Attilio Pascucci

Postgraduate Researcher Designing Future Wheat

Attilio is an MSc student from the University of Bologna, in Italy.

Attilio’s work is focused on the genotypic and phenotypic characterisation of trichomes in wheat.

Trichomes are highly specialised cells which help plants protect themselves against insects, diseases, UV light, water and freezing stress.
Attilio is particularly interested in genomics and developmental traits