Luisa Ugolini

Dr. Luisa Ugolini

Research Centre for Cereal and Industrial Crops, CREA, Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Academic Career Length

22Years (2005-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 February 2015 in Biological Control
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AFAlessandra Di Francesco
Alessandra Di Francesco
LULuisa Ugolini
Luisa Ugolini
LLLuca Lazzeri
Luca Lazzeri
MMMarta Mari
Marta Mari

1 June 2017 in Food Microbiology
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AGA. Gotor-Vila
A. Gotor-Vila
NTNeus Teixidó
Neus Teixidó
AFA. Di Francesco
A. Di Francesco
JUJ. Usall
J. Usall
LULuisa Ugolini
Luisa Ugolini
MMM. Mari
M. Mari
The present work focuses on the antifungal effect of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CPA-8 against Monilinia laxa, M. fructicola and Botrytis cinera, three postharvest fruit pathogens of sweet cherry fruit. VOCs were evaluated with a double petri dish assay against mycelial and colony growth of target pathogens. For this purpose, CPA-8 was grown on different media and cultured for 24 and 48 h at 30 °C before assays. Data showed that mycelial growth inhibition was higher when CPA-8 was grown on Tryptone Soya Agar (TSA) while no differences were generally observed when CPA-8 was cultured for either, 24 and 48 h. Moreover, no effects were observed on colony growth. The main volatile compounds emitted by CPA-8 were identified by solid-phase microextraction (SPME)-gas chromatography as 1,3 pentadiene, acetoin (3-hydroxy-2-butanone) and thiophene. Pure compounds were also tested in vitro on mycelial growth inhibition and their EC50 values against the three pathogens were estimated. Thiophene was the most effective VOC, showing more than 82% suppression of mycelial growth at the highest concentration (1.35 μL/mL headspace) and EC50 values ranging from 0.06 to 6.67 μL/mL headspace. Finally, the effectiveness of thiophene and CPA-8 VOCs was evaluated against artificially inoculated cherry fruits. Among the target pathogens, M. fructicola was clearly controlled by CPA-8 with less than 25% of rotten fruits compared to the control (65% disease incidence) and for all pathogens, less than 37.5% of CPA-8 treated decayed fruits produced spores (disease sporulation). Otherwise, pure thiophene showed no effect against any pathogen on disease incidence and disease sporulation. The results indicated that VOCs produced by B. amyloliquefaciens CPA-8 could develop an additive antifungal effect against postharvest fruit pathogens on stone fruit.

1 May 2017 in International Journal of Food Microbiology
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AFAlessandra Di Francesco
Alessandra Di Francesco
LULuisa Ugolini
Luisa Ugolini
SDSalvatore D'Aquino
Salvatore D'Aquino
Eleonora PagnottaEleonora Pagnotta
Eleonora Pagnotta
MMMarta Mari
Marta Mari

1 November 2015 in Industrial Crops and Products
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LULuisa Ugolini
Luisa Ugolini
SCSusanna Cinti
Susanna Cinti
LRLaura Righetti
Laura Righetti
ASAlessandra Stefan
Alessandra Stefan
RMRoberto Matteo
Roberto Matteo
LLLuca Lazzeri
Luca Lazzeri

1 April 2014 in Postharvest Biology and Technology
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LULuisa Ugolini
Luisa Ugolini
CMCamilla Martini
Camilla Martini
LLLuca Lazzeri
Luca Lazzeri
LDLorenzo D'Avino
Lorenzo D'Avino
MMMarta Mari
Marta Mari

10 January 2019 in Phytotherapy Research
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VCValentina Citi
Valentina Citi
EPEugenia Piragine
Eugenia Piragine
Eleonora PagnottaEleonora Pagnotta
Eleonora Pagnotta
LULuisa Ugolini
Luisa Ugolini
Lorenzo Di Cesare MannelliLorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli
Lorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli
Alma MartelliAlma Martelli
Alma Martelli