Angela Carra

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Personal information

Name: ANGELA CARRA

Telephone: +390916574578

E-mail: angela.carra@ibbr.cnr.it

Nationality: Italian

Position

Researcher at IBBR/CNR UOS Palermo

The main research activity is involved in programs for the genetic and sanitary improvement of grapevine and other Mediterranean crops. Development of sanitation protocols through somatic embryogenesis of grapevine and other Mediterranean crops. Biodiversity conservation throw plant biotechnologies.

Work experience

2000-2003: PhD Student at the University of Parma.

2003-2012: Independent contractor within the research projects “Coltura in vitro per la conservazione del germoplasma vegetale siciliano minacciato da erosione genetica”; “Conservazione in vivo e in vitro di varietà minori di fruttiferi in via d’estinzione tipici degli ambienti mediterranei”; “Costruzione di una libreria BAC di arancio dolce Vaniglia, estrazione di DNA ad alto peso molecolare da foglie, digestione enzimatica del DNA estratto e selezione dei frammenti aventi peso molecolare compreso tra 100 e 350 kb” at Institute of Plant Genetics (IBBR from 2013), Research Unit of Palermo. Advisor in master degree at IAMB Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo di Bari, Valenzano (BA).

2012- : Researcher at Institute of Plant Genetics (IBBR from 2013), Research Unit of Palermo.

Education

PhD: University of Parma, Department of Plant Biology, 2004

Bachelor Degree: University of Parma, 1997

Main Research interest

• In vitro culture aimed to biodiversity conservation, plant regeneration, germplasm conservation and management
• Chemical mutagenesis and isolation of induced mutants
• Micropropagation and in vitro tecniques
• Somatic embryogenesis for genetic and sanitary improvement and plant regeneration

Selected Publications

(full list available at CNR People)

Increased Zygote-Derived Plantlet Formation through In Vitro Rescue of Immature Embryos of Highly Apomictic Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae)

Carra A, Catalano C, Pathirana R, Sajeva M, Inglese P, Motisi A, Carimi F

Year: 2023

Somatic Embryogenesis and Flow Cytometric Assessment of Nuclear Genetic Stability for Sansevieria spp.: An Approach for In Vitro Regeneration of Ornamental Plants

Catalano C, Carra A, Carimi F, Motisi A, Sajeva M, Butler A, Lucretti S, Giorgi D, Farina A, Abbate L

Year: 2023

Propagation of Calendula maritima Guss. (Asteraceae) through biotechnological techniques for possible usage in phytotherapy

Catalano C, Abbate L, Carimi F, Carra A, Gristina AS, Motisi A, Pasta S, Garfì G

Year: 2022

Different cell Types Affect the Transition from Juvenile to Mature Phase in Citrus Plants Regenerated through Somatic Embryogenesis

Catalano C, Abbate L, Fatta Del Bosco S, Motisi A, Carimi F, De Michele R, Mercati F, D’onghia AM, Carra A

Year: 2022

Long-term field evaluation of conventional vs. micropropagated plants of Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium

Catalano C, Carra A, Carimi F, Motisi A, Abbate L, Sarno M, Carrubba A

Year: 2022

Influence of Culture Conditions on In Vitro Asymbiotic Germination of Anacamptis longicornu and Ophrys panormitana (Orchidaceae)

Arcidiacono M, Catalano C, Motisi A, Sajeva M , Carimi F, Carra A

Year: 2021

Autotetraploid emergence via somatic embryogenesis in Vitis vinifera induces marked morphological changes in shoots, mature leaves, and stomata

Catalano C, Abbate L, Motisi M, Crucitti D, Cangelosi V, Pisciotta A, Di Lorenzo R, Carimi F, Carra A

Year: 2021

Translocation to prevent extinction in face of global change: the case of the sterile relict tree Zelkova sicula (Sicily, Italy)

Garfì G, Buord S, Carra A, Catalano C, Fazan L, Gautier C, Gristina AS, Livreri Console S, Motisi A, Perrotta G, Kozlowski G, Pasta S

Year: 2021

Overcoming sexual sterility in conservation of endangered species: the prominent role of biotechnology in the multiplication of Zelkova sicula (Ulmaceae), a relict tree at the brink of extinction

