Borghi Lab 

Borghi M, DeVetter LW, Edger PP, Gutensohn M, Grotewold E, Sagili R, Graham KK, Body MB, Li C, Galinato SP, Melathopoulos A, Cane JH, Sandefur P, Dela Luz A, Schaeffer RN, Rering CC, Jadhav S, Chu Y, Chitwood DH (2025) Enhancing entomophilous pollination for sustainable crop production. The Plant Journal https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70234

​Borghi M (2025). Roles of sugar metabolism and transport in flower development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 85:102722 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369526625000366

 

Borghi M, Takeda-Kimura Y (2024). Synthesis and physiological function of lignin in the reproductive structures of angiosperms. Phytochemistry Reviews 10.1007/s11101-024-10043-z

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​Chabert S, Eeraerts M, DeVetter LW, Borghi M, Mallinger RE (2024). Intraspecific crop diversity for enhanced crop pollination success. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 44: 1-24. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13593-024-00984-2

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Pérez-Alfocea F, Borghi M, Guerrero JJ, Jiménez AR, Jiménez-Gómez JM, Fernie AR, Bartomeus I (2024). Pollinator-assisted plant phenotyping, selection, and breeding for crop resilience to abiotic stresses. The Plant Journal, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tpj.16748 

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Borghi M, Pacifico D, Crucitti D, Squartini A, Berger MMJ, Gamboni M, Carimi F, Lehad A, Costa A, Gallusci P, Fernie AR, Zottini M (2024). Smart selection of soil microbes for resilient and sustainable viticulture. The Plant Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16674

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Boutoub O, Jadhav S, Zheng X, El Ghadraoui L, Al Babili S, Fernie AR, Figueiredo AC, Miguel MG, Borghi M (2024). Biochemical characterization of Euphorbia resinifera floral cyathia. Journal of Plant Physiology, 293: 154184, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2024.154184

 

Naake T, Zhu F, Alseekh S, Scossa F, de Souza L, Borghi M, Brotman Y, Mori T, Nakabayashi R, Tohge T, Fernie AR (2023). Genome-wide association studies identify loci controlling specialized seed metabolites in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad511

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Jing Y, Watanabe M, Aarabi F, Fernie AR, Borghi M, Tohge T. (2023). Cross-Species Metabolomic Analyses In The Brassicaceae Reveals Common Responses To Ultraviolet-B Exposure. Plant and Cell Physiology, 64: 1523-1533 (doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcad085)

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Chmielewski MW,  Naya S,  Borghi M,  Cortese J, Fernie AR,  Swartz MT,  Zografou K,  Sewall BJ, Spigler RB (2023). Phenology and foraging bias contribute to sex-specific foraging patterns in the rare declining butterfly Argynnis idalia idalia. Ecology and Evolution,  13, e10287 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10287

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Naake T, Scossa F, de Souza L, Borghi M, Brotman Y, Nakabayashi R, Tohge T, Fernie AR. Genome-wide association studies of seed metabolites identify loci controlling specialized metabolites in Arabidopsis thaliana. 

bioRxiv 2022.09.23.509130; https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.23.509130v1

 

Wiszniewski A, Uberegui E, Messer M, Sultanova G, Borghi M, Duarte GT, Vicente R, Sageman-Furnas K, Fernie AR, Nikoloski Z, Laitinen RAE (2022). Temperature-mediated flower size plasticity in Arabidopsis. iScience, 25: 105411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.105411

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Borghi M, Perez de Souza L, Tohge T, Mi J, Melandri G, Proost S, Martins M, Al Babili S, Bouwmeester HJ, Fernie AR (2022). High-energy-level metabolism and transport occur at the transition from closed to open flowers. Plant Physiology, 190: 319-339. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac253

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Borghi M, Perez de Souza L, Fernie AR (2022). Measurement of flower metabolite concentrations using Gas-Chromatography Mass Spectrometry and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry. Plant Gametogenesis: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2253-7

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Borghi M, Junker RR, Lucas-Barbosa D and Zych M (2021). Editorial: Flower Metabolism and Pollinators. Front. Plant Sci. 12:776978. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.776978. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.776978

 

Borghi M, Fernie AR (2021). From flowers to seeds: how the metabolism of flowers frames plant reproduction. The Biochemist: bio_2021_134. https://doi.org/10.1042/bio_2021_134

 

Perez de Souza L, Borghi M, Fernie AR (2020). Plant Single-Cell Metabolomics—Challenges and Perspectives. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21, 8987. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21238987

 

