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University of Sassari: Sassari, Sardegna, IT

2018-10-01 to present | Professore Associato (AGRARIA)
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Virgilio Balmas

University of Sassari: Sassari, Sardegna, IT

1999-03-01 to present | Researcher (Agricultural)
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University of Perugia: Perugia, Umbria, IT

1985-11 to present
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Perfume Guns: Potential of Yeast Volatile Organic Compounds in the Biological Control of Mycotoxin-Producing Fungi

Toxins
2023-01-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/toxins15010045
Contributors: Safa Oufensou; Zahoor Ul Hassan; Virgilio Balmas; Samir Jaoua; Quirico Migheli
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Bioprospecting Phenols as Inhibitors of Trichothecene-Producing Fusarium: Sustainable Approaches to the Management of Wheat Pathogens

Toxins
2022-01-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/toxins14020072
Contributors: Wiem Chtioui; Virgilio Balmas; Giovanna Delogu; Quirico Migheli; Safa Oufensou
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Molecular Docking and Comparative Inhibitory Efficacy of Naturally Occurring Compounds on Vegetative Growth and Deoxynivalenol Biosynthesis in Fusarium culmorum

Toxins
2021-10-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/toxins13110759
Contributors: Safa Oufensou; Alessandro Dessì; Roberto Dallocchio; Virgilio Balmas; Emanuela Azara; Paola Carta; Quirico Migheli; Giovanna Delogu
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Water distribution systems in Sardinian hospitals host invasive clonal lineages of the Fusarium oxysporum and Fusarium solani species complexes

Mycologia
2021-07-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2021.1905497
Contributors: Virgilio Balmas; Francesca Fancellu; Silvana Sanna; Barbara Scherm; Quirico Migheli; Ismael Malbrán
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Diversity of soil-borne fungal species associated to root rot and vine decline of melon in Sardinia (Italy)

Journal of Plant Pathology
2021-05-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s42161-021-00774-9
Contributors: Alessandro Infantino; Virgilio Balmas; Nicola Schianchi; Stefano Mocali; Carolina Chiellini; Diana Martignoni; Maria Pia Aleandri; Laura Tomassoli; Anita Haegi; Alessandro Grottoli et al.
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Prenylated <i>Trans</i>-Cinnamic Esters and Ethers against Clinical <i>Fusarium</i> spp.: Repositioning of Natural Compounds in Antimicrobial Discovery

Molecules
2021-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26030658
Contributors: Safa Oufensou; Stefano Casalini; Virgilio Balmas; PAOLA CARTA; Wiem Chtioui; Maria Antonietta Dettori; Davide Fabbri; Quirico Migheli; Giovanna Delogu
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An endophyte of Macrochloa tenacissima (esparto or needle grass) from Tunisia is a novel species in the Fusarium redolens species complex

Mycologia
2020-07-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2020.1767493
Contributors: Samia Gargouri; Virgilio Balmas; Lester Burgess; Timothy Paulitz; Imane Laraba; Hye-Seon Kim; Robert H. Proctor; Mark Busman; Frederick C. Felker; Timothy Murray et al.
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Cultivation Area Affects the Presence of Fungal Communities and Secondary Metabolites in Italian Durum Wheat Grains

Toxins
2020-02-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/toxins12020097
Contributors: Giovanni Beccari; Antonio Prodi; Maria Teresa Senatore; Virgilio Balmas; Francesco Tini; Andrea Onofri; Luca Pedini; Michael Sulyok; Luca Brocca; Lorenzo Covarelli
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Application of Low-Fermenting Yeast Lachancea thermotolerans for the Control of Toxigenic Fungi Aspergillus parasiticus, Penicillium verrucosum and Fusarium graminearum and Their Mycotoxins

Toxins
2018-06-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/toxins10060242
Contributors: Randa Zeidan; Zahoor Ul-Hassan; Roda Al-Thani; Virgilio Balmas; Samir Jaoua
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Co-evolution in a landrace meta-population: two closely related pathogens interacting with the same host can lead to different adaptive outcomes.

