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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
45
Citations
11050
World Ranking
2777
National Ranking
94

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Biochemistry
  • Quantum mechanics

Botany, Photoprotection, Chlorophyll fluorescence, Flavonoid and Fluorescence are his primary areas of study. His biological study deals with issues like Flavonols, which deal with fields such as Berry, Vineyard, Horticulture and Anthocyanin. His Chlorophyll fluorescence research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Photochemistry and Multiplex.

His Luteolin study in the realm of Flavonoid interacts with subjects such as Ligustrum vulgare and Myrtus communis. As a part of the same scientific study, Giovanni Agati usually deals with the Fluorescence, concentrating on Light intensity and frequently concerns with Chlorophyll, Photosystem II and Photosystem I. His work investigates the relationship between Chlorophyll and topics such as Analytical chemistry that intersect with problems in Optics.

His most cited work include:

  • Flavonoids as antioxidants in plants: Location and functional significance (834 citations)
  • Multiple functional roles of flavonoids in photoprotection. (407 citations)
  • Differential accumulation of flavonoids and hydroxycinnamates in leaves of Ligustrum vulgare under excess light and drought stress (306 citations)

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

Giovanni Agati spends much of his time researching Fluorescence, Chlorophyll fluorescence, Botany, Horticulture and Chlorophyll. The Fluorescence study combines topics in areas such as Photochemistry and Analytical chemistry. The various areas that he examines in his Chlorophyll fluorescence study include Anthocyanin, Nitrogen balance, Flavonols, Downy mildew and Chlorophyll a.

The Botany study which covers Flavonoid that intersects with Quercetin. His work in the fields of Horticulture, such as Ripening, Cultivar, Vineyard and Vitis vinifera, overlaps with other areas such as Non destructive. His Photoprotection research is under the purview of Biochemistry.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Fluorescence (27.59%)
  • Chlorophyll fluorescence (25.52%)
  • Botany (22.07%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Horticulture (19.31%)
  • Chlorophyll fluorescence (25.52%)
  • Botany (22.07%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Horticulture, Chlorophyll fluorescence, Botany, Flavonols and Chlorophyll. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Chlorophyll a, Nitrogen balance, Nitrogen and Arbutus unedo. His Flavonols study also includes fields such as

  • Plant physiology, which have a strong connection to Reactive oxygen species,
  • Actinidia deliciosa which is related to area like Wet chemistry, Quercetin, Actinidia and High-performance liquid chromatography.

He combines subjects such as In situ, Wine and Fluorescence with his study of Chlorophyll. As part of his studies on Fluorescence, Giovanni Agati often connects relevant areas like Analytical chemistry. In the field of Photosynthesis, his study on Photoprotection and Xanthophyll overlaps with subjects such as Isoprene.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Functional roles of flavonoids in photoprotection: new evidence, lessons from the past. (276 citations)
  • Multiple functions of polyphenols in plants inhabiting unfavorable Mediterranean areas (70 citations)
  • Assessing the response of plant flavonoids to UV radiation: an overview of appropriate techniques (61 citations)

Best Publications

  • Flavonoids as antioxidants in plants: Location and functional significance

    Giovanni Agati;Elisa Azzarello;Susanna Pollastri;Massimiliano Tattini

  • Multiple functional roles of flavonoids in photoprotection.

    Giovanni Agati;Massimiliano Tattini

  • Functional roles of flavonoids in photoprotection: new evidence, lessons from the past.

    Giovanni Agati;Cecilia Brunetti;Martina Di Ferdinando;Francesco Ferrini

  • Differential accumulation of flavonoids and hydroxycinnamates in leaves of Ligustrum vulgare under excess light and drought stress

    Massimiliano Tattini;Carlotta Galardi;Patrizia Pinelli;Rossano Massai

  • Optically assessed contents of leaf polyphenolics and chlorophyll as indicators of nitrogen deficiency in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

    A. Cartelat;Z.G. Cerovic;Y. Goulas;S. Meyer

  • Chloroplast-located flavonoids can scavenge singlet oxygen.

