Full Professor, Department of Entomology and Acarology, University of São Paulo (USP/ESALQ). Head Dept Entomology and Acarology (USP / ESALQ), MSc in Entomology (UFV), Ph.D. in Entomology (USP, 2001) and post-doc (2004) in Chemical Ecology (USP / ESALQ). Member of the National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) Semiochemicals in Agriculture, Brazil (CNPq-Fapesp). CNPq Member of the Agronomy Advisory Committee. CNPq Productivity Research Fellows, level PQ 1B. His research in chemical communication in insects and plant-insect-natural enemie interactions focuses mainly on pheromones, plant volatiles, insect behaviour and pest management. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, is the main pest of sugarcane crops in Brazil. Due to most of its life cycle occurring inside the sugarcane stalk, efficient and low-cost sampling methods are unavailable, and insecticide control is inefficient. In this sense, semiochemicals, such as sex-pheromones, can be an essential strategy for monitoring and controlling this pest. Therefore,…
The mission of the Center for Excellence in Biological Control (Fapesp-Koppert) is to develop research projects, products and technologies that result in the use and strengthening of biological pest control for sustainable agriculture in Brazil. This proposal envisages the creation of an international-level research center, focusing on the development of innovations and the dissemination …
The insects associated with coconut inflorescences, Cocos nucifera (Arecaceae), and their role as pollinators and pests are neglected over defoliators and borers. Although the flowers are partially self-compatible, the absence of pollinators reduce yields by 25%. The coconut moth, Atheloca subrufella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), contributes to the fall of flowers and fruits in this crop, and…
Social insects have many defense mechanisms against pests and pathogens. One of these is hygienic behavior, which has been studied in detail in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Hygienic honey bee workers remove dead and diseased larvae and pupae from capped brood cells, thereby reducing the chance that the disease will spread within the colony. Stingless bees, Meliponinae, are common in Bra…
Brazil is the most important sugarcane producer in the world. Among the economically important pests of this crop, the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and the sugarcane spittlebug, Mahanarva fimbriolata (Hemiptera: Cercopidae), are the main ones, which together cause enormous yield losses. Despite that sugarcane gene expression under insect attack and fungus…
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Although Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugarcane, with more than 8 million hectares planted, and the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, is considered its main pest, the sex pheromone of this insect has not yet been fully elucidated. For this reason, there is no inexpensive and efficient sampling system for large sugarcane areas, which requires labor and time-consuming samp…
Although Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugarcane, with more than 8 million hectares planted, and the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis, is considered its main pest, the sex pheromone of this insect has not yet been fully elucidated. For this reason, there is no inexpensive and efficient sampling system for large sugarcane areas, which requires labor and time-consuming samp…
The Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) is the most destructive pest of coffee worldwide. Available methods for monitoring this insect are limited and they are mainly based on imprecisely, high cost strategies. Despite alcohol traps have been used for this end, the representativeness of results is yet low. It is proposed in this project the development of a new strategy of m…
Beneficial soil-borne microbes, such as plant growth promoting rhizobacteria, can affect the interactions of plants with insects at different trophic levels. However, the underlying mechanisms of plant-mediated interactions between rhizobacteria and insects are still poorly understood. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria have been characterized for increasing nutrient acquisition and pla…
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Biological pest control in greenhouse crops is usually based on periodical releases of mass-produced natural enemies. However, in some cases there are shortcomings in pest control efficacy, which often can be attributed to the poor establishment of natural enemies. Their establishment and population numbers can be enhanced through semiochemical attractants. Herbivore-induced plant volatil…
Colonization of sugarcane stalk by opportunistic fungi, such as Fusarium verticillioides and Colletotrichum falcatum, usually occurs after Diatraea saccharalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) caterpillars attack. Our previous studies have shown an important synergistic interaction between D. saccharalis and these fungi on sugarcane. D. saccharalis seems to create a favorable environment to C. fa…
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GB03 is an important plant growth promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR) that was shown to promote growth and biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana, as well as, genes involved in these interactions have been identified. Although, the understanding about mechanisms involved in the relations that GB03 participates, in general, the PGPR monitoring is…
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