Borghi M, Fernie AR (2020). Outstanding questions in flower metabolism. The Plant Journal 103: 1275-1288. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.14814

 

Borghi M, Perez de Souza L, Yoshida T, Fernie AR (2019). Flowers and climate change: a metabolic perspective. New Phytologist 224, 1425-1441. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16031

 

Tohge T, Borghi M, Fernie AR (2018). The natural variance of the Arabidopsis floral secondary metabolome Scientific Data, 5, 180051. https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201851

 

Borghi M, Xie D-Y (2018). Cloning and characterization of a monoterpene synthase gene from flowers of Camelina sativa. Planta 247 (2), 443-457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-017-2801-x 

 

Borghi M, Fernie AR (2017). Floral Metabolism of Sugars and Amino Acids: Implications for Pollinators’ Preferences and Seed and Fruit Set. Plant Physiology 175 (4), 1510-1524. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.17.01164

Borghi M, Fernie AR, Schiestl FP, Bouwmeester HJ (2017) The sexual advantage of looking, smelling and tasting good: the metabolic network that produces signals for pollinators. Trends in Plant Science 22(4): 338-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2016.12.009

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Rossi L, Borghi M, Yang J, Xie D-Y (2017). Overexpression of Populus X canescens isoprene synthase gene in Camelina sativa leads to alterations in its growth and metabolism. Journal of Plant Physiology (215) 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2017.06.005

 

Borghi M, Xie D-Y (2016) Tissue-specific production of limonene in Camelina sativa with the Arabidopsis promoters of genes BANYULS and FRUITFULL. Planta 243(2): 549-561. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-015-2425-y 

 

Rossi L*, Borghi M*, Francini A, Lin X, Xie DY, Sebastiani L (2016). Salt stress induces differential regulation of the phenylpropanoid pathway in Olea europaea cultivars Frantoio (salt-tolerant) and Leccino (salt-sensitive) Journal of Plant Physiology (204) 8-15. * Equal contribution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2016.07.014

 

Kamiya T, Borghi M, Wang P, Danku JMC, Kalmbach L, Hosmani PS, Naseer S, Fujiwara T, Geldner N, Salt DE (2015). The MYB36 transcription factor orchestrates Casparian strip formation. PNAS 112(33), 10533–10538. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.150769111

 

Howard BE, Hu Q, Babaoglu AC, Chandra M, Borghi M, Tan X, He L, Sederoff HW, Gassmann W, Veronese P, Heber S (2013). High-Throughput RNA Sequencing of Pseudomonas-Infected Arabidopsis Reveals Hidden Transcriptome Complexity and Novel Splice Variants. PLoS ONE 8 (10), e74183

 

Borghi M, Rus A, Salt DE (2011). Loss-of-function of Constitutive expresser of Pathogenesis Related gene 5 (CPR5) affects potassium homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS ONE 6(10), e26360 

 

Sebastiani L, Bracci T, Di Baccio D, Borghi M, Martinelli F, Ghelardi C, Monteforti G, Minnocci A (2009). Micropropagation as a tool for biological research: the experience of the BioLabs laboratories. Italus Hortus 16 (2), 1-4

 

Baxter IR, Vitek O, Lahner B, Muthukumar B, Borghi M, Morrissey J, Guerinot ML, Salt DE (2008). The leaf ionome as a multivariable system to detect a plant’s physiological status. PNAS 105: 12081-12086. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.080417510 

 

Borghi M, Tognetti R, Monteforti G, Sebastiani L (2008). Responses of two poplar species (Populus alba and Populus x canadensis) to high copper concentrations. Environmental and Experimental Botany 62: 290-299 

 

Marchi S, Tognetti R, Minnocci A, Borghi M, Sebastiani L (2008). Variation in mesophyll anatomy and photosynthetic capacity during leaf development in a deciduous mesophyte fruit tree (Prunus persica) and an evergreen sclerophyllous Mediterranean shrub (Olea europaea). TREES 22(4): 559-571

 

Sebastiani L, Busconi M, Bracci T, Borghi M, Fogher C (2008). A molecular study to characterize cultivars of Olea europaea typical of the Liguria region. In Typical cultivars of olive from the Liguria region, pp. 113-121. ISBN 88-901664-1-x. Regione Liguria Eds.

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Borghi M, Tognetti R, Monteforti G, Sebastiani L (2007). Responses of Populus × euramericana (P. deltoides × P. nigra) clone Adda to increasing copper concentrations. Environmental and Experimental Botany 61: 66-73 

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