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  1. Fungi from land to sea: phenotypic plasticity drives functional adaptation across saline and non-saline habitats

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  2. In genomes we trust: assessing genomic reliability within the family Nectriaceae

    Article • December 2025, openRxiv

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  3. Draft genome sequence of the pear pathogen Stemphylium vesicarium strain SVES21

    Article • Journal of Plant Pathology, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  4. Gene duplication drove functional divergence of two effectors in the maize anthracnose pathogen

    Article • November 2025, openRxiv

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  5. Genome resource of Phlyctema vagabunda strain 19EL15, a pathogen of post-harvest bull’s eye rot of apple

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, November 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  6. Molecular and Morphological Insights Into Emerging Colletotrichum Species Causing Apple Bitter Rot and Glomerella Leaf Spot in Northern Italy

    Article • Plant Disease, November 2025, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  7. First Report of Colletotrichum graminicola Causing Maize Anthracnose in Austria

    Article • Plant Disease, September 2025, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  8. Emerging Colletotrichum Diseases on Apple in European Orchards: Challenges and Perspectives

    Article • Plant Health Cases, June 2025, CABI Publishing

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  9. Can whole genome sequencing resolve taxonomic ambiguities in fungi? The case study of Colletotrichum associated with ferns

    Article • Frontiers in Fungal Biology, February 2025, Frontiers

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  10. Defense mechanisms in Lupinus luteus against Colletotrichum lupini , involving TIR-NBS-LRR protein, hypersensitive response and phenylpropanoid pathways

    Article • October 2024, openRxiv

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  11. Hybrid de novo assembly of the genome of Colletotrichum acutatum sensu stricto isolate COL14 from olive fruit in Central Italy

    Article • Journal of Plant Pathology, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  12. First Report of Postharvest Pear Bitter Rot Caused by Colletotrichum acutatum in Italy

    Article • Plant Disease, August 2024, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  13. Sequence and assembly of the genome of Seiridium unicorne, isolate CBS 538.82, causal agent of cypress canker disease

    Article • Journal of Plant Pathology, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  14. Evolutionary history of the cytochrome P450s from Colletotrichum species and prediction of their putative functional roles during host-pathogen interactions

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  15. The 2024 Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa

    Article • mycosphere, January 2024, Mushroom Research Foundation

    Hector Mora-Montes, Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  16. First Report of Colletotrichum grossum Causing Apple Bitter Rot Worldwide (Italy)

    Article • Plant Disease, January 2024, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  17. Genome evolution and transcriptome plasticity is associated with adaptation to monocot and dicot plants in Colletotrichum fungi

    Article • GigaScience, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  18. Loss of the accessory chromosome converts a pathogenic tree-root fungus into a mutualistic endophyte

    Article • Plant Communications, January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  19. Abstracts of presentations at the XXVIII Congress of the Italian Phytopathological Society (SIPaV)

    Article • Journal of Plant Pathology, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  20. Isolation and characterization of Fusarium spp. From unhatched eggs of Caretta caretta in Tuscany (Italy)

    Article • Fungal Biology, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  21. First Report of Colletotrichum graminicola Causing Maize Anthracnose in Galicia, Northwestern Spain

    Article • Plant Disease, September 2023, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  22. First report of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum truncatum on Digitaria insularis in Brazil

    Article • Journal of Plant Pathology, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  23. Draft genome sequence of the keylime (Citrus × aurantiifolia) pathogen Colletotrichum limetticola

    Article • Journal of Plant Pathology, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  24. First Report of Mulberry Rust Caused by Cerotelium fici on Morus nigra in Brazil

    Article • Plant Disease, July 2023, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  25. Attack of the clones: Population genetics reveals clonality of Colletotrichum lupini , the causal agent of lupin anthracnose

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, April 2023, Wiley

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  26. Genome Resources of Verticillium dahliae VdGL16: The Causal Agent of Vascular Wilt on the Invasive Species Ailanthus altissima

    Article • Plant Disease, April 2023, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  27. Draft genome sequence of the apple pathogen Colletotrichum chrysophilum strain M932

    Article • Journal of Plant Pathology, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  28. Chromosome-level analysis of the Colletotrichum graminicola genome reveals the unique characteristics of core and minichromosomes

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  29. Population Genomics Provide Insights into the Global Genetic Structure of Colletotrichum graminicola , the Causal Agent of Maize Anthracnose

    Article • mBio, February 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  30. Hosts of Colletotrichum

    Article • mycosphere, January 2023, Mushroom Research Foundation

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  31. Genome Sequence Resources of Colletotrichum abscissum, the Causal Agent of Citrus Post-Bloom Fruit Drop, and the Closely Related Species C. filicis

    Article • Phytopathology, January 2023, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  32. Comparative Genomics of the Genus Pseudomonas Reveals Host- and Environment-Specific Evolution

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  33. Comparative transcriptomic provides novel insights into the soybean response to Colletotrichum truncatum infection

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, November 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  34. Genome evolution and transcriptome plasticity associated with adaptation to monocot and eudicot plants in Colletotrichum fungi

