Education
Ph.D. in Plant Productivity at the University of Perugia, 1997.
Current position
Research scientist and Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Perugia (Italy).
Publications (since 2005)
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Covarelli, L., Beccari, G., Tosi, L., Fabre, B. and Frey, P. (2013). Three-year investigations on leaf rust of poplar cultivated for biomass production in Umbria, Central Italy. Biomass Bioenergy 49: 315-322.
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Covarelli, L., Beccari, G. and Tosi, L. (2012). Miscanthus rhizome rot: a potential threat for the establishment and the development of biomass cultivations. Biomass Bioenergy 46: 263-269.
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Gardiner, D. M., McDonald, M. C., Covarelli, L., Solomon, P. S., Rusu, A. G., Marshall, M., Kazan, K., Chakraborty, S., McDonald, B. A. and Manners, J. M. (2012). Comparative pathogenomics reveals horizontally acquired novel virulence genes in fungi infecting cereal hosts. PLoS Pathog 8(9): e1002952.
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Haidukowski, M., Visconti, A., Perrone, G., Vanadia, S., Pancaldi, D., Covarelli, L., Balestrazzi, R. and Pascale, M. (2012). Effect of prothioconazole-based fungicides on Fusarium head blight, grain yield and deoxynivalenol accumulation in wheat under field conditions. Phytopathol Mediterr 51(1): 236-246.
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Covarelli, L., Stifano, S., Beccari, G., Raggi, L., Lattanzio, V. M. and Albertini, E. (2012). Characterization of Fusarium verticillioides strains isolated from maize in Italy: fumonisin production, pathogenicity and genetic variability. Food Microbiol 31(1): 17-24.
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Covarelli, L., Beccari, G., Marini, A. and Tosi, L. (2012). A review on the occurrence and control of ochratoxigenic fungal species and ochratoxin A in dehydrated grapes, non-fortified dessert wines and dried vine fruit in the Mediterranean area. Food Control 26(2): 347-356.
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Covarelli, L., Beccari, G., Steed, A. and Nicholson, P. (2012). Colonization of soft wheat following infection of the stem base by Fusarium culmorum and translocation of deoxynivalenol to the head. Plant pathology 61(6): 1121-1129.
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Beccari, G., Covarelli, L. and Nicholson, P. (2011). Infection processes and soft wheat response to root rot and crown rot caused by Fusarium culmorum. Plant pathology 60(4): 671-684.
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Covarelli, L., Beccari, G. and Salvi, S. (2011). Infection by mycotoxigenic fungal species and mycotoxin contamination of maize grain in Umbria, central Italy. Food Chem Toxicol 49(9): 2365-2369.( IF 2,999)
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Prodi, A., Purahong, W., Tonti, S., Salomoni, D., Nipoti, P., Covarelli, L., Pisi, A., (2011). Difference in chemotype composition of Fusarium graminearum populations isolated from durum wheat in adjacent areas separated by the Apennines in Northern-Central Italy. Plant Pathol J 27, 4, 354-359. DOI: 10.5423/PPJ.2011.27.4.354
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Covarelli, L., Pannacci, E., Beccari, G., D’Errico, F. and Tosi, L. (2010). Two-year investigations on the integrated control of weeds and root parasites in Virginia bright tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) in central Italy. Crop Protection 29(8): 783-788.
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Beccari, G., Covarelli, L., Balmas, V. and Tosi, L. (2010). First report of Miscanthus× giganteus rhizome rot caused by Fusarium avenaceum, Fusarium oxysporum and Mucor hiemalis. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1): 28-29.
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Quaglia, M., Covarelli, L. and Zazzerini, A. (2009). Epidemiological survey on esca disease in Umbria, central Italy. Phytopathol Mediterr 48(1): 84-91.
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Covarelli, L. and Tosi, L. (2006). Presence of sunflower downy mildew in an integrated weed control field trial. J. Phytopathology 154(5): 281-285.
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Cappelli, C., Covarelli, L. and Sobiczewski, P. (2005). Methods used in seed pathology and their recent improvements. Phytopathologia Polonica (35): 11-18.