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55
Citations
9798
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15164
National Ranking
471

Overview

Massimo Labra is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Insect Science.

The main topics covered in Labra's work include Plant and Animal Studies, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Insect and Pesticide Research, Identification and Quantification in Food, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Urban Agriculture and Sustainability, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Labra has contributed to several frequently publishing venues, with the most common being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plants, Foods, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Nutrition. The number of publications in these venues ranges from 3 to 9 copies, highlighting a diverse publication distribution across journals related to biological and agricultural sciences.

Significant recent publications by Labra include:

  • The emerging role of nanotechnology in skincare, 2021, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
  • Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADESs) Combined with Sustainable Extraction Techniques: A Review of the Green Chemistry Approach in Food Analysis, 2022, Foods
  • Fermented food products in the era of globalization: tradition meets biotechnology innovations, 2020, Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • Bioactive compounds in legumes: Implications for sustainable nutrition and health in the elderly population, 2021, Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • City climate and landscape structure shape pollinators, nectar and transported pollen along a gradient of urbanization, 2022, Journal of Applied Ecology

Labra collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Andrea Galimberti, Lorenzo Guzzetti, Paolo Biella, Luca Campone, and Nicola Tommasi. The number of co-authored works ranges from 16 to 27, indicating ongoing and repeated research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • DNA barcoding as a new tool for food traceability

    Andrea Galimberti;Fabrizio De Mattia;Alessia Losa;Ilaria Bruni

  • DNA barcoding reveals fraudulent substitutions in shark seafood products: The Italian case of “palombo” (Mustelus spp.)

    M. Barbuto;A. Galimberti;E. Ferri;M. Labra

  • Morphological characterization, essential oil composition and DNA genotyping of Ocimum basilicum L. cultivars

    Massimo Labra;Mariangela Miele;Bernardetta Ledda;Fabrizio Grassi

  • Resolution of Viable and Membrane-Compromised Bacteria in Freshwater and Marine Waters Based on Analytical Flow Cytometry and Nucleic Acid Double Staining

    Gérald Grégori;Sandra Citterio;Alessandra Ghiani;Massimo Labra

  • Specific hypomethylation of DNA is induced by heavy metals in white clover and industrial hemp

    Roberta Aina;Sergio Sgorbati;Angela Santagostino;Massimo Labra

  • Analysis of cytosine methylation pattern in response to water deficit in pea root tips

    M. Labra;A. Ghiani;S. Citterio;S. Sgorbati

  • Thiol-peptide level and proteomic changes in response to cadmium toxicity in Oryza sativa L. roots

    Roberta Aina;Massimo Labra;Pietro Fumagalli;Candida Vannini

  • Evidence of a secondary grapevine domestication centre detected by SSR analysis.

    F. Grassi;M. Labra;S. Imazio;A. Spada

  • DNA barcoding: a six-question tour to improve users' awareness about the method

    Maurizio Casiraghi;Massimo Labra;Emanuele Ferri;Andrea Galimberti

  • Two and three-color fluorescence flow cytometric analysis of immunoidentified viable bacteria.

    Silvia Barbesti;Sandra Citterio;Massimo Labra;Maurizio Davide Baroni

  • A comparative study of different DNA barcoding markers for the identification of some members of Lamiacaea

    Fabrizio De Mattia;Ilaria Bruni;Andrea Galimberti;Francesca Cattaneo

  • Genetic and DNA-methylation changes induced by potassium dichromate in Brassica napus L

    Massimo Labra;Fabrizio Grassi;Serena Imazio;Tiziana Di Fabio

  • A DNA barcoding approach to identify plant species in multiflower honey

    I. Bruni;A. Galimberti;L. Caridi;D. Scaccabarozzi

  • Identification of poisonous plants by DNA barcoding approach

    Ilaria Bruni;Fabrizio De Mattia;Andrea Galimberti;Gabriele Galasso

  • A DNA barcoding approach to characterize pollen collected by honeybees.

    Andrea Galimberti;Fabrizio De Mattia;Ilaria Bruni;Daniela Scaccabarozzi

  • Zea mays L. protein changes in response to potassium dichromate treatments

    M. Labra;E. Gianazza;R. Waitt;I. Eberini

  • Molecular tools for clone identification: the case of the grapevine cultivar ‘Traminer’

    Serena Anna Imazio;M Labra;F Grassi;Mo Winfield

  • Evaluation of the probiotic properties of new Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains and their in vitro effect.

    I. Presti;G. D’Orazio;M. Labra;B. La Ferla

  • Effects of a complex mixture of therapeutic drugs on unicellular algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata.

    Candida Vannini;Guido Domingo;Milena Marsoni;Fabrizio De Mattia

  • Chloroplast microsatellites to investigate the origin of grapevine

    S. Imazio;M. Labra;F. Grassi;A. Scienza

Frequent Co-Authors

Domenico Trombetta
Domenico Trombetta University of Messina
Graziano Rossi
Graziano Rossi University of Pavia
Pier Paolo Pompa
Pier Paolo Pompa Italian Institute of Technology
Paolo Galli
Paolo Galli University of Milano-Bicocca
Javier Tardáguila
Javier Tardáguila University of La Rioja
Carlo Ferrari
Carlo Ferrari University of Parma
Luca Rastrelli
Luca Rastrelli University of Salerno
Elisabetta Gianazza
Elisabetta Gianazza University of Milan
Simon Pierce
Simon Pierce University of Milan
Lucia Colombo
Lucia Colombo University of Milan

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