The Impact of Growing Area on the Expression of Fruit Traits Related to Sensory Perception in Two Tomato Cultivars, D’Esposito, D., Di Donato A., Puleo S., Nava M., Diretto Gianfranco, Di Monaco R., Frusciante L., and Ercolano M.R. , International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 25, Number 16, (2024)

A xanthophyll-derived apocarotenoid regulates carotenogenesis in tomato chromoplasts, D'Ambrosio, C., Stigliani A.L., Rambla J.L., Frusciante Sarah, Diretto Gianfranco, Enfissi E.M.A., Granell A., Fraser P.D., and Giorio G. , Plant Science, Volume 328, (2023)

An alternative, zeaxanthin epoxidase-independent abscisic acid biosynthetic pathway in plants, Jia, Kun-Peng, Mi Jianing, Ali Shawkat, Ohyanagi Hajime, Moreno Juan C., Ablazov Abdugaffor, Balakrishna Aparna, Berqdar Lamis, Fiore Alessia, Diretto Gianfranco, et al. , Molecular Plant, Jan-01-2022, Volume 15, Issue 1, Number 1, p.151 - 166, (2022)

Heterologous expression of Bixa orellana cleavage dioxygenase 4-3 drives crocin but not bixin biosynthesis, Frusciante, Sarah, Demurtas Olivia Costantina, Sulli Maria, Mini P., Aprea Giuseppe, Diretto Gianfranco, Karcher D., Bock R., and Giuliano Giovanni , Plant Physiology, Volume 188, Number 3, p.1469-1482, (2022)

Ozone-reducing urban plants: Choose carefully, Sicard, P., Agathokleous E., De Marco Alessandra, and Paoletti E. , Science, Volume 377, Number 6606, p.585, (2022)

Global range expansion history of pepper (Capsicum spp.) revealed by over 10,000 genebank accessions, Tripodi, P., Rabanus-Wallace M.T., Barchi L., Kale S., Esposito S., Acquadro A., Schafleitner R., van Zonneveld M., Prohens J., Díez M.J., et al. , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 118, Number 34, (2021)

A new glycosyltransferase enzyme from family 91, ugt91p3, is responsible for the final glucosylation step of crocins in saffron (Crocus sativus l.), López, A.J., Frusciante Sarah, Niza E., Ahrazem O., Rubio-Moraga A., Diretto Gianfranco, and Gomez-Gomez L. , International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 22, Number 16, (2021)

Carotenoid biofortification in crop plants: citius, altius, fortius, Zheng, X., Giuliano Giovanni, and Al-Babili S. , Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, Volume 1865, Number 11, (2020)

Determination of In Vitro and In Vivo Activities of Plant Carotenoid Cleavage Oxygenases, Gomez-Gomez, L., Diretto Gianfranco, Ahrazem O., and Al-Babili S. , Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), Volume 2083, p.63-74, (2020)

Tandem gene duplications drive divergent evolution of caffeine and crocin biosynthetic pathways in plants, Xu, Z., Xu Z., Pu X., Gao R., Demurtas Olivia Costantina, Fleck S.J., Richter M., He C., He C., Ji A., et al. , BMC Biology, Volume 18, Number 1, p.1–14, (2020)

Transportomics for the Characterization of Plant Apocarotenoid Transmembrane Transporters, Demurtas, Olivia Costantina, R. Francisco de Brito, Martinoia E., and Giuliano Giovanni , Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), Volume 2083, p.89-99, (2020)

ABCC Transporters Mediate the Vacuolar Accumulation of Crocins in Saffron Stigmas, Demurtas, Olivia Costantina, R. Francisco de Brito, Diretto Gianfranco, Ferrante Paola, Frusciante Sarah, Pietrella M., Aprea Giuseppe, Borghi L., Feeney M., Frigerio L., et al. , THE PLANT CELL, Volume 31, Number 11, p.2789–2804, (2019)

A chromosome-anchored eggplant genome sequence reveals key events in Solanaceae evolution, Barchi, L., Pietrella M., Venturini L., Minio A., Toppino L., Acquadro A., Andolfo G., Aprea Giuseppe, Avanzato C., Bassolino L., et al. , Scientific Reports, Volume 9, Number 1, (2019)

