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Fabio Rezzonico
Position
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Post-doc / Researcher
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Safecrop project acronym |
BLOKBLITE_1, PSEUDO |
current site of work |
Agroscope ACW Changins-Wädenswil
Swiss Federal Research Station of Horticulture |
city |
Wädenswil |
postal code |
8820 |
country |
Switzerland |
e-mail |
fabio.rezzonico@acw.admin.ch |
phone |
+41 44 783 63 31 |
mobile phone |
+41 79 784 79 17 |
degree, Msc, or PhD; when; where; on what subject; title of the thesis |
PhD; 2003; Swiss federal Institute of Technology, Plant Pathology;
"Analysis of stress response and type III secretion system mediated biocontrol in fluorescent pseudomonads protecting plants from soil-borne diseases".
MSc; 1997, Swiss federal Institute of Technology, Space Biology;
"Effect of simulated microgravity on early gene expression in human lymphocytes" |
expertise |
Molecular biology, microbiology and biological control |
professional societies |
Società Ticinese di Scienze Naturali |
research experience, training, professional stages |
Teaching member of COFIT (cooperative for medicinal plants and fitness products in Ticino) |
languages (level: mother tongue, fluent, basic) |
Italian (mother tongue), German (fluent), French (fluent), English (fluent) |
current research area |
Blocking Erwinia amylovora autoinducer signaling for fire blight biocontrol; role of type III secretion system in biocontrol pseudomonads |
Publication List:
Gobbin D., Rezzonico F., Gessler C. 2007. Quantification of the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf153 in soil using a quantitative competitive PCR assay unaffected by variability in cell lysis- and DNA-extraction efficiency. Soil Biology Biochemistry (in press).
Rezzonico F., Zala M., Keel C., Duffy B., Moënne-Loccoz Y., Défago G. 2007. Is the ability of biocontrol fluorescent pseudomonads to produce the antifungal metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol really synonymous with higher plant protection? New Phytologist 173: 861-872.
Gobbin D., Rezzonico F., Gessler C. 2007. Development of a quantitative competitive PCR assay for the quantification of the biocontrol agent Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf153 in soil. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin (in press).
Rezzonico F., Duffy B. 2007. Characterization of the role of luxS in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin (in press).
Rezzonico F., Zala M., Keel C., Duffy B., Moënne-Loccoz Y., Défago G. 2007. Population-level evidence of the importance of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol and hydrogen cyanide in plant protection by Pseudomonas fluorescens. IOBC/WPRS Bulletin (in press).
Rezzonico F., Binder C., Défago G., Moënne-Loccoz Y. 2005. Evolutionary Recycling of type III secretion system to target pathogenic Chromista promotes plant protection by bacteria. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 18: 991-1001.
Molina L., Rezzonico F., Défago G., Duffy B. 2005. Autoinduction in Erwinia amylovora: evidence of an acyl-homoserine lactone signal in the fire blight pathogen. Journal of Bacteriology 187:3206-3213.
Rezzonico, F., G. Défago and Y. Moënne-Loccoz. 2004. Comparison of ATPase-ecoding type III secretion system hrcN genes in biocontrol fluorescent pseudomonads and in phytopathogenic proteobacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:5119-5131.
Rezzonico, F., Moënne-Loccoz, Y. and G. Défago. 2003. Effect of stress on the performance of a phlA-based quantitative PCR assay to monitor biocontrol Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69:686-690.
Rezzonico F., Moënne-Loccoz Y., Défago G. Impact of cell stress on the efficacy of phlA-based quantitative competitive PCR in biocontrol Pseudomonas fluorescens CHA0. Proceedings of APS 2002 Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (July 27-31, 2002). Phytopathology 92: S69.
Rezzonico F.: Giove veglia sui pesci... Meridiana 161 (luglio-agosto 2002). Organo della Società Astronomica Ticinese.
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