A5034638077- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Hemiptera Insect Studies
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Moringa oleifera research and applications
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Phytochemical compounds biological activities
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2020-2024
Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection
2022-2023
Abstract Several factors, including environmental degradation, air pollution, intense urbanization, excessive agriculture, and climate change, endanger the well-being of animals plants. One major issues with an increasingly negative impact is agricultural contamination pesticides antibiotics. Seed coatings neonicotinoid insecticides used as a protective layer against pests are shown to exceed permissible limits in most cases. Neonicotinoid compounds bind nicotinic acetylcholine receptors,...
Throughout history, honey has been used for many different purposes and due to its medicinal properties, one of the products marketed by traders. The figure bee first appeared in drawings on rock with history humanity, then statues, as a logo, money or stamps, also movies. Beekeeping museums, which present historical process beekeeping, reflect an important culture their ancient hives, documents, beekeeping materials, antiquities. contribution bees sustainability natural life is very 100...
Abstract Apis mellifera is an important provider of ecosystem services, and during flight foraging behaviour exposed to environmental pollutants including airborne particulate matter (PM). While exposure insecticides, antibiotics, herbicides may compromise bee health through alterations the gut microbial community, no data are available on impacts PM microbiota. Here we tested effects ultrapure Titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) submicrometric (i.e., 1 , less than µm in diameter) microbiota adult...
The phytophagous brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål) is known to exhibit cannibalistic behaviour towards eggs. Here, we provide evidence of cannibalism among overwintering H. adults. Since diapausing individuals have high physiological demands for surviving long periods under stressful conditions, including the risk depletion metabolic reserves and desiccation, assumed that nutritional water requirements can be met by intraspecific predation. role aggregative in promoting...
The global demand for bee pollen as a dietary supplement human nutrition is increasing. Pollen, which comprises proteins and lipids from bees’ diets, rich in essential amino acids, omega fatty bioactive compounds that can have beneficial effects on health. However, may also contain contaminants due to environmental contamination. To date, data contamination by pollutants refer almost exclusively pesticides heavy metals, very little information available the potential of airborne particulate...
Urban areas present multiple challenges to scientists interested in unraveling the source, transport, and fate of airborne particulate matter (PM). Airborne PM consists a heterogeneous mixture particles with different sizes, morphologies, chemical compositions. However, standard air quality stations only detect mass concentration mixtures aerodynamic diameters ≤10 μm (PM10) and/or ≤ 2.5 (PM2.5). During honey bee foraging flights, up 10 size attaches their bodies, making them suitable for...
Most of the heavy metals in urban environments derives from road traffic, particularly tyres and brake wear (non-exhaust emission sources). These pollutants contaminate soil, where several organisms have a primary ecosystem role (e.g., springtails, ants, earthworms). Springtails (Collembola) are soil-dwelling animals regulating soil fertility, flow energy through above- below-ground food webs, they contribute to microbial community dispersion biodiversity maintenance. In this study we...
Halyomorpha halys (Stål), the brown marmorated stink bug, is a highly invasive insect species that causes significant agricultural losses, especially to orchard fruits, vegetables, herbaceous and ornamental plants. It also nuisance pest seeks shelter in indoor spaces during winter months. Harnessing H. virome can result new environmentally sustainable approaches contain its populations relatated damages. In this study, RNA-Seq data were used explore associated ten field collected Lombardy...
Winter is the season of main concern for beekeepers since temperature, humidity, and potential infection from mites other diseases may lead colony to death. As a consequence, perform invasive checks on colonies, exposing them further harm. This paper proposes novel design an instrumented beehive involving color cameras placed inside at bottom it, paving way new frontiers in monitoring. The overall acquisition system described focusing choices towards effective solution internal, contactless,...
Understanding the interaction between insects and microclimate can be essential in order to plan informed efficient treatments against agricultural pests. Microclimatic factors such as humidity temperature influence population dynamics of invasive pest Halyomorpha halys, brown marmorated stink bug. The aim this work was evaluate level transpiration H. halys dry, normal humid microclimates according sex, physiological conditions developmental stage individuals. Water loss during diapause...
Abstract The honey bee Apis mellifera has long been recognized as an ideal bioindicator for environmental pollution. These insects are exposed to pollutants during their foraging activities, making them effective samplers of contaminants, including heavy metals, pesticides, radionuclides, and volatile organic compounds. Recently, it demonstrated that bees can be a valuable tool monitoring studying airborne PM pollution, complex mixture particles suspended in the air, known have detrimental...
Melia azedarach L. is a Meliaceae that has shown important insecticidal activities. However, few researchers have extensively studied the toxicology of aqueous extracts M. (MAE). Therefore, main objective this study was to characterize phyto-eco-toxicological profile MAE. First, botanical and phytochemical characterization MAE performed using histological, metabolomic multi-analytical approach. Second, toxicological effects on pollinating insects (Apis mellifera ligustica) soil collembola...
This data article describes the collection process of two sub-datasets comprehending images Apis mellifera captured inside a commercial beehive ("Frame" sub-dataset, 2057 images) and at bottom it ("Bottom" 1494 images). The was collected in spring 2023 (April-May) for "Frame" September "Bottom" sub-dataset. Acquisitions were carried out using an instrumented developed purpose monitoring colony's health status during long periods time. color cameras used equipped with different lenses...