Roberto Mariotti

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I’m working as Technician in the group of Dr. Luciana Baldoni, on olive (Olea europaea) genetics and molecular biology.

The Olive group of CNR-IBBR in Perugia works, at international level, on different topics related to Olea europaea genetics, genomics and molecular biology, including genome and transcriptome sequencing, functional genomics, germplasm conservation and evaluation.

Research interests:
- Development and analysis of chloroplast, mitochondrial and nuclear molecular markers;
- Genotyping of varieties, wild species, related subspecies of olive trees through molecular markers;
- Use of different bio-informatic softwares (identity-similarity, evolution, population analyses, pedigree);
- Association mapping;
- Nucleic acid extraction from different matrices (food, fatty matrices etc.);
- Molecular traceability of olive oils and detection of varietal composition;
- Breeding of olive cultivars and control by Marker Assisted Selection (MAS);
- Technical expert for olive cultivation: planting, pruning, harvesting and oil production.

Publications

International ISI journals:

M Hosseini-Mazinani, R Mariotti, B Torkzaban, M Sheikh-Hassani, S Ataei, NGM Cultrera, S Pandolfi, L Baldoni, 2013. The olive tree variability beyond the boundaries of Mediterranean. PloS one 9.4 (2014): e93146.

S Mousavi, M Hosseini Mazinani, L Baldoni, K Arzani, A Ydollahi, S Pandolfi, R Mariotti, 2013. Molecular analysis of Golestan (Iran) olive ecotypes confirmed the presence of unknown genotypes. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 61(4), 775-785.

Cultrera, N. G., Alagna, F., Mariotti, R., De Marchis, F., Pompa, A., Bellucci, M., & Baldoni, L. (2014). Isolation and molecular characterization of three acyl carrier protein genes in olive (Olea europaea L.). Tree Genetics & Genomes, 1-15.

Alagna F., Mariotti R., Panara F., Caporali S., Urbani S., Veneziani G., Esposto S.,Taticchi A., Rosati A., Rao R., Perrotta G., Servili M., Baldoni L., 2012. Olive phenolic compounds: metabolic and transcriptional profiling during fruit development. BMC Plant Biology 12(1), 162.

Rotondi A., Cultrera N.G.M., Mariotti R., Baldoni L., 2011. Genotyping and evaluation of local olive varieties of a climatically disfavoured region through molecular, morphological and oil quality parameters. Scientia Horticulturae 130(3), 562-569.

Mariotti R., Cultrera G.N.M., Muñoz Díez C., Baldoni L., Rubini A., 2010. Identification of new polymorphic regions and differentiation of cultivated olives (Olea europaea L.) through plastome sequence comparison. BMC Plant Biology, 10:211. doi:10.1186/1471-2229-10-211.

Baldoni L., Cultrera N.G.M., Mariotti R., Ricciolini C., Arcioni S., Vendramin G.G., Buonamici A., Porceddu A., Sarri V., Ojeda M.A., Trujillo I., Rallo L., Belaj A., Perri E., Salimonti A., Muzzalupo I., Casagrande A., Lain O., Messina R., Testolin R., 2009. A consensus list of microsatellite markers for olive genotyping. Molecular Breeding. 24:213-231.

Patents:

Baldoni L., Mariotti R., Paolocci F., Arcioni S., Cultrera N.G.M., Servili M., Perri E., Savino A. Determination of the presence of hazelnut oil in olive oils by use of molecular markers. (accepted by the competent authority of the National Research Council, waiting for ID number)

Mariotti R.,Cultrera N.G.M., Arcioni S., Baldoni L., Perri E., Servili M. A method of DNA extraction from oily matrix. (accepted by the competent authority of the National Research Council, waiting for ID number).

Books:

Baldoni L., Cultrera N., Mariotti R., Pandolfi S., Blanco A., Montemurro C., et al., 2011. Caratterizzazione molecolare delle varietà di olivo. In: Manuale per l’identificazione e il riordino del patrimonio varietale di olivo. Ed. Rete Interregionale per la Ricerca Agraria, Forestale, Acquacoltura e Pesca.

