Sebastiano Nigris

Ph.D Plant Scientist

PUBLICATIONS

Here you can find a list of my publications.

Please feel free to contact me for a copy if you cannot access any of these papers.

  • Cipriani R., Greggio L., Zanardi W., Bonato T., Baldan B., Nigris S.  (2025). The compost microbiota can help tomato plants to cope drought stress. In prep.
  • Zumajo-Cardona C., Dvorkin A., Nigris S. Botanical Gardens: the Eden for evo-devo studies in plant diversity. Under review Annals of Botany.
  • Cipriani R., De Biasio N., Ghirardello G., Kalamara V., Zanardi W., Bonato T., Baldan B., Nigris S. (2025).  The application of compost in tomato cultivation shapes the bacterial communities associated with the soil and plants. Under review BMC Environmental Microbiome. 
  • Sondervan, V. M., Eshel, G., Varala, K., Frangos, S., Katari, M. S., Jeffers, T. L., Zumajo-Cardona, C., Nigris, S., DeGironimo, L., Smalls, T., McCombie, R. W., Little, D. P., Ambrose, B., Stevenson, D. W., & Coruzzi, G. M. (2024). Developmentally regulated genes drive phylogenomic splits in ovule evolution. Nature Communications, Accepted.
  • Cota, I., Moschin, S., Offer, E., Martínez-Fernández, I., Magnanimi, F., Ambrose, B., Nigris, S., Baldan, B., Ferrándiz, C., & Pelaz, S. (2024). Functional conservation of carpel development regulators between angiosperms and gymnosperms. Plant Cell, Accepted.
  • Moschin S., Nigris S.*, Offer E., Babolin N., Chiappetta A., Bruno L., Baldan B. (2024) Reproductive development in Trithuria submersa: the involvement of AGAMOUS-like genes. Planta  260.5 (2024): 1-13. Corresponding author
  • Offer, E., Moschin, S., Nigris, S., Baldan, B. (2023). Reproductive Mechanisms in Ginkgo and Cycas: Sisters but not Twins. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, 42(5), 283-299.
  • Beggio, G., Bonato, T., Marangoni, S., Bravin, M. N., Fantinato, E., Nigris, S., … & Piazza, R. (2024). Uptake and translocation of brominated flame retardants in tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.): Results from a standard soil-based biotest. Chemosphere, 353, 141594.
  • Muto, A., Talarico, E., D’Apice, G., Di Marzo, M., Moschin, S., Nigris, S., … & Bruno, L. (2024). Development of pollinated and unpollinated ovules in Ginkgo biloba: unravelling the role of pollen in ovule tissue maturation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 75(11), 3351-3367.
  • Stevenson, D. W., Ramakrishnan, S., de Santis Alves, C., Coelho, L. A., Kramer, M., Goodwin, S., … & Martienssen, R. A. (2023). The genome of the Wollemi pine, a critically endangered “living fossil” unchanged since the Cretaceous, reveals extensive ancient transposon activity. bioRxiv.
  • Nigris S., De Biasio N., Zanardi W., Bonato T., Baldan B. (2023) Utilizzo del compost per proteggere e migliorare la biodiversità microbica del suolo.  Organic Biorecycling, ISBN  978-88-6627-350-9, Italian Consortium of Composter.
  • D’Apice G., Moschin S., Araniti F., Nigris S., Di Marzo M., Muto A., Banfi A., Bruno L., Colombo L., Baldan B. (2021). The Role of Pollination in Controlling Ginkgo Biloba Ovule Development. New Phytologist, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17753.
  • Moschin S.*, Nigris S.* (equal contribution), Ezquer Garin I., Masiero S., Cagnin S., Cortese E., Colombo L., Casadoro, Baldan B. (2021). Expression and functional analyses of Nymphaea caerulea MADS-box genes contribute to clarify the complex flower patterning of water lilies. Frontiers in Plant Science, doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.730270.
  • Nigris S., D’Apice G., Ciarle R., Baldan B. (2021). Fleshy structure associated with ovule protection and seed dispersal in Gymnosperms: a systematic and evolutionary overview. Critical Reviews in Plant Science, 1:18
  • Forin N., Vizzini A., Nigris S., Ercole., Voyron S., Girlanda M., Baldan B. (2020). Illuminating type collections of “nectriaceous” fungi in Saccardo’s fungarium. Persoonia, 45:221-249.
  • Forin N., Nigris S., Voyron S., Girlanda M., Vizzini A., Casadoro G. and Baldan B. (2019). La collezione micologica del Saccardo: un tesoro di informazioni molecolari. Atti del convegno “Erbari Micologici Italiani – Riscoperta e valorizzazione”, in Micologia Toscana, Vol. 1, ISSN 2612-7512
  • Forin N.*, Nigris S.* (equal contribution), Voyron S., Girlanda M., Vizzini A., Casadoro G. and Baldan B. (2018). Next Generation Sequencing of Ancient Fungal Specimens: The Case of the Saccardo Mycological Herbarium. Front. Ecol. Evol. 6:129. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2018.00129.
  • Moscatiello R., Sello S., Ruocco M., Barbulova A., Cortese E., Nigris S., Baldan B., Chiurazzi M., Mariani P., Lorito M., Navazio L. (2018). The Hydrophobin HYTLO1 Secreted by the Biocontrol Fungus Trichoderma longibrachiatum Triggers a NAADP-Mediated Calcium Signalling Pathway in Lotus japonicus. Int. J. Mol. Sci.2018, 19, 2596.
  • Nigris S., Baldan E., Tondello A., Vitulo N., Favaro G., Guidolin V., Bordin N., Telatin A., Barizza E., Marcato S., Zottini M., Squartini A., Valle G., Baldan B. (2018). Biocontrol traits of Bacillus licheniformis GL174, a culturable endophyte of Vitis vinifera cv. Glera. BMC Microbiology, 18:133.
  • Favaro G., Bogialli S., Di Gangi IM., Nigris S., Baldan E., Squartini A., Pastore P., Baldan B. (2016). Characterization of lipopeptides produced by Bacillus licheniformis using liquid chromatography with accurate tandem mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 30(20):2237-52.
  • Baldan E., Nigris S., Romualdi C., D’Alessandro S., Clocchiatti A., Zottini M., Stevanato P., Squartini A., Baldan B. (2015). Beneficial Bacteria Isolated from Grapevine Inner Tissues Shape Arabidopsis thaliana Roots. PLoS ONE 10(10).
  • Baldan E., Nigris S., Populin F., Zottini M., Squartini A., Baldan B. (2014). Identification of culturable bacterial endophyte community isolated from tissues of Vitis vinifera ‘Glera’. Plant Biosystems. Vol. 148 (3), 2014. 
  • Nigris S., Baldan E., Zottini M., Squartini., Baldan B. (2013). Is the bacterial endophyte community, living in Glera (Vitis vinifera) plants, active in biocontrol? In: Schneider C., Leifert C., Feldmann F. (Eds), Endophytes for plant protection: the state of the art, pp. 12-16. © 2013 Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft, Braunschweig, ISBN: 978-3-941261-11-2.