graduate at Ciências Biológicas from Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba (1982), master's at Parasitology from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (1992) and ph.d. at Zoology from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1995). Has experience in Ecology, acting on the following subjects: population dynamics, ecological modeling, behavioral ecology and spatio-temporal dynamics. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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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 spatial distribution effects on pests and natural enemies will be investigated by developing spatially explicit models based on theoretical concepts, laboratory and field experimentation and data obtained from the literature, in order to study how the landscape ecological patterns, including those with Bt crops, influence the spatial distribution and population dynamics of pest insect…
We carried out a year-long survey of insects, using carrion-baited traps in the municipality of Campinas and five surrounding municipalities with different urbanization profiles, insoutheastern Brazil. We studied the spatio-temporal variability and preferences for type of bait of three blowfly species that are forensically important in Brazil: Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann),Chrysomya mega…
The present study aims to implement an alternative methodology for the analysis of pest population dynamics and their natural enemies, by using ecological modeling combined to experimentation. For this, some models are proposed to investigate the pest and predator-prey dynamics and the trophic systems of interest. The project is divided into four parts; the first one is focused on ecologi…
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The control of leaf-cutting ants is mostly carried out through chemical, cultural and physical techniques, however, cultural and physical methods are restricted by practical issues associated with the size of the area. In addition, the chemical control is generally restricted to highly toxic formulations. This condition contributed to restrictions on the use of products in several countri…
The Aphididae family is known to contain insects popularly called aphids, which are sucking insects that cause direct and indirect damage to the crops they colonize, negatively affecting productivity. Among the methods that can be used to control the density of aphids, the use of natural enemies stands out. Among the various biological control agents, coccinellids stand out for presenting…
Wheat is among the main sources of food for humanity, serving as a basis for feeding about 35% of the world population. Annually, the wheat crops are significantly affected by the occurrence of Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) that transmit phyto viruses. One of the main species of Aphids in winter cereals is Rhopalosiphum padi L., an efficient vector for the Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV)…
Biological control (biocontrol for short) is the tactic in which an organism (called a biocontrol agent) is used to reduce the population density of another organism (usually a pest species). The release of control agents against agricultural pests is a common tactic undertaken to slow down or to carry out suppression of these pest populations to tolerable levels, and it has some advantag…
In time series of insect populations, it is generally common to observe peaks and dips in population size, which can often become recurrent. This is sometimes character-ized by a wide spectrum, resulting in abrupt population outbreaks for several reasons. For these cases, it is particularly important to carrying out analyses to project the risk of occurrence of these population levels, in…
Genetically modified plants expressing Bt toxins have been an important tool in the control of lepidopteran pests, such as S. frugiperda. After ingesting the Bt plant, susceptible insects are eliminated and the remaining, resistant and heterozygous insects persist in the environment.The technology must ensure that non-target organisms, such as predators and parasitoids, are not harmed. Ho…
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Seed contamination as well as the increase in temperature may result in a high risk of the resistance evolution of pests on Bt cultivars; however, this information - especially analyzed with the bio-mathematical model - is still considered incipient in neotropical conditions, inspiring and justifying further studies in that direction. In this regard, the current project intends to describ…
In microbe-host associations, the outcome of interactions within a microbial community helps explain their roles in host fitness, as well as the stability and resilience of these associations over evolutionary time. One approach to gain further insight on how the microbiota responds to environmental changes is by studying gene expression of their components (transcriptome). In general, tr…
Validation is an important stage of the modeling process. It focuses on verifying if a model is acceptable for its purpose. With this in mind, it is extremely important to validate the computational model developed in the project FAPESP 2015/10640-2. The model consists on a system of cellular automata to study the spatio-temporal dynamics of Spodoptera frugiperda populations in crop mosai…
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