PhD student profile, Valerio Mattei

PhD Student:  Valerio Mattei (ORCID n. 0000-0002-6267-7987)

 

Supervisor: Matias Pasquali, DeFENS;

Co-tutor: Antonio Ferrante, DISAA

Dean: Prof. Diego Mora

Research area: Agri-Environment

 

Research topic

Mitigate the impact of threats on the production, quality, and safety of food products

 

Project Synopsis

Streptomycetes can efficiently colonize the rhizosphere and the rhizoplane compartments and act as biocontrol agents of plant pathogens showing also a plant growth promotion activity. Therefore, they represent an excellent tool against both biotic and abiotic stresses.

The project aims to verify the streptomycetes mode of action through omic techniques to understand the mechanisms involved in the biotic and abiotic stress protection. In addition, plant physiological parameters and behaviour in different environmental conditions are going to be monitored by the use of non-disruptive innovative methods both in controlled and open field conditions.

 

Project keywords

Streptomycetes, crop production, biocontrol, plant growth promoting bacteria

 

Contacts

Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, DeFENS

Università degli Studi di Milano

Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milan/ Italy

valerio.mattei@unimi.it

 

Collaborations

Antonio Ferrante

Address: Via Celoria, 2, 20133 – Milano (MI)

Institution: Università degli Studi di Milano

Affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Production, Landscape, Agroenergy (DiSAA)

 

Sponsor

Agritech National Research Center and received funding from the European Union Next-GenerationEU (PIANO NAZIONALE DI RIPRESA E RESILIENZA (PNRR) – MISSIONE 4 COMPONENTE 2, INVESTIMENTO 1.4 – D.D. 1032 17/06/2022, CN00000022).

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