A5060504035- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Seed and Plant Biochemistry
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Insect Pheromone Research and Control
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Diverse academic and cultural studies
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Agricultural safety and regulations
- Plant and animal studies
- Entomological Studies and Ecology
- Insects and Parasite Interactions
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Legal and Labor Studies
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Agricultural Practices and Plant Genetics
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
1998-2025
Abstract The peanut supply chain is characterised by a high production of by-products, mainly shells and small pods, often discarded processing companies. However, the richness nutritive substances makes these products valuable as feed substrates for Hermetia illucens larvae rearing. Therefore, aims this work were to (1) evaluate performance H. reared on by-products (2) study effect various levels fungal contamination in performance, focusing growth mortality. Two agro-industrial (rich...
Soils are a key reservoir of global biodiversity, and their fundamental role is to support soil functions ecosystem services. Biodiversity part the complexity linked other parameters that characterise soils, changes in health status influence provision goods services its beneficiaries. Knowing biodiversity vineyard systems trying relate it characteristics helps improve health, apply more suitable NBS reduce land degradation, provided by make viticulture sustainable.Six vineyards were...
Abstract Recent investigations conducted on several tritrophic systems have demonstrated that egg parasitoids, when searching for host eggs, may exploit plant synomones been induced as a consequence of oviposition. In this article we show that, in system characterized by eggs embedded the tissue, naïve females parasitoid A nagrus breviphragma S oyka ( H ymenoptera: M ymaridae) responded Y ‐tube olfactometer to volatiles from leaves C arex riparia urtis yperaceae) containing one its hosts,...
Abstract The use of insects as a protein source in feed production can significantly improve the sustainability livestock production. Despite several environmental and animal welfare benefits, economic such an approach depends on level consumer acceptance willingness to pay for insect-fed poultry diets. Using results online survey more than 850 Italian consumers, we first examine main differences between two groups consumers: those who are willing buy meat eggs not. t-test is used search...
Each insect species has different temperature optima: the more this parameter deviates from these values suffers negative consequences, up to death. Temperature can be easily editable. Therefore, application of low temperatures may represent a physical method for protection valuable cultural objects, alternative, example, chemical ones. In paper we report laboratory tests results, carried out on <em>Trogoderma inclusum</em> LeConte (Coleoptera: Dermestidae), harmful leather items...
The neotropical insect Hermetia illucens has become a cosmopolite species, and it is considered highly promising in circular sustainable economic processes. Being able to feed on wide variety of organic substrates, represents source lipids proteins for many uses produces recyclable waste. We investigated the characteristics differences poorly-known locomotory behaviour larvae different instars, paying particular attention unique prepupal stage, key farming industrial Moreover, we attempted...
Livestock farms represent a source of attraction for other species, which find food resources on the animals themselves, in supplied to them, their manure, etc. Insect too can suffer infestation by different organisms living substrates or behaving as parasites and/or predators. Breeding black soldier fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens (L.) requires organic materials are attractive arthropods (commensals, mycetophages, scavengers, etc.). During recent years, breeding system adopted at Di.Pro.Ve.S....
Cultivation of grapevines in sloping soils is very widespread all over the world, representing also a fundamental branch local economy several hilly zones. Vineyards can be managed different ways especially inter-rows. These management practices may influence deeply soil properties and grapevine root development. Therefore, this work aims to analyze effects agronomical inter-rows on properties, systems proneness towards shallow landslides. We focused traditional agricultural techniques...
Is there any reason that learning should be boring and difficult for children? Why not try to catch their attention with something engages curiosity focuses on subjects fascinate them? There is a way use children's own language of thinking teach scientific concepts: In the light our experience at school, I can say little or nothing logical explanation received retained, while world magic, rich in mythological characters beings, speaks children perfectly understandable them;' says Mara Nardi,...