Virgilio Balmas

Virgilio Balmas publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Virgilio Balmas D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• A European Database of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum Trichothecene Genotypes

  Matias Pasquali;Marco Beyer;Antonio Logrieco;Kris Audenaert

  393
  Citations

• Fusarium culmorum: causal agent of foot and root rot and head blight on wheat

  Barbara Scherm;Virgilio Balmas;Francesca Spanu;Giovanna Pani

  388
  Citations

• Population Subdivision of Fusarium graminearum Sensu Stricto in the Upper Midwestern United States.

  L. R. Gale;T. J. Ward;V. Balmas;H. C. Kistler

  197
  Citations

• Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex.

  David M. Geiser;Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi;Takayuki Aoki;Tsutomu Arie

  185
  Citations

• Fungal and aflatoxin contamination of marketed spices

  Walid Hammami;Stefano Fiori;Roda Al Thani;Najet Ali Kali

  127
  Citations

• Effect of yeast volatile organic compounds on ochratoxin A-producing Aspergillus carbonarius and A. ochraceus.

  Maria Grazia Farbo;Pietro Paolo Urgeghe;Stefano Fiori;Angela Marcello

  123
  Citations

• Soils of a Mediterranean hot spot of biodiversity and endemism (Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Islands) are inhabited by pan-European, invasive species of Hypocrea/Trichoderma.

  Quirico Migheli;Virgilio Balmas;Monika Komoñ-Zelazowska;Barbara Scherm

  122
  Citations

• Population genetic structure of Pyrenophora teres Drechs. the causal agent of net blotch in Sardinian landraces of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).

  Domenico Rau;Anthony H. D. Brown;Curt L. Brubaker;Giovanna Attene

  112
  Citations

• Characterisation of Phoma tracheiphila by RAPD-PCR, microsatellite-primed PCR and ITS rDNA sequencing and development of specific primers for in planta PCR detection.

  Virgilio Balmas;Barbara Scherm;Stefano Ghignone;Ali Ould Mohamed Salem

  86
  Citations

• Altered trichothecene biosynthesis in TRI6-silenced transformants of Fusarium culmorum influences the severity of crown and foot rot on durum wheat seedlings

  Barbara Scherm;Marcella Orrù;Virgilio Balmas;Francesca Spanu

  81
  Citations

• Isolation and characterization of the mating-type locus of the barley pathogen Pyrenophora teres and frequencies of mating-type idiomorphs within and among fungal populations collected from barley landraces

  Domenico Rau;Frank J Maier;Roberto Papa;Anthony H.D Brown

  81
  Citations

• Phylogeny and evolution of mating-type genes from Pyrenophora teres, the causal agent of barley “net blotch” disease

  D. Rau;G. Attene;A. H. D. Brown;L. Nanni

  80
  Citations

• Molecular Phylogenetic Diversity of Dermatologic and Other Human Pathogenic Fusarial Isolates from Hospitals in Northern and Central Italy

  Quirico Migheli;Virgilio Balmas;Henry Harak;Silvana Sanna

  72
  Citations

• Multilocus phylogenetics show high levels of endemic fusaria inhabiting Sardinian soils (Tyrrhenian Islands)

  Virgilio Balmas;Quirico Migheli;Barbara Scherm;Paola Garau

  70
  Citations

• FcStuA from Fusarium culmorum controls wheat foot and root rot in a toxin dispensable manner

  Matias Pasquali;Francesca Spanu;Barbara Scherm;Virgilio Balmas

  66
  Citations

• A proteomic investigation of Aspergillus carbonarius exposed to yeast volatilome or to its major component 2-phenylethanol reveals major shifts in fungal metabolism

  Bruno Tilocca;Virgilio Balmas;Zahoor Ul Hassan;Samir Jaoua

  66
  Citations

• Mal Secco Disease Caused by Phoma tracheiphila: A Potential Threat to Lemon Production Worldwide

  Quirico Migheli;Santa Olga Cacciola;Virgilio Balmas;Antonella Pane

  59
  Citations

• Bioprospecting Phenols as Inhibitors of Trichothecene-Producing Fusarium: Sustainable Approaches to the Management of Wheat Pathogens

  Unknown

  57
  Citations

• Occurrence and Etiology of Brown Apical Necrosis on Persian (English) Walnut Fruit

  Unknown

  56
  Citations

• Evidence of low levels of aflatoxin M1 in milk and dairy products marketed in Qatar

  Zahoor Ul Hassan;Roda Al-Thani;Fathy A. Atia;Saeed Almeer

  53
  Citations