Baldoni L., Cultrera N.G.M., Mariotti R., Pandolfi S., Blanco A., Montemurro C., et al., 2011. Catalogo Nazionale delle Cultivar di Olivo - Progetto OLVIVA: Qualificazione del vivaismo olivicolo, Caratterizzazione varietale, sanitaria e innovazioni nella tecnica vivaistica. Ed. Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro” - Dip. Biologia e Chimica Agroforestale ed Ambientale. ISBN 978-88-88793-97-9.

Pandolfi S., De Angelis S., Paoletti A., Baldoni L. Cultrera N.G.M., Mariotti R., Perri E., Pannelli G., 2010. Varietà ed ecotipi di olivo del Lazio. Ed. Assessorato Agricoltura Regione Lazio, ARSIAL.

Book chapters:

Baldoni L., Cultrera N.G.M., Mariotti R., 2012. DNA tracking for the authentication of edible plant oils. In: Food Authentication Using Biomolecules. Ed. Stefano Sforza, DEStech Publications, Inc.

Baldoni L., Mariotti R., Cultrera N.G.M., 2011. Caratterizzazione molecolare delle varietà di olive e degli oli di oliva. In: OLEUM. Ed. IlSole24Ore Libri, Bologna.

Baldoni L., Arcioni S., Cultrera N.G.M., Mariotti R., 2010. Tracciabilità molecolare degli oli di oliva. In: Olio ed olivo nel CNR. A cura di Andrea Di Vecchia, Annalisa Rotondi e Enrico Licausi, pp. 73-75.

Baldoni L., Mariotti R., Cultrera N.G.M., 2010. Tracciabilità molecolare degli oli di oliva: dalla ricerca all’applicazione. Atti del Convegno Giornata di studio: frontiere della tracciabilità molecolare e sicurezza dei prodotti alimentari, Accademia dei Georgofili, Quaderno V, Firenze, 18 Marzo, pp. 71-77.

Cultrera N.G.M., Mariotti R., Baldoni L., 2009. Caratterizzazione molecolare degli olivi secolari. In: Oleum Castrocarj - L’oro verde nel cuore della Romagna. Ed. Il Pontevecchio di Cesena, pp. 55-64.

Baldoni L., Cultrera N.G.M., Mariotti R., 2007. Schede elaiografiche del germoplasma di olivo del Friuli Venezia Giulia e del Collio sloveno - Identificazione delle varietà di olivo del Friuli e della Slovenia mediante analisi molecolare. In: L’olivo nella storia, nel paesaggio e nell’economia di Brda e dei Colli del Friuli orientale conservazione e sviluppo. Ed. Agenzia regionale per lo sviluppo rurale, ERSA, pp. 72-75.

Rotondi A., Baldoni L., Cultrera N.G.M., Mariotti R., Fabbri A. 2007. Alla scoperta delle varietà autoctone. In: Alimenti funzionali, salute e benessere dai prodotti della terra. Ed. Provincia di Bologna, Centro Divulgazione Agricola, pp. 24-48.

Work experiences:

1 Nov 2011 - Today: Technical expert in Research Institutions: Development and application of molecular markers for breeding, Study and analysis of olive biodiversity, molecular traceability of olive oil and table olive.

15 Jun 2007 - 31 Oct 2011: Collaboration contracts: Identification of molecular markers for SNP genotyping of olive varieties; use of chloroplast and nuclear markers for genetic traceability of olive oil; analysis of polymorphisms of coding sequences; agronomy and biodiversity of olive.

International experiences:

NIGEB, Tehran Iran, 2012-2013: structuring international articles and collaboration for joint projects in olive, bioinformatic and quality of olive oil lessons.

IFAPA, Cordoba Spain, 2012: meeting for joint projects in olive.

Technical supervision of PhD students and undergraduates:

Master thesis of Federica Baglivo, 2010, 2012-2013 development and application of EST-SSR in olive;
Phd student Soraya Mousavi 2012-2014, biodiversity of Iranian olive ecotypes;
Phd student Vahideh Hedayati 2012-2014, association mapping in a progeny of olive and gene expression of candidate gene for rooting ability;
Phd student MariCarmen Dominguez Garcia 2011-2012, application chloroplast markers in wild populations of Spanish olive;
Master student Bahareh Torkzaban 2010, analysis of wild olive in Iran;
Master student Masoomeh Sheik Hassan 2010 Liquid handling and use systems for molecular biology;
Phd student Mirjana Djakalovic 2010, analysis of ancient olive trees and autochthonous olive of Montenegro;
Dr Umberto Reale 2008-2009, DNA extraction from olive oil blended with hazelnut oil.

