Lorenzo Maggioni
ECPGR Secretary
Lorenzo Maggioni has been the ECPGR Secretary since 1996 when he joined IPGRI/Bioversity International in 1996 as part of the Regional Office for Europe. He joined ECPGR with a research background in plant genetics (tissue culture and molecular genetics) at the University of Piacenza, Italy and Iowa State University, Ames, USA. He holds an MSc. in Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources, University of Birmingham, UK (1996) and a PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden (2015), with a thesis on the domestication of Brassica oleracea L.
Selected publications
- Maggioni, L., Goreta Ban, S., Jani, S., Jasprica, N., Treccarichi, S., Išić, N., Branca, F. (2024). Collecting Mediterranean wild species of the Brassica oleracea group (Brassica sect. Brassica). Genetic Resources 5 (10), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.46265/genresj.PCWY8016.
- Maggioni L, von Bothmer R, Poulsen G and Härnström Aloisi K (2020). Survey and genetic diversity of wild Brassica oleracea L. germplasm on the Atlantic coast of France. Genet Resour Crop Evol 67, 1853–1866. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-020-00945-0
- Maggioni L, Alessandrini A (2019) The occurrence of Brassica montana Pourr. (Brassicaceae) in the Italian regions of Emilia-Romagna and Marche, and in the Republic of San Marino. Italian Botanist 7: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3897/italianbotanist.7.31727
- Maggioni L, von Bothmer R, Poulsen G and Lipman E (2017). Domestication, diversity and use of Brassica oleracea L., based on ancient Greek and Latin texts. Genetic Resour Crop Evol 65: 137–159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-017-0516-2