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Silvio Salvi is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy and has a research focus primarily in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Plant Science. Their work encompasses related subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Cell Biology.

The main topics of Silvio Salvi's research include:

  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement

Silvio Salvi has contributed to multiple recent papers, some of which include:

  • Wheat root systems as a breeding target for climate resilience, 2021, Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • ENHANCED GRAVITROPISM 2 encodes a STERILE ALPHA MOTIF-containing protein that controls root growth angle in barley and wheat, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Root angle is controlled by EGT1 in cereal crops employing an antigravitropic mechanism, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Exploring the Genetic Architecture of Root-Related Traits in Mediterranean Bread Wheat Landraces by Genome-Wide Association Analysis, 2020, Agronomy
  • Seedling root system adaptation to water availability during maize domestication and global expansion, 2024, Nature Genetics

The venues where Silvio Salvi frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Genome
  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in their research activities are:

  • Roberto Tuberosa
  • Serena Rosignoli
  • Frank Hochholdinger
  • Cristian Forestan
  • Gwendolyn K. Kirschner

Best Publications

  • The genome of the domesticated apple ( Malus × domestica Borkh.)

    Riccardo Velasco;Andrey Zharkikh;Jason Affourtit;Amit Dhingra

  • Characterization of polyploid wheat genomic diversity using a high-density 90 000 single nucleotide polymorphism array

    Shichen Wang;Debbie Wong;Kerrie Forrest;Alexandra Allen

  • Durum wheat genome highlights past domestication signatures and future improvement targets

    Marco Maccaferri;Marco Maccaferri;Neil S. Harris;Sven O. Twardziok;Raj K. Pasam

  • Genomics-based approaches to improve drought tolerance of crops

    Roberto Tuberosa;Silvio Salvi

  • To clone or not to clone plant QTLs: present and future challenges

    Silvio Salvi;Roberto Tuberosa

  • Conserved noncoding genomic sequences associated with a flowering-time quantitative trait locus in maize

    Silvio Salvi;Giorgio Sponza;Michele Morgante;Dwight Tomes

  • Mapping QTLs Regulating Morpho‐physiological Traits and Yield: Case Studies, Shortcomings and Perspectives in Drought‐stressed Maize

    Roberto Tuberosa;Silvio Salvi;Maria Corinna Sanguineti;Pierangelo Landi

  • Identification of QTLs for root characteristics in maize grown in hydroponics and analysis of their overlap with QTLs for grain yield in the field at two water regimes.

    Roberto Tuberosa;Maria Corinna Sanguineti;Pierangelo Landi;Marcella Michela Giuliani

  • A high‐density, SNP‐based consensus map of tetraploid wheat as a bridge to integrate durum and bread wheat genomics and breeding

    Marco Maccaferri;Andrea Ricci;Silvio Salvi;Sara Giulia Milner

  • Development and validation of a 20K Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) whole genome genotyping array for apple (Malus × domestica Borkh)

    Luca Bianco;Alessandro Cestaro;Daniel James Sargent;Elisa Banchi

  • TILLMore, a resource for the discovery of chemically induced mutants in barley

    Valentina Talamè;Riccardo Bovina;Maria Corinna Sanguineti;Roberto Tuberosa

  • Root-ABA1, a major constitutive QTL, affects maize root architecture and leaf ABA concentration at different water regimes

    Silvia Giuliani;Maria Corinna Sanguineti;Roberto Tuberosa;Massimo Bellotti

  • Prioritizing quantitative trait loci for root system architecture in tetraploid wheat.

    Marco Maccaferri;Walid El-Feki;Walid El-Feki;Ghasemali Nazemi;Ghasemali Nazemi;Silvio Salvi

  • QTL controlling root and shoot traits of maize seedlings under cold stress

    A. Hund;A. Hund;Y. Fracheboud;A. Soldati;Elisabetta Frascaroli

  • Assessment of apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) fruit texture by a combined acoustic-mechanical profiling strategy

    Fabrizio Costa;Luca Cappellin;Sara Longhi;Walter Guerra

  • Searching for quantitative trait loci controlling root traits in maize: a critical appraisal

    Roberto Tuberosa;Silvio Salvi;Maria Corinna Sanguineti;Marco Maccaferri

  • High-throughput SNP discovery and genotyping in durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)

    Daniele Trebbi;Marco Maccaferri;Peter de Heer;Anker Sørensen

  • Toward positional cloning of Vgt1, a QTL controlling the transition from the vegetative to the reproductive phase in maize.

    Silvio Salvi;Roberto Tuberosa;Elena Chiapparino;Marco Maccaferri

  • RFLP mapping of quantitative trait loci controlling abscisic acid concentration in leaves of drought-stressed maize (Zea mays L.)

    R. Tuberosa;M. C. Sanguineti;P. Landi;S. Salvi

  • Association mapping reveals novel stem rust resistance loci in durum wheat at the seedling stage

    Tesfaye Letta;Pablo Olivera;Marco Maccaferri;Yue Jin

Frequent Co-Authors

Roberto Tuberosa
Roberto Tuberosa University of Bologna
Maria Corinna Sanguineti
Maria Corinna Sanguineti University of Bologna
Marco Maccaferri
Marco Maccaferri University of Bologna
Riccardo Velasco
Riccardo Velasco The Canadian Real Estate Association
Roberto Viola
Roberto Viola James Hutton Institute
Mickael Malnoy
Mickael Malnoy Fondazione Edmund Mach
Michele Morgante
Michele Morgante University of Udine
Jorge Dubcovsky
Jorge Dubcovsky University of California, Davis
Karim Ammar
Karim Ammar International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Anna M. Mastrangelo
Anna M. Mastrangelo Agricultural Research Council

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