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Renato D'Ovidio

Renato D'Ovidio

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Biology and Biochemistry

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54
Citations
8862
World Ranking
15780
National Ranking
496

Overview

Renato D'Ovidio is affiliated with Tuscia University in Italy and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science. Their research primarily addresses areas within plant disease resistance and genetics, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant virus research studies, wheat and barley genetics and pathology, and genetics and plant breeding.

The scientist has contributed to several recent publications, with notable papers including:

  • The Xylanase Inhibitor TAXI-I Increases Plant Resistance to Botrytis cinerea by Inhibiting the BcXyn11a Xylanase Necrotizing Activity, 2020, published in Plants
  • Identifying profiles of SSR and SNP markers in cultivars of tetraploid wheat: physical and chemical analysis, 2020, published in Eurasian Chemical Communications

Renato D'Ovidio has collaborated with multiple co-authors throughout their scientific career. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Silvio Tundo
  • Maria Chiara Paccanaro
  • Ibrahim Elmaghraby
  • Ilaria Moscetti
  • Francesco Favaron

They have published extensively in venues such as:

  • Plants
  • Eurasian Chemical Communications

Their work involves detailed genetic and biochemical analyses related to plant-pathogen interactions and the development of resistance mechanisms. This includes studies on enzyme inhibitors that affect fungal pathogens and the use of molecular markers in the characterization of wheat cultivars.

Renato D'Ovidio's research fields, subfields, and topics clearly indicate a sustained interest in how plants defend themselves against microbial threats and how such knowledge can be applied to improve crop health and productivity.

Best Publications

  • The low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits of wheat gluten.

    Renato D'Ovidio;Stefania Masci

  • THE ROLE OF POLYGALACTURONASE-INHIBITING PROTEINS (PGIPS) IN DEFENSE AGAINST PATHOGENIC FUNGI

    Giulia De Lorenzo;Renato D'Ovidio;Felice Cervone

  • Polygalacturonases, polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins and pectic oligomers in plant-pathogen interactions.

    Renato D'Ovidio;Benedetta Mattei;Serena Roberti;Daniela Bellincampi

  • Engineering the cell wall by reducing de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan improves saccharification of plant tissues for bioconversion

    Vincenzo Lionetti;Fedra Francocci;Simone Ferrari;Chiara Volpi

  • PCR analysis to distinguish between alleles of a member of a multigene family correlated with wheat bread-making quality.

    R. D'Ovidio;O. D. Anderson

  • Characterization of a Low-Molecular-Weight Glutenin Subunit Gene from Bread Wheat and the Corresponding Protein That Represents a Major Subunit of the Glutenin Polymer

    Stefania Masci;Renato D'Ovidio;Domenico Lafiandra;Donald D. Kasarda

  • A genetic linkage map of durum wheat

    A. Blanco;M. P. Bellomo;A. Cenci;C. De Giovanni

  • Increasing the amylose content of durum wheat through silencing of the SBEIIa genes

    Francesco Sestili;Michela Janni;Angela Doherty;Ermelinda Botticella

  • The Ectopic Expression of a Pectin Methyl Esterase Inhibitor Increases Pectin Methyl Esterification and Limits Fungal Diseases in Wheat

    Chiara Volpi;Michela Janni;Vincenzo Lionetti;Daniela Bellincampi

  • An update on polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP), a leucine-rich repeat protein that protects crop plants against pathogens.

    Raviraj M. Kalunke;Silvio Tundo;Manuel Benedetti;Felice Cervone

  • Purification and molecular characterization of a soybean polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein

    F. Favaron;R. D'Ovidio;E. Porceddu;P. Alghisi

  • New Data Supporting High Mr Glutenin Subunit 5 as the Determinant of Quality Differences among the Pairs 5 + 10 vs. 2 + 12

    D. Lafiandra;R. D'Ovidio;E. Porceddu;B. Margiotta

  • Characterization of the Complex Locus of Bean Encoding Polygalacturonase-Inhibiting Proteins Reveals Subfunctionalization for Defense against Fungi and Insects

    Renato D'Ovidio;Alessandro Raiola;Cristina Capodicasa;Alessandra Devoto

  • Sequence and properties of HMW subunit 1Bx20 from pasta wheat (Triticum durum) which is associated with poor end use properties

    P. R. Shewry;S. M. Gilbert;A. W. J. Savage;A. S. Tatham

  • Transgenic expression of polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins in Arabidopsis and wheat increases resistance to the flower pathogen Fusarium graminearum.

    S. Ferrari;L. Sella;M. Janni;G. De Lorenzo

  • Negative and positive regulation of a novel proline-rich protein mRNA by fungal elicitor and wounding.

    Jinsong Sheng;Renato D'Ovidio;Mona Mehdy

  • Identification of molecular markers linked to Pm13, an Aegilops longissima gene conferring resistance to powdery mildew in wheat

    A. Cenci;R. D’Ovidio;O. A. Tanzarella;C. Ceoloni

  • PCR analysis of genes encoding allelic variants of high-molecular-weight glutenin subunits at the Glu-D1 locus.

    R D'Ovidio;E Porceddu;D Lafiandra

  • Development of a set of oligonucleotide primers specific for genes at the Glu-1 complex loci of wheat.

    R. D'Ovidio;S. Masci;E. Porceddu

  • Wheat grain proteins.

    P. R. Shewry;R. D'Ovidio;D. Lafiandra;J. A. Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Domenico Lafiandra
Domenico Lafiandra Tuscia University
Francesco Favaron
Francesco Favaron University of Padua
Peter R. Shewry
Peter R. Shewry Rothamsted Research
Felice Cervone
Felice Cervone Sapienza University of Rome
Giulia De Lorenzo
Giulia De Lorenzo Sapienza University of Rome
Olin D. Anderson
Olin D. Anderson United States Department of Agriculture
Huw Jones
Huw Jones Aberystwyth University
Daniela Bellincampi
Daniela Bellincampi Sapienza University of Rome
Johnathan A. Napier
Johnathan A. Napier Rothamsted Research
Arthur S. Tatham
Arthur S. Tatham Cardiff Metropolitan University

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