Beatrice Belfiori
Role: Researcher
Section: Researchers and Technologists
Division: Perugia
Tel: (39) 075-5014814
E-mail: beatrice.belfiori@ibbr.cnr.it
Education
PhD on "Plant biology and biotechnology" at University of Perugia, 2010
Graduated in Agricultural Sciences magna cum laude at University of Perugia, 2004
Work experiences
Aug 2011-present: researcher at CNR - Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR), Perugia
2010-2011: research post- doc fellow at University of Urbino, "Carlo Bo"
2006-2010: research fellow at CNR - Institute of Plant Genetics (IGV, today IBBR), Perugia
Please find my pubblication list here
Selected Publications
(full list available at CNR People)
Diversity of Endophytic and Pathogenic Fungi of Saffron (Crocus sativus) Plants from Cultivation Sites in Italy
Belfiori B, Rubini A, Riccioni C
Year: 2021
Genetic Structure and Phylogeography of Tuber magnatum Populations
Belfiori B, D’angelo V, Riccioni C, Leonardi M, Paolocci F, Pacioni G, Rubini A
Year: 2020
High genetic and chemical diversity of wild hop populations from Central Italy with signals of a genetic structure influenced by both sexual and asexual reproduction
Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Sileoni V, Marconi O, Perretti G, Bellucci M, Rubini A
Year: 2020
Pezizomycetes genomes reveal the molecular basis of ectomycorrhizal truffle lifestyle
Murat C, Payen T, Noel B, Kuo A, Morin E, Chen J, Kohler A, Krizsán K, Balestrini R, Da Silva C, Montanini B, Hainaut M, Levati E, Barry KW, Belfiori B, Cichocki N, Clum A, Dockter RB, Fauchery L, Guy J, Iotti M, Le Tacon F, Lindquist EA, Lipzen A, Malagnac F, Mello A, Molinier V, Miyauchi S, Poulain J, Riccioni C, Rubini A, Sitrit Y, Splivallo R, Traeger S, Wang M, Zifcáková L, Wipf D, Zambonelli A, Paolocci F, Nowrousian M, Ottonello S, Baldrian P, Spatafora JW, Henrissat B, Nagy LG, Aury JM, Wincker P, Grigoriev IV, Bonfante P, Martin FM
Year: 2018
Ribosomal DNA polymorphisms reveal genetic structure and a phylogeographic pattern in the Burgundy truffle Tuber aestivum Vittad.
Riccioni C, Rubini A, Türkoglu A, Belfiori B, Paolocci F
Year: 2018
Identification and characterization of wild hop germplasm in Umbria region
Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Perretti G, Rubini A, Bellucci M
Year: 2017
Characterization of the reproductive mode and life cycle of the whitish truffle T. borchii
Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Paolocci F, Rubini A
Year: 2016
Tuber magnatum: the special one. What makes it so different from the other Tuber spp.?
Riccioni C, Rubini A, Belfiori B, Gregori G, Paolocci F
Year: 2016
Certainties and uncertainties about the life cycle of the Périgord black Truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.)
Le Tacon F, Rubini A, Murat C, Riccioni C, Robin C, Belfiori B, Zeller B, De La Varga H, Akroume E, Deveau A, Martin F, Paolocci F
Year: 2015
Certainties and uncertainties about the life cycle of the Périgord black truffle (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.)
Le Tacon F, Rubini A, Murat C, Riccioni C, Robin C, Belfiori B, Zeller B, De la Varga H, Akroume E, Deveau A, Martin F, Paolocci F
Year: 2015
SSR-based identification of genetic groups within European populations of Tuber aestivum Vittad.
Molinier V, Murat C, Peter M, Gollotte A, De la Varga H, Meier B, Egli S, Belfiori B, Paolocci F, Wipf D
Year: 2015
Comparative genomics and population genetics provide new insights on the life cycle of the Black truffle of Périgord (Tuber melanosporum Vittad.)
Riccioni C, Murat C, H De La Varga, Todesco F, Rubini A, Belfiori B, Payen T, Le Tacon F, Robin C, Paolocci F, Martin F
Year: 2015
Morfologia delle micorrize del tartufo bianco pregiato. Un arcano risolto dalla biologia molecolare
Rubini A, Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Paolocci F
Year: 2014
Impact of the competition between mating types on the cultivation of Tuber melanosporum: Romeo and Juliet and the matter of space and time
Rubini A, Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Paolocci F
Year: 2014
Il ciclo vitale del tartufo nero pregiato
Rubini A, Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Paolocci F
Year: 2014
Mating type locus of Chinese black truffles reveals heterothallism and the presence of cryptic species within the T. indicum species complex
Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Paolocci F, Rubini A
Year: 2013
Fine-scale spatial genetic structure of the black truffle ( Tuber melanosporum ) investigated with neutral microsatellites and functional mating type genes
Murat C, Rubini A, Riccioni C, De la Varga H, Akroume E, Belfiori B, Guaragno M, Le Tacon F, Robin C, Halkett F, Martin F, Paolocci F
Year: 2013
Comparison of ectomycorrhizal communities in natural and cultivated T. melanosporum truffle grounds
Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Tempesta S, Pasqualetti M, Paolocci F, Rubini A
Year: 2012
Genomics of Tuber melanosporum: New Knowledge Concerning Reproductive Biology,Symbiosis, and Aroma Production
Rubini A Belfiori B Riccioni C Paolocci F
Year: 2012
Distribution and localization of microsatellites in the Perigord black truffle genome and identification of new molecular markers
Murat C, Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Cichocki N, Labbé J, Morin E, Tisserant E, Paolocci F, Rubini A, Martin F
Year: 2011
Distribution and localization of microsatellites in the Perigord black truffle genome and identification of new molecular marker
Murat C, Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Cichocki N, Labbé J, Morin E, Tisserant E, Paolocci F, Rubini A, Martin F
Year: 2011
Assessing genetic variability in T. aestivum populations from Turkey
Riccioni C, Kuyumcu S, Belfiori B, Rubini A, Turkoglu A, Paolocci F
Year: 2011
The AD-type ectomycorrhizas, one of the most common morphotypes present in truffle fields, result from fungi belonging to the Trichophaea woolhopeia species complex
Rubini A, Belfiori B, Passeri V, BACIARELLI FALINI L, Arcioni S, Riccioni C, Paolocci F
Year: 2011
Tuber melanosporum: mating type distribution in a natural plantation and dynamics of strains of different mating types on the roots of nursery-inoculated host plants
Rubini A, Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Arcioni S, Martin F, Paolocci F
Year: 2011
Isolation and characterization of MAT genes in the symbiotic ascomycete Tuber melanosporum
Rubini A, Belfiori B, Riccioni C, Tisserant E, Arcioni S, Martin F, Paolocci F
Year: 2011
Assessment of reproductive mode in Tuber melanosporum, the fungal species producing the most appreciated black truffles
Belfiori B, Paolocci F, Riccioni C, Rubini A
Year: 2010
Tuber Melanosporum Outcrosses: Analysis of the Genetic Diversity within and among its Natural Populations under this new Scenario
Riccioni C, Belfiori B, Rubini A, Passeri V, Arcioni S, Paolocci F
Year: 2008
Tmt1: the first LTR-retrotransposon from a Tuber spp
Riccioni C, Rubini A, Belfiori B, Passeri V, Paolocci F, Arcioni S
Year: 2008