Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences

Selected research products

• Prodotti della ricerca su IRIS AperTO
• Prodotti della ricerca su Scopus

BIBLIOMETRIC INDEXES, data of March 2018

919 citations h-index 14 (last 10 years), Scopus

356 citations, h-index 9, Web of Science

1298 citations, h-index 19, Google Scholar

Contemporary h-index 12, Scopus

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS since 2000 (*corresponding author):

E. Sanchez, E. Artuso,C. Lombardi, I. Visentin,B. Lace, W. Saeed, M.L. Lolli, P. Kobauri,Z. Ali, F. Spyrakis, P. Cubas, F. Cardinale, C. Prandi (2018) New insights into Structure Activity Relationship of strigolactones via a novel, quantitative in planta bioassay. Journal of Experimental Botany, ery092, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery092

M. Ferrero, C. Pagliarani, O. Novák, A. Ferrandino, F. Cardinale, I. Visentin, A. Schubert (2018) Exogenous strigolactone interacts with abscisic acid-mediated accumulation of anthocyanins in grapevine berries. Journal of Experimental Botany, ery033, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery033

G.H. Carlsson, D. Hasse, F. Cardinale, C. Prandi, I. Andersson (2018) The elusive ligand complexes of the DWARF14 strigolactone receptor. Journal of Experimental Botany, ery036, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery036

F. Cardinale*, P. Korwin Krukowski, A. Schubert, I. Visentin (2018) Strigolactones: mediators of osmotic stress responses with a potential for agrochemical manipulation of crop resilience. Journal of Experimental Botany, erx494, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx494 

V. Scala, I. Visentin, F. Cardinale* (2017) Evaluating fumonisin gene expression in Fusarium verticilliioides. In: Mycotoxigenic Fungi. Methods and Protocols. A. Moretti, A. Susca eds. Book series: Methods in Molecular Biology, Humana Press, NY, USA. pp 249-257 ISSN: 1064-3745, ISBN: 978-1-4939-6705-6, doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6707-0

I. Visentin, M. Vitali, M. Ferrero, Y. Zhang, C. Ruyter-Spira, O. Novák, M. Strnad, C. Lovisolo, A. Schubert, F. Cardinale* (2016) Low levels of strigolactones in roots as a component of the systemic signal of drought stress in tomato. New Phytologist 212(4):954-963, doi: 10.1111/nph.14190

D. Giordano, S. Provenzano, A. Ferrandino, M. Vitali, C. Pagliarani, F. Roman, F. Cardinale, S. D. Castellarin, A. Schubert (2016) Characterization of a multifunctional caffeoyl-CoA O-methyltransferase activated in grape berries upon drought stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 101:23-32, doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.01.015

 J. Liu, H. He, M. Vitali, I. Visentin, T. Charnikhova, I. Haider, A. Schubert, C. Ruyter-Spira, H. Bouwmeester, C. Lovisolo, F. Cardinale* (2015) Osmotic stress represses Strigolactone biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus roots: exploring the interaction between Strigolactones and ABA under abiotic stress. Planta 241(6):1435-1451, doi: 10.1007/s00425-015-2266-8

 V. Scala, P. Giorni, M. Cirlini, M. Ludovici, I. Visentin, F. Cardinale, A.A. Fabbri, C. Fanelli, M. Reverberi, P. Battilani, G. Galaverna, C. Dall'Asta (2014) LDS1-produced oxylipins are negative regulators of growth, conidiation and fumonisin synthesis in the fungal maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides. Frontiers in Microbiology 5:669, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00669

G. Testa, M. Blandino, F. Cardinale, A. Reyneri (2014) Grain yield enhancement through fungicide application on maize hybrids with different susceptibility to Northern Corn Leaf Blight. Cereal Research Communications 43(3): 415-425 doi: 10.1556/CRC.2014.0050

C. Prandi, F. Cardinale (April 2014) Strigolactones: a new class of plant hormones with multifaceted roles. In: eLS 2014, John Wiley & Sons Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net/ [DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0023754]

