University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria

Prof. Francesco Sunseri (male) is Associate Professor of Plant Genetics from 2008 at the AGRARIA department. From 1985 to 1997, permanent position at the Metapontum Agrobios, public-private company between ENI and Regione Basilicata, attending stages at Max Planck of Koln. He was involved in project related to molecular assisted breeding in vegetable crops and the characterization and exploitation of plant biodiversity for abiotic stress. He led research projects founded by regional, national, and international agencies in the field of plant breeding and the recovery and exploitation of biodiversity of horticultural crops. Associate Editor for BMC journals series. Author of about 180 scientific contributions, of which 78 indexed on Scopus, h-index=21). Scientific Interest: Genetic structure of plant biodiversity. Genomics and Transcriptomics. Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS). Molecular Assisted Selection. Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE). Publication records: https://orcid.org/0000- 0001-5201-5413.

The team is also composed by

Prof. Maria Rosa Abenavoli (female), Associate Professor of Plant Physiology at UNIRC. Her research activity is focused on mineral plant nutrition, allelopathy, and plant-soil interactions. Author ID: 6602395307, Docs 95, h-index=24.

Dr. Antonio Lupini (male) is Researcher in Plant Genetics (SDS AGR/07) at UNIRC. His research focuses on NUE in crops; Molecular markers to estimate genetic diversity and to identify trait useful for plant breeding. Author ID: 23035805500, Docs: 50, h-index=18.

Dr. Francesco Mercati (male) researcher in plant genetics at CNR-IBBR Palermo. His research focuses on plant biodiversity, isolation of innovative biofertilizers for low input agriculture, marker assisted selection. Author ID: 36086442100, Docs 53, h-index=18.