PIERFEDERICO LA NOTTE

Epidemiology, transmission by insect vectors, symptom expression, study of the effects on the production of viral and virus-like diseases / agents of grapevine. Recovery, collection, study and characterization of minor or rare varieties of grapevine and other fruit crops. Clonal selection, sanitary improvement, diagnosis of grapevine viruses/diseases, characterization (morphological, agronomic and technological) and registration of varieties and clones of grapevine. Phytosanitary legislation with particular reference on the production of propagating material of woody crops. Maintenance and management of ex situ collections of woody crops germplasm. Planning and management of field trials and international projects.