Early embryo exposure to assisted reproductive manipulation induced subtle changes in liver epigenetics with no apparent negative health consequences in rabbit, Garcia-Dominguez, X., Diretto Gianfranco, Peñaranda D.S., Frusciante Sarah, Garcia-Carpintero V., Canizares J., Vicente J.S., and Marco-Jiménez F. , International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Jan-09-2021, Volume 22, Issue 18, Number 18, p.9716, (2021)

Effect of fruit shading and cold storage on tocopherol biosynthesis and its involvement in the susceptibility of Star Ruby grapefruit to chilling injury, Rey, F., Rodrigo M.J., Diretto Gianfranco, and Zacarías L. , Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences, Volume 3, (2021)

An Eggplant Recombinant Inbred Population Allows the Discovery of Metabolic QTLs Controlling Fruit Nutritional Quality, Sulli, Maria, Barchi L., Toppino L., Diretto Gianfranco, Sala T., Lanteri S., Rotino G.L., and Giuliano Giovanni , Frontiers in Plant Science, Volume 12, p.614, (2021)

Identification and characterization of apocarotenoid modifiers and carotenogenic enzymes for biosynthesis of crocins in Buddleja davidii flowers, Diretto, Gianfranco, López-Jiménez A.J., Ahrazem O., Frusciante Sarah, Song J., Rubio-Moraga A., and Gomez-Gomez L. , Journal of Experimental Botany, Volume 72, Number 8, p.3200-3218, (2021)

A new glycosyltransferase enzyme from family 91, ugt91p3, is responsible for the final glucosylation step of crocins in saffron (Crocus sativus l.), López, A.J., Frusciante Sarah, Niza E., Ahrazem O., Rubio-Moraga A., Diretto Gianfranco, and Gomez-Gomez L. , International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 22, Number 16, (2021)

Several geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase isoforms supply metabolic substrates for carotenoid biosynthesis in tomato, Barja, M.V., Ezquerro M., Beretta S., Diretto Gianfranco, Florez-Sarasa I., Feixes E., Fiore Alessia, Karlova R., Fernie A.R., Beekwilder J., et al. , New Phytologist, Volume 231, Number 1, p.255-272, (2021)

Bioinformatics resources for plant abiotic stress responses: State of the art and opportunities in the fast evolving-omics era, Ambrosino, L., Colantuono C., Diretto Gianfranco, Fiore Alessia, and Chiusano M. L. , PLANTS, Volume 9, Number 5, (2020)

Color mutations alter the biochemical composition in the san marzano tomato fruit, Dono, G., Rambla J.L., Frusciante Sarah, Granell A., Diretto Gianfranco, and Mazzucato A. , Metabolites, Volume 10, Number 3, (2020)

Determination of In Vitro and In Vivo Activities of Plant Carotenoid Cleavage Oxygenases, Gomez-Gomez, L., Diretto Gianfranco, Ahrazem O., and Al-Babili S. , Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), Volume 2083, p.63-74, (2020)

Effect of embryo vitrification on the steroid biosynthesis of liver tissue in rabbit offspring, Marco-Jiménez, F., Garcia-Dominguez X., Dominguez-martinez M., Viudes-de-castro M. P., Diretto Gianfranco, Penaranda D. S., and Vicente J. S. , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, Volume 21, Number 22, p.1–18, (2020)

Efficient production of saffron crocins and picrocrocin in Nicotiana benthamiana using a virus-driven system, Martí, M., Diretto Gianfranco, Aragonés V., Frusciante Sarah, Ahrazem O., Gomez-Gomez L., and Daròs J.-A. , Metabolic Engineering, Volume 61, p.238-250, (2020)

Flavescence Dorée-Derived Leaf Yellowing in Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) Is Associated to a General Repression of Isoprenoid Biosynthetic Pathways, Teixeira, A., Martins V., Frusciante Sarah, Cruz T., Noronha H., Diretto Gianfranco, and Geros H. , FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, Volume 11, (2020)

Grain endogenous selenium and moderate salt stress work as synergic elicitors in the enrichment of bioactive compounds in maize sprouts, Benincasa, P., D'Amato R., Falcinelli B., Troni E., Fontanella M. C., Frusciante Sarah, Guiducci M., Beone G. M., Businelli D., and Diretto Gianfranco , AGRONOMY, Volume 10, Number 5, (2020)

