Research field: Biology and Biotechnology of Plant-Microorganism Interactions
Major topics and current projects: Cellular and molecular interactions between plants and mycorrhizal fungi, with particular attention to: plant cell surfaces, cytoskeleton, gene expression changes Genomics and Functional genomics in mycorrhizal fungi (Tuber and Glomus intraradices) Cell and molecular biology of endobacteria living in mycorrhizal fungi Biodiversity of mycorrhizal fungi Environmental genomics