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  • Polyphenol Oxidases in Crops: Biochemical, Physiological and Genetic Aspects.

    Francesca Taranto;Antonella Pasqualone;Giacomo Mangini;Pasquale Tripodi

  • Loss of susceptibility as a novel breeding strategy for durable and broad-spectrum resistance

    Stefano Pavan;Stefano Pavan;Evert Jacobsen;Richard G. F. Visser;Yuling Bai

  • Naturally Occurring Broad-Spectrum Powdery Mildew Resistance in a Central American Tomato Accession Is Caused by Loss of Mlo Function

    Y. Bai;S.N.C. Pavan;Z. Zheng;N.F. Zappel

  • Pea powdery mildew er1 resistance is associated to loss-of-function mutations at a MLO homologous locus.

    Stefano Pavan;Adalgisa Schiavulli;Michela Appiano;Angelo R. Marcotrigiano

  • Mutation of a bHLH transcription factor allowed almond domestication

    R. Sánchez-Pérez;R. Sánchez-Pérez;S. Pavan;S. Pavan;R. Mazzeo;R. Mazzeo;C. Moldovan

  • Loss of function in Mlo orthologs reduces susceptibility of pepper and tomato to powdery mildew disease caused by Leveillula taurica.

    Zheng Zheng;Teruo Nonomura;Michela Appiano;Michela Appiano;Stefano Pavan

  • Characterization of the MLO gene family in Rosaceae and gene expression analysis in Malus domestica

    Stefano Pessina;Stefano Pavan;Domenico Catalano;Alessandra Gallotta

  • Whole Genome Scan Reveals Molecular Signatures of Divergence and Selection Related to Important Traits in Durum Wheat Germplasm

    Francesca Taranto;Nunzio D’Agostino;Monica Rodriguez;Stefano Pavan

  • Recommendations for Choosing the Genotyping Method and Best Practices for Quality Control in Crop Genome-Wide Association Studies.

    Stefano Pavan;Stefano Pavan;Chiara Delvento;Luigi Ricciardi;Concetta Lotti

  • A Distinct Genetic Cluster in Cultivated Chickpea as Revealed by Genome-wide Marker Discovery and Genotyping

    Stefano Pavan;Concetta Lotti;Angelo R. Marcotrigiano;Rosa Mazzeo

  • Elucidation of the Amygdalin Pathway Reveals the Metabolic Basis of Bitter and Sweet Almonds (Prunus dulcis).

    Sara Thodberg;Jorge Del Cueto;Jorge Del Cueto;Rosa Mazzeo;Rosa Mazzeo;Stefano Pavan;Stefano Pavan

  • Identification of candidate MLO powdery mildew susceptibility genes in cultivated Solanaceae and functional characterization of tobacco NtMLO1

    Michela Appiano;Stefano Pavan;Domenico Catalano;Zheng Zheng

  • Genome-Wide Study of the Tomato SlMLO Gene Family and Its Functional Characterization in Response to the Powdery Mildew Fungus Oidium neolycopersici.

    Zheng Zheng;Michela Appiano;Stefano Pavan;Valentina Bracuto

  • Nutritional, physico-chemical and functional characterization of a global chickpea collection

    Carmine Summo;Davide De Angelis;Luigi Ricciardi;Francesco Caponio

  • Biotechnological and Digital Revolution for Climate-Smart Plant Breeding

    Francesca Taranto;Alessandro Nicolia;Stefano Pavan;Pasquale De Vita

  • Genotyping-by-sequencing of a melon (Cucumis melo L.) germplasm collection from a secondary center of diversity highlights patterns of genetic variation and genomic features of different gene pools.

    Stefano Pavan;Angelo Raffaele Marcotrigiano;Elena Ciani;Rosa Mazzeo

  • GBS-derived SNP catalogue unveiled wide genetic variability and geographical relationships of Italian olive cultivars.

    Nunzio D’Agostino;Francesca Taranto;Salvatore Camposeo;Giacomo Mangini

  • Structure, evolution and functional inference on the Mildew Locus O (MLO) gene family in three cultivated Cucurbitaceae spp.

    Paolo Iovieno;Giuseppe Andolfo;Adalgisa Schiavulli;Domenico Catalano

  • Monocot and dicot MLO powdery mildew susceptibility factors are functionally conserved in spite of the evolution of class-specific molecular features

    Michela Appiano;Domenico Catalano;Miguel Santillán Martínez;Concetta Lotti

  • Identification of a complete set of functional markers for the selection of er1 powdery mildew resistance in Pisum sativum L.

    Stefano Pavan;Adalgisa Schiavulli;Michela Appiano;Cecilia Miacola

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