Education and training:

2010 - Bioninformatics course: "Association Mappiong and analysis by bioinformatics software Tassel, DnaSP", Agricultural University of Bologna.
2007 - Bioinformatics course: "bioinformatics tools for the analysis and management of sequence data, genome annotation and gene expression", organized by SIGA - Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics; Monsampolo del Tronto (AP)
1998 - High school diploma at the Liceo scientifico "Galeazzo Alessi", Perugia

Selected Publications

(full list available at CNR People)

How Temperatures May Affect the Synthesis of Fatty Acids during Olive Fruit Ripening: Genes at Work in the Field

Contreras C, Pierantozzi P, Maestri D, Tivani M, Searles P, Brizuela M, Fernández F, Toro A, Puertas C, Trentacoste ER, Kiessling J, Mariotti R, Baldoni L, Mousavi S, Fernandez P, Moschen S, Torres M

Year: 2023

Volatile Olfactory Profiles of Umbrian Extra Virgin Olive Oils and Their Discrimination through MOX Chemical Sensors

Mariotti R, Núñez-Carmona E, Genzardi D, Pandolfi S, Sberveglieri V, Mousavi S

Year: 2022

Bioactive Compound Profiling of Olive Fruit: The Contribution of Genotype

Mousavi S, Stanzione V, Mariotti R, Mastio V, Azariadis A, Passeri V, Valeri MC, Baldoni L, Bufacchi M

Year: 2022

Thermal regime and cultivar effects on squalene and sterol contents in olive fruits: Results from a field network in different Argentinian environments

Torres M, Pierantozzi P, Contreras C, Stanzione V, Tivani M, Mastio V, Gentili L, Searles P, Brizuela M, Fernández F, Toro A, Puertas C, Trentacoste E, Kiessling J, Mariotti R, Mousavi S, Bufacchi M, Baldoni L, Maestri D

Year: 2022

Exploring Olive Genetic Diversity in the Maltese Islands

Valeri MC, Mifsud D, Sammut C, Pandolfi S, Lilli E, Bufacchi M, Stanzione V, Passeri V, Baldoni L, Mariotti R, Mousavi S

Year: 2022

Diallelic self-incompatibility is the main determinant of fertilization patterns in olive orchards

Mariotti R, Pandolfi S, De Cauwer I, Saumitou-Laprade P, Vernet P, Rossi M, Baglivo F, Baldoni L, Mousavi S

Year: 2021

Characterization and validation of olive FAD and SAD gene families: expression analysis in different tissues and during fruit development

Contreras C, Mariotti R, Mousavi S, Baldoni L, Guerrero C, Roka L, Cultrera N, Pierantozzi P, Maestri D, Gentili L, Tivani M, Torres M

Year: 2020

EST-SNP study of olea Europaea L. Uncovers functional polymorphisms between cultivated and wild olives

Mariotti R, Belaj A, De La Rosa R, Leon L, Brizioli F, Baldoni L, Mousavi S

Year: 2020

Genetic mapping of the incompatibility locus in Olive and development of a linked sequence-tagged site marker

Mariotti R, Fornasiero A, Mousavi S, Cultrera NG, Brizioli F, Pandolfi S, Passeri V, Rossi M, Magris G, Scalabrin S, Scaglione D, Di Gaspero G, Saumitou-Laprade P, Vernet P, Alagna F, Morgante M, Baldoni L

Year: 2020

The paradox of self-fertile varieties in the context of self-incompatible genotypes in Olive

Alagna F, Caceres ME, Pandolfi S, Collani S, Mousavi S, Mariotti R, Cultrera NG, Baldoni L, Barcaccia G

Year: 2019

High levels of variation within gene sequences of Olea europaea L.

