Search Results - "Mennella, Giuseppe"
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Chemical and Bioactive Quality Traits During Fruit Ripening in Eggplant (S. melongena L.) and Allied Species
Published in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry (28-11-2012)“…A chemical and bioactive quality evaluation of phytochemicals content of 10 eggplant lines and three allied species (S. sodomaeum, S. aethiopicum and S…”
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Liquid-phase sequence capture and targeted re-sequencing revealed novel polymorphisms in tomato genes belonging to the MEP carotenoid pathway
Published in Scientific reports (17-07-2017)“…Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants are characterized by having a variety of fruit colours that reflect the composition and accumulation of diverse…”
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Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Biochemical and Morphological Fruit Properties in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
Published in Frontiers in plant science (04-03-2016)“…Eggplant berries are a source of health-promoting metabolites including antioxidant and nutraceutical compounds, mainly anthocyanins and chlorogenic acid;…”
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Grafting effects on bioactive compounds, chemical and agronomic traits of ‘Corbarino’ tomato grown under greenhouse healthy conditions
Published in Horticultural plant journal (01-04-2023)“…In tomatoes, grafting onto resistant rootstocks represents an effective strategy to control several soil-borne diseases that reduce crop profitability,…”
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Managing Rhizoctonia Damping-Off of Rocket (Eruca sativa) Seedlings by Drench Application of Bioactive Potato Leaf Phytochemical Extracts
Published in Biology (Basel, Switzerland) (01-09-2020)“…Plants produce a huge array of secondary metabolites that play a key role in defense mechanisms against detrimental microorganisms and herbivores, and…”
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Solanum aethiopicum gr. gilo and Its Interspecific Hybrid with S. melongena as Alternative Rootstocks for Eggplant: Effects on Vigor, Yield, and Fruit Physicochemical Properties of Cultivar ′Scarlatti
Published in Agronomy (Basel) (30-05-2019)“…Grafting is generally considered effective in ameliorating vegetable crop tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. The use of interspecific hybrid as…”
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Characterization of Health-Related Compounds in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Lines Derived from Introgression of Allied Species
Published in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry (14-07-2010)“…The purpose of the present study was to investigate the levels of either the nutraceutical and health-promoting compounds or the antioxidant properties of…”
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Biochemical Characterisation and Genetic Structure Provide Insight into the Diversity of the Mediterranean Tomato Ancient Varieties ‘San Marzano’ and ‘Re Fiascone’: New Resources for Breeding
Published in Agronomy (Basel) (01-01-2022)“…Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most important vegetable crops highly appreciated for the nutritional properties and content of beneficial…”
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Nutrients’ and Antinutrients’ Seed Content in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Lines Carrying Mutations Affecting Seed Composition
Published in Agronomy (Basel) (01-06-2019)“…Lectins, phytic acid and condensed tannins exert major antinutritional effects in common bean when grains are consumed as a staple food. In addition,…”
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Open field trial of genetically modified parthenocarpic tomato: seedlessness and fruit quality
Published in BMC biotechnology (21-12-2005)“…Parthenocarpic tomato lines transgenic for the DefH9-RI-iaaM gene have been cultivated under open field conditions to address some aspects of the equivalence…”
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Hybrids and allied species as potential rootstocks for eggplant: Effect of grafting on vigour, yield and overall fruit quality traits
Published in Scientia horticulturae (26-01-2018)“…•Eggplant potential rootstocks including wild/allied species and hybrids were tested.•SPA and the hybrids Msa 2/2 E7 and 460 CAL. showed a good grafting…”
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Involvement of the Putative N-Acetylornithine Deacetylase from Arabidopsis thaliana in Flowering and Fruit Development
Published in Plant and cell physiology (01-06-2015)“…In eukaryotic cells, the non-proteinogenic amino acid ornithine is the precursor of arginine and polyamines (PAs). The final step of ornithine biosynthesis…”
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Cooking influence on physico-chemical fruit characteristics of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.)
Published in Food chemistry (01-03-2016)“…•Different eggplant genotypes showed different behavior in composition after cooking.•Retention of chlorogenic acid was higher after grilling.•Delphinidin…”
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Current status in production and utilization of dihaploids from somatic hybrids between eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and its wild relatives
Published in Acta physiologiae plantarum (01-01-2005)“…The major constrains for practical exploitation of the somatic hybrids between eggplant and its wild relatives have been their sterility and tetraploidy which…”
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An association mapping approach to identify favourable alleles for tomato fruit quality breeding
Published in BMC plant biology (03-12-2014)“…Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) have been recently used to dissect complex quantitative traits and identify candidate genes affecting phenotype…”
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Occurrence of variable levels of health‐promoting fruit compounds in horn‐shaped Italian sweet pepper varieties assessed by a comprehensive approach
Published in Journal of the science of food and agriculture (01-07-2018)“…BACKGROUND Cultivated pepper is a rich source of diverse bioactive compounds with potential properties related to the prevention of major degenerative and…”
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Activity of foliar extracts of cultivated eggplants against sclerotinia lettuce drop disease and their phytochemical profiles
Published in European journal of plant pathology (01-07-2017)“…Antifungal activity of plant-derived compounds can be exploited in disease management systems to improve sustainability and replace synthetic molecules. In…”
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A multi-methodological approach to study genomic footprints and environmental influence on agronomic and metabolic profiles in a panel of Italian traditional sweet pepper varieties
Published in Journal of food composition and analysis (01-10-2021)“…[Display omitted] •Diversity study of Italian sweet pepper landraces over two years (Y).•Ascorbic acid, organic acids, and isoprenoids were greatly impacted by…”
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HPLC analyses of seed storage proteins reveal polymorphism in Italian common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) ecotypes
Published in Euphytica (01-01-2003)“…Phaseolin (PHAS) and phytohemagglutinin (PHA) represent the main seed protein fractions in common bean. Currently, several ecotypes of common bean cultivated…”
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Phenylpropanoids Accumulation in Eggplant Fruit: Characterization of Biosynthetic Genes and Regulation by a MYB Transcription Factor
Published in Frontiers in plant science (28-01-2016)“…Phenylpropanoids are major secondary metabolites in eggplant (Solanum melongena) fruits. Chlorogenic acid (CGA) accounts for 70-90% of total phenolics in flesh…”
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