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Silvio Tundo
Position
Ricercatore a tempo det. art. 24 c. 3 lett. B L. 240/2010
Address
VIALE DELL'UNIVERSITA', 16 - LEGNARO PD
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CURRENT POSITION
From 29/07/2019: Researcher SSD AGR/12 - Plant Pathology at the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padua. – Teaching course: "Sustainable Disease Management" within the Master of Science degree in Sustainable Agriculture (A.A. 2016/2019).
TRAINING
- 11/06/2015: PhD in Plant Biotechnology at University of Tuscia (Viterbo) under joint supervision of thesis with Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille-France;
- 25/02/2011: Master of Science Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies with honors at University of Tuscia (Viterbo).
TEACHING CONTRACTS
- Adjunct professor at DAFNE Department of the University of Tuscia. Teaching course: “Plant Physiology and Principles of Plant Biotechnology", a.a. 2016/17;
- Adjunct professor at DAFNE Department of the University of Tuscia. Teaching course: "Plant Biotechnology for Stress Control", a.a. 2016/17 and 2017/18;
- 01 /01/2018 - 28/07/2019: Research grant at Plant Pathology Laboratory of the TESAF Department, University of Padua.
RESEARCH GRANTS
-1/01/2018-28/07/2019: Research grant at Plant Pathology at the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), University of Padua;
- 01/11/2017 - 31/12/2017: Research grant at Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia.
RESEARCH PERIODS ABROAD
- 18/01/2016 - 18/07/2016: Research period at Institut des sciences Moléculaires-ISM2, Aix-Marseille Université, as part of the "Torno subito" program;
- 22/09/2014 - 22/12/2014: Research period at Institut des Sciences Moléculaires-ISM2, Aix-Marseille Université, within the framework of the PhD thesis joint supervision between University of Tuscia and Aix-Marseille Université;
- 01/12/2011 - 29/02/2012: Post-graduate fellowship for specialization activities abroad at Institut des Sciences Moléculaires -ISM2, Aix-Marseille Université.
PROJECTS
-01/01/2022 - 31/12/2023: MEPOME: Managing the Emerging POMEgranate pathogens by exploiting biological control; funded by the University of Padua. prot. BIRD212700. Role: PI;
-30/09/2021 – 31/12/2022: Accordo di collaborazione con la Regione Veneto, progetto di ricerca “Programma di monitoraggio fitosanitario, resistenza varietale e caratterizzazione dei principali patogeni coinvolti nella moria del melograno in Veneto” (CUP: C25F21001800002). Role: PI.
AWARDS
- Franca Rasi Caldogno 2017 award conferred by the Italian Society of Plant Biology (SIBV).
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics (SIGA);
- Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPaV).
EDITORIAL INITIATIVES
-13/03/2023 – 15/09/2023: Guest Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science for the Article Collection "The Interplay of Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stresses: Mechanisms and Management";
-11/09/2020 - 31/01/2021: Guest Editor of Agronomy for the Special Issue "Fungal disease management and mycotoxin prevention in cereals".
Notices
Office hours
Monday from 11:00 to 13:00
at Studio del docente, seconda Stecca, terzo piano, Laboratori di Patologia Vegetale
su appuntamento
Teachings
- PHYTOSANITARY BIOTECHNOLOGIES, AA 2024 (AVQ2100552)
- SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF PLANT DISEASES, AA 2023 (AVQ3103213)
- LABORATORY OF PLANT PATHOGENS MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC CROPS, AA 2022 (AVQ1095084)
- SUSTAINABLE DISEASE MANAGEMENT, AA 2022 (AVP5073778)
- SUSTAINABLE DISEASE MANAGEMENT, AA 2021 (AVP5073778)
- SUSTAINABLE DISEASE MANAGEMENT, AA 2020 (AVP5073778)
- SUSTAINABLE DISEASE MANAGEMENT, AA 2019 (AVP5073778)
Publications
De Zotti M., Sella L., Bolzonello A., Gabbatore L., Peggion C., Bortolotto A., Elmaghraby I., Tundo S., Favaron F. (2020). Targeted amino acid substitutions in a trichoderma peptaibol confer activity against fungal plant pathogens and protect host tissues from botrytis cinerea infection. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, vol. 21, p. 1-19, ISSN: 1661-6596, doi:10.3390/ijms21207521
