James Giovannoni
Adjunct Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Biology Section

Jim Giovannoni is a professor at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI).
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Interests
Genetic regulation of fruit ripening
Fruit quality and nutritional composition.
Tomatoes
Recent Research
The focus of research in our laboratory is molecular and genetic analysis of fruit ripening and related signal transduction systems. We are investigating the regulation of ripening using tomato as a model system. Experimental approaches include 1) positional cloning of loci known via mutation to harbor genes necessary for normal fruit development and ripening, 2) isolation of candidate ripening regulatory genes based on expression pattern or relationship to ripening-related signal transduction systems (egs. ethylene, light), and functional analysis in transgenic plants, and 3) development and utilization of tools for functional genomics with current targets of exploration including genome sequencing and genome-wide expression profiling during ripening and as related to fruit quality and nutritional composition.
For more information on our research, see my BTI profile.
Contact Information
301 Boyce Thompson Institute
533 Tower Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14853
jjg33 [at] cornell.edu
Graduate fields
- Plant Biology
- Horticulture
James in the news

News
A team of researchers has assembled a reference genome for Solanum lycopersicoides, a wild relative of the cultivated tomato, and developed web-based tools to help plant researchers and breeders improve the crop.
- Boyce Thompson Institute
- School of Integrative Plant Science
- Plant Biology Section

News
Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute have collected the genome sequences of 725 different wild tomato types to create a pangenome, which will help breeders develop better strains.