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Prof. Daniele Bassi

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University of Milan - Italy
Department of Plant Production
Di.Pro.Ve.
Via G. Celoria 2, 20133 - Milan (Italy)
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- Breeding tree fruit for quality and disease resistance

- Di.Pro.Ve. - Arboriculture


- Students Course (UniMi - Facoltà di Agraria di Milano)

- Graduate school in Molecular Sciences and Plant, Food and Environmental Biotechnology

- Fondazione AVSI di Cesena-Milano

- Associazione culturale Universitas-University - Sede di Milano

- National Council for Research in Agriculture

- Board for Biotechnology in Agriculture (CSBA)

- AVSI Foundation

- new book information from CABI: The Peach..

List of recent publication on AIR (University Research Archive)

Prof. Daniele Bassi, full professor since 1995 at the Department of Plant Production - Di.Pro.Ve. at the Faculty of Agriculture (Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy), teaching courses related to arboriculture and related industries.
His research activity deals with:
- sistematic pomology and cultivar evaluation;
- tree fruit breeding (apricot and peach) aimed at improvement of fruit quality, disease resistance and tree growth type;
- olive oil quality as affected by environment and genotype;
- pear rootstocks;
- timber broad-leaves tree selection (Pyrus spp., Sorbus spp.).

Publications:

Oltre 160 gli articoli ed i libri scientifici pubblicati negli atti di convegni e su riviste nazionali ed internazionali.

Updated in June, 2011

Chairman of the PhD School in Plant Biology and Production at Milan University (Università degli Studi di Milano) from 2005;

Superintendent of the experimental farm F. Dotti of the University of Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano) located in the county of Lodi, 30 km south of Milan (Arcagna and CETAS), from 2008;

Scientific coordinator of the Board for Biotechnology in Agriculture (CSBA), a consultant body for Lombardy Region (Italy), from 2002 ( Link to web site.. )

Scientific advisor of the cooperation project between AVSI (Milan, Italy) and the Faculty of Agriculture of UNDH (Université Notre D'Haiti) in Haiti.

President of the cultural association of university professors: Universitas - University (Milan, Italy).

National:

MAS.PES (apricot and peach breeding by traditional and genomic approaches): scientific leader.

International:

- SharCo (Sharca Cointainment in Europe), member [web link.. ];
- Drupomics: peach (P. persica) genome sequencing member [ web link.. ];
- FruitBreedomics, development of genomic tools in fruit breeding member [ web link.. ].

The teaching activities, meant for the undergraduate level, are related to the topics of arboriculture:
- Systematic pomology (Valorizzazione della variabilità genetica in arboricoltura: G52010),
- Fruit tree breeding (Coltivazioni arboree: mod 2 Miglioramento genetico applicato alle culture arboree: G13037B);
- Fruit tree growing;
- Tree propagation and nursery (Tecnica vivaistica: G-01E-);
- Applied physiology in arboriculture (Scienza e tecnica delle coltivazioni - Coltivazioni arboree: G21016);
- Parks, gardens and urban greening (Parchi e giardini: GGG053).

Member of the administration board of the National Council for Research in Agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture, Italy) from 2003 to 2007.