    Article • September 2022, openRxiv

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  35. Insights on KP4 Killer Toxin-like Proteins of Fusarium Species in Interspecific Interactions

    Article • Journal of Fungi, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  36. Management of Post-Harvest Anthracnose: Current Approaches and Future Perspectives

    Article • Plants, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  37. Alternaria species causing pomegranate and citrus fruit rots in Albania

    Article • Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  38. Population genomics provide insights into the global genetic structure of Colletotrichum graminicola, the causal agent of maize anthracnose

    Article • May 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  39. Role and genetic basis of specialised secondary metabolites in Trichoderma ecophysiology

    Article • Fungal Biology Reviews, March 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  40. Isolation and molecular characterization of Fusarium species (Fungi, Ascomycota) from unhatched eggs of Caretta caretta in Tuscany (Italy)

    Article • January 2022, Firenze University Press

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  41. Complete Genome Sequence of the Plant-Pathogenic Fungus Colletotrichum lupini

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, December 2021, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  42. Identification and Comparison of Colletotrichum Secreted Effector Candidates Reveal Two Independent Lineages Pathogenic to Soybean

    Article • Pathogens, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  43. Identification and Comparison of Colletotrichum Secreted Effector Candidates Reveal Two Independent Lineages Pathogenic to Soybean

    Article • October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  44. Colletotrichum species and complexes: geographic distribution, host range and conservation status

    Article • Fungal Diversity, September 2021, BioAcademic Press

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  45. Straw Competition and Wheat Root Endophytism of Trichoderma gamsii T6085 as Useful Traits in the Biological Control of Fusarium Head Blight

    Article • Phytopathology, July 2021, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  46. A Major Effect Gene Controlling Development and Pathogenicity in Botrytis cinerea Identified Through Genetic Analysis of Natural Mycelial Non-pathogenic Isolates

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  47. Stagonosporopsis rhizophilae sp. nov. (Didymellaceae, Pleosporales), a new rhizospheric soil fungus associated with Populus deltoides Marsh

    Article • Phytotaxa, March 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  48. Fungal cross-talk: an integrated approach to study distance communication

    Article • Fungal Genetics and Biology, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  49. Soybean anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum species: Current status and future prospects

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, February 2021, Wiley

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  50. Genome Sequence of the Biocontrol Agent Coniothyrium minitans Conio (IMI 134523)

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, February 2021, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  51. Fungal Planet description sheets: 1182–1283

    Article • Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, January 2021, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

    Patrice Nodet, Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  52. Colletotrichum gloeosporioides sensu stricto as causal agent of anthracnose on pomegranate fruit in Albania

    Article • Crop Protection, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  53. Deciphering the Infectious Process of Colletotrichum lupini in Lupin through Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analysis

    Article • Microorganisms, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  54. Combined Comparative Genomics and Gene Expression Analyses Provide Insights into the Terpene Synthases Inventory in Trichoderma

    Article • Microorganisms, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  55. Genome Resources for the Endophytic Fungus Paraphaeosphaeria sporulosa

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, September 2020, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  56. Genome Sequence Resources of Colletotrichum truncatum, C. plurivorum, C. musicola, and C. sojae: Four Species Pathogenic to Soybean (Glycine max)

    Article • Phytopathology, September 2020, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  57. Genome Sequence Data of the Soybean Pathogen Stagonosporopsis vannaccii: A Resource for Studies on Didymellaceae Evolution

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, August 2020, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  58. Secondary metabolites produced by Colletotrichum lupini, the causal agent of anthachnose of lupin (Lupinus spp.)

    Article • Mycologia, April 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  59. First Report of Colletotrichum musicola Causing Soybean Anthracnose in Brazil

    Article • Plant Disease, April 2020, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  60. Nutritional factors modulating plant and fruit susceptibility to pathogens: BARD workshop, Haifa, Israel, February 25–26, 2018

    Article • Phytoparasitica, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  61. Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan balsam) chloroplast genome sequence as a promising target for populations studies

    Article • PeerJ, March 2020, PeerJ

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  62. Phylogenetic Diversity and Effect of Temperature on Pathogenicity of Colletotrichum lupini

    Article • Plant Disease, March 2020, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli, Patrice Nodet

  63. Fungal Planet description sheets: 951–1041

    Article • Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi, December 2019, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  64. First Report of Colletotrichum graminicola Causing Maize Anthracnose in Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Article • Plant Disease, December 2019, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  65. Angioinvasive, cutaneous infection due to Colletotrichum siamense in a stem cell transplant recipient: Report and review of prior cases

    Article • Transplant Infectious Disease, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  66. Molecular Detection of the Seed-Borne Pathogen Colletotrichum lupini Targeting the Hyper-Variable IGS Region of the Ribosomal Cluster

    Article • Plants, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  67. First Report of Colletotrichum fructicola Causing Apple Bitter Rot in Europe

    Article • Plant Disease, July 2019, Scientific Societies

    Patrice Nodet, Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  68. Evolution and comparative genomics of the most common Trichoderma species

    Article • BMC Genomics, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  69. A novel metabarcoding approach to investigate Fusarium species composition in soil and plant samples

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  70. Is Exploitation Competition Involved in a Multitrophic Strategy for the Biocontrol of Fusarium Head Blight?

