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Raffaella Balestrini

Raffaella Balestrini

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
56
Citations
12115
World Ranking
1517
National Ranking
39

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

Her primary areas of study are Botany, Gene, Mycorrhiza, Symbiosis and Gene expression. Her work deals with themes such as Lotus japonicus, Bacteria, Complementation, Regulation of gene expression and Glomeromycota, which intersect with Botany. Her Gene research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Cell wall and Cell biology.

The Mycorrhiza study combines topics in areas such as Glomus, Fungal genetics and Mycelium. The various areas that she examines in her Symbiosis study include Host and Genome, Genomics. Gene expression is a subfield of Biochemistry that Raffaella Balestrini investigates.

Her most cited work include:

  • Périgord black truffle genome uncovers evolutionary origins and mechanisms of symbiosis (518 citations)
  • Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis (451 citations)
  • Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as Natural Biofertilizers: Let's Benefit from Past Successes (273 citations)

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

Raffaella Balestrini mainly focuses on Botany, Symbiosis, Gene, Gene expression and Cell wall. Her work investigates the relationship between Botany and topics such as Mycorrhiza that intersect with problems in Mycelium. Her Symbiosis research incorporates themes from Ecology, Colonization, Host, Terrestrial plant and Abiotic component.

Raffaella Balestrini has included themes like Tuber melanosporum and Molecular biology in her Gene study. Her Cell wall study incorporates themes from Ripening, Hypha, Ectomycorrhiza and Cell biology. Her studies deal with areas such as Cell, Expansin, Mutant, Morphogenesis and Medicago truncatula as well as Cell biology.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (48.32%)
  • Symbiosis (29.53%)
  • Gene (21.48%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Symbiosis (29.53%)
  • Botany (48.32%)
  • Abiotic component (8.05%)

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

Raffaella Balestrini spends much of her time researching Symbiosis, Botany, Abiotic component, Horticulture and Host. Her Symbiosis research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Nutrient, Water deficit, Trigonelline, Terrestrial plant and Computational biology. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Orchid mycorrhiza, Mycorrhiza and Ectomycorrhiza.

Her Abiotic component research includes elements of Cultivar, Crop, Aphid, Plant defense against herbivory and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Her studies in Horticulture integrate themes in fields like Biotic stress, Abiotic stress and Organoleptic. As a part of the same scientific study, Raffaella Balestrini usually deals with the Organoleptic, concentrating on Postharvest and frequently concerns with Cell wall.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Pezizomycetes genomes reveal the molecular basis of ectomycorrhizal truffle lifestyle (37 citations)
  • Impact of two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on Arundo donax L. response to salt stress. (33 citations)
  • The Association With Two Different Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Differently Affects Water Stress Tolerance in Tomato. (27 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • Enzyme

Her main research concerns Abiotic component, Symbiosis, Botany, Horticulture and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Her Abiotic component study also includes

  • Agricultural productivity that intertwine with fields like Co2 concentration and Climate change,
  • Aphid which intersects with area such as Plant nutrition, Biofertilizer, Organic farming and Nutrient. Her Symbiosis research includes themes of Terrestrial plant, Rhizosphere, Cultivar and Mycelium.

Her Botany study frequently links to other fields, such as Intracellular. Her Horticulture research also works with subjects such as

  • Abiotic stress which is related to area like Volatile organic compound, Methyl salicylate, Obligate and Meloidogyne incognita,
  • Biotic stress, which have a strong connection to Nematode infection and Plant defense against herbivory. Her Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi research incorporates elements of Microorganism, Bacteria and Water deficit.

Best Publications

  • Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as Natural Biofertilizers: Let's Benefit from Past Successes

    Andrea Berruti;Erica Lumini;Raffaella Balestrini;Valeria Bianciotto

  • Genome of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus provides insight into the oldest plant symbiosis

    Emilie Tisserant;Mathilde Malbreil;Alan Kuo;Annegret Kohler

  • Périgord black truffle genome uncovers evolutionary origins and mechanisms of symbiosis

    Francis Martin;Annegret Kohler;Claude Murat;Raffaella Balestrini

  • The transcriptome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices (DAOM 197198) reveals functional tradeoffs in an obligate symbiont

    E. Tisserant;A. Kohler;P. Dozolme-Seddas;R. Balestrini

  • A Mycorrhizal-Specific Ammonium Transporter from Lotus japonicus Acquires Nitrogen Released by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    Mike Guether;Benjamin Neuhäuser;Raffaella Balestrini;Marek Dynowski

  • Genome-wide reprogramming of regulatory networks, transport, cell wall and membrane biogenesis during arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in Lotus japonicus.