2010

• Tataranni G., Spada A., Pozzi C. and Bassi D. 2010. AFLP-based bulk segregant analysis for tagging the slow-ripening trait in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]. Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, 85 (1): 78–82.
• Baietto M., Wilson A. D., Bassi D. and Ferrini F. 2010. Evaluation of three electronic noses for detecting incipient wood decay. Sensors, 10: [doi:10.3390/s100x0000x].
• Dondini L., Lain O., Vendramin V., Rizzo M., Vivoli D., Adami M., Guidarelli M., Gaiotti F., Palmisano F., Bazzoni A., Boscia D., Geuna F., Tartarini S., Negri P., Castellano M.A., Savino V., Bassi D., Testolin R. 2010. Identification of QTL for resistance to plum pox virus strains M and D in Lito and Harcot apricot cultivars. Molecular Breeding [doi 10.1007/s11032-010-9431-3].
• Eduardo I., Chietera G., Bassi D., Rossini L., Vecchietti A. 2010. Identification of key odor volatile compounds in the essential oil of nine peach accessions. J Sci Food Agric 2010; 90: 1146–1154 [DOI 10.1002/jsfa.3932]
• Bassi D., Foschi S. and Rizzo M. 2010. Breeding apricot in northern Italy. Acta Hort. 862: 151-158 (Maggio 2010).
• Dondini L., Adami M., Guidarelli M., Gaiotti F., Negri P., Tartarini S., Rizzo M., Vivoli D., Geuna F., Bassi D., Palmisano F., Bazzoni A., Castellano M., Savino V., Boscia D. and Minafra A. 2010. Strategies to confer resistance to sharka (PPV) in apricot. Acta Hort. 862: 477-481.
• Ruiz D., Lambert P., Audergon J.M., Dondini L., Tartarini S., Adami M., Gennari F., Cervellati C., De Franceschi P., Sansavini S., Testolin R., Bureau S., Gouble B., Reich M., Renard C.M.G.C. and Bassi D. 2010. Identification of QTLs for fruit quality traits in apricot. Acta Hort. 862: 587-592. (Maggio 2010)
• Sinelli N., Casale M., Di Egidio V., Oliveri P., Bassi D., Tura D., Casiraghi E. 2010. Varietal discrimination of extra virgin olive oils by near and mid infrared spectroscopy. Food Research International, 43: 2126–2131 [doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2010.07].
• A. Ghiani, F. Baldin, S. Morgutti, N. Negrini, F. Nocito, I. Mignani, Bassi D., M. Cocucci. 2010. Changes in the expression of genes involved in ethylene signalling in peach fruits with different flesh texture and softening patterns. Acta Hort. 884:125-131 [ISBN 9789066056534]
• Iban Eduardo, Igor Pacheco, Giorgiana Chietera, Daniele Bassi, Carlo Pozzi, Alberto Vecchietti e Laura Rossini. 2010. QTL analysis of fruit quality traits in two peach intraspecific populations and importance of maturity date pleiotropic effect. Tree Genetics & Genomes [20.10.10 - DOI 10.1007/s11295-010-0334-6].
• F. Baldin, A. Ghiani, N. Negrini, S. Morgutti, F.F. Nocito, I. Mignani, D. Bassi, M. Cocucci. Study of some biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of peach ripening and softening . Minerva Biotecnologica 22:2, Suppl. 1 : 5-7. [ISSN 1120-4826. - ISSN 1827-160X]

2009

• Piagnani M. C., Bassi D. e Maffi D. 2009. Contributo della micropropagazione alla valorizzazione del sorbo da legno. Italus Hortus 16 (2), 2009: 5-8
• Tura D., Failla O., Bassi D., Pedò S., and Serraiocco A. 2009. Environmental and seasonal influence on virgin olive (Olea europea L.) oil volatiles in northern Italy. Scientia Hortic. (122): 385-392. (DOI:10.1016/j.scienta.2009.05.021).
• Manganaris G.A., Ziliotto F., Rasori A., Bonghi C., Ramina A., Tonutti P., Banfi R., Geuna F. and Bassi D. 2009. Gene Expression Profile During Apricot Fruit Growth, Using a Peach Microarray. Acta Hort. 817: 113-117.
• Bassi D., Ghiani A., Mignani I., Morgutti S., Negrini N., Spinardi A., Giovannini D., Liverani A., Foschi S. e Rizzo M. 2009. La nettarina 'Big Top', un caso di studio. Atti VI Convegno nazionale sulla peschicoltura meridionale (Caserta, 6-7.3.2008): 20-27.
• Bassi D., Rizzo M. e Foschi S. 2008. Nuova serie di nettarine sub-acide per l'Emilia – Romagna. Atti VI Convegno nazionale sulla peschicoltura meridionale (Caserta, 6-7.3.2008): 56-58.
• Bassi D., Rizzo M. e Foschi S. 2009. Bordò, pesca precoce per l'Emilia – Romagna. Atti VI Convegno nazionale sulla peschicoltura meridionale (Caserta, 6-7.3.2008): 60-61.
• 184. Palmisano F., Bazzoni A., Didonna A., Bassi D. e Savino V. 2009. Resistenza a Sharka in pesco: risultati preliminari. Atti VI Convegno nazionale sulla peschicoltura meridionale (Caserta, 6-7.3.2008): 264-270.

