Dirceu Pratissoli, Ana Carolina Lopes Francisco de Oliveira, Regiane Cristina de Oliveira, Alixelhe Pacheco Damascena, José Romário de Carvalho & Ana Beatriz Mamedes Piffer·International Journal of Environment and Climate Change·2025
Biological control is essential in modern agriculture, as it suppresses pest populations, minimizing dependence on chemical pesticides, and safeguarding ecosystem services. Multiple biological control strategies can be combined with agronomic pest management measures. Among them,...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2025/v15i84972
Débora Ferreira Melo Fragoso, Dirceu Pratissoli, José Romário de Carvalho, Alixelhe Pacheco Damascena, Luis Moreira de Araujo Junior, Regiane Cristina Oliveira de Freitas Bueno & Amanda Carlos Túler·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
The parasitoid in eggs of Trichogramma genre is the most studied in the world, being bred widely and used for flooding releases. This study aimed to evaluate the capacity for parasitism of Trichogramma galloi Zucchi, 1988 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in Neoleucinodes eleganta...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v38i530314
Francieli Marcelino dos Santos, José Romário de Carvalho, Dirceu Pratissoli, Regiane Cristina Oliveira de Freitas Bueno, Victor Dias Pirovani & Hígor de Souza Rodrigues·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2019
The strawberry caterpillar, Duponchelia fovealis Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) was recently found in Brazil causing significant losses for this crop. Because it is a recent pest in the country, still, there is no record of insecticides for its control. Thus, this work evaluated...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v39i530344
The phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch 1856) (Hemiptera: Phylloxeridae) is one of the most important pests in grapevine cultivation. This specie is distributed in all continents and can attack the plant aerial part and the vine root system. In Brazil, phylloxera has been...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/39074
Aims: To evaluate the potential of the parasitoids of the genus Trichogramma on European pepper moth, a functional response bioassay was performed with two Trichogramma lineages and different egg densities of the host. Study Design: Adopting a completely randomized experimental d...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/39795
Paula Alberti Bonadiman, João Luis Frizzera Junior, Fernando Zanotti Madalon, José Romário Carvalho, Andre Dalla Bernardina Garcia, Dirceu Pratissoli & Lusinério Prezotti·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2018
The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of abiotic factors on the incidence of the damage caused by Meroncidius intermedius on Prata cv. Pacovan banana fruits and whether such damage interferes in the development and commercialisation of the fruits. The experime...
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Research Article10.9734/JEAI/2018/45167
Anderson Mathias Holtz, Ana Beatriz Mamedes Piffer, Filipe Garcia Holtz, José Romário de Carvalho, Ronilda Lana Aguiar, Fernanda Pereira Andrade, Dirceu Pratissoli & Vergilio Borghi Neto·Journal of Experimental Agriculture International·2021
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug) is a polyphagous pest species reported in about 350 species of host plants worldwide. The chemical control method is still the most used for the control of agricultural pests. In view of this, we aim to evaluate the potential of t...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2021/v43i130636