Carra A, Catalano C, Badalamenti O, Carimi F, Pasta S, Motisi A, Abbate L, La Bella F, Fazan L, Kozlowski G, Garfì G

Year: 2019

Somatic embryogenesis of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) and genetic stability assessment of regenerants using flow cytometry and ISSR markers

Raji MR, Lotfi M, Tohidfar M, Zahedi B, Carra A, Abbate L, Carimi F

Year: 2018

Elimination of Grapevine leafroll associated virus-3, Grapevine rupestris stem pitting associated virus and Grapevine virus A from a Tunisian cultivar by somatic embryogenesis and characterization of the somaclones using ampelographic descriptors

Bouamama-Gzara B, Selmi I, Chebil S, Melki I, Mliki A, Ghorbel A, Carra A, Carimi F, Mahfoudhi N

Year: 2017

In vitro propagation of the relict laperinne’s olive (Olea europaea L. subsp. Laperrinei)

Haddad B, Carra A, Saadi A, Haddad N, Mercati F, Gristina AS, Boukhalfa S, Djillali A, Carimi F

Year: 2017

Attempts to eradicate graft-transmissible infections through somatic embryogenesis in Citrus ssp. and analysis of genetic stability of regenerated plants

Meziane M, Frasheri D, Carra A, Boudjeniba M, D’Onghia AM, Mercati F, Djelouah K, Carimi F

Year: 2017

Is in vitro micrografting a possible valid alternative to traditional micropropagation in Cactaceae? Pelecyphora aselliformis as a case study

Badalamenti O, Carra A, Oddo E, Carimi F, Sajeva M

Year: 2016

Strategies for conservation of endangered wild grapevine (Vitis vinifera L. subsp. sylvestris (C.C. Gmel.) Hegi)

Carimi F, Carra A, Panis B, Pathirana R

Year: 2016

In-vitro regeneration of Calendula maritima Guss. (Asteraceae), a threatened plant endemic to western Sicily

Carra A, Bambina M, Pasta S, Garfi G, Badalamenti O, Catalano C, Carimi F, Sajeva M

Year: 2016

Factors affecting somatic embryogenesis in eight Italian grapevine cultivars and the genetic stability of embryo-derived regenerants as assessed by molecular markers

Carra A, Sajeva M, Abbate L, Siragusa M, Pathirana R, Carimi F

Year: 2016

Removal of leafroll viruses from infected grapevine plants by droplet vitrification

Pathirana R, McLachlan A, Hedderley D, Carra A, Carimi F, Panis B

Year: 2015

Somatic embryogenesis and virus elimination in Citrus

Carimi F, D’Onghia Am, Carra A, Djelouah K

Year: 2013

Somatic Embryogenesis and Agrobacterium Mediated Genetic Transformation in Vitis

Carimi F, Pathirana R, Carra A

Year: 2013

Biotechnologies for grapevine germplasm management and improvement.

Carimi F, Pathirana R, Carra A

Year: 2012

Potential use of new diphenylurea derivatives in micropropagation of Capparis spinosa L.

Carra A, Del Signore MB, Sottile F, Ricci A, Carimi F

Year: 2012

In vitro plant regeneration of caper (Capparis spinosa L.) from floral explants and genetic stability of regenerants

Carra A, Sajeva M, Abbate L, Siragusa M, Sottile F, Carimi F

Year: 2012

Efficient plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis in bulbing fennel using immature flowers explants

Fiore Mc, Carimi F, Carra A, Sunseri F

Year: 2012

A first attempt on sanitation of Algerian Citrus genotypes by stigma/ style somatic embryogenesis

Meziane M, Boudjeniba M, Frasheri D, D’onghia Am, Carra A, Carimi F

Year: 2012

Regeneration of Algerian Citrus germplasm by stigma/style somatic embryogenesis.

Meziane M, Boudjeniba M, Frasheri D, D’onghia Am, Carra A, Carimi F, Haddad N, Boukhalfa S, Braneci S

Year: 2012

Small RNA Extraction and Expression Analysis by Northern Blot

Batelli G, Gambino G, Mica E, Schubert A, Carra A

Year: 2010

Citrus sanitation methods for the elimination of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV)

Meziane M, Frasheri D, Carra A, Djelouah K, Carimi F, D’Onghia AM

Year: 2009