2008

• Sansavini S., Bassi D. e Testolin R. 2008. Miglioramento genetico e ricerca biotecnologia per il rinnovamento varietale. In: (a cura di) Sansavini S. "Nuove frontiere dell'arboricoltura italiana", Oasi Alberto Perdisa editore (Bologna): 303-353.
• Bononi M., Tura D., Bassi D. and Tateo F. 2008. Solid-phase microextraction in the analysis of the volatile fraction of extra-virgin olive oil from fourteen cultivars grown in the lake Garda region (Italy). Ital. J. Food Sci. n. 1 (20): 119-126.
• Negri P., Bassi D., Magnanini E., Rizzo M. e Bartolozzi F. 2008. Bitterness inheritance in apricot (P. armeniaca L.) seeds. Tree Genetics & Genomes: 4:767-776 (DOI 10.1007/s11295-008-0149-x)..
• Bassi D. 2008. Privativa comunitaria EU 22062 (albicocca BO 90610010: 'Bora'), rilasciata il 7.04.2008..
• Tura D., Failla O., Bassi D., Pedò S., and Serraiocco A. 2008. Cultivar influence on virgin olive (Olea europea L.) oil flavor based on aromatic compounds and sensorial profile. Scientia Hortic. 118: 139-148 (doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2008.05.030).
• Failla O., Pedò S., Bassi D. and Gigliotti C. 2008. Determination of leaf boron critical levels in northern Italy. Acta Hort. 791: 763-768.
• Tura D., Failla O., Pedò S., Gigliotti C., Bassi D. and Serraiocco A. 2008 Effects of seasonal weather variability on olive oil composition in northern Italy. Acta Hort. 791: 769-776.
• Layne D.R. e Bassi D. (eds.). 2008. The Peach. Botany, Production and Uses. CAB International, Wallingford (UK), 615 pages.
• Bassi D. e Monet R. 2008. Botany and Taxonomy. In: (eds.) D. R. Layne e D. Bassi: The Peach. Botany, Production and Uses. CAB International, Wallingford (UK): 1-36. (ISBN: 978 1 84593 386 9.
• Monet R. e Bassi D. 2008. Classical Genetics and Breeding. In: (eds.) D. R. Layne e D. Bassi: The Peach. Botany, Production and Uses. CAB International, Wallingford (UK): 61-84 (ISBN: 978 1 84593 386 9.
• Okie, W.R., Bacon, T. and Bassi, D. Fresh Market Cultivar Development. In: (curatori) D. R. Layne e D. Bassi: The Peach. Botany, Production and Uses. CAB International, Wallingford (UK): 139-174. (ISBN: 978 1 84593 386 9).
• Ederle D., Ventura V., Voltolina P., Bassi D. e Salamini F. 2008 OGM in agricoltura: le risposte alle domande più frequenti. Aracne, Roma (I), 101 pagine (ISBN: 978-88-548-1805-7).

2007

• Quartieri M., Schiavon L., Tagliavini M., Bassi D. e Marangoni B. 2008. Nuove selezioni di portinnesti clonali di pero. Italus Hortus15 (6): 27-35.
• Ghiani A., Negrini N., Morgutti S., Nocito F.F., Spinardi A., Ortugno C., Mignani I., Bassi D. and Cocucci M. 2007.Flesh softening in melting flesh, non melting flesh and stony hard peaches: endopolygalacturonase expression and phosphorylation of soluble polypeptides inrelation to ethylene production. In: Ramina A., Chang C., Giovannoni J., Klee H., Perata P. and Woltering E. 'Advances in plant ethylene research'. Proceedings of the 7th Int. Symp. on the plant hormone ethylene. Springer (The Netherlands): 175-180. (ISBN 978-1-4020-6013-7).
• Tura D., Gigliotti C., Pedò S., Failla O., Bassi D., and Serraiocco A. 2007. Influence of cultivar and site of cultivation on levels of antioxidant in virgin olive oils (Olea europea L.) and correlations with oxidative stability. Sci. Hortic. 112:108-119.

