Ph.D. cycle XXXVIII cyclePhD XXXVIII cycleRoberta Ferrante

Roberta Ferrante

Supervisor

Donatella Paffetti

Email

roberta.ferrante(AT)unifi.it

Office address

Via Maragliano, 77, Florence (FI)

Profile

Roberta Ferrante was born in Grosseto (GR) on 3/06/1995. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in 2017 in Nursery Sciences, Environment, and Green Management from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Florence, with a thesis titled "Grafting as a Tool of Defense Against Grape Phylloxera."

At the same University, in 2021 she obtained her master’s degree in Biotechnology for Environmental Management and Sustainable Agriculture, with a thesis titled "Meta-Analysis as a Tool to Identify Candidate Genes Involved in Abiotic Stress Response."

She is currently a PhD student in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) at the University of Florence. 

Main papers

• Garosi, C., Ferrante, R., Vettori, C., & Paffetti, D. (2022). Meta-Analysis as a Tool to Identify Candidate Genes Involved in the Abiotic Stress Response of Fagus sylvatica L. Forests, 13(2), 159. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13020159
• Ferrante, R., Campagni, C., Vettori, C., Checcucci, A., Garosi, C., & Paffetti, D. (2024). Meta-Analysis of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria Interaction with Host Plants: Implications for Drought Stress Response Gene Expression. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1282553