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Marco Pautasso is affiliated with the European Food Safety Authority in Italy. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work focuses on several interdisciplinary subfields, including:

  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science
  • Cell Biology
  • Ecology
  • Horticulture

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Research on scale insects
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
  • Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens

Marco Pautasso has published extensively in the EFSA Journal, with a total of 22 publications in this venue. Other publication venues include the Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen and Revue Forestière Française.

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work are:

  • Claude Bragard
  • Annemarie Fejer Justesen
  • Christer Sven Magnusson
  • Juan A Navas-Cortés
  • Stephen Parnell

Their recent papers include:

  • Standard protocols for plant health scientific assessments, 2024, EFSA Journal
  • Pest categorisation of the non-EU phytoplasmas of Cydonia Mill., Fragaria L., Malus Mill., Prunus L., Pyrus L., Ribes L., Rubus L. and Vitis L., 2020, EFSA Journal
  • Pest categorisation of Neoscytalidium dimidiatum, 2023, EFSA Journal
  • Risk assessment of Citripestis sagittiferella for the EU, 2023, EFSA Journal
  • Pest risk assessment of Leucinodes orbonalis for the European Union, 2024, EFSA Journal

Best Publications

  • European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) dieback - a conservation biology challenge.

    Marco Pautasso;Gregor Aas;Valentin Queloz;Ottmar Holdenrieder

  • Impacts of climate change on plant diseases—opinions and trends

    Marco Pautasso;Thomas F. Döring;Matteo Garbelotto;Lorenzo Pellis

  • Wood-decaying fungi in the forest: conservation needs and management options

    David Lonsdale;Marco Pautasso;Ottmar Holdenrieder

  • Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions

    Oliver T. Coomes;Shawn J. McGuire;Eric Garine;Sophie Caillon

  • Tree diseases and landscape processes: the challenge of landscape pathology

    Ottmar Holdenrieder;Marco Pautasso;Peter J. Weisberg;David Lonsdale

  • Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review

    Marco Pautasso;Guntra Aistara;Adeline Barnaud;Sophie Caillon

  • Scale dependence of the correlation between human population presence and vertebrate and plant species richness

    Marco Pautasso

  • Guidance on quantitative pest risk assessment

    Michael Jeger;Claude Bragard;David Caffier

  • Modelling disease spread and control in networks: implications for plant sciences.

    Mike J. Jeger;Marco Pautasso;Ottmar Holdenrieder;Mike W. Shaw

  • Plant health and global change - some implications for landscape management

    Marco Pautasso;Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz;Ottmar Holdenrieder;Stéphane Pietravalle

  • Fifty important research questions in microbial ecology

    Rachael E. Antwis;Sarah M. Griffiths;Xavier A. Harrison;Paz Aranega-Bou

  • Evolution of the international regulation of plant pests and challenges for future plant health

    Alan MacLeod;Marco Pautasso;Mike J. Jeger;Roy Haines-Young

  • Geographical genetics and the conservation of forest trees

    Marco Pautasso

  • Susceptibility to Fungal Pathogens of Forests Differing in Tree Diversity

    M. Pautasso;O. Holdenrieder;J. Stenlid

  • Structural change in the international horticultural industry: Some implications for plant health

    Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz;Ottmar Holdenrieder;Mike J. Jeger;Marco Pautasso

  • Forest Health in a Changing World

    Marco Pautasso;Marco Pautasso;Markus Schlegel;Ottmar Holdenrieder

  • Resilience as a universal criterion of health.

    Thomas F Döring;Thomas F Döring;Anja Vieweger;Marco Pautasso;Mette Vaarst

  • Ecological consequences of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) cultivation in Europe

    Max Schmid;Marco Pautasso;Ottmar Holdenrieder

  • Plant disease and global change – the importance of long‐term data sets

    Mike J. Jeger;Marco Pautasso

  • The ' rotiferologist ' effect and other global correlates of species richness in monogonont rotifers

    Diego Fontaneto;A. Márcia Barbosa;Hendrik Segers;Marco Pautasso

Frequent Co-Authors

Wopke van der Werf
Wopke van der Werf Wageningen University & Research
Claude Bragard
Claude Bragard Université Catholique de Louvain
Paolo Gonthier
Paolo Gonthier University of Turin
Vittorio Rossi
Vittorio Rossi Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Jonathan West
Jonathan West Rothamsted Research
Jean-Claude Grégoire
Jean-Claude Grégoire Université Libre de Bruxelles
Juan A. Navas-Cortés
Juan A. Navas-Cortés Spanish National Research Council
Thierry Candresse
Thierry Candresse University of Bordeaux
Lucia Zappalà
Lucia Zappalà University of Catania

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