Center for Excellence in Biological Control

• Grant number: 18/02317-5
• Support type: Research Grants - Research Centers in Engineering Program
• Duration: October 01, 2019 - September 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Cooperation agreement: Koppert Brasil
• Principal Investigator: José Roberto Postali Parra
• Grantee: José Roberto Postali Parra
• Home Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Company: Koppert do Brasil Sistemas Biológicos Ltda
• Partner institutions: Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Brasil). Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA). Embrapa Meio-Ambiente; EMBRAPA CLIMA TEMPERADO/EMBRAPA
• Co-Principal Investigators: Italo Delalibera Júnior ; Joao Roberto Spotti Lopes ; José Maurício Simões Bento ; Pedro Takao Yamamoto ; Renata Rossin Garone Morelli ; Wesley Augusto Conde Godoy
• Assoc. researchers: Alberto Soares Corrêa ; Annette Bruun Jensen ; Carolina Reigada Montoya ; Celso Omoto ; Cláudia Pio Ferreira ; Dirceu Pratissoli ; Dori Edson Nava ; Eduardo Jorge Pilau ; Gabriel Moura Mascarin ; Geraldo Andrade Carvalho ; Gilberto José de Moraes ; Lessando Moreira Gontijo ; Marcoandre Savaris ; Maria Izabel Souza Camargo ; Regiane Cristina Oliveira de Freitas Bueno ; Sérgio Florentino Pascholati ; Simone Possedente de Lira
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/06147-7 - Predicting pest outbreaks: comparing machine learning methods and alert zone procedure., BP.IC; 20/09495-6 - Movement ecology and functional relationships in natural enemies of Spodoptera frugiperda, BP.DR; 20/06828-4 - Prospection of microorganisms with potential for soybean pest control / linked to the Center for Excellence in Biological Control (Fapesp-Koppert), BP.TT; + associated scholarships 20/06648-6 - Thermal and hygrometric requirements of Telenomus podisi (Ashmead, 1893) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), BP.TT; 20/01328-3 - Prospecting, production and formulation of microorganisms with potential for soybean pest control / linked to the Center for Excellence in Biological Control, BP.PD; 19/26071-8 - Computational modeling of tritrophic interactions in biological pest control, BP.PD; 19/26145-1 - Monitoring insect pests in soybean fields using remote sensing, BP.DR; 19/10736-0 - Decision making for the release of Telenomus podisi (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) for the control of Euschistus heros (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in soybean, BP.IC - associated scholarships

Abstract

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 of knowledge of biological pest control. The Center will rely on a team of highly qualified researchers who will conduct inter- and multidisciplinary activities involving projects in five lines of research: (I) Prospecting for new biocontrol agents; (II) Processes for production and automation of beneficial macro- and microorganisms; (III) New formulations of microorganisms (fungi, bacteria and secondary metabolites); (IV) Evaluation of the risks and benefits of Biological Control; and (V) Strategies for using Biological Control in IPM. The headquarters Institution of the Center will be at USP-ESALQ, which has a tradition of solving problems in the area of Biological Control and alternative control methods for agricultural pests, replacing conventional chemicals. The organization of the Center envisages the participation of a Director and Vice-Director, an Executive Committee and Managers for Education and for Technology Transfer, in addition to an International Advisory Board (IAB), which, together with the Koppert Company, a world leader in biological control, will follow the route to achieve the proposed objectives. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ALVES, G. R.; DINIZ, A. J. F.; VIEIRA, J. M.; SILVEIRA, C. H.; PARRA, J. R. P. Practical and Simple Systems for Food Intake Studies on Phloem-Sucking Insects. Neotropical Entomology, JUL 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

CORREA, BIANCA; DA SILVEIRA DUARTE, VANESSA; SILVA, DANIELA MILANEZ; MASCARIN, GABRIEL MOURA; DELALIBERA JUNIOR, ITALO. Comparative analysis of blastospore production and virulence of Beauveria bassiana and Cordyceps fumosorosea against soybean pests. BIOCONTROL, v. 65, n. 3 FEB 2020. Web of Science Citations: 1.

NANINI, F.; MAGGIO, D. H.; FERRONATO, P.; RUGNO, G.; YAMAMOTO, P. T.; CORREA, A. S. Molecular Marker to Identify Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) DNA in Gut Content of Predators. Neotropical Entomology, NOV 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.