Title: Assistant Professor
Small Fruit and Vegetable Breeding and Genomics
Department of Horticultural Science

Education:
Ph.D. University of Naples “Federico II” (Italy)
M.S. University of Naples “Federico II” (Italy)

Campus Address:
600 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081

Email: miorizz@ncsu.edu
Phone: 704-250-5469
Website: https://pgnglab.plantsforhumanhealth.ncsu.edu

 

Lab Personnel:

Hamed Bostan, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Jian-hui Zhang, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Yunyang Zhao, Research Associate

More information about Massimo Iorizzo

Dr. Massimo Iorizzo’s research focuses on genetics, genomics, germplasm improvement and breeding of small fruits (strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, etc.) and vegetable crops. He researches the health-promoting phytoactive compounds inherent in fruits and vegetables, while also investigating strategies for selecting, concentrating and preserving these phytochemicals.

 

Publications

• Characterization of a Genomic Region under Selection in Cultivated Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) Reveals a Candidate Domestication Gene, 2017
• Patterns of Gene Flow between Crop and Wild Carrot, Daucus carota (Apiaceae) in the United States, 2016
• Exploiting genotyping by sequencing to characterize the genomic structure of the American cranberry through high-density linkage mapping, 2016
• A high-quality carrot genome assembly provides new insights into carotenoid accumulation and asterid genome evolution, 2016
• Combined Use of Molecular Markers and High-Resolution Melting (HRM) to Assess Chromosome Dosage in Potato Hybrids, 2015
• Application of genomics-assisted breeding for generation of climate resilient crops: Progress and prospects, 2015
• The Solanum commersonii genome sequence provides insight into adaption to stress conditions and genome evolution of wild potato relatives, 2015
• Potato tuber blight resistance phenotypes correlate with RB transgene transcript levels in an age-dependent manner, 2015
• QTL for Meloidogyne incognita nematode resistance in carrot, 2014
• A gene-derived SNP-based high-resolution linkage map of carrot including the location of QTL conditioning root and leaf anthocyanin pigmentation, 2014
• Structural genome comparison of A and B genome Solanum species facilitated by DArT marker/reference genome sequence analysis, 2014
• Conversion of a Diversity Arrays Technology marker differentiating wild and cultivated carrots to a co-dominant Cleaved Amplified Polymorphic Site marker, 2014
• Inheritance and mapping of Mj-2, a new source of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne javanica) resistance in carrot, 2014
• Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) platform for genotyping and mapping in carrot (Daucus carota L.), 2014
• Chemical and genetic profiling of autochthonous grapevines from Campania region, 2013
• Genetic structure and domestication fo carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus L.)(Apiaceae), 2013
• Genome microscale heterogeneity among wild potatoes revealed by Diversity Arrays Technology marker sequences, 2013
• Expression and mapping of anthocyanin biosynthesis genes in carrot, 2013
• Molecular mapping of vernalization requirement and fertility restoration genes in carrot, 2012
• Against the traffic: The first evidence for mitochondrial DNA transfer into the plastid genome, 2012
• De novo assembly of the carrot mitochondrial genome using next generation sequencing of whole genomic DNA provides first evidence of DNA transfer into an angiosperm plastid genome, 2012
• De novo assembly and characterization of the carrot transcriptome reveals novel genes, new markers, and genetic diversity, 2011
• Microsatellite isolation and marker development in carrot, genomic distribution, linkage mapping, genetic diversity analysis and marker transferability across Apiaceae, 2011
• Disease resistance gene transcription in transgenic potato is unaltered by temperature extremes and plant age, 2011
• Fertilization fitness and offspring ploidy in 3x x 2x matings in potato, 2011