Annalisa Marchese is a Plant Genetics Researcher at the Dep. SAAF–University of Palermo. The areas of expertise are: tree genetics, genomics, breeding, germplasm conservation, agronomy. Currently, she is working on the discovery of genes involved in tree architecture, drought resistance and alternate bearing, fruit tree breeding, genotyping, mapping by NGS techniques, and MAS. She is also involved on the study of the genetic basis of the self-(in)-compatibility within the Rosaceae and in olive, and breeding for self-compatible genotypes.