Leonardo Schena

Best Publications

• The Top 10 oomycete pathogens in molecular plant pathology

  Sophien Kamoun;Oliver Furzer;Jonathan D. G. Jones;Howard S. Judelson

  1044
  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

• Alternative management technologies for postharvest disease control: The journey from simplicity to complexity

  Michael Wisniewski;Samir Droby;John Norelli;Jia Liu

  310
  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

• Fungal Planet description sheets: 558-624

  P.W. Crous;M.J. Wingfield;T.I. Burgess;G.E.St.J. Hardy

  214
  Citations

• Experimental evidence of microbial inheritance in plants and transmission routes from seed to phyllosphere and root

  Ahmed Abdelfattah;Ahmed Abdelfattah;Michael Wisniewski;Michael Wisniewski;Leonardo Schena;Ayco J. M. Tack

  200
  Citations

• Detection and quantification of Phytophthora ramorum, P. kernoviae, P. citricola and P. quercina in symptomatic leaves by multiplex real-time PCR

  Leonardo Schena;Kelvin J. D. Hughes;Da Vid E. L. Cooke

  196
  Citations

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

  Franco Nigro;Leonardo Schena;Angela Ligorio;Isabella Pentimone

  191
  Citations

• Development and application of a PCR‐based ‘molecular tool box’ for the identification of Phytophthora species damaging forests and natural ecosystems

  L. Schena;J. M. Duncan;D. E. L. Cooke

  188
  Citations

• Biological control of Botrytis, Aspergillus and Rhizopus rots on table and wine grapes in Israel.

  Tirtza Zahavi;Lea Cohen;Batia Weiss;Leonardo Schena

  185
  Citations

• Apple endophytic microbiota of different rootstock/scion combinations suggests a genotype-specific influence.

  Jia Liu;Ahmed Abdelfattah;John Norelli;Erik Burchard

  179
  Citations

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

  Leonardo Schena;Antonio Ippolito;Tirtza Zahavi;Lea Cohen

  179
  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

• Spatial and compositional variation in the fungal communities of organic and conventionally grown apple fruit at the consumer point-of-purchase.

  Ahmed Abdelfattah;Michael Wisniewski;Samir Droby;Leonardo Schena

  170
  Citations

• Control of postharvest fungal rots on citrus fruit and sweet cherries using a pomegranate peel extract

  Maria G. Li Destri Nicosia;Sonia Pangallo;Ginat Raphael;Flora V. Romeo

  151
  Citations

• Metabarcoding Analysis of Fungal Diversity in the Phyllosphere and Carposphere of Olive (Olea europaea).

  Ahmed Abdelfattah;Maria Giulia Li Destri Nicosia;Santa Olga Cacciola;Samir Droby

  150
  Citations

• Metabarcoding: A powerful tool to investigate microbial communities and shape future plant protection strategies

  Ahmed Abdelfattah;Antonino Malacrinò;Michael Wisniewski;Santa O. Cacciola

  145
  Citations

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

  Antonio Ippolito;Leonardo Schena;Franco Nigro

  144
  Citations

• Assessing the potential of regions of the nuclear and mitochondrial genome to develop a "molecular tool box" for the detection and characterization of Phytophthora species.

  Leonardo Schena;David E.L. Cooke

  138
  Citations

• TOOLS TO DETECT, IDENTIFY AND MONITOR PHYTOPHTHORA SPECIES IN NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS

  D.E.L. Cooke;L. Schena;S.O. Cacciola

  127
  Citations

• Species of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. boninense complexes associated with olive anthracnose

  L. Schena;S. Mosca;S. O. Cacciola;R. Faedda

  127
  Citations