Research interests
Host-pathogen interactions, pathogenomics
Research projects
Title: Panacea: Pathogenomics for enhancing food security in Africa
Duration: August 2018-September 2019
Partners: NIAB (lead), National Crop Resources Research Institute, Uganda
Funding: BBSRC-GCRF
Title: (CP184) Downy mildew and late blight control
Duration: January 2019-December 2021
Partners: NIAB, JHI (Lead), ADAS, Stockbridge Technology Centre, UoWorcester
Funding: AHDB
Recent publications
Melanie Stadlmeier, Lise Nistrup Jørgensen, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Beatrice Corsi, James Cockram, Lorenz Hartl, Volker Mohler. Genetic dissection of resistance to the three fungal plant pathogens B. graminis, Z. tritici, and P. tritci-repentis in the background of a multiparental winter wheat population. G3 (Bethesda). 2019 May 7;9(5):1745-1757.
Luca Ferretti, Beatrice Corsi, Laura Luongo and Alessandra Belisario. 2017. Occurence of Cherry Leaf roll Virus (CLRV) on walnut trees in Veneto region (Northern Italy). European Journal of Plant Pathology 99 (2), 423-427.
Laura Orzali, Beatrice Corsi, Cinzia Forni and Luca Riccioni. 2017. Chitosan in Agriculture: A New Challenge for Managing Plant Disease, Biological Activities and Application of Marine Polysaccharides, Dr. Emad Shalaby (Ed.), InTech, ISBN 978-953-51-2860-1
Beatrice Corsi, Huub J.M. Linthorst, Cinzia Forni and Luca Riccioni. 2016. PR1 and PR5 as markers of SAR in kiwi plants treated with chitosan. European Journal of Plant Pathology.
Beatrice Corsi, Luca Riccioni and Cinzia Forni. 2015. "In vitro cultures of Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev) C.F. Liang & A.R. Ferguson: a tool to study the SAR induction of chitosan treatment". Organic Agriculture. 5 (3): 189-198.