Publications
Publications
UNIMOL
Palmieri, D., Vitale, S., LIMA, G., Turrà, D. (2020). A bacterial endophyte exploits chemotropism of a fungal pathogen for plant colonization. Nature Communications 11, 5264. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18994-5
Palmieri D., Vitullo D., De Curtis F. and LIMA G (2017). A microbial consortium in the rhizosphere as a new biocontrol approach against Fusarium decline of chickpea. Plant and Soil 412(1-2): 425-439, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-3080-1
Cocozza C, Vitullo D, LIMA G, Maiuro L, Marchetti M, Tognetti R (2014). Enhancing phytoextraction of Cd by combining poplar (clone "I-214") with Pseudomonas fluorescens and microbial consortia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, vol.21, p.1796-1808, ISSN: 0944-1344, https://doi:10.1007/s11356-013-2073-3
Romano A, Vitullo D, Senatore M, LIMA G, Lanzotti V (2013). Antifungal Cyclic Lipopeptides from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Strain BO5A. Journal of Natural Products, vol. 76, p. 2019-2025, ISSN: 0163-3864, https://doi.org/10.1021/np400119n
Vitullo D, Altieri R, Esposito A, Nigro F, Ferrara M, Alfano M, Ranalli G, De Cicco V, LIMA G (2013). Suppressive biomasses and antagonist bacteria for an eco-compatible control of Verticillium dahliae on nursery-grown olive plants. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 10, 209-220, ISSN: 1735-1472, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-012-0145-4
Vitullo D, Di Pietro A, Romano A, Lanzotti V, LIMA G (2012). Role of new bacterial surfactins in the antifungal interaction between Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Fusarium oxysporum. Plant Pathology, vol. 61, p. 689-699, ISSN: 0032-0862, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02561.x
Romano A, Vitullo D, Di Pietro A, LIMA G, Lanzotti V (2011). Antifungal Lipopeptides from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Strain BO7. Journal of Natural Products, vol. 74, p. 145-151, ISSN: 0163-3864, https://doi.org/10.1021/np100408y
UNINA
Tripodi V.C., P., Lombardi, N., Manganiello, G., & Pane, C. (2025). Plant phenomics-assisted selection of Trichoderma spp. strains effective in the biocontrol of tomato soil-borne fungal diseases. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 104357.
Papaianni, M., Maggi, F., Fiorini, D., Delfine, S., Manganiello, G., Lombardi, N., Marra R., Vinale F., Lorito M., Rigano D., Woo, S. L. (2025). Bioformulations based on Trichoderma and Azotobacter consortia modulate composition and improve biological activity of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) cv. Genovese essential oil. Industrial Crops and Products, 224, 120259.
Cirillo, V., Romano, I., Woo, S. L., Di Stasio, E., Lombardi, N., Comite, E., Pepe O., Ventorino V., Maggio, A. (2023). Inoculation with a microbial consortium increases soil microbial diversity and improves agronomic traits of tomato under water and nitrogen deficiency. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1304627.
Lombardi, N., Woo, S. L., Vinale, F., Turrà, D., & Marra, R. (2021). The Plant Holobiont Volume II: Impacts of the Rhizosphere on Plant Health. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 809291.
Rouphael, Y., Carillo, P., Colla, G., Fiorentino, N., Sabatino, L., El-Nakhel, C., Giordano M., Pannico A., Cirillo V., Shabani E., Cozzolino E., Lombardi N., Napolitano M., Woo, S. L. (2020). Appraisal of combined applications of Trichoderma virens and a biopolymer-based biostimulant on lettuce agronomical, physiological, and qualitative properties under variable N regimes. Agronomy, 10(2), 196.
Fiorentino, N., Ventorino, V., Woo, S. L., Pepe, O., De Rosa, A., Gioia, L., Romano I., Lombardi N., Napolitano M., Colla G., Rouphael, Y. (2018). Trichoderma-based biostimulants modulate rhizosphere microbial populations and improve N uptake efficiency, yield, and nutritional quality of leafy vegetables. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, 743.
Lombardi, N., Vitale, S., Turrà, D., Reverberi, M., Fanelli, C., Vinale, F., Marra R., Ruocco M., Pascale A., d’Errico G., Woo S. L., and Lorito, M. (2018). Root exudates of stressed plants stimulate and attract Trichoderma soil fungi. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 31(10), 982-994.