    Giovanni Agati;Paolo Matteini;Paolo Matteini;Andrea Goti;Massimiliano Tattini

  • The biosynthesis of flavonoids is enhanced similarly by UV radiation and root zone salinity in L. vulgare leaves

    Giovanni Agati;Stefano Biricolti;Lucia Guidi;Francesco Ferrini

  • New vegetation indices for remote measurement of chlorophylls based on leaf directional reflectance spectra.

    Andrea Maccioni;Giovanni Agati;Piero Mazzinghi

  • Are Flavonoids Effective Antioxidants in Plants? Twenty Years of Our Investigation

    Giovanni Agati;Cecilia Brunetti;Alessio Fini;Antonella Gori

  • Mesophyll distribution of ‘antioxidant’ flavonoid glycosides in Ligustrum vulgare leaves under contrasting sunlight irradiance

    Giovanni Agati;Giovanni Stefano;Stefano Biricolti;Massimiliano Tattini

  • On the role of flavonoids in the integrated mechanisms of response of Ligustrum vulgare and Phillyrea latifolia to high solar radiation

    Massimiliano Tattini;Lucia Guidi;Laura Morassi-Bonzi;Patrizia Pinelli

  • New portable optical sensors for the assessment of winegrape phenolic maturity based on berry fluorescence

    Z.G. Cerovic;N. Moise;G. Agati;G. Latouche

  • CEFLES2: the remote sensing component to quantify photosynthetic efficiency from the leaf to the region by measuring sun-induced fluorescence in the oxygen absorption bands

    U. Rascher;G. Agati;L. Alonso;G. Cecchi

  • Light-induced accumulation of ortho-dihydroxylated flavonoids as non-destructively monitored by chlorophyll fluorescence excitation techniques

    Giovanni Agati;Zoran G. Cerovic;Patrizia Pinelli;Massimiliano Tattini

  • Multiple functions of polyphenols in plants inhabiting unfavorable Mediterranean areas

    Martina Di Ferdinando;Cecilia Brunetti;Giovanni Agati;Massimiliano Tattini

  • Assessing the response of plant flavonoids to UV radiation: an overview of appropriate techniques

    Riitta Julkunen-Tiitto;Nikolaos Nenadis;Susanne Neugart;Matthew Robson

  • Assessment of Anthocyanins in Grape (Vitis vinifera L.) Berries Using a Noninvasive Chlorophyll Fluorescence Method

    Giovanni Agati;Sylvie Meyer;Paolo Matteini;Zoran G. Cerovic

  • Optical Properties of Plant Surfaces

    Erhard E. Pfündel;Giovanni Agati;Zoran G. Cerovic

  • The F685/F730 Chlorophyll Fluorescence Ratio as a Tool in Plant Physiology: Response to Physiological and Environmental Factors**

    Giovanni Agati;Piero Mazzinghi;Franco Fusi;Ilaria Ambrosini

  • Morpho‐anatomical, physiological and biochemical adjustments in response to root zone salinity stress and high solar radiation in two Mediterranean evergreen shrubs, Myrtus communis and Pistacia lentiscus

    Massimiliano Tattini;Damiano Remorini;Patrizia Pinelli;Giovanni Agati

  • The Effect of Decreasing Temperature up to Chilling Values on the in vivo F685/F735 Chlorophyll Fluorescence Ratio in Phaseolus vulgaris and Pisum sativum: The Role of the Photosystem I Contribution to the 735 nm Fluorescence Band ¶

    Giovanni Agati;Zoran G. Cerovic;Ismaël Moya

Frequent Co-Authors

Damiano Remorini
Damiano Remorini University of Pisa
Massimiliano Tattini
Massimiliano Tattini National Research Council (CNR)
Lucia Guidi
Lucia Guidi University of Pisa
Zoran G. Cerovic
Zoran G. Cerovic University of Paris-Saclay
Annalisa Romani
Annalisa Romani University of Florence
Cecilia Brunetti
Cecilia Brunetti National Research Council (CNR)
Simone Orlandini
Simone Orlandini University of Florence
Pietro Tonutti
Pietro Tonutti Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Marco Landi
Marco Landi University of Pisa
Filippo Bussotti
Filippo Bussotti University of Florence

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