2006

• Geuna F., Bassi D., Failla O. and Mignani I. 2006 Use of morphological and AFLP markers to assess possible synonymy between apricot accessions. Acta Hort. 701/1:215-218 (February - ISBN/ISSN: 9066053275).
• Bassi D. and Audergon J. M. 2006. Apricot breeding: update and perspectives. Acta Hort. 701: 279-294 (February - ISBN/ISSN: 9066053275).
• Pennone F., Guerriero R., Bassi D., Borraccini G., Conte L., De Michele A., Mattatelli B., Ondradu G., Pellegrino S. and Pirazzini P. 2006. Evolution of the apricot industry in Italy and the national program "List of recommended fruit cultivars". Acta Hort. 701: 351-354. (February - ISBN/ISSN: 9066053275).
• Myrta A., Di Terlizzi B., Amenduni T., Bassi D. and Savino V. 2006. Evaluation of apricot selections for resistance to plum pox virus (PPV). Acta Hort. 701: 450-453 (February - ISBN/ISSN: 9066053275).
• Morgutti, N. Negrini, F.F. Nocito, A. Ghiani, D. Bassi, M. Cocucci. 2006. Changes in endopolygalacturonase levels and characterization of a putative endo-PG gene during fruit softening in peach genotypes with nonmelting flesh and melting flesh fruit phenotypes. New Phytologist 171: 315-328. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01763.x).
• Sansavini S. Bassi D. and Gamberini A. 2006. Peach breeding, genetic and new cultivar trends. Acta Hort. 713: 23-52. (Luglio; ISSN: 0567-7572; ISBN: 90 6605 529 4).
• Mignani I., Ortugno C. and Bassi D. 2006. Biochemical parameters for the evaluation of different peach flesh types. Acta Hort. 713:441-448. (Luglio; ISSN: 0567-7572; ISBN: 90 6605 529 4).
• Piagnani, Prinsi B. and Bassi D. 2006. Experimental approaches to in vitro grafting in Prunus armeniaca and P. spinosa. Adv. Hort. Sci., 3:224-230 (ISSN: 0394-6169; 1592-1573.
• Bassi D., Bartolini S. and Viti R. 2006. Recent advances on environmental and physiological challanges in apricot growing. Acta Hort. 717:23-31 (Febbraio; ISSN: 0567-7572; ISBN: 90 6605 599 5).
• Dondini L. Lain, O. Geuna F., Banfi R., Gaiotti F., Tartarini S., Bassi D. and Testolin R. 2006. Development of a new SSR-based linkage map in apricot and analysis of synteny with existing Prunus maps. Tree Genetics and Genome (DOI 10.1007/s11295-006-0059-8).
• Spinardi A., Magnani I., Bassi D. 2006. Il contenuto di acido ascorbico in frutti di pesco [Prunus persica L. (Batsch)] a diversa tipologia di polpa ed evoluzione della maturazione. Italus Hortus. - 13:5(2006): 24-28.
• Taamalli W., Geuna F., Banfi R., Bassi D., Daoud D. and Zarrouk M. 2006. Agronomic and molecular analyses for the characterisation of accessions in Tunisian olive germplasm collections. Electronic Journal of Biotechnology 9 (5), October 15: (ISSN: 0717-3458).