Scientific reports
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/srep12834
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MEDLINE:26248796
Contributors: Rau, Domenico; Rodriguez, Monica; Leonarda Murgia, Maria; Balmas, Virgilio; Bitocchi, Elena; Bellucci, Elisa; Nanni, Laura; Attene, Giovanna; Papa, Roberto
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Fusarium species and chemotypes associated with fusarium head blight and fusarium root rot on wheat in Sardinia

Plant Pathology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/ppa.12337
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WOS:000357474000025
Contributors: Balmas, V.; Scherm, B.; Marcello, A.; Beyer, M.; Hoffmann, L.; Migheli, Q.; Pasquali, M.
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Fungal and aflatoxin contamination of marketed spices

Food Control
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.09.027
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WOS:000328518200029
Contributors: Hammami, Walid; Fiori, Stefano; Al Thani, Roda; Kali, Najet Ali; Balmas, Virgilio; Migheli, Quirico; Jaoua, Samir
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Natural and Natural-like Phenolic Inhibitors of Type B Trichothecene in Vitro Production by the Wheat (Triticum sp.) Pathogen Fusarium culmorum

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jf500647h
WOSUID:

WOS:000337018700001
Contributors: Pani, Giovanna; Scherm, Barbara; Azara, Emanuela; Balmas, Virgilio; Jahanshiri, Zahra; Carta, Paola; Fabbri, Davide; Dettori, Maria Antonietta; Fadda, Angela; Dessi, Alessandro et al.
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FcStuA from Fusarium culmorum Controls Wheat Foot and Root Rot in a Toxin Dispensable Manner

Plos One
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057429
WOSUID:

WOS:000316658800107
Contributors: Pasquali, Matias; Spanu, Francesca; Scherm, Barbara; Balmas, Virgilio; Hoffmann, Lucien; Hammond-Kosack, Kim E.; Beyer, Marco; Migheli, Quirico
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Fusarium culmorum: causal agent of foot and root rot and head blight on wheat

Molecular Plant Pathology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12011
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WOS:000317020200001
Contributors: Scherm, Barbara; Balmas, Virgilio; Spanu, Francesca; Pani, Giovanna; Delogu, Giovanna; Pasquali, Matias; Migheli, Quirico
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Transposition of the miniature inverted-repeat transposable element mimp1 in the wheat pathogen Fusarium culmorum

Molecular Plant Pathology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00823.x
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WOS:000310167600016
Contributors: Spanu, Francesca; Pasquali, Matias; Scherm, Barbara; Balmas, Virgilio; Marcello, Angela; Ortu, Giuseppe; Dufresne, Marie; Hoffmann, Lucien; Daboussi, Marie-Josee; Migheli, Quirico
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Altered trichothecene biosynthesis in TRI6-silenced transformants of Fusarium culmorum influences the severity of crown and foot rot on durum wheat seedlings

Molecular Plant Pathology
2011 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00709.x
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WOS:000294562100004
Contributors: Scherm, Barbara; Orru, Marcella; Balmas, Virgilio; Spanu, Francesca; Azara, Emanuela; Delogu, Giovanna; Hammond, Thomas M.; Keller, Nancy P.; Migheli, Quirico
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Hot Water Dips and Modified Atmosphere Packaging Affect Postharvest Decay in Cherry Tomatoes

Iii International Symposium on Tomato Diseases
2011 | Journal article
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WOS:000313622300051
Contributors: D'Aquino, S.; Schirra, M.; Palma, A.; Mura, F.; Balmas, V.; Crescenzi, A
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Molecular Phylogenetic Diversity of Dermatologic and Other Human Pathogenic Fusarial Isolates from Hospitals in Northern and Central Italy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01765-09
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WOS:000276153200009
Contributors: Migheli, Quirico; Balmas, Virgilio; Harak, Henry; Sanna, Silvana; Scherm, Barbara; Aoki, Takayuki; O'Donnell, Kerry
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Multilocus phylogenetics show high levels of endemic fusaria inhabiting Sardinian soils (Tyrrhenian Islands)

Mycologia
2010 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3852/09-201
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WOS:000279577000006
Contributors: Balmas, Virgilio; Migheli, Quirico; Scherm, Barbara; Garau, Paola; O'Donnell, Kerry; Ceccherelli, Giulia; Rang, Seogchan; Geiser, David M.
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Identification of potential marker genes for Trichoderma harzianum strains with high antagonistic potential against Rhizoctonia solani by a rapid subtraction hybridization approach

Current Genetics
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-008-0226-6
WOSUID:

WOS:000262967800006
Contributors: Scherm, Barbara; Schmoll, Monika; Balmas, Virgilio; Kubicek, Christian P.; Migheli, Quirico
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Mal Secco Disease Caused by Phoma tracheiphila: A Potential Threat to Lemon Production Worldwide

Plant Disease
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-93-9-0852
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WOS:000269800600001
Contributors: Migheli, Quirico; Pane, Antonella; Cacciola, Santa Olga; Ezra, David; Balmas, Virgilio; Lio, Gaetano Magnano di San
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Soils of a Mediterranean hot spot of biodiversity and endemism (Sardinia, Tyrrhenian Islands) are inhabited by pan-European, invasive species of Hypocrea/Trichoderma

