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Alessandra Pepe
Researcher at University of Pisa
Publications - 8
Citations - 178
Alessandra Pepe is an academic researcher from University of Pisa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mycelium & Hypha. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 8 publications receiving 108 citations.
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Lifespan and functionality of mycorrhizal fungal mycelium are uncoupled from host plant lifespan
TL;DR: The findings expand the current knowledge on AMF biology and life cycle, providing data on ERM long-term survival in the soil of two Glomeracean species, functional to the prompt establishment of mycorrhizal symbioses and to the maintenance of soil biological fertility.
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Bacteria Associated With a Commercial Mycorrhizal Inoculum: Community Composition and Multifunctional Activity as Assessed by Illumina Sequencing and Culture-Dependent Tools.
Monica Agnolucci,Luciano Avio,Alessandra Pepe,Alessandra Turrini,Caterina Cristani,Paolo Bonini,Veronica Cirino,Fabrizio Colosimo,Maurizio Ruzzi,Manuela Giovannetti +9 more
TL;DR: This work demonstrates for the first time that an AMF inoculum, obtained following industrial production processes, is home of a large and diverse community of bacteria with important functional PGP traits, possibly acting in synergy with AMF and providing additional services and benefits.
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Different levels of hyphal self-incompatibility modulate interconnectedness of mycorrhizal networks in three arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi within the Glomeraceae
TL;DR: Findings show that AMF genotypes in Glomeraceae can differ significantly in anastomosis behaviour and that ERM interconnectedness is modulated by the fungal symbiont, as F. coronatus consistently formed poorly interconnected networks when growing in symbiosis with five different host plants and in the asymbiotic stage.
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An in vivo whole-plant experimental system for the analysis of gene expression in extraradical mycorrhizal mycelium
TL;DR: The whole-plant experimental system represents a useful research tool for large production and easy collection of ERM for morphological, physiological, and biochemical analyses, suitable for a wide variety of AMF species, for a virtually limitless range of host plants and for studies involving diverse symbiotic interactions.
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Compatibility and incompatibility in hyphal anastomosis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
Candido Barreto de Novais,Alessandra Pepe,José Oswaldo Siqueira,Manuela Giovannetti,C. Sbrana +4 more
TL;DR: Results reported here, obtained by analyses of hyphal compatibility/incompatibility in AMF, suggest that anastomosis formation and establishment of protoplasm flow, fundamental to the maintenance of mycelial physiological and genetic continuity, may affect the fitness of these ecologically important biotrophic fungi.