    Article • Phytopathology, April 2019, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  71. Combined Metabarcoding and Co-occurrence Network Analysis to Profile the Bacterial, Fungal and Fusarium Communities and Their Interactions in Maize Stalks

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  72. CRISPR-Cas for Fungal Genome Editing: A New Tool for the Management of Plant Diseases

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, February 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  73. Genome Sequence of the Mycotoxigenic Crop Pathogen Fusarium proliferatum Strain ITEM 2341 from Date Palm

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, September 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  74. Combined Metabarcoding and Multi-locus approach for Genetic characterization of Colletotrichum species associated with common walnut (Juglans regia) anthracnose in France

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Patrice Nodet, Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  75. Whole-genome sequence of the orchid anthracnose pathogen Colletotrichum orchidophilum

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, April 2018, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  76. Polyketide synthases of Diaporthe helianthi and involvement of DhPKS1 in virulence on sunflower

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  77. Genome Sequence of Fusarium graminearum ITEM 124 (ATCC 56091), a Mycotoxigenic Plant Pathogen

    Article • Genome Announcements, November 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  78. The Colletotrichum acutatum Species Complex as a Model System to Study Evolution and Host Specialization in Plant Pathogens

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2017, Frontiers

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  79. First Report of Colletotrichum godetiae Causing Grape (Vitis vinifera) Berry Rot in Italy

    Article • Plant Disease, June 2017, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  80. First Report of Pear Bitter Rot Caused by Colletotrichum fioriniae in France

    Article • Plant Disease, April 2017, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli, Patrice Nodet

  81. The constitutive endopolygalacturonase TvPG2 regulates the induction of plant systemic resistance by Trichoderma virens

    Article • Phytopathology, January 2017, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  82. Colletochlorins E and F, New Phytotoxic Tetrasubstituted Pyran-2-one and Dihydrobenzofuran, Isolated from Colletotrichum higginsianum with Potential Herbicidal Activity

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, January 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  83. Draft whole-genome sequence of the Diaporthe helianthi 7/96 strain, causal agent of sunflower stem canker

    Article • Genomics Data, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  84. Diversity of spoilage fungi associated with various French dairy products

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  85. Gene family expansions and contractions are associated with host range in plant pathogens of the genus Colletotrichum

    Article • BMC Genomics, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  86. First Report of Apple Bitter Rot Caused byColletotrichum fioriniaein Brittany, France

    Article • Plant Disease, July 2016, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli, Patrice Nodet

  87. Species of the Colletotrichum acutatum complex associated with anthracnose diseases of fruit in Brazil

    Article • Fungal Biology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  88. Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of Trichoderma gamsii T6085, a Promising Biocontrol Agent of Fusarium Head Blight on Wheat

    Article • Genome Announcements, February 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Sabrina Sarrocco, Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  89. Higginsianins A and B, Two Diterpenoid α-Pyrones Produced by Colletotrichum higginsianum , with in Vitro Cytostatic Activity

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, January 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  90. A polyphasic contribution to the knowledge of Auxarthron (Onygenaceae)

    Article • Mycological Progress, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  91. Molecular Diversity of Anthracnose Pathogen Populations Associated with UK Strawberry Production Suggests Multiple Introductions of Three Different Colletotrichum Species

    Article • PLOS One, June 2015, PLOS

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli, Dr Sabrina Sarrocco

  92. Draft Whole-Genome Sequence of the Biocontrol Agent Trichoderma harzianum T6776

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli, Dr Sabrina Sarrocco

  93. Two Endopolygalacturonase Genes inTrichoderma virens:In SilicoCharacterization and Expression during Interaction with Plants

    Article • Journal of Phytopathology, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  94. Characterization and epidemiology ofColletotrichum acutatum sensu lato(C. chrysanthemi) causingCarthamus tinctoriusanthracnose

    Article • Plant Pathology, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli, Dr Sabrina Sarrocco

  95. First Report of Apple Bitter Rot Caused by Colletotrichum godetiae in the United Kingdom

    Article • Plant Disease, July 2014, Scientific Societies

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  96. First report ofColletotrichum acutatum sensu lato(Colletotrichum godetiae) causing anthracnose on grapevine (Vitis vinifera) in the United Kingdom

    Article • New Disease Reports, June 2014, British Society for Plant Pathology

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  97. Draft Genome Sequence of Colletotrichum sublineola, a Destructive Pathogen of Cultivated Sorghum

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  98. Draft Genome Sequence of Colletotrichum acutatum Sensu Lato (Colletotrichum fioriniae)

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli

  99. Fusarium oxysporum degradation and detoxification of a new textile-glycoconjugate azo dye (GAD)

    Article • Fungal Biology, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli, Dr Sabrina Sarrocco

  100. Colletotrichum: species, ecology and interactions

    Article • IMA Fungus, December 2010, International Mycological Association (IMA)

    Dr Riccardo Baroncelli