2005

• Morgutti S., Negrini N,, Magnani I., Bassi D. and Coccucci M. 2005. Flesh softening and phosphorylation of soluble polypeptides in relation to ethylene production in Prunus persica fruits with different ripening patterns. Acta Hort. 682: 115-162.
• Mignani I. and Bassi D. 2005. The effect of calcium treatments on aspects of cell wall metabolism in apple cv Braeburn. Acta Hort. 682: 191-198.
• ESTree Consortium(*). 2005. Development of an oligo-based microarray (µPEACH 1.0) for genomics studies in peach fruit. Acta Hort. 682: 263-268. (*)ESTree Consortium affiliate Institutions (in alphabetical order) and co-authors: Dipartimento di Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali, Università di Padova: C. Bonghi, A. Rasori, A. Ramina and P. Tonutti; Dipartimento di Biologia, Università di Padova: D. Zanin, G. Casadoro and L. Trainotti; Dipartimento di Produzione Vegetale, Università di Milano: F. Barale, F. Bianchi, M. Cocucci and D. Bassi; Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Università di Udine: M.T. Marrazzo and G. Cipriani; Fondazione Parco Tecnologico Padano (FPTP), Lodi: A. Vecchietti, B. Lazzari and C. Pozzi.
• Geuna F., Banfi R. e Bassi D. 2005. Identification and characterization of transcripts differentially expressed during development of apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) fruits. Tree Genetics and Genomes 1(2):69-78. (DOI:10.1007/s11295-005-0010-4).

2004

• Piagnani M.C., Scotti A., Chiozzotto R., Grippa A. e Bassi D. 2004. Rigenerazione e trasformazione del pesco: risposte varietali. Atti VII° Giornate Scientifiche S.O.I., maggio (CD-Rom).
• Cimato A. e Bassi D. 2004. Condizioni di produzione in qualità degli oli vergini di oliva. In: Tateo F. e Bononi M. 'Guida all'analisi chimica degli alimenti'. ARES Edizioni informatiche S.r.l., Milan: 39-52.
• Bassi D., Rizzo M. e Bassi L. 2004. 'Tardigold', mutazione tardiva di 'Stark Redgold'. L'Informatore Agrario, 37: 65-66.

2003

• Geuna F., Toschi M. and Bassi D. 2003. The use of AFLP markers for cultivar identification in apricot. Plant Breeding 122: 526-531.
• Bassi D. e Rizzo M. 2003. Esperienze di miglioramento genetico del pesco per la qualita' e la resistenza alla moniliosi [(Monilinia laxa Aderh. et Ruhl. (Honey)] dei frutti. Italus Hortus, (10) 5: 60-65.
• Bassi D. (editor). 2003. Le tipologie di albero nelle drupacee (Growth habits in stone fruit trees). Il Divulgatore (Bologna, I): 173 pages.
• Bassi D. (editor). 2003. Il germoplasma dell'olivo in Lombardia. Regione Lombardia, Quaderni della ricerca n. 25: 88 pages.

2002

• Scorza R., Bassi D., Liverani A.. 2002. Genetic interactions of pillar (columnar), compact, and dwarf peach tree genotypes. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 127(2):254-261.
• Bassi D., Tura D., Geuna F., Failla O., and Pedò S. 2002. Characterization of local olive (Olea europaea L.) accessions by oil composition, morphological and molecular markers methods. Convegno ISHS 'Olive 2000', Bari, 25-30.9.00. Acta Hort. 586/1: 57-60.
• Failla O., Tura D., and Bassi D. 2002. Genotype-environment-year interaction on oil antioxidants in an olive growing district in northern Italy. Convegno ISHS 'Olive 2000', Bari, 25-30.9.00. Acta Hort. 586/1: 171-174.
• Tura D., Failla O., Bassi D., and Serraiocco A. 2002. Sensory and chemical analysis of monovarietal olive oils from lake Garda (Northern Italy). Convegno ISHS 'Olive 2000', Bari, 25-30.9.00. Acta Hort. 586/2: 595-598.
• Bassi D. and Rizzo M. 2002. Fruit trait segregation in a peach cross between distant genotypes. Proc. 5th Int. Symp. on peach. Acta Hort. 592 (1): 217-221.

List of recent publication on AIR (University Research Archive) of the University of Milan (UniMi).