 J. Liu, M. Novero, T. Charnikhova, A. Ferrandino, A. Schubert, C. Ruyter-Spira, P. Bonfante, C. Lovisolo, H.J. Bouwmeester, F. Cardinale* (2013) CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 7 modulates plant growth, reproduction, senescence, and determinate nodulation in the model legume Lotus japonicus. Journal of Experimental Botany 64(7):1967-1981

V. Montis, M. Pasquali, I. Visentin, P. Karlovsky, F. Cardinale* (2013) Identification of a cis-acting factor modulating the transcription of FUM1, a key fumonisin-biosynthetic gene in the fungal maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides. Fungal Genetics and Biology 51: 42-49. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2012.11.009 ISSN: 1087-1845 

J. Liu, C. Lovisolo, A. Schubert, F. Cardinale* (2013) Signalling role of Strigolactones at the interface between plants, (micro)organisms and a changing environment. Journal of Plant Interactions 8(1): 17-33. DOI:10.1080/17429145.2012.750692

N. Gaiji, F. Cardinale, C. Prandi, P. Bonfante, G. Ranghino (2012) The computational-based structure of Dwarf14 provides evidence for its role as potential strigolactone receptor in plants. BMC Research Notes 5:307

I. Visentin, S. Gentile, D. Valentino, P. Gonthier, G. Tamietti, F. Cardinale (2012) Gnomoniopsis castanea sp. nov. (Gnomoniaceae, Diaporthales) as a causal agent of nut rot in sweet chestnut. Journal of Plant Pathology 94(2): 411-419. doi: 10.4454/JPP.FA.2012.045

I. Visentin, V. Montis, K. Döll, C. Alabouvette, G. Tamietti, P. Karlovsky, F. Cardinale* (2012) The transcription of genes in the biosynthetic pathway for fumonisin mycotoxins is epigenetically and differentially regulated in the fungal maize pathogen Fusarium verticillioides. Eukaryotic Cell 11: 252-259. DOI: 10.1128/EC.05159-11 ISSN: 1535-9778

D. Francia, A. Chiltz, F. Lo Schiavo, A. Pugin, P. Bonfante, F. Cardinale* (2011) AM fungal exudates activate MAP kinases in plant cells in dependence from cytosolic Ca²⁺ increase. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 49(9): 963-969. ISSN: 09819428, DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011. 04.00 

V. Fiorilli, M. Catoni, D. Francia, F. Cardinale, L. Lanfranco (2011) The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis reduces disease severity in tomato plants infected by Botrytis cinerea. Journal of Plant Pathology 93(1): 237-242. ISSN: 1125-4653, DOI: 10.4454/jpp.v93i1.299

 I. Visentin, D. Valentino, F. Cardinale, G. Tamietti (2010) DNA-based tools for the detection of Fusarium spp. pathogenic on maize. In: Molecular identification of fungi, Y. Gherbawy and K. Voigt (Eds.) Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 107-129. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-05042-8. ISBN: 978-3-642-05041-1. e-ISBN: 978-3-642-05042-8

 A. Fammartino, B. Verdaguer, J. Fournier, G. Tamietti, F. Carbonne, M.-T. Esquerré-Tugayé, F. Cardinale* (2010) Coordinated transcriptional regulation of the divinyl ether biosynthetic genes in tobacco by signal molecules related to defense. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 48: 225-231

 I. Visentin, G. Tamietti, D. Valentino, E. Portis, P. Karlovsky, A. Moretti, F. Cardinale* (2009) The ITS region as a taxonomic discriminator between Fusarium verticillioides and F. proliferatum. Mycological Research 113: 1137-1145

 F. Cardinale*, A. Fammartino, G. Tamietti, I. Feussner, M.-T. Esquerré-Tugayé (2009) Oxylipins and relevant enzymes in plant defence. In: International Treatise Series on Advances in Plant Physiology, A. Hemantaranjan (Ed.) Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur (India), Volume 11, pp. 215-253 ISSN: 0972-9917 ISBN: 978-81-7233-631-8

 D. Francia, D. Demaria, O. Calderini, D. Valentino, L. Ferraris, S. Arcioni, G. Tamietti, F. Cardinale* (2008). Do pathogen-specific defense mechanisms contribute to wound-induced resistance in tomato?  Plant Signaling & Behavior 3 (5): 1-2

