Giuseppe Scuderi

TL;DR: Modern methods based on nucleic acid and protein analysis are described, which represent unprecedented tools to render agriculture more sustainable and safe, avoiding expensive use of pesticides in crop protection.

TL;DR: The results suggest that B. gladioli DISTEF- G would be an interesting microorganism for use as a biocontrol agent for post harvest biOControl of fungal rots in citrus and apple fruits.

TL;DR: This report of X. perforans causing pith necrosis on tomato represents a potentially serious problem that may limit the productivity of tomato crops and should be treated as a potential serious problem.

TL;DR: Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) is a highly infectious potexvirus that causes a severe disease in tomato crops worldwide, and phylogenetic analysis showed that all Sicilian isolates of PepMV belonged to the CH2 strain, one of the six strains previously described.

TL;DR: On the whole, the fluorescent populations isolated from the rolABC lines showed some differences from those isolated from wild types, and a partial correlation was observed between grouping of strains based on antagonistic activity and on ERIC-PCR fingerprints and the transgenic character of the plants.