Pierluigi Mazzei

Prof. Dr. Pierluigi Mazzei

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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

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

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1 November 2015 in Scientia Horticulturae
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LCLuciano P. Canellas
Luciano P. Canellas
FOFabio Olivares
Fabio Olivares
NANatália O. Aguiar
Natália O. Aguiar
DJDavey Jones
Davey Jones
ANAntonio Nebbioso
Antonio Nebbioso
APAlessandro Piccolo
Alessandro Piccolo


8 July 2014 in Molecules
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Francesco VinaleFrancesco Vinale
Francesco Vinale
GMGelsomina Manganiello
Gelsomina Manganiello
MNMarco Nigro
Marco Nigro
PMPierluigi Mazzei
Pierluigi Mazzei
APAlessandro Piccolo
Alessandro Piccolo
SWSheridan Woo
Sheridan Woo
Trichoderma are ubiquitous soil fungi that include species widely used as biocontrol agents in agriculture. Many isolates are known to secrete several secondary metabolites with different biological activities towards plants and other microbes. Harzianic acid (HA) is a T. harzianum metabolite able to promote plant growth and strongly bind iron. In this work, we isolated from the culture filtrate of a T. harzianum strain a new metabolite, named isoharzianic acid (iso-HA), a stereoisomer of HA. The structure and absolute configuration of this compound has been determined by spectroscopic methods, including UV-Vis, MS, 1D and 2D NMR analyses. In vitro applications of iso-HA inhibited the mycelium radial growth of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and Rhizoctonia solani. Moreover, iso HA improved the germination of tomato seeds and induced disease resistance. HPLC-DAD experiments showed that the production of HA and iso HA was affected by the presence of plant tissue in the liquid medium. In particular, tomato tissue elicited the production of HA but negatively modulated the biosynthesis of its analogue iso-HA, suggesting that different forms of the same Trichoderma secondary metabolite have specific roles in the molecular mechanism regulating the Trichoderma plant interaction.

17 May 2012 in Environmental Science & Technology
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PMPierluigi Mazzei
Pierluigi Mazzei
APAlessandro Piccolo
Alessandro Piccolo

1 July 2010 in Analytica Chimica Acta
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PMPierluigi Mazzei
Pierluigi Mazzei
NFNicola Francesca
Nicola Francesca
GMGiancarlo Moschetti
Giancarlo Moschetti
APAlessandro Piccolo
Alessandro Piccolo

13 January 2016 in Plant and Soil
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Davide SavyDavide Savy
Davide Savy
VCVincenza Cozzolino
Vincenza Cozzolino
ANAntonio Nebbioso
Antonio Nebbioso
Marios DrososMarios Drosos
Marios Drosos
ANAssunta Nuzzo
Assunta Nuzzo
APAlessandro Piccolo
Alessandro Piccolo