Pivotal roles of cryptochromes 1a and 2 in tomato development and physiology 1[OPEN], Fantini, E., Sulli Maria, Zhang L., Aprea Giuseppe, Jiménez-Gómez J.M., Bendahmane A., Perrotta Gaetano, Giuliano Giovanni, and Facella P. , Plant Physiology, Volume 179, Number 2, p.732-748, (2019)

A quantitative assessment of hormetic responses of plants to ozone, Agathokleous, E., Araminienė V., Belz R.G., Calatayud V., De Marco Alessandra, Domingos M., Feng Z., Hoshika Y., Kitao M., Koike T., et al. , Environmental Research, Volume 176, (2019)

UGT709G1: a novel uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of picrocrocin, the precursor of safranal in saffron (Crocus sativus), Diretto, Gianfranco, Ahrazem O., Rubio-Moraga A., Fiore Alessia, Sevi F., Argandoña J., and Gomez-Gomez L. , New Phytologist, Volume 224, Number 2, p.725-740, (2019)

Agrobacterium-mediated and electroporation-mediated transformation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: A comparative study, Mini, P., Demurtas Olivia Costantina, Valentini S., Pallara Patrizia, Aprea Giuseppe, Ferrante Paola, and Giuliano Giovanni , BMC Biotechnology, Volume 18, Number 1, p.1–12, (2018)

Candidate enzymes for saffron crocin biosynthesis are localized in multiple cellular compartments, Demurtas, Olivia Costantina, Frusciante Sarah, Ferrante Paola, Diretto Gianfranco, Azad N.H., Pietrella M., Aprea Giuseppe, Taddei A.R., Romano E., Mi J., et al. , Plant Physiology, Volume 177, Number 3, p.990-1006, (2018)

Omics approaches on fresh-cut lettuce reveal global molecular responses to sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid treatment, Daddiego, Loretta, Bianco Linda, Capodicasa Cristina, Carbone Fabrizio, Dalmastri Claudia, Daroda Lorenza, Del Fiore Antonella, De Rossi P., Di Carli Mariasole, Donini Marcello, et al. , J Sci Food Agric, Volume 98, Issue 2, Number 2, p.737-750, (2018)

Transcriptome analysis in tissue sectors with contrasting crocins accumulation provides novel insights into apocarotenoid biosynthesis and regulation during chromoplast biogenesis, Ahrazem, O., Argandoña J., Fiore Alessia, Aguado C., Luján R., Rubio-Moraga A., Marro M., Araujo-Andrade C., Loza-Alvarez P., Diretto Gianfranco, et al. , Scientific Reports, Volume 8, Number 1, (2018)

Comparative metabolite and genome analysis of tuber-bearing potato species, Aversano, R., Contaldi F., Adelfi M.G., D'Amelia V., Diretto Gianfranco, De Tommasi N., Vaccaro C., Vassallo A., and Carputo D. , Phytochemistry, Volume 137, p.42-51, (2017)

Epidemiological analysis of ozone and nitrogen impacts on vegetation – Critical evaluation and recommendations, Braun, S., Achermann B., De Marco Alessandra, Pleijel H., Karlsson P.E., Rihm B., Schindler C., and Paoletti E. , Science of the Total Environment, Volume 603-604, p.785-792, (2017)

Evolutionarily distinct carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases are responsible for crocetin production in Buddleja davidii, Ahrazem, O., Diretto Gianfranco, Argandoña J., Rubio-Moraga A., Julve J.M., Orzáez D., Granell A., and Gomez-Gomez L. , Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 68, Number 16, p.4663-4677, (2017)

Molecular and biochemical characterization of a potato collection with contrasting tuber carotenoid content, Sulli, Maria, Mandolino G., Sturaro M., Onofri C., Diretto Gianfranco, Parisi B., and Giuliano Giovanni , PLoS ONE, Volume 12, Number 9, p.e0184143, (2017)

The role of plant phenology in stomatal ozone flux modeling, Anav, A., Liu Q., De Marco Alessandra, Proietti C., Savi F., Paoletti E., and Piao S. , Global Change Biology, Volume 24, Number 1, p.235-248, (2017)