Franco Nigro
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Publications of Franco Nigro (33 listed):
NeoBiota (2021) 70, 43-67
Michel Frem, Vincenzo Fucilli, Franco Nigro, Maroun El Moujabber, Raied Abou Kubaa, Pierfederico La Notte, Francesco Bozzo and Elia Choueiri (2021)
The potential direct economic impact and private management costs of an invasive alien species: Xylella fastidiosa on Lebanese wine grapes
Plant Disease (2020) 104, 694-701
Donato Gerin, Franco Nigro, Francesco Faretra and Stefania Pollastro (2020)
Identification of Arthrinium marii as causal agent of olive tree dieback in Apulia (southern Italy)
Plant Disease (2020) 104, p. 278 (Nigro et al.)
F. Nigro, V. Sion, I. Antelmi, E. Choueiri, W. Habib, A. Bruno and D. Boscia (2020)
First report of ' Candidatus Phytoplasma phoenicium' on almond in southern Italy
Plant Disease (2019) 103, 656-667
Farah Baroudy, Alexander I. Putman, Wassim Habib, Krishna D. Puri, Krishna V. Subbarao and Franco Nigro (2019)
Genetic diversity of Verticillium dahliae populations from olive and potato in Lebanon
Plant Disease (2019) 103, p. 765 (Antelmi et al.)
I. Antelmi, V. Sion and F. Nigro (2019)
First report of Colletotrichum nymphaeae on olive in Italy
Plant Disease (2019) 103, p. 768 (Nigro et al.)
F. Nigro, I. Antelmi, V. Sion, P. Parente and A. Pacifico (2019)
First report of Dactylonectria torresensis causing foot and root rot of olive trees
Plant Disease (2018) 102, 1559-1565
Farah Baroudy, Wassim Habib, Ghassan Tanos, Elvis Gerges, Carine Saab, Elia Choueiri and Franco Nigro (2018)
Long-distance spread of Verticillium dahliae through rivers and irrigation systems
Annals of Applied Biology (2017) 170, 150-159
W. Habib, E. Choueiri, F. Baroudy, D. Tabet, E. Gerges, C. Saab and F. Nigro (2017)
Soil inoculum density of Verticillium dahliae and Verticillium wilt of olive in Lebanon
Journal of Phytopathology (2016) 164, 395-403
Wassim Habib, Franco Nigro, Elvis Gerges, Fouad Jreijiri, Youssef Al Masri, Milad El Riachy and Elia Choueiri (2016)
Xylella fastidiosa does not occur in Lebanon
Environmental Microbiology (2015) 17, 2824-2840
Dylan P.G. Short, Suraj Gurung, Pierre Gladieux, Patrik Inderbitzin, Zahi K. Atallah, Franco Nigro, Guoqing Li, Seher Benlioglu and Krishna V. Subbarao (2015)
Globally invading populations of the fungal plant pathogen Verticillium dahliae are dominated by multiple divergent lineages
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2014) 111, 4291-4296
Tiziana Mascia, Franco Nigro, Alì Abdallah, Massimo Ferrara, Angelo De Stradis, Roberto Faedda, Peter Palukaitis and Donato Gallitelli (2014)
Gene silencing and gene expression in phytopathogenic fungi using a plant virus vector
Journal of Plant Pathology (2014) 96, 425-429
C. Cariddi, M. Saponari, D. Boscia, A. De Stradis, G. Loconsole, F. Nigro, F. Porcelli, O. Potere and G.P. Martelli (2014)
Isolation of a Xylella fastidiosa strain infecting olive and oleander in Apulia, Italy
Phytopathologia Mediterranea (2010) 49, 205-211
Thaer Yaseen, Leonardo Schena, Franco Nigro and Antonio Ippolito (2010)
Phytophthora citrophthora is the predominant Phytophthora species in Syrian citrus groves
Plant Pathology (2010) 59, p. 1174 (Youssef et al.)
K. Youssef, Y. Ahmed, A. Ligorio, A.M. D'Onghia, F. Nigro and A. Ippolito (2010)
First report of Penicillium ulaiense as a postharvest pathogen of orange fruit in Egypt
European Journal of Plant Pathology (2009) 125, 223-233
Simona M. Sanzani, Leonardo Schena, Franco Nigro, Annalisa De Girolamo and Antonio Ippolito (2009)
Effect of quercetin and umbelliferone on the transcript level of Penicillium expansum genes involved in patulin biosynthesis
Journal of Plant Pathology (2007) 89, p. S53 (Pentimone et al.)
I. Pentimone, M. Ferrara, A. Ligorio, A. Ippolito and F. Nigro (2007)
Genetic characterization by AFLP of Bacillus licheniformis strains, potential biocontrol agent of soil-borne pathogens
Poster Presentation at S.I.Pa.V XIV National Meeting - Perugia, Italy 19-21 Sept. 2007
Journal of Plant Pathology (2007) 89, p. S43 (Lima et al.)
