Francesco Sunseri

His research activity is actually focused on genetics and molecular assisted selection on horticultural crops such as asparagus, tomato and eggplant. He focused on strategies and biotechnology methodologies aimed to improve vegetable crops. The expertise includes plant breeding methodologies and new technologies such as molecular markers, genomics and proteomics which allow to shorten of classical time-breeding program with particular emphasis on vegetables such as tomato and eggplant. Genomic and transcriptomic approaches, together with the tool of bioinformatics, are valuable for the main projects aims, among which nutrient use efficiency for maximizing yield by reducing input supply for more sustainable agriculture. In this area of expertise, his research activity led to improve plant nutrition and root form and function response to different stress conditions such as nutrient availability, salinity and drought. He is also involved in the analysis, characterization and exploitation of plant genetic resources with particular emphasis on grapevine. From 1990 he is Member of the Italian Society of Plant Genetics (S.I.G.A.) and from 2000 of the International Society Horticultural Science (I.S.H.S.). Associate Editor for BMC Plant Biology. Occasional reviewer for several scientific journals among which Communication Biology, Scientific Reports, Journal Experimental Botany, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Euphytica, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, HortScience and Scientia Horticulturae. He is author of 80 scientific publications indexed in ISI and Scopus databases. H-index=23