Luca Picciau

566 total citations
35 papers, 329 citations indexed

About

Luca Picciau is a scholar working on Plant Science, Insect Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Picciau has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 329 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Plant Science, 19 papers in Insect Science and 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Luca Picciau's work include Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (22 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (17 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (8 papers). Luca Picciau is often cited by papers focused on Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens (22 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (17 papers) and Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences (8 papers). Luca Picciau collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Lebanon and Chile. Luca Picciau's co-authors include Alberto Alma, Elena Gonella, Chiara Ferracini, Federico Lessio, Mauro Mandrioli, Paolo Fontana, Domenico Bosco, Zoltán Ács, Sabrina Bertin and Matteo Alessandro Saladini and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Crop Protection and Biological Control.

In The Last Decade

Luca Picciau

34 papers receiving 311 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luca Picciau Italy 12 201 190 122 58 47 35 329
Zoltán Ács Hungary 11 115 0.6× 199 1.0× 198 1.6× 41 0.7× 69 1.5× 18 328
G. Seljak Slovenia 10 272 1.4× 353 1.9× 124 1.0× 47 0.8× 125 2.7× 55 463
Matteo Alessandro Saladini Italy 13 240 1.2× 329 1.7× 249 2.0× 68 1.2× 145 3.1× 18 490
J. Victor French United States 11 318 1.6× 352 1.9× 122 1.0× 50 0.9× 57 1.2× 30 457
Stuart H. McKamey United States 8 237 1.2× 211 1.1× 174 1.4× 48 0.8× 20 0.4× 48 317
Charles R. Bartlett United States 11 379 1.9× 324 1.7× 174 1.4× 112 1.9× 26 0.6× 101 455
Emily H. Kuhns United States 12 219 1.1× 308 1.6× 34 0.3× 24 0.4× 115 2.4× 14 390
J. Hall United Kingdom 8 130 0.6× 192 1.0× 142 1.2× 19 0.3× 45 1.0× 11 336
Nicola Bodino Italy 15 409 2.0× 368 1.9× 179 1.5× 137 2.4× 55 1.2× 27 546
G. N. Oldfield United States 11 265 1.3× 332 1.7× 218 1.8× 37 0.6× 55 1.2× 33 450

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Picciau

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Picciau, Luca, et al.. (2020). Ability of Euscelidius variegatus to Transmit Flavescence Dorée Phytoplasma with a Short Latency Period. Insects. 11(9). 603–603. 2 indexed citations
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Picciau, Luca, et al.. (2020). New insights on Scaphoideus titanus biology and their implications for integrated pest management. Entomologia Generalis. 40(4). 337–349. 13 indexed citations
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Zamorano, Alan, Ana María Pino, Luca Picciau, et al.. (2019). Transmission of 16SrIII-J phytoplasmas by the leafhoppers Paratanus exitiousus and Bergallia valdiviana. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Picciau, Luca, Chiara Ferracini, & Alberto Alma. (2017). Reproductive traits in Torymus sinensis, biocontrol agent of the Asian chestnut gall wasp: implications for biological control success.. 70(1). 49–55. 9 indexed citations
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Casati, P., F. Quaglino, Y. Abou‐Jawdah, et al.. (2016). Wild plants could play a role in the spread of diseases associated with phytoplasmas of pigeon pea witches'-broom group (16SrIX). Journal of Plant Pathology. 98(1). 71–81. 11 indexed citations
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Lessio, Federico, et al.. (2016). The mosaic leafhopper Orientus ishidae: host plants, spatial distribution, infectivity, and transmission of 16SrV phytoplasmas to vines.. Bulletin of insectology. 69(2). 277–289. 37 indexed citations
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Picciau, Luca, Hannelore Hoch, Rosemarie Tedeschi, & Alberto Alma. (2016). The genus Cixius Latreille, 1804 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae) in Lebanon with the description of two new species. Zootaxa. 4093(1). 85–102. 1 indexed citations
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Zamorano, Alan, Ana María Pino, Luca Picciau, et al.. (2015). Transmission of 16SrIII-J phytoplasma byBergallia valdivianaBerg 1881 leafhopper. Phytopathogenic Mollicutes. 5(1s). S47–S47. 2 indexed citations
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Alma, Alberto, Rosemarie Tedeschi, Federico Lessio, et al.. (2015). Insect vectors of plant pathogenic Mollicutes in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Phytopathogenic Mollicutes. 5(2). 53–53. 18 indexed citations
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Duduk, Bojan, et al.. (2015). Phytoplasmas in carrots: disease and potential vectors in Serbia. Bulletin of insectology. 13 indexed citations
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Zamorano, Alan, Ana María Pino, J Araya, et al.. (2011). Epidemiological aspects of phytoplasmas in Chilean grapevines. Bulletin of insectology. 64. 9 indexed citations
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Valiūnas, D., R. Jomantienė, J. Staniulis, et al.. (2011). First report of potential phytoplasma vectors Euscelis incisus and Macrosteles sexnotatus in Lithuani.. Bulletin of insectology. 64. 1 indexed citations
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Picciau, Luca, et al.. (2010). Controlling the vector limits the black wood incidence in grapevines.. Informatore Agrario. 66(25). 57–59. 3 indexed citations
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Marčić, Dejan, Luca Picciau, Alberto Alma, et al.. (2010). Leafhoppers and cixiids in phytoplasma-infected carrot fields: Species composition and potential phytoplasma vectors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25(4). 311–318. 14 indexed citations
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Bertin, Sabrina, Luca Picciau, Zoltán Ács, Alberto Alma, & Domenico Bosco. (2010). Molecular differentiation of fourReptalusspecies (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 100(5). 551–558. 22 indexed citations
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Bertin, Sabrina, Luca Picciau, Zoltán Ács, Alberto Alma, & Domenico Bosco. (2010). Molecular identification of the Hyalesthes species (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) occurring in vineyard agroecosystems. Annals of Applied Biology. 157(3). 435–445. 13 indexed citations
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Picciau, Luca, Federico Lessio, & Alberto Alma. (2008). Preliminary data on the Cixiid fauna of the vineyard agro-ecosystem in Piedmont (nort-western Italy). Bulletin of insectology. 197–198. 4 indexed citations
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Picciau, Luca, et al.. (2008). First report of the praying mantis genus Musoniella Giglio-Tos, 1916 from Ecuador with the description of a new species (Mantodea Thespidae Thespinae).. 1. 31–38. 1 indexed citations
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Bovero, Stefano, et al.. (2005). New data on the distribution of the Sardinian brook salamander (Euproctus platycephalus) in the southern and western Limbara mountain complex (Sardinia). Herpetological Bulletin. 93(93). 17–20. 2 indexed citations

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