    Mike Guether;Raffaella Balestrini;Matthew Hannah;Ji He

  • Insights On the Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis On Tomato Tolerance to Water Stress

    Walter Chitarra;Chiara Pagliarani;Biancaelena Maserti;Erica Lumini

  • Laser microdissection reveals that transcripts for five plant and one fungal phosphate transporter genes are contemporaneously present in arbusculated cells.

    Raffaella Balestrini;Jorge Gómez-Ariza;Luisa Lanfranco;Paola Bonfante

  • Transcriptome Analysis of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Roots during Development of the Prepenetration Apparatus

    Valeria Siciliano;Andrea Genre;Raffaella Balestrini;Gilda Cappellazzo

  • Mucoid mutants of the biocontrol strain pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0 show increased ability in biofilm formation on mycorrhizal and nonmycorrhizal carrot roots.

    Valeria Bianciotto;Silvia Andreotti;Raffaella Balestrini;Paola Bonfante

  • GintAMT2, a new member of the ammonium transporter family in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices.

    Jacob Pérez-Tienda;Pilar S. Testillano;Raffaella Balestrini;Valentina Fiorilli

  • New approaches to improve crop tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses.

    Miguel González Guzmán;Miguel González Guzmán;Francesco Cellini;Vasileios Fotopoulos;Vasileios Fotopoulos;Raffaella Balestrini

  • Cell wall remodeling in mycorrhizal symbiosis: a way towards biotrophism.

    Raffaella Balestrini;Paola Bonfante

  • Breeding toward improved ecological plant-microbiome interactions.

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  • Fungal and plant gene expression in the Tulasnella calospora-Serapias vomeracea symbiosis provides clues about nitrogen pathways in orchid mycorrhizas.

    Valeria Fochi;Walter Chitarra;Annegret Kohler;Samuele Voyron

  • Physiological analysis of mutants indicates involvement of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae GPI-anchored protein gp115 in morphogenesis and cell separation.

    L Popolo;M Vai;E Gatti;S Porello

  • Fungal and plant gene expression in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.

    Raffaella Balestrini;Luisa Lanfranco

  • The major antigenic membrane protein of "Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris" selectively interacts with ATP synthase and actin of leafhopper vectors.

    Luciana Galetto;Domenico Bosco;Raffaella Balestrini;Andrea Genre

  • Pezizomycetes genomes reveal the molecular basis of ectomycorrhizal truffle lifestyle

    Claude Murat;Thibaut Payen;Benjamin Noel;Alan Kuo

  • Extracellular polysaccharides are involved in the attachment of Azospirillum brasilense and Rhizobium leguminosarum to arbuscular mycorrhizal structures.

    V Bianciotto;S Andreotti;R Balestrini;P Bonfante

  • Storage and secretion processes in the spore of Gigaspora margarita Becker &Hall as revealed by high‐pressure freezing and freeze substitution

    Paola Bonfante;Raffaella Balestrini;Kurt Mend Gen

  • Cohorts of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in Vitis vinifera, a typical Mediterranean fruit crop

    Raffaella Balestrini;Franco Magurno;Christopher Walker;Erica Lumini

  • The Grapevine Root-Specific Aquaporin VvPIP2;4N Controls Root Hydraulic Conductance and Leaf Gas Exchange under Well-Watered Conditions But Not under Water Stress

    Irene Perrone;Giorgio Gambino;Walter Chitarra;Marco Vitali

Frequent Co-Authors

Paola Bonfante
Paola Bonfante University of Turin
Silvia Perotto
Silvia Perotto University of Turin
Walter Chitarra
Walter Chitarra Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Erica Lumini
Erica Lumini National Research Council (CNR)
Annegret Kohler
Annegret Kohler University of Lorraine
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Paolo Gonthier
Paolo Gonthier University of Turin
Claude Murat
Claude Murat University of Lorraine
Alfredo Vizzini
Alfredo Vizzini University of Turin

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