Environmental Microbiology
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01736.x
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WOS:000262150300003
Contributors: Migheli, Quirico; Balmas, Virgilio; Komon-Zelazowska, Monika; Scherm, Barbara; Fiori, Stefano; Kopchinskiy, Alexey G.; Kubicek, Christian P.; Druzhinina, Irina S.
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X INTERNATIONAL FUSARIUM WORKSHOP AND INTERNATIONAL FUSARIUM GENOMICS WORKSHOP 2008

Journal of Plant Pathology
2009 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000274872900001
Contributors: Migheli, Q.; Balmas, V.; O'Donnell, K.; Seifert, K.; Ma, L. -J.; Kistler, H. C.; Chakraborty, S.; Geiser, D. M.; Alabouvette, C.; Elmer, W. et al.
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A single amino acid substitution in highly similar endo-PGs from Fusarium verticillioides and related Fusarium species affects PGIP inhibition

Fungal Genetics and Biology
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2007.11.003
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WOS:000255153600019
Contributors: Raiola, A.; Sella, L.; Castiglioni, C.; Balmas, V.; Favaron, F.
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Development of real-time PCR systems based on SYBR (R) Green I and TaqMan (R) technologies for specific quantitative detection of Phoma tracheiphila in infected Citrus

European Journal of Plant Pathology
2008 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-007-9222-9
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WOS:000253571100003
Contributors: Demontis, Maria Antonietta; Cacciola, Santa Olga; Orru, Marcella; Balmas, Virgilio; Chessa, Valentina; Maserti, Bianca Elena; Mascia, Laura; Raudino, Francesco; Quirico, Gaetano Magnano di San Lio; Migheli, Quirico
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Reclassification of Fusarium verticillioides (syn. F. moniliforme) strain FC-10 as F. phyllophilum.

Mycological research
2008 | Journal article
WOSUID:

MEDLINE:18956483
Contributors: Mariotti, Lorenzo; Casasoli, Manuela; Migheli, Quirico; Balmas, Virgilio; Caprari, Claudio; De Lorenzo, Giulia
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Phylogeny and evolution of mating-type genes from Pyrenophora teres, the causal agent of barley "net blotch" disease

Current Genetics
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-007-0126-1
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WOS:000247565700003
Contributors: Rau, D.; Attene, G.; Brown, A. H. D.; Nanni, L.; Maier, F. J.; Baftnas, V.; Saba, E.; Schaefer, W.; Papa, R.
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Population subdivision of Fusarium graminearum sensu stricto in the upper Midwestern United States

Phytopathology
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-97-11-1434
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WOS:000250326500008
Contributors: Gale, L. R.; Ward, T. J.; Balmas, V.; Kistler, H. C.
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Antagonism of Pythium blight of zucchini by Hypocrea jecorina does not require cellulase gene expression but is improved by carbon catabolite derepression

Fems Microbiology Letters
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00157.x
WOSUID:

WOS:000235938200021
Contributors: Seidl, V; Schmoll, M; Scherm, B; Balmas, V; Seiboth, B; Migheli, Q; Kubicek, CP
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Characterization of italian isolates of Fusarium semitectum from alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) by AFLP analysis, morphology, pathogenicity and toxin production

Journal of Phytopathology
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2006.01128.x
WOSUID:

WOS:000239191000014
Contributors: Zaccardelli, M.; Balmas, V.; Altomare, C.; Corazza, L.; Scotti, C.
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Use of a complexation of tebuconazole with beta-cyclodextrin for controlling foot and crown rot of durum wheat incited by Fusarium culmorum

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
2006 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jf0523014
WOSUID:

WOS:000234867400031
Contributors: Balmas, V; Delogu, G; Sposito, S; Rau, D; Migheli, Q
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Variations in the molecular and physiological characteristics and the virulence of Monilinia fructicola, M-fructigena and M-laxa isolates

Phytopathologia Mediterranea
2006 | Journal article
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WOS:000241341500005
Contributors: Pizzuolo, Pablo Humberto; Chilosi, Gabriele; Balmas, Virgilio; Aleandri, Maria Pia; Vitale, Salvatore; Luongo, Laura; Corazza, Luciana; Magro, Paolo
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Characterisation of Phoma tracheiphila by RAPD-PCR, microsatellite-primed PCR and ITS rDNA sequencing and development of specific primers for in planta PCR detection

European Journal of Plant Pathology
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-004-4173-x
WOSUID:

WOS:000229562800004
Contributors: Balmas, V; Scherm, B; Ghignone, S; Salem, AOM; Cacciola, SO; Migheli, Q
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First report of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp canariensis causing Fusarium wilt on Phoenix canariensis in Sardinia, Italy.

