Gian Maria Niccolò Benucci

This study examines how drought at different developmental stages affects switchgrass physiology, metabolism, and biofuel yield, finding that vegetative-stage drought increases resilience but reduces biofuel production.

This study examines how genetic modification of the shikimate pathway in switchgrass affects its associated microbiomes, finding altered fungal and bacterial communities in roots, rhizosphere, and leaves.

CONSTAX2 improves taxonomic classification of environmental DNA markers by integrating BLAST-based classifiers and enhancing performance metrics and usability.