Tundo S., Paccanaro M. C., Elmaghraby I., Moscetti I., D'ovidio R., Favaron F., Sella L. (2020). The xylanase inhibitor TAXI-I increases plant resistance to botrytis cinerea by inhibiting the bcxyn11a xylanase necrotizing activity. PLANTS, vol. 9, p. 1-15, ISSN: 2223-7747, doi: 10.3390/plants9050601
Ljiljana Kuzmanovi, Giulia Mandalà, Silvio Tundo, Roberto Ciorba, Matteo Frangella, Roberto Ruggeri, Francesco Rossini, Federica Gevi, Sara Rinalducci, Carla Ceoloni (2019). Equipping Durum Wheat—Thinopyrum ponticum Recombinant Lines With a Thinopyrum elongatum Major QTL for Resistance to Fusarium Diseases Through a Cytogenetic Strategy. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, vol. 10, ISSN: 1664-462X, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01324
Mandala G., Tundo S., Francesconi S., Gevi F., Zolla L., Ceoloni C., D'Ovidio R. (2019). Deoxynivalenol detoxification in transgenic wheat confers resistance to fusarium head blight and crown rot diseases. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, vol. 32, p. 583-592, ISSN: 0894-0282, doi: 10.1094/MPMI-06-18-0155-R
Ceoloni, Carla, Forte, Paola, Kuzmanovi, Ljiljana, Tundo, Silvio, Moscetti, Ilaria, De Vita, Pasquale, Virili, Maria Elena, D’Ovidio, Renato (2017). Cytogenetic mapping of a major locus for resistance to Fusarium head blight and crown rot of wheat on Thinopyrum elongatum 7EL and its pyramiding with valuable genes from a Th. ponticum homoeologous arm onto bread wheat 7DL. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, vol. 130, p. 2005-2024, ISSN: 0040-5752, doi: 10.1007/s00122-017-2939-8
Tundo, Silvio, Janni, Michela, Moscetti, Ilaria, Mandalá, Giulia, Savatin, Daniel, Blechl, Ann, FAVARON, FRANCESCO, D'Ovidio, Renato (2016). PvPGIP2 accumulation in specific floral tissues but not in the endosperm limits fusarium graminearum infection in wheat. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, vol. 29, p. 815-821, ISSN: 0894-0282, doi: 10.1094/MPMI-07-16-0148-R
Tundo, Silvio, Kalunke, Raviraj, Janni, Michela, Volpi, Chiara, Lionetti, Vincenzo, Bellincampi, Daniela, FAVARON, FRANCESCO, D'Ovidio, Renato (2016). Pyramiding PvPGIP2 and TAXI-III But Not PvPGIP2 and PMEI enhances resistance against fusarium graminearum. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, vol. 29, p. 629-639, ISSN: 0894-0282, doi: 10.1094/MPMI-05-16-0089-R
Kalunke, Raviraj M., Tundo, Silvio, Benedetti, Manuel, Cervone, Felice, De Lorenzo, Giulia, D'Ovidio, Renato (2015). An update on polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP), a leucine-rich repeat protein that protects crop plants against pathogens. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, vol. 6, ISSN: 1664-462X, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00146
Tundo, Silvio, Moscetti, Ilaria, Faoro, Franco, Lafond, Mickaël, Giardina, Thierry, Favaron, Francesco, Sella Luca, D'Ovidio, Renato (2015). Fusarium graminearum produces different xylanases causing host cell death that is prevented by the xylanase inhibitors XIP-I and TAXI-III in wheat. PLANT SCIENCE, vol. 240, p. 161-169, ISSN: 0168-9452, doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.09.002 -
Research Area
The research activity is focused on plant-pathogen molecular interactions. In particular, the research concerns the study of glycosidase inhibitors in their ability to confer resistance to plants against fungal pathogens. Besides, the research activity is also focused on studying the effect of biotic and abiotic stresses on plant health and on the management strategies to limit their impact. Specifically, our research group is characterizing different yeast extracts in their capacity to increase tolerance to the main grapevine diseases and water stress. Sustainable management of emerging pomegranate pathogens is another area of research. The project deals with the study of the impact of abiotic stress on the aggressiveness of these pathogens. Finally, the research activity is also focused on the study of the ability of synthetic peptides deriving from the natural peptaibol trichogin to protect plants (tomato, bean, grapevine, rice) from fungal and bacterial pathogens and oomycetes.
