Paola Varricchio
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Recent Articles
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Salvia R, Scieuzo C, Grimaldi A, Fanti P, Moretta A, Franco A, et al.
Insects
. 2021 Jan;
12(1).
PMID: 33466542
(Viereck) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) is an endophagous parasitoid of the larval stages of the tobacco budworm, (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). During oviposition, injects into the host body, along with the egg, the...
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Di Lelio I, Illiano A, Astarita F, Gianfranceschi L, Horner D, Varricchio P, et al.
PLoS Genet
. 2019 Mar;
15(3):e1007998.
PMID: 30835731
Genome sequencing data have recently demonstrated that eukaryote evolution has been remarkably influenced by the acquisition of a large number of genes by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) across different kingdoms....
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Bernardo U, Nugnes F, Gualtieri L, Nicoletti R, Varricchio P, Sasso R, et al.
Environ Entomol
. 2018 Mar;
47(3):609-622.
PMID: 29534165
A new gall midge, Asphondylia nepetae sp. n. Viggiani (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), causing flower gall on Clinopodium nepeta (L.) Kuntze (Lamiaceae), is described from Europe. The morphological characteristics of adult, larvae,...
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Becchimanzi A, Avolio M, Di Lelio I, Marinelli A, Varricchio P, Grimaldi A, et al.
J Insect Physiol
. 2017 Jul;
101:73-81.
PMID: 28694149
The host regulation process has been widely investigated in endophagous parasitoid wasps, which in most cases finely interact with living hosts (i.e. koinobiont parasitoids). In contrast, only very limited information...
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Caccia S, Di Lelio I, La Storia A, Marinelli A, Varricchio P, Franzetti E, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2016 Aug;
113(34):9486-91.
PMID: 27506800
Bacillus thuringiensis is a widely used bacterial entomopathogen producing insecticidal toxins, some of which are expressed in insect-resistant transgenic crops. Surprisingly, the killing mechanism of B. thuringiensis remains controversial. In...
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di Prisco G, Annoscia D, Margiotta M, Ferrara R, Varricchio P, Zanni V, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2016 Mar;
113(12):3203-8.
PMID: 26951652
Honey bee colony losses are triggered by interacting stress factors consistently associated with high loads of parasites and/or pathogens. A wealth of biotic and abiotic stressors are involved in the...
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Di Lelio I, Caccia S, Coppola M, Buonanno M, di Prisco G, Varricchio P, et al.
PLoS One
. 2014 Dec;
9(12):e113988.
PMID: 25438149
The biological control of insect pests is based on the use of natural enemies. However, the growing information on the molecular mechanisms underpinning the interactions between insects and their natural...
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Di Lelio I, Varricchio P, di Prisco G, Marinelli A, Lasco V, Caccia S, et al.
J Insect Physiol
. 2014 Mar;
64:90-7.
PMID: 24662467
Insect immune defences rely on cellular and humoral responses targeting both microbial pathogens and metazoan parasites. Accumulating evidence indicates functional cross-talk between these two branches of insect immunity, but the...
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di Prisco G, Cavaliere V, Annoscia D, Varricchio P, Caprio E, Nazzi F, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2013 Oct;
110(46):18466-71.
PMID: 24145453
Large-scale losses of honey bee colonies represent a poorly understood problem of global importance. Both biotic and abiotic factors are involved in this phenomenon that is often associated with high...
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Nazzi F, Brown S, Annoscia D, Del Piccolo F, di Prisco G, Varricchio P, et al.
PLoS Pathog
. 2012 Jun;
8(6):e1002735.
PMID: 22719246
The health of the honeybee and, indirectly, global crop production are threatened by several biotic and abiotic factors, which play a poorly defined role in the induction of widespread colony...