G. Lima, F. De Curtis, D. Piedimonte, D. Vitullo, I. Pentimone and F. Nigro (2007)
Evaluation of composts and amendments for suppressive activity against Verticillium dahliae on nursery-grown olive plants
Poster Presentation at S.I.Pa.V XIV National Meeting - Perugia, Italy 19-21 Sept. 2007
Journal of Plant Pathology (2007) 89, S61-S62
S. Sharrawi, I. Pentimone, T. Yaseen, L. Schena, A. Ligorio, A. Ippolito and F. Nigro (2007)
Diagnosis of latent infection caused by Monilinia laxa on sweet cherries by traditional and molecular methods
Poster Presentation at S.I.Pa.V XIV National Meeting - Perugia, Italy 19-21 Sept. 2007
Journal of Plant Pathology (2007) 89, S19-S20
F. Nigro, I. Pentimone, H. Barham and A. Ligorio (2007)
Partial characterization of the fow1 gene in Verticillium dahliae Kleb. isolates from olive trees
Oral Presentation at S.I.Pa.V XIV National Meeting - Perugia, Italy 19-21 Sept. 2007
Journal of Plant Pathology (2007) 89, p. S50 (Nigro et al.)
F. Nigro, I. Pentimone, H. Barham and A. Ligorio (2007)
Partial characterization of the fow1 gene in Verticillium dahliae isolates from olive trees
Poster Presentation at S.I.Pa.V XIV National Meeting - Perugia, Italy 19-21 Sept. 2007
Journal of Plant Pathology (2006) 88, p. S22 (Nigro et al.)
F. Nigro, I. Pentimone, L. Schena, A. Ligorio, A. Ippolito and M.G. Salerno (2006)
IGS sequencing for the detection and characterization of Cylindrocladium pauciramosum isolates
S.I.Pa.V XIII National Meeting - Foggia, 12-16 September 2006 - Oral Presentation
Journal of Plant Pathology (2006) 88, p. S51 (Nigro et al.)
F. Nigro, I. Pentimone, M. Mammella, A. Ligorio, A. Ippolito and M.G. Salerno (2006)
Increase of transcript level of PAL and CHS genes in olive plantlets following Verticillium dahliae infection and acibenzolar-s-methyl application
S.I.Pa.V XIII National Meeting - Foggia, 12-16 September 2006 - Poster
Journal of Plant Pathology (2005) 87, p. 296 (Ligorio et al.)
A. Ligorio, F. Nigro, L. Schena, I. Pentimone and A. Ippolito (2005)
Induction of resistance in sweet cherry fruits treated with salts and Aureobasidium pullulans
XII Meeting, Italian Society for Plant Pathology, Reggio Calabria, 29/9 - 1/10, 2005 (poster)
Journal of Plant Pathology (2005) 87, p. 300 (Nigro et al.)
F. Nigro, T. Yaseen, L. Schena, A. Ippolito and D.E.L. Cooke (2005)
Specific PCR detection of Phytophthora megasperma using the intergenic spacer region of ribosomal DNA
XII Meeting, Italian Society for Plant Pathology, Reggio Calabria, 29/9 - 1/10, 2005 (poster)
Journal of Plant Pathology (2005) 87, 13-23
F. Nigro, P. Gallone, G. Romanazzi, L. Schena, A. Ippolito and M.G. Salerno (2005)
Incidence of verticillium wilt on olive in Apulia and genetic diversity of Verticillium dahliae isolates from infected trees
Journal of Plant Pathology (2005) 87, p. 280 (Pentimone et al.)
I. Pentimone, L. Schena, A. Ligorio, A. Ippolito and F. Nigro (2005)
Table grape berry colonisation and environmental fate of the biocontrol agent Aureobasidium pullulans, strain L47
XII Meeting, Italian Society for Plant Pathology, Reggio Calabria, 29/9 - 1/10, 2005
European Journal of Plant Pathology (2004) 110, 833-843
Antonio Ippolito, Leonardo Schena, Franco Nigro, Vincenza Soleti ligorio and Thaer Yaseen (2004)
Real-time detection of Phytophthora nicotianae and P. citrophthora in citrus roots and soil
European Journal of Plant Pathology (2004) 110, 893-908
Leonardo Schena, Franco Nigro, Antonio Ippolito and Donato Gallitelli (2004)
Real-time quantitative PCR: a new technology to detect and study phytopathogenic and antagonistic fungi
Phytopathologia Mediterranea (2004) 43, 273-280
Leonardo Schena, Franco Nigro and Antonio Ippolito (2004)
Real-time PCR detection and quantification of soilborne fungal pathogens: the case of Rosellinia necatrix, Phytophthora nicotianae, P. citrophthora, and Verticillium dahliae
European Journal of Plant Pathology (2002) 108, 355-366
Leonardo Schena, Franco Nigro and Antonio Ippolito (2002)
Identification and detection of Rosellinia necatrix by conventional and real-time scorpion-PCR
European Journal of Plant Pathology (2002) 108, 855-868
Antonio Ippolito, Leonardo Schena and Franco Nigro (2002)
Detection of Phytophthora nicotianae and P. citrophthora in citrus roots and soils by nested PCR
HortScience (2000) 35, 125-127
Nicasio Tusa, Sergio Fatta Del Bosco, Franco Nigro and Antonio Ippolito (2000)
Response of cybrids and a somatic hybrid of lemon to Phoma tracheiphila infections
Journal of Plant Pathology (2000) 82, 29-37
F. Nigro, A. Ippolito, V. Lattanzio, D.D. Venere and M. Salerno (2000)
Effect of ultraviolet-C light on postharvest decay of strawberry