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Biological control and land management to control plant diseases.
Differential expression of genes of these fungi in presence of xenobiotics and in the plant –pathogen interactions.
Study of the genetic variability and molecular diagnosis of oomycetes and fungal pathogens.
Malattie del post-raccolta (University of Messina)Study of the genetic variability and molecular diagnosis of oomycetes and fungal pathogens
Patologia Vegetale (University of Catania)
Environmental Plant Pathology (University of Catania)
1980: degree in Biological Science at the University of Catania (110 cum laude). Thesis on Biochemistry: “Effetti della vitamina D3 sulla fluidità delle membrane mitocondriali”.
1982-1983: “Roche Foundation” fellowship carried out a research project on red cell transport at the Institut fur Biochemie (University of Bern, Switzerland). Supervisor: Prof. Peter Zahler.
1984 - 1986: “Post-doctoral fellow” at the Department of Biology of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A., with a fellowship funded by the “National Institute of Health”. Supervisor: Prof. Saul Roseman.
1987 – 1989: Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, University of Bari. Thesis on “Attività pectolitica di Phoma tracheiphila (Petri) Kanc. & Ghik.” Tutor: Prof.Antonio Graniti
1991 – 1997: Researcher in Plant Pathology at the Agricultural Faculty, University of Catania
1997; 1999-2001: Stages as Visiting researcher at the “l’Institute de Genetique et Microbiologie”, Université Paris-Sud (Francia) in collaboration with Proff. C. Scazzocchio e M.J. Daboussi.
1998 – 2008: Associate Professor in Plant Pathology at the Agricultural Faculty of the University of Palermo.
1 Marzo 2008 – 31 Ottobre 2011: Associate Professor in Plant Pathology at the Institute of Biological chemistry, medical chemistry and molecular biology, Faculty of Pharmacy (later Department of ‘Scienze del Farmaco’), University of Catania.
1 Novembre 2011 - 31 Ottobre 2014: Associate Professor in Plant Pathology at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (previously “Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi Agroalimentari e Ambientali”, University of Catania.
"TOP SCIENTIST" (2005-2009) in the “Area 07 - Agricultural and Veterinary Science” (researchers, associate professors and full professors) ranking of the University of Catania. Special awards: additional funds by the University of Catania (euro 10.000).
VQR (“Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca”: National Agency of the Evaluation of University and Research) Evaluation period: 2004-2010 and 2011-2014. Score of the evaluated research products: 1 (Excellent).
U.S. FULBRIGHT Lecturers and Research Scholars to Italy - A.Y. 2017-18, AWARDING OF THE FULBRIGHT GRANT (Hosting Partner)
Worldwide forest surveys reveal forty-three new species in Phytophthora major Clade 2 with fundamental implications for the evolution and biogeography of the genus and global plant biosecurity
- Jung T. - Milenković I. - Balci Y. - Janoušek J. - Kudláček T. - Nagy Z. - Baharuddin B. - Bakonyi J. - Broders K.D. - Santa Olga Cacciola - Chang T.T. - Chi N.M. - Corcobado T. - Cravador A. - Dordević B. - Durán A. - Ferreira M. - Fu C.H. - Garcia L. - Hieno A. - Ho H.H. - Hong C. - Junaid M. - Kageyama K. - Kuswinanti T. - Maia C. - Májek T. - Masuya H. - di San Lio G.M. - Mendieta-Araica B. - Nasri N. - Oliveira L.S.S. - Pane A. - Pérez-Sierra A. - Rosmana A. - von Stowasser E.S. - Scanu B. - Singh R. - Stanivuković Z. - Tarigan M. - Thu P.Q. - Tomić Z. - Tomšovský M. - Uematsu S. - Webber J.F. - Zeng H.C. - Zheng F.C. - Brasier C.M. - Jung M.H.Trunk Injection Delivery of Biocontrol Strains of Trichoderma spp. Effectively Suppresses Nut Rot by Gnomoniopsis castaneae in Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.)
- Benigno A. - Aglietti C. - Santa Olga Cacciola - Moricca S.Chitosan-based films grafted with citrus waste-derived antifungal agents: An innovative and sustainable approach to enhance post-harvest preservation of citrus fruit
- Arslan D. - Nunzio Tuccitto - Auditore A. - Antonino Licciardello - Giovanni Marletta - Riolo M. - La Spada F. - Conti Taguali S. - Calpe J. - Meca G. - Pane A. - Santa Olga Cacciola - Karakeçili A.A circular economy approach: A new formulation based on a lemon peel medium activated with lactobacilli for sustainable control of post-harvest fungal rots in fresh citrus fruit
- Riolo M. - Villena A.M. - Calpe J. - Luz C. - Meca G. - Nunzio Tuccitto - Santa Olga CacciolaDefense Mechanisms Induced by Celery Seed Essential Oil against Powdery Mildew Incited by Podosphaera fusca in Cucumber
- Soleimani H. - Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa R. - Ghanadian M. - Karami A. - Santa Olga CacciolaGreen solutions and new technologies for sustainable management of fungus and oomycete diseases in the citrus fruit supply chain
- Rovetto E.I. - La Spada F. - Aloi F. - Riolo M. - Pane A. - Garbelotto M. - Santa Olga CacciolaOlive diseases
- Agosteo G.E. - Ragazzi A. - Surico G. - Santa Olga CacciolaPhytophthora: taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the genus
- Abad Z.G. - Burgess T.I. - Bourret T. - Bensch K. - Santa Olga Cacciola - Scanu B. - Mathew R. - Kasiborski B. - Srivastava S. - Kageyama K. - Bienapfl J.C. - Verkleij G. - Broders K. - Schena L. - Redford A.J.Bleeding stem cankers and root rot caused by Phytophthora multivora in Morus alba, Pistacia atlantica and Sterculia diversifolia trees in eastern Sicily
- Conti Taguali S. - Bua C. - Rovetto E.I. - Pane A. - La Spada F. - Santa Olga CacciolaDiversity of Mycotoxins and Other Secondary Metabolites Recovered from Blood Oranges Infected by Colletotrichum, Alternaria, and Penicillium Species
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