 D. Francia, D. Demaria, O. Calderini, S. Arcioni, L. Ferraris, D. Valentino, G. Tamietti, F. Cardinale* (2007). Wounding induces resistance to pathogens with different lifestyles in tomato: role of ethylene in cross-protection. Plant Cell & Environment 30: 1357-1365

 A. Schweighofer, V. Kazanaviciute, E. Scheikl, M. Teige, R. Doczi, H. Hirt, M. Schwanninger, F. Mauch, A. Buchala, F. Cardinale, I. Meskiene (2007) The PP2C-type phosphatase AP2C1, which negatively regulates MPK4 and MPK6, modulates innate immunity, jasmonic acid and ethylene levels in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19: 2213-2224

 A. Fammartino, F. Cardinale*, C. Göbel, L. Mène-Saffrané, J. Fournier, I. Feussner, M.-T. Esquerré-Tugayé (2007) Characterisation of a divinyl ether biosynthetic pathway specifically associated with pathogenesis in Nicotiana tabacum. Plant Physiology 143: 378-388

 G. Tamietti, D. Valentino, L. Barbero, F. Cardinale (2007) Epidemics of Peronospora sp. on Alpine wormwood (Artemisia umbelliformis Lam.) in Italy. Informatore Fitopatologico 57: 44-46

 F. Cardinale, L. Ferraris, D. Valentino, G. Tamietti (2006) Induction of systemic resistance by a hypovirulent Rhizoctonia solani isolate in tomato. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 69:160-171

 L. Ferraris, F. Cardinale, D. Valentino, P. Roggero, G. Tamietti (2004) Immunological discrimination of Phytophthora cinnamomi from other Phytophthorae pathogenic on chestnut. Journal of Phytopathology, 152: 193-199

 F. Cardinale, I. Meskiene, F. Ouaked, H. Hirt (2002) Convergence and divergence of stress-induced MAPK signaling pathways at the level of two distinct MAP kinase kinases. Plant Cell, 14: 703-711

 F. Cardinale, A. Matta (2001) Basic xylanases from the fungal tomato pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici. Journal of Plant Pathology, 83: 27-36

 F. Cardinale, C. Jonak, W. Ligterink, T. Boller, H. Hirt (2000) Differential activation of four specific MAPK pathways by distinct elicitors. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275(47): 36734-36740

 S. Kiegerl, F. Cardinale, C. Siligan, A. Gross, A. Liwosz, S. Eklöf, S. Till, L. Bögre, H. Hirt , I. Meskiene (2000) SIMKK, a mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase, is a specific activator of the salt-stress induced MAPK SIMK. Plant Cell, 12(11): 2247-2258

 C. Jonak, S. Kiegerl, W. Ligterink, C. Siligan, E. Baudouin, J. Beyerly, F. Cardinale, C. Hausl, K. Zwerger, I. Meskiene, H. Hirt (2000) MAP kinases in plant signal transduction: versatile tools for signaling stress, cell cycle, and more. In: Plant tolerance to abiotic stresses in agriculture: role of genetic engineering, J.H. Cherry, D.R. Locy & A. Richter (eds) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht (The Netherlands) pp. 67-79 Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Mragowa, Poland, 13-18 June 1999 Series: NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series: 3: Vol. 83, 376 p. ISBN: 978-0-7923-6566-2

F. Cardinale, G. Berta (1995) Influence of ericoid and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the root system topology of a micropropagated woody plant species (Prunus cerasifera L.). Allionia 33: 87-92

Courses

• Biologia generale e delle piante di interesse alimentare (SAF0159)
  Corso di Laurea in Tecnologie alimentari - TAL

Research topics

CCL_Alimentari

Research groups

• Plant physiology and molecular biology

Academic bodies

• Commissione Assicurazione Qualità.
• Consiglio di Dipartimento

• Commissione Monitoraggio e Riesame (CMR)
• Commissione Test di ammissione
• Consiglio Integrato dei Corsi di Studio in Scienze e Tecnologie Agroalimentari

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