocado postharvest diseases and expression of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, chitinase and lipoxygenase genes (22 citations)
  • A review of the use of biostimulants in the vineyard for improved grape and wine quality: effects on prevention of grapevine diseases. (21 citations)
  • Quality and safety attributes on shredded carrots by using Origanum majorana and ascorbic acid (13 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Horticulture
  • Fungus

Gianfranco Romanazzi focuses on Horticulture, Postharvest, Phytoplasma, Gene and Antioxidant. Many of his research projects under Horticulture are closely connected to Nutrient and Leaching with Nutrient and Leaching, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. His research integrates issues of Chitosan, Fungicide and Spore germination in his study of Postharvest.

The concepts of his Fungicide study are interwoven with issues in Preservative, Colletotrichum and Shelf life. His Phytoplasma research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Cartography and Disease progression. Gianfranco Romanazzi has researched Antioxidant in several fields, including Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, Enzyme assay and Lasiodiplodia theobromae.

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

  • Induced resistance to control postharvest decay of fruit and vegetables

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Simona Marianna Sanzani;Yang Bi;Shiping Tian

  • Shelf life extension of fresh fruit and vegetables by chitosan treatment.

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Erica Feliziani;Silvia Bautista Baños;Dharini Sivakumar

  • Recent advances on the use of natural and safe alternatives to conventional methods to control postharvest gray mold of table grapes

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Amnon Lichter;Franka Mlikota Gabler;Joseph L. Smilanick

  • Integrated management of postharvest gray mold on fruit crops

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Joseph L. Smilanick;Erica Feliziani;Samir Droby

  • GRAS, plant- and animal-derived compounds as alternatives to conventional fungicides for the control of postharvest diseases of fresh horticultural produce

    Lluís Palou;Asgar Ali;Elazar Fallik;Gianfranco Romanazzi

  • Effectiveness of postharvest treatment with chitosan and other resistance inducers in the control of storage decay of strawberry

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Erica Feliziani;Marilla Santini;Lucia Landi

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

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Franco Nigro;Antonio Ippolito

  • Seed treatments to control seedborne fungal pathogens of vegetable crops

    Valeria Mancini;Gianfranco Romanazzi

  • Effect of chitosan dissolved in different acids on its ability to control postharvest gray mold of table grape.

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Franka Mlikota Gabler;Dennis Margosan;Bruce E Mackey

  • Volatile organic compounds from Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Metschnikowia pulcherrima and Saccharomyces cerevisiae inhibit growth of decay causing fungi and control postharvest diseases of strawberries.

    Lucia Oro;Erica Feliziani;Maurizio Ciani;Gianfranco Romanazzi

  • Chitosan, a Biopolymer With Triple Action on Postharvest Decay of Fruit and Vegetables: Eliciting, Antimicrobial and Film-Forming Properties.

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Erica Feliziani;Dharini Sivakumar

  • Postharvest decay of strawberry fruit: Etiology, epidemiology, and disease management

    E. Feliziani;G. Romanazzi

  • Preharvest Chitosan and Postharvest UV Irradiation Treatments Suppress Gray Mold of Table Grapes

    G. Romanazzi;F. Mlikota Gabler;J. L. Smilanick

  • Pre- and postharvest treatment with alternatives to synthetic fungicides to control postharvest decay of sweet cherry

    Erica Feliziani;Marilla Santini;Lucia Landi;Gianfranco Romanazzi

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

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Franco Nigro;Antonio Ippolito;Mario Salerno

  • Combination of chitosan and ethanol to control postharvest gray mold of table grapes

    Gianfranco Romanazzi;Ozgur A. Karabulut;Joseph L. Smilanick

  • Preharvest treatments with chitosan and other alternatives to conventional fungicides to control postharvest decay of strawberry.

    Erica Feliziani;Lucia Landi;Gianfranco Romanazzi

  • Chitosan and other edible coatings to extend shelf life, manage postharvest decay, and reduce loss and waste of fresh fruits and vegetables.

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  • Expression of Defense Genes in Strawberry Fruits Treated with Different Resistance Inducers

    Lucia Landi;Erica Feliziani;Gianfranco Romanazzi

  • Postharvest ethanol and potassium sorbate treatments of table grapes to control gray mold

    Ozgur Akgun Karabulut;Gianfranco Romanazzi;Joseph L. Smilanick;Amnon Lichter

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonio Ippolito
Antonio Ippolito University of Bari Aldo Moro
Franco Nigro
Franco Nigro University of Bari Aldo Moro
Joseph L. Smilanick
Joseph L. Smilanick Agricultural Research Service
Dharini Sivakumar
Dharini Sivakumar University of Queensland
Leonardo Schena
Leonardo Schena University of Reggio Calabria
Amnon Lichter
Amnon Lichter Agricultural Research Organization
Robert E. Davis
Robert E. Davis Agricultural Research Service
Samir Droby
Samir Droby Agricultural Research Organization
Thierry Candresse
Thierry Candresse University of Bordeaux
Cécile Robin
Cécile Robin University of Rennes

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