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D-Index
71
Citations
18054
World Ranking
671
National Ranking
13

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

His main research concerns Botany, Glomus, Mycorrhiza, Symbiosis and Hypha. His research in Botany intersects with topics in Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Mutant and Micropropagation. Silvio Gianinazzi combines subjects such as Callose, Cell wall, Biochemistry, Sativum and Phycomycetes with his study of Glomus.

His Mycorrhiza research incorporates elements of Nematode, Aphanomyces euteiches, Grapevine fanleaf virus and Microbiology. Silvio Gianinazzi has included themes like Agronomy, Mycorrhizal fungi and Crop production in his Symbiosis study. Silvio Gianinazzi has researched Hypha in several fields, including Staining, Pathogen, Host and Trypan blue.

His most cited work include:

  • Agroecology: the key role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in ecosystem services. (503 citations)
  • Localized versus systemic effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on defence responses to Phytophthora infection in tomato plants (343 citations)
  • Cell defense responses associated with localized and systemic resistance to Phytophthora parasitica induced in tomato by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (325 citations)

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

Silvio Gianinazzi mainly investigates Botany, Glomus, Mycorrhiza, Arbuscular mycorrhiza and Symbiosis. His Botany research focuses on Fungus in particular. His work in Glomus addresses issues such as Shoot, which are connected to fields such as Fertilizer.

Silvio Gianinazzi focuses mostly in the field of Mycorrhiza, narrowing it down to topics relating to Pisum and, in certain cases, Sativum. His work in Arbuscular mycorrhiza tackles topics such as Gene which are related to areas like Cell biology. His Symbiosis study incorporates themes from Plant species and Agriculture.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (50.00%)
  • Glomus (33.85%)
  • Mycorrhiza (30.77%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2004-2019)?

  • Botany (50.00%)
  • Arbuscular mycorrhiza (24.62%)
  • Mycorrhiza (30.77%)

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

Silvio Gianinazzi focuses on Botany, Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Mycorrhiza, Symbiosis and Glomus. His work carried out in the field of Botany brings together such families of science as Medicago truncatula, Plant defense against herbivory, Glomeromycota and Microbiology. His work deals with themes such as Plant species, Inoculation, Horticulture, Truffle and Metallothionein, which intersect with Arbuscular mycorrhiza.

His Mycorrhiza study combines topics in areas such as Thielaviopsis basicola, Root rot, Pathogen and Pathogenic fungus. His Symbiosis study which covers Ecology that intersects with Ectomycorrhiza and Protein profiling. His Glomus research incorporates themes from Rootstock, Genome and Gene expression.

Between 2004 and 2019, his most popular works were:

  • Agroecology: the key role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in ecosystem services. (503 citations)
  • Mycorrhizas - Functional Processes and Ecological Impact (78 citations)
  • Local and systemic mycorrhiza-induced protection against the ectoparasitic nematode Xiphinema index involves priming of defence gene responses in grapevine (77 citations)

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

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

Silvio Gianinazzi mostly deals with Botany, Arbuscular mycorrhiza, Mycorrhiza, Biochemistry and Glomeromycota. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Symbiosis and Inoculation. The various areas that Silvio Gianinazzi examines in his Arbuscular mycorrhiza study include Convolvulaceae, Ribosomal DNA, Horticulture and Metallothionein.

His Mycorrhiza research includes themes of Phytochelatin, Glutathione, Pisum and Chalcone isomerase. The concepts of his Biochemistry study are interwoven with issues in Polymyxin and Polymyxin B1. His studies in Glomus integrate themes in fields like Proteome, Legume, Membrane and Medicago truncatula, Periarbuscular membrane.

Best Publications

  • The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in sustainable maintenance of plant health and soil fertility

    Peter Jeffries;Silvio Gianinazzi;Silvia Perotto;Katarzyna Turnau

  • Agroecology: the key role of arbuscular mycorrhizas in ecosystem services.

    Silvio Gianinazzi;Armelle Gollotte;Marie-Noëlle Binet;Diederik van Tuinen

  • Localized versus systemic effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on defence responses to Phytophthora infection in tomato plants

    Maria J. Pozo;Christelle Cordier;Eliane Dumas‐Gaudot;Silvio Gianinazzi

  • Cell defense responses associated with localized and systemic resistance to Phytophthora parasitica induced in tomato by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

    C. Cordier;M. J. Pozo;J. M. Barea;S. Gianinazzi

  • First report of non-mycorrhizal plant mutants (Myc−) obtained in pea (Pisum sativum L.) and fababean (Vicia faba L.)

    Gerard Duc;Alain Trouvelot;Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson;Silvio Gianinazzi

  • In Vitro Enhancement of Spore Germination and Early Hyphal Growth of a Vesicular-Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus by Host Root Exudates and Plant Flavonoids

    V. Gianinazzi-Pearson;B. Branzanti;S. Gianinazzi

  • Cellular and molecular defence‐related root responses to invasion by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson;Eliane Dumas-Gaudot;Armelle Gollotte;A. Tahiri Alaoui

  • In planta histochemical staining of fungal alkaline phosphatase activity for analysis of efficient arbuscular mycorrhizal infections

    Benoît Tisserant;Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson;Silvio Gianinazzi;Armelle Gollotte

  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal induced changes to plant growth and root system morphology in Prunus cerasifera.

