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Stefano Mancuso

Stefano Mancuso

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
15278
World Ranking
7854
National Ranking
200

Overview

Stefano Mancuso is affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy and specializes primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research encompasses several subfields including Plant Science, Organic Chemistry, Food Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, with particular attention to:

  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Bioenergy Crop Production and Management
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses

Stefano Mancuso has published extensively in notable venues including:

  • Plants
  • Plant Signaling & Behavior
  • Environmental and Experimental Botany
  • EMBO Reports
  • Nature Cities

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Stefano Mancuso include:

  • "The role of complexity for digital twins of cities", 2023, Nature Computational Science
  • "Individuality, self and sociality of vascular plants", 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Can microplastics threaten plant productivity and fruit quality? Insights from Micro-Tom and Micro-PET/PVC", 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Plants, climate and humans", 2020, EMBO Reports
  • "Consciousness Facilitates Plant Behavior", 2020, Trends in Plant Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, notably:

  • Cosimo Taiti
  • Werther Guidi Nissim
  • Federico Vita
  • Camilla Pandolfi
  • Emily Palm

The body of work reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining plant biology with chemical and environmental sciences, focusing on both fundamental plant behavior and applied aspects such as crop management and food quality. The integration of advanced chemical sensor technologies and electrophysiological methods indicates a technical dimension in their research methodology.

Best Publications

  • Aromatic and proteomic analyses corroborate the distinction between Mediterranean landraces and modern varieties of durum wheat.

    Federico Vita;Cosimo Taiti;Antonio Pompeiano;Zuguang Gu

  • Plant neurobiology: an integrated view of plant signaling.

    Eric D. Brenner;Rainer Stahlberg;Stefano Mancuso;Jorge Vivanco

  • Experience teaches plants to learn faster and forget slower in environments where it matters.

    Monica Gagliano;Michael Renton;Martial Depczynski;Stefano Mancuso

  • Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence

    Stefano Mancuso;Alessandra Viola;Joan Benham;Michael Pollan

  • Root apex transition zone: a signalling–response nexus in the root

    František Baluška;Stefano Mancuso;Dieter Volkmann;Peter W. Barlow

  • Towards understanding plant bioacoustics

    Monica Gagliano;Stefano Mancuso;Daniel Robert

  • Heavy metal distribution between contaminated soil and Paulownia tomentosa, in a pilot-scale assisted phytoremediation study: Influence of different complexing agents

    S. Doumett;L. Lamperi;L. Checchini;E. Azzarello

  • MDR-like ABC transporter AtPGP4 is involved in auxin-mediated lateral root and root hair development.

    Diana Santelia;Vincent Vincenzetti;Elisa Azzarello;Lucien Bovet

  • Marine Bioactive Substances (IPA Extract) Improve Foliar Ion Uptake and Water Stress Tolerance in Potted "Vitis vinifera" Plants.

    S. Mancuso;X. Briand;S. Mugnai;E. Azzarello

  • Arabidopsis Synaptotagmin 1 Is Required for the Maintenance of Plasma Membrane Integrity and Cell Viability

    Arnaldo L. Schapire;Boris Voigt;Boris Voigt;Jan Jasik;Abel Rosado

  • Immunophilin-like TWISTED DWARF1 modulates auxin efflux activities of Arabidopsis P-glycoproteins.

    Rodolphe Bouchard;Aurélien Bailly;Joshua J. Blakeslee;Sophie C. Oehring

  • Assessing the role of root plasma membrane and tonoplast Na + /H + exchangers in salinity tolerance in wheat: in planta quantification methods

    Tracey A. Cuin;Jayakumar Bose;Giovanni Stefano;Deepa Kumari Jha

  • Modulation of P-glycoproteins by Auxin Transport Inhibitors Is Mediated by Interaction with Immunophilins *□

    Aurélien Bailly;Valpuri Sovero;Vincent Vincenzetti;Diana Santelia

  • Cell-Type-Specific H+-ATPase Activity in Root Tissues Enables K+ Retention and Mediates Acclimation of Barley (Hordeum vulgare) to Salinity Stress

    Lana Shabala;Jingyi Zhang;Igor Pottosin;Jayakumar Bose

  • Nectar in plant–insect mutualistic relationships: From food reward to partner manipulation

    Massimo Nepi;Donato A. Grasso;Stefano Mancuso

  • Noninvasive and continuous recordings of auxin fluxes in intact root apex with a carbon nanotube-modified and self-referencing microelectrode.

    Stefano Mancuso;Anna Maria Marras;Volker Magnus;František Baluška

  • Communication in Plants: Neuronal Aspects of Plant Life

    F. Baluška;Stefano Mancuso;Dieter Volkmann

  • The 'root-brain' hypothesis of Charles and Francis Darwin: Revival after more than 125 years

    Frantisek Baluska;Stefano Mancuso;Dieter Volkmann;Peter W Barlow

  • Spatiotemporal dynamics of the electrical network activity in the root apex

    E. Masi;M. Ciszak;G. Stefano;L. Renna

  • The network of plants volatile organic compounds.

    Gianna Vivaldo;Elisa Masi;Cosimo Taiti;Guido Caldarelli

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisa Azzarello
Elisa Azzarello University of Florence
František Baluška
František Baluška University of Bonn
Dieter Volkmann
Dieter Volkmann University of Bonn
Sergey Shabala
Sergey Shabala University of Western Australia
Markus Geisler
Markus Geisler University of Fribourg
Barbara Mazzolai
Barbara Mazzolai Italian Institute of Technology
Lana Shabala
Lana Shabala University of Tasmania
Cristina Gonnelli
Cristina Gonnelli University of Florence
Annalisa Romani
Annalisa Romani University of Florence
Jiří Friml
Jiří Friml Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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