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Luigi Cattivelli is affiliated with The Canadian Real Estate Association in Canada and has an extensive publication record in the fields of agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on plant science, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research emphasizes the genetics and breeding of wheat, covering topics related to genetic mapping, crop biodiversity, and plant response mechanisms.

Their recent scholarly output includes these selected papers:

  • A roadmap for gene functional characterisation in crops with large genomes: Lessons from polyploid wheat (2020, eLife)
  • Updated guidelines for gene nomenclature in wheat (2023, Theoretical and Applied Genetics)
  • The Global Durum Wheat Panel (GDP): An International Platform to Identify and Exchange Beneficial Alleles (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Mobilizing Crop Biodiversity (2020, Molecular Plant)
  • What Makes Bread and Durum Wheat Different? (2021, Trends in Plant Science)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Luigi Cattivelli include:

  • Alessandro Tondelli
  • Robbie Waugh
  • Elisabetta Mazzucotelli
  • Roberto Tuberosa
  • Agostino Fricano

Luigi Cattivelli's research has been published mostly in these venues:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Molecular Plant
  • Agronomy

Their studies primarily address the following main fields of study:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The scientist's research covers these subfields:

  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Cell Biology

Luigi Cattivelli's work focuses on several key topics:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Best Publications

  • Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

    Rudi Appels;Rudi Appels;Kellye Eversole;Nils Stein;Nils Stein

  • A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jane Rogers;Jaroslav Doležel

  • Characterization of polyploid wheat genomic diversity using a high-density 90 000 single nucleotide polymorphism array

    Shichen Wang;Debbie Wong;Kerrie Forrest;Alexandra Allen

  • Drought tolerance improvement in crop plants: An integrated view from breeding to genomics

    Luigi Cattivelli;Fulvia Rizza;Franz-W. Badeck;Elisabetta Mazzucotelli

  • Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication

    Raz Avni;Moran Nave;Omer Barad;Kobi Baruch

  • Durum wheat genome highlights past domestication signatures and future improvement targets

    Marco Maccaferri;Marco Maccaferri;Neil S. Harris;Sven O. Twardziok;Raj K. Pasam

  • Uptake and agronomic efficiency of nitrogen in winter barley and winter wheat.

    G. Delogu;L. Cattivelli;Nicola Pecchioni;D. De Falcis

  • Hv - WRKY38: a new transcription factor involved in cold- and drought-response in barley

    Caterina Marè;Elisabetta Mazzucotelli;Cristina Crosatti;Enrico Francia

  • Breeding progress in morpho-physiological, agronomical and qualitative traits of durum wheat cultivars released in Italy during the 20th century

    Pasquale De Vita;Orazio Li Destri Nicosia;Franca Nigro;Cristiano Platani

  • Abiotic stress response in plants : when post-transcriptional and post-translational regulations control transcription

    Elisabetta Mazzucotelli;Anna M. Mastrangelo;Cristina Crosatti;Davide Guerra

  • The e3 ubiquitin ligase gene family in plants: regulation by degradation.

    E Mazzucotelli;S Belloni;D Marone;AM De Leonardis

  • The cold-regulated transcriptional activator Cbf3 is linked to the frost-tolerance locus Fr-A2 on wheat chromosome 5A.

    A. Vágújfalvi;A. Vágújfalvi;G. Galiba;L. Cattivelli;J. Dubcovsky

  • Chromosome regions and stress-related sequences involved in resistance to abiotic stress in Triticeae.

    Luigi Cattivelli;Paolo Baldi;Cristina Crosatti;Natale Di Fonzo

  • Two loci on chromosome 5H determine low-temperature tolerance in a 'Nure' (winter) x 'Tremois' (spring) barley map.

    Enrico Francia;F. Rizza;L. Cattivelli;A. M. Stanca

  • Tracing the ancestry of modern bread wheats

    Caroline Pont;Thibault Leroy;Thibault Leroy;Michael Seidel;Alessandro Tondelli

  • Phytate and mineral elements concentration in a collection of Italian durum wheat cultivars

    D.B.M. Ficco;C. Riefolo;G. Nicastro;V. De Simone

  • Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Cold-Regulated Genes in Barley

    Luigi Cattivelli;Dorothea Bartels

  • Metabolism of γ-aminobutyric acid during cold acclimation and freezing and its relationship to frost tolerance in barley and wheat

    Elisabetta Mazzucotelli;Alfredo Tartari;Luigi Cattivelli;Giuseppe Forlani

  • Relationships between grain protein content and grain yield components through quantitative trait locus analyses in a recombinant inbred line population derived from two elite durum wheat cultivars

    A. Blanco;G. Mangini;A. Giancaspro;S. Giove

  • Next generation breeding.

    Delfina Barabaschi;Alessandro Tondelli;Francesca Desiderio;Andrea Volante

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna M. Mastrangelo
Anna M. Mastrangelo Agricultural Research Council
Giampiero Valè
Giampiero Valè The Canadian Real Estate Association
Nicola Pecchioni
Nicola Pecchioni The Canadian Real Estate Association
Antonio Blanco
Antonio Blanco University of Bari Aldo Moro
Fulvia Rizza
Fulvia Rizza Agricultural Research Council
Gábor Galiba
Gábor Galiba Centre for Agricultural Research
Valeria Terzi
Valeria Terzi The Canadian Real Estate Association
Enrico Francia
Enrico Francia University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi University of Verona
Diego Rubiales
Diego Rubiales Spanish National Research Council

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