    Graziella Berta;A. Trotta;A. Fusconi;J. E. Hooker

  • ENZYMATIC STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF VESICULAR–ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAS

    C. Marx;J. Dexheimer;V. Gianinazzi-Pearson;S. Gianinazzi

  • Cadmium accumulation and buffering of cadmium‐induced stress by arbuscular mycorrhiza in three Pisum sativum L. genotypes

    Facundo Rivera‐Becerril;Catherine Calantzis;Katarzyna Turnau;Jean‐Pierre Caussanel

  • Isolation from the Sorghum bicolor Mycorrhizosphere of a Bacterium Compatible with Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Development and Antagonistic towards Soilborne Fungal Pathogens

    S.W. Budi;D. van Tuinen;G. Martinotti;Silvio Gianinazzi

  • Enzymatic studies on the metabolism of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas. V, Is H+-ATPase a component of ATP-hydrolysing enzyme activities in plant-fungus interfaces ?

    V. Gianinazzi-Pearson;S. E. Smith;S. Gianinazzi;F. A. Smith

  • Colonisation patterns of root tissues byPhytophthora nicotianae var.parasitica related to reduced disease in mycorrhizal tomato

    C. Cordier;S. Gianinazzi;V. Gianinazzi-Pearson

  • Mycorrhizal Technology in Agriculture

    Silvio Gianinazzi;Hannes Schüepp;José Miguel Barea;Kurt Haselwandter

  • Differential activation of H+-ATPase genes by an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in root cells of transgenic tobacco.

    V. Gianinazzi-Pearson;C. Arnould;M. Oufattole;M. Arango

  • Influence of endomycorrhizal infection on root morphology in a micropropagated woody plant species (Vitis vinifera L.)

    L. Schellenbaum;G. Berta;F. Ravolanirina;B. Tisserant

  • Inoculum of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi for production systems: science meets business

    Silvio Gianinazzi;Miroslav Vosátka

  • Hydrolytic enzyme activity of Paenibacillus sp. strain B2 and effects of the antagonistic bacterium on cell integrity of two soil-borne pathogenic fungi

    S.W. Budi;D. van Tuinen;C. Arnould;E. Dumas-Gaudot

  • Proteome analysis and identification of symbiosis-related proteins from Medicago truncatula Gaertn. by two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry

    Gwénaëlle Bestel-Corre;Eliane Dumas-Gaudot;Véréna Poinsot;Marc Dieu

  • Fungal elicitation of signal transduction-related plant genes precedes mycorrhiza establishment and requires the dmi3 gene in Medicago truncatula.

    Stéphanie Weidmann;Lisa Sanchez;Julie Descombin;Odile Chatagnier

  • Local and systemic mycorrhiza-induced protection against the ectoparasitic nematode Xiphinema index involves priming of defence gene responses in grapevine

    Zhipeng Hao;Léon Fayolle;Diederik van Tuinen;Odile Chatagnier

  • Cellular localization and cytochemical probing of resistance reactions to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a locus a myc- mutant of Pisum sativum L.

    A. Gollotte;V. Gianinazzi-Pearson;M. Giovannetti;C. Sbrana

  • Mycorrhizal technology in agriculture: from genes to bioproducts.

    S. Gianinazzi;H. Schüepp;J. M. Barea;K. Haselwandter

  • Defense Genes Are Differentially Induced by a Mycorrhizal Fungus and Rhizobium sp. in Wild-Type and Symbiosis-Defective Pea Genotypes

    Juan M. Ruiz-Lozano;Hélène Roussel;Silvio Gianinazzi;Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson

  • The State of Art of Mycorrhizas and Micropropagation

    P.E. Lovato;S. Gianinazzi;A. Trouvelet;V. Gianinazzi-Pearson

  • Microbial inoculation for improving the growth and health of micropropagated strawberry

    M. Vestberg;S. Kukkonen;K. Saari;P. Parikka

  • Mycorrhizas - Functional Processes and Ecological Impact

    Concepción Azcón-Aguilar;José Miguel Barea;Silvio Gianinazzi;Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson

  • Molecular monitoring of field-inoculated AMF to evaluate persistence in sweet potato crops in China

    M.J. Farmer;X. Li;G. Feng;B. Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson
Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Eliane Dumas-Gaudot
Eliane Dumas-Gaudot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Fabrice Martin-Laurent
Fabrice Martin-Laurent INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
José Miguel Barea
José Miguel Barea Spanish National Research Council
María J. Pozo
María J. Pozo Spanish National Research Council
Graziella Berta
Graziella Berta University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Concepción Azcón-Aguilar
Concepción Azcón-Aguilar Spanish National Research Council
Manuela Giovannetti
Manuela Giovannetti University of Pisa
Daniel Wipf
Daniel Wipf Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Katarzyna Turnau
Katarzyna Turnau Jagiellonian University

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