A5004806908- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Plant and animal studies
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Research on scale insects
- Study of Mite Species
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Berry genetics and cultivation research
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
Fondazione Edmund Mach
2011-2024
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
2010
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
2010
Institut Agro Montpellier
2010
Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations
2010
University of Padua
2002-2008
Institute of Plant Protection
2006
The assessment of pesticide risks to insect pollinators have typically focused on short-term, lethal impacts. environmental ramifications many the world's most commonly employed pesticides, such as those exhibiting systemic properties that can result in long-lasting exposure insects, may thus be severely underestimated. Here, seven laboratories from Europe and North America performed a standardised experiment (a ring-test) study long-term sublethal impacts relatively recently approved 'bee...
Most Varroa induced colony losses occur during the autumn or winter season as a consequence of an elevated infestation level and insufficient health status adult bees. Even with initial low in early spring, critical mite virus infection levels can be reached before if colonies continuously rear brood throughout whole season. To overcome this challenge, beekeepers artificially interrupt production by suitable management procedures, depending on their type beekeeping operation. assess...
Abstract BACKGROUND The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae), is one of the most serious pests in world, because it transmits pathogen that causes greening disease. To determine genetic variation among geographic populations D. , microsatellite markers, mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase I ( mtCOI ) and Wolbachia–Diaphorina wDi wsp sequence data were used to characterize Iranian Pakistani populations. Also, a Bayesian phylogenetic technique was utilized...
The western honey bee, Apis mellifera , is the most important and widespread managed pollinator species. Honey bee diet based on nectar pollen, pollen diversity composition, in particular, affect colony health fitness. As landscape composition strongly linked to floral resource heterogeneity, it could influence intake of bees. This work aimed explore how collected by bees was modulated seasonality heterogeneity a mountainous cultivated area Northern Italy. We selected 13 locations, at each...
Honey is a natural sweetener constituted by numerous macro- and micronutrients. Carbohydrates are the most representative, with glucose fructose being abundant. Minor honey components like volatile organic compounds (VOCs), minerals, vitamins, amino acids able to confer honey-specific properties useful characterize differentiate between varieties according botanical origin. The present work describes chemical characterization of honeys different origin (multifloral, acacia, apple-dandelion,...
The honey bee is the most common and important managed pollinator of crops. In recent years, colonies faced high mortality for multiple causes, including land-use change use plant protection products (hereafter pesticides). This work aimed to explore how contamination by pesticides pollen collected bees was modulated landscape composition seasonality. We placed two in 13 locations Northern Italy contrasting landscapes, from which we samples monthly during whole flowering season 2019 2020....
Abstract Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Acari Phytoseiidae) is a major predator of Tetranychus urticae Tetranychidae). The performance P. in controlling T. may be altered by pesticides used to manage other pests. Therefore, knowledge the side-effects essential for IPM. A number laboratory methods were suggested evaluate pesticide on predatory mites. Most assess residual effects only, and them are characterised high escape rates from experimental units. method aimed at evaluating...
Abstract BACKGROUND The importance of pollen as alternative food for generalist phytoseiid mites occurring in vineyards has been investigated northeastern Italy. We compared and abundance four plots located at different distance from flowering hop plants. Pollen ( Carpinus betulus Typha spp.) was sprayed onto the foliage to evaluate potential impact this source on predatory mite abundance. Finally, grass management analyze effect a reduced mowing frequency population densities. RESULTS...
Abstract Pollen collected from flowers by forager bees is the only natural protein source for hive. This nutritional compound fundamental nurse bee and brood development, queen activity. has a strong influence on colony health. It also known that pollen quality, in terms of amino acid profile total content, varies significantly according to floral origin. For this reason, palynological diversity assessed corbicular good measure quality environment live in, available food. An international...
The psyllid Cacopsylla melanoneura is considered one of the vectors 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali', causal agent apple proliferation disease. In Northern Italy, overwintered C. adults reach and hawthorn around end January. Nymph development takes place between March April. new generation migrate onto conifers mid-June come back to host plant species after overwintering. this study we investigated behavioural differences, genetic differentiation gene flow samples collected from two different...
In this study, we investigated the effect of queen caging on honey bee colonies' post-treatment development and optimal timing method application production during main summer nectar flow. We conducted study in nine apiaries (N = 9) across six Mediterranean countries, with a total 178 colonies. The colonies were divided into three test groups: QC1, QC2, C. QC1 group involved queens caged for 28 days before expected harvesting day. QC2 group, days, but only 14 C consisted that not caged,...