Incorporation of natural antioxidants from rice straw into renewable starch films, Menzel, C., Gonzalez-Martinez C., Vilaplana F., Diretto Gianfranco, and Chiralt A. , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, Volume 146, p.976–986, (2020)

Long-term and transgenerational phenotypic, transcriptional and metabolic effects in rabbit males born following vitrified embryo transfer, Garcia-Dominguez, X., Marco-Jiménez F., Penaranda D. S., Diretto Gianfranco, Garcia-Carpintero V., Canizares J., and Vicente J. S. , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, Volume 10, Number 1, (2020)

Manipulation of β-carotene levels in tomato fruits results in increased ABA content and extended shelf life, Diretto, Gianfranco, Frusciante Sarah, Fabbri C., Schauer N., Busta L., Wang Z., Matas A. J., Fiore Alessia, Rose J. K. C., Fernie A. R., et al. , PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL, Volume 18, Number 5, p.1185-1199, (2020)

Metabolomic analysis reveals changes in preimplantation embryos following fresh or vitrified transfer, Garcia-Dominguez, X., Diretto Gianfranco, Frusciante Sarah, Vicente J.S., and Marco-Jiménez F. , International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 21, Number 19, p.1-13, (2020)

ABCC Transporters Mediate the Vacuolar Accumulation of Crocins in Saffron Stigmas, Demurtas, Olivia Costantina, R. Francisco de Brito, Diretto Gianfranco, Ferrante Paola, Frusciante Sarah, Pietrella M., Aprea Giuseppe, Borghi L., Feeney M., Frigerio L., et al. , THE PLANT CELL, Volume 31, Number 11, p.2789–2804, (2019)

Anti-cancer activity of grape seed semi-polar extracts in human mesothelioma cell lines, Di Meo, F., Aversano R., Diretto Gianfranco, Demurtas Olivia Costantina, Villano C., Cozzolino S., Filosa S., Carputo D., and Crispi S. , Journal of Functional Foods, Volume 61, p.103515, (2019)

Differential accumulation of pelargonidin glycosides in petals at three different developmental stages of the orange-flowered gentian (Gentiana lutea L. var. aurantiaca), Diretto, Gianfranco, Jin X., Capell T., Zhu C., and Gomez-Gomez L. , PLoS ONE, Volume 14, Number 2, (2019)

Grape color variation involves genetic and micro-environmental changes that alter berry phenolic and aromatic composition, Carbonell-Bejerano, P., Rodriguez-Lorenzo M., Royo C., Mauri N., Hilbert G., Renaud C., Rambla J. L., Diretto Gianfranco, Granell A., Delrot S., et al. , Acta Horticulturae, Volume 1248, ;Pastoriestraat, p.471–477, (2019)

Heterologous production of labdane-type diterpenes in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Papaefthimiou, D., Diretto Gianfranco, Demurtas Olivia Costantina, Mini P., Ferrante Paola, Giuliano Giovanni, and Kanellis A.K. , Phytochemistry, Volume 167, p.112082, (2019)

The specialized roles in carotenogenesis and apocarotenogenesis of the phytoene synthase gene family in saffron, Ahrazem, O., Diretto Gianfranco, J. Picazo Argandoña, Fiore Alessia, Rubio-Moraga A., Rial C., Varela R.M., Macías F.A., Castillo R., Romano E., et al. , Frontiers in Plant Science, Volume 10, (2019)

Transcriptome and metabolome reprogramming in tomato plants by trichoderma harzianum straint22 primes and enhances defense responses against aphids, Coppola, M., Diretto Gianfranco, Digilio M.C., Woo S.L., Giuliano Giovanni, Molisso D., Pennacchio F., Lorito M., and Rao R. , Frontiers in Physiology, Volume 10, Number JUN, (2019)

UGT709G1: a novel uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of picrocrocin, the precursor of safranal in saffron (Crocus sativus), Diretto, Gianfranco, Ahrazem O., Rubio-Moraga A., Fiore Alessia, Sevi F., Argandoña J., and Gomez-Gomez L. , New Phytologist, Volume 224, Number 2, p.725-740, (2019)