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Alberto Pellegrini

Position	PhD student
Current site of work	Fondazione Edmund Mach
Street, number	via Mach, 1
City	S. Michele all'Adige TN
Postal code	38010
Country	Italy
E-mail	alberto.pellegrini@iasma.it
Phone	+39 0461 615511
Mobile phone	+39 3385285127
Degree, Msc, or PhD; when; where; on what subject; title of the thesis	Degree, 2006; University of Padova, faculty of "Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie" (course of plant protection). Thesis: "Contenuto di resveratrolo nell’uva di vitigni autoctoni del comprensorio Euganeo-Veneto"
Expertise	Plant pathology, viticulture and small fruits, plant-pathogen interaction, bio control agents
Professional societies	Member of "Consulenti tecnici del Tribunale di Trento"
Research experience, training, professional stages	Diagnosis of plant diseases on field, study and reproduction of these in the laboratory and greenhouse; research strategies in plant protection with low environmental impact to some of the main plant adversity. Recognition and identification of emerging diseases (small fruits and vines). Studies on conservation of small fruits in post-harvest. Models for the reduction of copper in organic viticulture. Using molecular techniques (DNA extraction, PCR, electrophoresis, real time, sequencing, IRMS, SIP). Study of interactions between micro organisms by labeled stable isotopes.
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Current research area	Plant-pathogen interaction, micro organism interaction

Publication List (last five years):

Prodorutti D., Vanblaere T., Gobbin D., Pellegrini A., Gessler C., Pertot I. (2008). Genetic Diversity of Armillaria sp. Infecting Highbush Blueberry in Northern Italy (Trentino Region). Phytopathology, 99: 651-658

Pellegrini A., Prodorutti D., Frizzi A., Gessler C., Pertot I. (2009). Development and Evaluation of a Warning Model for the Rational Use of Copper in Organic Viticulture. Journal of Plant Pathology. In press.

Prodorutti D., De Luca F., Pellegrini A., Pertot I. (2007). I marciumi radicali della vite. 2a ed. San Michele all'Adige (TN): Istituto Agrario di San Michele all'Adige (Agricoltura integrata): 48 p.

Prodorutti D., De Luca F., Pellegrini A., Pertot I. (2007). I marciumi radicali della vite. Rivista di agraria, 46: 4 p. http://www.rivistadiagraria.org/riviste/stampa.php?news_id=157

Prodorutti D., Ferrari A., Pellegrini A., Pertot I. (2007). Efficacy of Metschnikowia fructicola (Shemer®) against post-harvest soft fruit rots in northern Italy (Trentino). IOBC WG "IPP in Fruit Crops- Sub Group Soft Fruits"."Workshop on Integrated Soft Fruit Production", 6th Meeting at East Malling Research, Kent, UK, 24th - 27th September 2007. In press IOBC/WPRS bulletin.

Prodorutti D., Pellegrini A., Simon S., Gafni Y., Kuflik T., Frizzi A., Pertot I. (2007). "Coptimizer": a decision support system to reduce copper in organic viticulture. IOBC/wprs Bulletin Vol.30 (6).

Pellegrini A., Prodorutti D., Frizzi A., Pertot I. (2008). Coptimizer ottimizzare i trattamenti a base di rame. Terra Trentina, 54, (5): 21-25.

Prodorutti D., Pellegrini A., Pertot I. (2008). Biocontrol of Armillaria root rot on highbush blueberry in Italy. IOBC/wprs Bulletin 43: 207-210.

Pellegrini A., Prodorutti D., Pellegrini C., Paternoster T., Leoni V., Pertot I. (2008). Use of Trichoderma atroviride SC1 inoculated barks to control Armillaria root rot in highbush blueberry orchards. IOBC/wprs Bulletin 43: 259-262.

Prodorutti D., Pellegrini A., Gobbin D., Vanblaere T., Pertot I. (2008). Armillaria root rot on highbush blueberry in Northern Italy: monitoring, identification and inoculum sources. IOBC WPRS. "VII International Conference on Integrated fruit production." 27th - 30th October 2008, Avignon, France. Oral presentation, manuscript in press in IOBC/WPRS bulletin.

Relatore giornata di incontro in: "La difesa della vite: le ultime conoscenze su malattie e insetti". Aula Magna, Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige, 4-12-2007.

Correlatore tesi in: "Impiego di pacciamatura di corteccia pretrattata con Trichoderma atroviride SC1 e Trichoderma atroviride T22 come petenziale mezzo di controllo di marciumi radicali in vigneto". Tesi di laurea Marco Tovazzi. Udine, 10-4-2009.

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