Francesco Mercati
Researcher
nstitute of Biosciences and BioResources
National Research Institute of Aquaculture
Italy
Biography
Dr Francesco Mercati is a researcher at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR). He obtained his PhD in Biology Applied to Agri-Food and Forest systems at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria. He has also been a visiting scientist at the Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia (USA). The main research activities of Dr Mercati are focused on biodiversity, marker assisted selection and study of genes associated to trait of interest.
Research Interest
Marker assisted selection and study of genes associated to trait of interest.