Plant Disease
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/PD-89-0773A
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WOS:000230053900014
Contributors: Migheli, Q; Balmas, V; Muresu, M; Otgianu, L; Fresu, B
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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

Genome
2005 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000234082400011
Contributors: Rau, D; Maier, FJ; Papa, R; Brown, AHD; Balmas, V; Saba, E; Schaefer, W; Attene, G
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Molecular characterisation of vegetative compatibility groups in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp radicis-lycopersici and f. sp lycopersici by random amplification of polymorphic DNA and microsatellite-primed PCR

European Journal of Plant Pathology
2005 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-004-1602-9
WOSUID:

WOS:000226945000001
Contributors: Balmas, V; Scherm, B; Di Primo, P; Rau, D; Marcello, A; Migheli, Q
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Development of PCR primers for a new Fusarium oxysporum pathogenic on Paris daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens L.)

European Journal of Plant Pathology
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1023/B:EJPP.0000010141.37327.d0
WOSUID:

WOS:000187566800002
Contributors: Pasquali, M; Acquadro, A; Balmas, V; Migheli, Q; Gullino, ML; Garibaldi, A
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Characterization of Fusarium culmorum and Fusarium graminearum from wheat

Micologia Italiana
2003 | Journal article
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BIOABS:BACD200400230520
Contributors: Corazza, Luciana; Vitale, Salvatore; Santori, Alberto; Maccaroni, Michela; Luongo, Laura; Balmas, Virgilio
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Population genetic structure of Pyrenophora teres Drechs. the causal agent of net blotch in Sardinian landraces of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Theoretical and Applied Genetics
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-002-1173-0
WOSUID:

WOS:000182200900022
Contributors: Rau, D; Brown, AHD; Brubaker, CL; Attene, G; Balmas, V; Saba, E; Papa, R
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RAPD characterization of Fusarium oxysporum isolates pathogenic on Argyranthemum frutescens L.

Journal of Phytopathology-Phytopathologische Zeitschrift
2003 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0434.2003.00675.x
WOSUID:

WOS:000180349400006
Contributors: Pasquali, M; Acquadro, A; Balmas, V; Migheli, Q; Garibaldi, A; Gullino, ML
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Occurrence and etiology of brown apical necrosis on Persian (English) walnut fruit

Plant Disease
2002 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2002.86.6.599
WOSUID:

WOS:000175762200007
Contributors: Belisario, A; Maccaroni, M; Corazza, L; Balmas, V; Valier, A
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Fusarium necrosis on Persian (English) walnut fruit

Proceedings of the Fourth International Walnut Symposium
2001 | Book chapter
WOSUID:

WOS:000168150900051
Contributors: Belisario, A; Forti, E; Balmas, V; Valier, A; Germain, E
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL WALNUT SYMPOSIUM

2001 | Conference paper
Part of ISBN: 90-6605-983-4
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Development of reliable molecular markers to detect non-pathogenic binucleate Rhizoctonia isolates (AG-G) using PCR

Mycological Research
1999 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756299008308
WOSUID:

WOS:000083157000012
Contributors: LeClerc-Potvin, C; Balmas, V; Charest, PM; Jabaji-Hare, S
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Tolerance to the fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani AG4 of transgenic tobacco expressing the maize ribosome-inactivating protein b-32

Transgenic Research
1997 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018435417740
WOSUID:

WOS:A1997YK79600005
Contributors: Maddaloni, M; Forlani, F; Balmas, V; Donini, G; Stasse, L; Corazza, L; Motto, M
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Seedborne fungi in Norway spruce: Testing methods and pathogen control by seed dressing

European Journal of Forest Pathology
1996 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:A1996WE12000004
Contributors: Motta, E; Annesi, T; Balmas, V
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Reaction of durum wheat cv Yallaroi to crown and root rot caused by Fusarium graminearum Group 1 and Fusarium crookwellense

AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY
1995 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1071/APP9950233
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ROOT-ROT OF WHEAT IN ITALY CAUSED BY FUSARIUM-GRAMINEARUM GROUP-1

Plant Disease
1994 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:A1994MZ39700028
Contributors: BALMAS, V
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Seed-borne Sirococcus conigenus and Fusarium spp on Picea excelsa

Diseases and Insects in Forest Nurseries
1994 | Book chapter
WOSUID:

WOS:A1994BC52W00009
Contributors: MOTTA, E; ANNESI, T; BALMAS, V; FORTI, E; Perrin, R; Sutherland, JR
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