Paola Varricchio

Federico II University Hospital — Italy

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences(14), Insect Resistance and Genetics(12), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control(11), Plant Virus Research Studies(11), Insect and Pesticide Research(6)

Publications37 total

Role of Ovarian Proteins Secreted by Toxoneuron nigriceps (Viereck) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Early Suppression of Host Immune Response
Insects·2021· 16 citedOpen Access
Enhancement of Bacillus thuringiensis toxicity by feeding Spodoptera littoralis larvae with bacteria expressing immune suppressive dsRNA
Journal of Pest Science·2019· 53 citedOpen Access
Evolution of an insect immune barrier through horizontal gene transfer mediated by a parasitic wasp
PLoS Genetics·2019· 41 citedOpen Access
A New Gall Midge Species of Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Flower Galls on Clinopodium nepeta (Lamiaceae) From Europe, Its Phenology, and Associated Fungi
Environmental Entomology·2018· 15 cited
Host regulation by the ectophagous parasitoid wasp Bracon nigricans
Journal of Insect Physiology·2017· 26 cited
NF-κB signaling is impaired by neonicotinoid insecticides
2017
Midgut microbiota and host immunocompetence underlie <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> killing mechanism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2016· 190 citedOpen Access
A mutualistic symbiosis between a parasitic mite and a pathogenic virus undermines honey bee immunity and health
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2016· 253 citedOpen Access
Prove preliminari di alterazione del microbioma in Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae)
2016
A Virulence Factor Encoded by a Polydnavirus Confers Tolerance to Transgenic Tobacco Plants against Lepidopteran Larvae, by Impairing Nutrient Absorption
PLoS ONE·2014· 18 citedOpen Access
Functional analysis of an immune gene of Spodoptera littoralis by RNAi
Journal of Insect Physiology·2014· 43 cited
Neonicotinoid clothianidin adversely affects insect immunity and promotes replication of a viral pathogen in honey bees
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2013· 662 citedOpen Access
Synergistic Parasite-Pathogen Interactions Mediated by Host Immunity Can Drive the Collapse of Honeybee Colonies
PLoS Pathogens·2012· 458 citedOpen Access
Molecular interactions between the olive and the fruit fly Bactrocera oleae
BMC Plant Biology·2012· 72 citedOpen Access
OLIVE MOLECULAR RESPONSE TO ATTACK OF BACTROCERA OLEAE: IDENTIFICATION OF UP-REGULATED GENES IN INFESTED OLIVE FRUITS
Acta Horticulturae·2012· 7 cited
Aphidius ervi teratocytes release an extracellular enolase
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·2009· 68 cited
Relationships of Campanian olive cultivars: comparative analysis of molecular and phenotypic data
Genome·2009· 47 cited
A γ-glutamyl transpeptidase of Aphidius ervi venom induces apoptosis in the ovaries of host aphids
Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology·2007· 100 cited
A new regulation strategy of host gene expression by the bracovirus associated with Toxoneuron nigriceps.
CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Basilicata)·2007
Characterization of the IκB-like gene family in polydnaviruses associated with wasps belonging to different Braconid subfamilies
Journal of General Virology·2006· 63 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Francesco Pennacchio(26), Patrizia Falabella(18), C. Malva(18), Franco Graziani(9), Silvia Gigliotti(7), Gennaro Di Prisco(6), Silvia Caccia(6), Ilaria Di Lelio(6), Desiderato Annoscia(4), Emilio Caprio(4), Francesco Nazzi(4), Lea Riviello(4), A. Tranfaglia(4), Giandomenico Corrado(4), Annalisa Grimaldi(4), Adriana Marinelli(3), Morena Casartelli(3), Pasqua Caccialupi(3), Rosa Rao(3), Magda de Eguileor(3)