Nata a Napoli il 22.12.1959
Residente a Napoli, via A. Falcone 252
Professore associato
L’attività scientifica ha riguardato il controllo di insetti dannosi, utilizzando tecniche innovative ed a basso impatto ambientale. In particolare, è stato affrontato lo studio delle interazioni fisiologiche che regolano i rapporti tra piante, afidi, loro nemici naturali e microrganismi simbionti, nell’ottica di migliorare le conoscenze attualmente disponibili sui temi:
– valutazione dell’effetto insetticida di sostanze di origine vegetale
– caratterizzazione dell’impatto dell’interazione tra piante e PGPF su insetti dannosi
– valutazione dell’effetto insetticida di sostanze di origine microbica
– effetti collaterali della diffusione di piante geneticamente modificate
– caratterizzazione di meccanismi di resistenza vegetale
– caratterizzazione del rapporto ospite/parassitoide nell’interazione tra insetti fitofagi e loro nemici naturali.

Digilio MC, Corrado G, Sasso R, Coppola V, Iodice L, Pasquariello M, Bossi S, Maffei M, Coppola M, Pennacchio F, Rao R, Guerrieri E, 2010. Molecular and chemical mechanisms involved in aphid resistance in cultivated tomato. New Phytologist doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03314.x
Coppola M, Cascone P, Chiusano Ml, Colantuono C, Lorito M, Pennacchio F, Rao R, Woo SL, Guerrieri E, Digilio MC, 2017. Trichoderma harzianum enhances tomato indirect defense against aphids. Insect Science doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12475

Coppola M, Manco E, Vitiello A, Giorgini M, Rao R, Pennacchio F, Digilio MC, 2018. Plant response to feeding aphids promotes aphid dispersal. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata doi.org/10.1111/eea.12677

Coppola M, Cascone P, Di Lelio I, Woo Sl, Lorito M, Rao R, Pennacchio F, Guerrieri E, Digilio MC, 2019. Trichoderma atroviride P1 Colonization of tomato plants enhances both direct and indirect defense barriers against insects. Frontiers in Physiology doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00813

Coppola M, Diretto G, Digilio MC, Woo Sl, Giuliano G, Molisso D, Pennacchio F, Lorito M, Rao R, 2019. Transcriptome and metabolome reprogramming in tomato plants by Trichoderma harzianum strain T22 primes and enhances defence responses against aphids. Frontiers in Physiology doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00745

Born in Naples, Italy, 22 December 1959
Home address: via A. Falcone 252
Associate Professor
Main scientific interests: Scientific activity concerns environmental-friendly and novel techniques for the control of insect pests. The lead is to expand the actual knowledge regarding interactions between plant, herbivore insects, natural enemies and symbiont microorganisms, particularly:
– insecticide activity of plant-derived compounds
– impact of plant/PGPF interactions on insect pests
– insecticide activity of microorganisms compounds
– side effects of GM plants
– characterization of plant defence mechanisms
– characterization of host/parasitoid interactions

Digilio MC, Corrado G, Sasso R, Coppola V, Iodice L, Pasquariello M, Bossi S, Maffei M, Coppola M, Pennacchio F, Rao R, Guerrieri E, 2010. Molecular and chemical mechanisms involved in aphid resistance in cultivated tomato. New Phytologist doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03314.x
Coppola M, Cascone P, Chiusano Ml, Colantuono C, Lorito M, Pennacchio F, Rao R, Woo SL, Guerrieri E, Digilio MC, 2017. Trichoderma harzianum enhances tomato indirect defense against aphids. Insect Science doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12475

Coppola M, Manco E, Vitiello A, Giorgini M, Rao R, Pennacchio F, Digilio MC, 2018. Plant response to feeding aphids promotes aphid dispersal. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata doi.org/10.1111/eea.12677

Coppola M, Cascone P, Di Lelio I, Woo Sl, Lorito M, Rao R, Pennacchio F, Guerrieri E, Digilio MC, 2019. Trichoderma atroviride P1 Colonization of tomato plants enhances both direct and indirect defense barriers against insects. Frontiers in Physiology doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00813

Coppola M, Diretto G, Digilio MC, Woo Sl, Giuliano G, Molisso D, Pennacchio F, Lorito M, Rao R, 2019. Transcriptome and metabolome reprogramming in tomato plants by Trichoderma harzianum strain T22 primes and enhances defence responses against aphids. Frontiers in Physiology doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00745