Cultrera NG, Sarri V, Lucentini L, Ceccarelli M, Alagna F, Mariotti R, Mousavi S, Ruiz CG, Baldoni L

Year: 2019

Plasticity of fruit and oil traits in olive among different environments

Mousavi S, de la Rosa R, Moukhli A, El Riachy M, Mariotti R, Torres M, Pierantozzi P, Stanzione V, Mastio V, Zaher H, El Antari A, Ayoub S, Dandachi F, Youssef H, Aggelou N, Contreras C, Maestri D, Belaj A, Bufacchi M, Baldoni L, Leon L

Year: 2019

Physiological, epigenetic and genetic regulation in some olive cultivars under salt stress

Mousavi S, Regni L, Bocchini M, Mariotti R, Cultrera NG, Mancuso S, Googlani J, Chakerolhosseini MR, Guerrero C, Albertini E, Baldoni L, Proietti P

Year: 2019

Behavior of four olive cultivars during salt stress

Regni L, Del Pino AM, Mousavi S, Palmerini CA, Baldoni L, Mariotti R, Mairech H, Gardi T, D’amato R, Proietti P

Year: 2019

Usefulness of a New Large Set of High Throughput EST-SNP Markers as a Tool for Olive Germplasm Collection Management

Belaj A, De la Rosa R, Lorite IJ, Mariotti R, Cultrera NG, Beuzón CR, González-Plaza JJ, Muñoz-Mérida A, Trelles O, Baldoni L

Year: 2018

Venetian olive (Olea europaea) germplasm: disclosing the genetic identity of locally grown cultivars suited for typical extra virgin oil productions

Hmmam I, Mariotti R, Ruperti B, Cultrera N, Baldoni L, Barcaccia G

Year: 2018

Olive oil quality in crossbred progeny of "Leccino"

Mousavi S, Mariotti R, Breidi M, Vanacore S, Baglivo F, Aggelou N, Mencuccini M, Bufacchi M

Year: 2018

Biochemical and molecular profiling of unknown olive genotypes from central Italy: determination of major and minor components

Mousavi S, Stanzione V, Mencuccini M, Baldoni L, Bufacchi M, Mariotti R

Year: 2018

Survey of over 4.500 monumental olive trees preserved on-farm in the northeast Iberian Peninsula, their genotyping and characterization

Ninot A, Howad W, Aranzana MJ, Senar R, Romero A, Mariotti R, Baldoni L, Belaj A

Year: 2018

The eastern part of the Fertile Crescent concealed an unexpected route of olive (Olea europaea L.) differentiation

Mousavi S, Mariotti R, Bagnoli F, Costantini L, Cultrera NG M, Arzani K, Pandolfi S, Vendramin GG, Torkzaban B, Hosseini-Mazinani M, Baldoni L

Year: 2017

The first molecular identification of an Olive collection applying standard simple sequence repeats and novel expressed sequence tag markers

Mousavi S, Mariotti R, Regni L, Nasini L, Bufacchi M, Pandolfi S, Baldoni L, Proietti P

Year: 2017

Elucidation of the genetic architecture of self-incompatibility in olive: Evolutionary consequences and perspectives for orchard management

Saumitou-Laprade P, Vernet P, Vekemans X, Billiard S, Gallina S, Essalouh L, Mhaïs A, Moukhli A, El Bakkali A, Barcaccia G, Alagna F, Mariotti R, Cultrera NG, Pandolfi S, Rossi M, Khadari B, Baldoni L

Year: 2017

Transcript Analysis and Regulative Events during Flower Development in Olive (Olea europaea L.)

Alagna F, Cirilli M, Galla G, Carbone F, Daddiego L, Facella P, Lopez L, Colao C, Mariotti R, Cultrera N, Rossi M, Barcaccia G, Baldoni L, Muleo R, Perrotta G

Year: 2016

Overexpression of the olive acyl carrier protein gene (OeACP1) produces alterations in fatty acid composition of tobacco leaves

De Marchis F, Valeri MC, Pompa A, Bouveret E, Alagna F, Grisan S, Stanzione V, Mariotti R, Cultrera N, Baldoni L, Bellucci M

Year: 2016

Characterizing ancient and local olive germplasm from Montenegro

Lazović B, Adakalić M, Pucci C, Perović T, Bandelj D, Belaj A, Mariotti R, Baldoni L

Year: 2016

Development, evaluation, and validation of new EST-SSR markers in olive (Olea europaea L.)

