Staff

Education

• BSc, Environmental Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, 2011.
• Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, 2016.
• Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Program in Negotiation, University of Buenos Aires, 2021.
• Postgraduate Program in Senior Management of Agribusiness and Food, University of Buenos Aires, 2023.

Current positions

• Lecturer, Microbiology Department, Facultad de Agronomía - UBA.
• Associate Researcher, CONICET.

Research interests

• Plant-microorganism interaction, arbuscular mycorrhizae, fungal endophytes, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria.
• Agricultural nanotechnology. Development of biogenic nanoparticles as tools to stimulate plant growth and effectively manage diseases affecting crops.

Publications in refereed journals (last 5 years)

• Tosi, M., Ogilvie, C. M., Spagnoletti, F. N., Fournier, S., Martin, R. C., & Dunfield, K. E. (2023). Cover Crops Modulate the Response of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Water Supply: A Field Study in Corn. Plants, 12(5), 1015. (SCI Q1).
• Spagnoletti, F. N., Kronberg, F., Spedalieri, C., Munarriz, E., & Giacometti, R. (2021). Protein corona on biogenic silver nanoparticles provides higher stability and protects cells from toxicity in comparison to chemical nanoparticles. Journal of Environmental Management, 297, 113434. (SCI Q1).
• Spagnoletti, F. N., Carmona, M., Balestrasse, K., Chiocchio, V., Giacometti, R., & Lavado, R. S. (2021). The arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus intraradices reduces the root rot caused by Fusarium pseudograminearum in wheat. Rhizosphere, 19, 100369. (SCI Q1).
• Spagnoletti FN, Chiocchio VM (2020) Tolerance of dark septate endoSpagnoletti, F. N., Cornero, M., Chiocchio, V., Lavado, R. S., & Roberts, I. N. (2020). Arbuscular mycorrhiza protects soybean plants against Macrophomina phaseolina even under nitrogen fertilization. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 156, 839-849. (SCI Q1).
• Spagnoletti, F. N., & Chiocchio, V. M. (2020). Tolerance of dark septate endophytic fungi (DSE) to agrochemicals in vitro. Revista Argentina de Microbiología, 52(1), 43-49. (SCI Q3).
• Spagnoletti, F. N., Spedalieri, C., Kronberg, F., & Giacometti, R. (2019). Extracellular biosynthesis of bactericidal Ag/AgCl nanoparticles for crop protection using the fungus Macrophomina phaseolina. Journal of environmental management, 231, 457-466. (SCI Q1).

Grad Students

• Total number of supervised undergraduate thesis: 3 as a Supervisor, 1 as a Co-supervisor.

Management of research projects (last 5 years)

• A biotechnological alternative in the biocontrol of the pathogenic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina using septate endophytic fungi. Dr. Federico Spagnoletti. PICT (2016-2857)."
• Green synthesis of iron nanoparticles (FeNPs) and their application to enhance Bradyrhizobium-Soybean symbiosis. Dr. Federico Spagnoletti. PICT (2020-01471)."