Mariotti R, Cultrera NG, Mousavi S, Baglivo F, Rossi M, Albertini E, Alagna F, Carbone F, Perrotta G, Baldoni L

Year: 2016

Increased oleic acid content in tobacco leaves due to the expression of an olive acyl carrier protein

De Marchis F, Valeri MC, Pompa A, Bouveret E, Alagna F, Grisan S, Stanzione V, Mariotti R, Cultrera N, Baldoni L, Bellucci M

Year: 2015

Polymorphisms in the AOX2 gene are associated with the rooting ability of olive cuttings

Hedayati V, Mousavi A, Razavi K, Cultrera N, Alagna F, Mariotti R, Hosseini-Mazinani M, Baldoni L

Year: 2015

Machine Learning Based Classification of Microsatellite Variation: An Effective Approach for Phylogeographic Characterization of Olive Populations

Torkzaban B, Kayvanjoo AH, Ardalan A, Mousavi S, Mariotti R, Baldoni L, Ebrahimie E, Ebrahimi M, Hosseini-Mazinani M

Year: 2015

Isolation and molecular characterization of three acyl carrier protein genes in olive (Olea europaea L.)

Cultrera NGM, Alagna F, Mariotti R, De Marchis F, Pompa A, Bellucci M, Baldoni L

Year: 2014

Current status of conservation, evaluation and usefulness of wild olive germplasm

De La Rosa R, Klepo T, Arias-Calderon R, Toumi A, Dominguez-Garcia MC, Leon L, Belaj A, Mariotti R, Baldoni L, Satovic Z, Atienza SG, Martin A

Year: 2014

Molecular and morphological characterization of Golestan (Iran) olive ecotypes provides evidence for the presence of promising genotypes

Mousavi S, Hosseini Mazinani M, Arzani K, Ydollahi A, Pandolfi S, Baldoni L, Mariotti R

Year: 2014

Overexpression of an olive acyl carrier protein (ACP) in tobacco tissuues.

De Marchis F, Pompa A, Cultrera N, Mariotti R, Alagna F, Baldoni L, Bellucci M

Year: 2013

Olive phenolic compounds: metabolic and transcriptional profiling during fruit development

Alagna F, Mariotti R, Panara F, Urbani S, Veneziani G, Esposto S, Taticchi A, Rosati A, Rao R, Perrotta G, Servili M, Baldoni L

Year: 2012

Current status of the exploitation of the olive genetic resources.

Belaj A, León L, De La Rosa R, Cultrera NG M, Mariotti R, Baldoni L

Year: 2010

Exploring allelic variation and functionof acyl carrier protein loci in olive

Cultrera NG M, Alagna F, Mariotti R, Baldoni L

Year: 2010

Identification of new polymorphic regions and differentiation of cultivated olives (Olea europaea L.) through plastome sequence comparison

Mariotti R, CULTRERA NG M, MUÑOZ DÍEZ C, Baldoni L, Rubini A

Year: 2010

Varietà ed ecotipi di olivo del Lazio

Pandolfi S, De Angelis S, Paoletti A, Baldoni L Cultrera NG, Mariotti R, Perri E, Pannelli G

Year: 2010

Evaluation of the Iranian olive germoplasma by SSR and chloroplast

Sheikh-Hassani M, Torkzaban B, Hosseini Mazinani M, Baldoni L, Pandolfi S, Cultrera NG M, Mariotti R

Year: 2010

A consensus list of microsatellite markers for olive genotyping

Baldoni L, Cultrera N, Mariotti R, Ricciolini C, Arcioni S, Vendramin GG, Buonamici A, Porceddu A, Sarri V, Ojeda M, Trujillo I, Rallo L, Belaj A, Perri E, Salimonti A, Muzzalupo I, Casagrande A, Lain O, Messina R, Testolin R

Year: 2009

Characterization of the acyl carrier protein gene in olive

Mariotti R, Baldoni L, Alagna F, Cultrera NG M, Sarri V

Year: 2008

Determinazione della composizione varietale degli oli di oliva extra vergine mediante marcatori molecolari

Mariotti R, Damiani P, Anastasi V, Arcioni S, Cultrera NG M, Baldoni L

Year: 2008

Impiego di marcatori molecolari per risalire alla composizione varietale degli oli di oliva e per determinare la presenza di olio di altre specie

Mariotti R, Paolocci F, Arcioni S, Cultrera NG, Servili M, Baldoni L

Year: 2008

NPs detection on Olea europaea candidate genes and their potential use in oil traceability

Sarri V, Baldoni L, Arcioni S, Alagna F, Mariotti R, Cultrera NG

Year: 2008