IMBICONT: Improved biological control for IPM in fruits and berries

• Grant number: 11/51556-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: February 01, 2012
• End date: July 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Agreement: Innovation Fund Denmark
• Principal Investigator: Italo Delalibera Júnior
• Grantee: Italo Delalibera Júnior
• Principal researcher abroad: Jorgen Eilenberg
• Institution abroad: University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

IMBICONT has the aim to provide future solutions for sustainable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in fruits and berries by a range of studies focusing on biological control options in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, and in Denmark. IMBICONT is interdisciplinary since the research involves molecular biology, applied entomology, microbiology, pest control science, application technology, and micro-economics, Close collaboration between the Brazilian team and the Danish team ensures that technology and methods, conceptual understanding as well as specific results will be exchanged. Joint leadership of all three Work Packages (WP's) and joint supervision of PhD students will contribute to achieve these goals. Three crops have been" chosen: strawberries in both countries, plus citrus in Brazil and apple in Denmark. Two groups of biocontrol organisms have been selected: insect pathogenic fungi and predators. We aim to explore new biodiversity of entomopathogens. Further, new strategies to enhance beneficial interactions with natural enemies will be designed. New production methods, formulation and application techniques will also be developed for unexplored entomopathogenic fungi. Finally, a micro-economical assessment of the value of biological control will be carried out in fruit and strawberry. Joint activities including workshops and PhD courses are planned. Besides the applied aspects, IMBICONT will also provide significant novel data on biodiversity, co-evolution and population interactions. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(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)

LUZ, CHRISTIAN; ROCHA, LUIZ F. N.; MONTALVA, CRISTIAN; SOUZA, DANIELA A.; BOTELHO, ANA BEATRIZ R. Z.; LOPES, ROGERIO B.; FARIA, MARCOS; DELALIBERA JUNIOR, ITALO. Metarhizium humberi sp. nov. (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae), a new member of the PARB Glade in the Metarhizium anisopliae complex from Latin America. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, v. 166, SEP 2019. (11/51556-3)

ARNOSTI, ANDRE; DELALIBERA JUNIOR, ITALO; CONCESCHI, MARCOS ROBERTO; D'ALESSANDRO, CELESTE PAOLA; TRAVAGLINI, RAPHAEL VACCHI; CAMARGO-MATHIAS, MARIA IZABEL. Interactions of adjuvants on adhesion and germination of Isaria fumosorosea on adults of Diaphorina citri. Scientia Agricola, v. 76, n. 6, p. 487-493, NOV-DEC 2019. (11/51556-3, 14/19240-4)

ROJAS, VICTOR MANUEL AREVALO; IWANICKI, NATASHA SANTANNA; D'ALESSANDRO, CELESTE PAOLA; FATORETTO, MAIRA BLUMER; DEMETRIO, CLARICE GARCIA BORGES; DELALIBERA JR, ITALO. Characterization of Brazilian Cordyceps fumosorosea isolates: Conidial production, tolerance to ultraviolet-B radiation, and elevated temperature. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, v. 197, p. 9-pg., 2023-01-30. (11/51556-3)

CASTRO, THIAGO; EILENBERG, JORGEN; DELALIBERA, JR., ITALO. Exploring virulence of new and less studied species of Metarhizium spp. from Brazil for two-spotted spider mite control. Experimental and Applied Acarology, v. 74, n. 2, p. 139-146, FEB 2018. (13/24430-4, 11/51556-3, 13/10517-0)

SALDARRIAGA AUSIQUE, JOHN J.; D'ALESSANDRO, CELESTE PAOLA; CONCESCHI, MARCOS ROBERTO; MASCARIN, GABRIEL MOURA; DELALIBERA JUNIOR, ITALO. Efficacy of entomopathogenic fungi against adult Diaphorina citri from laboratory to field applications. JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, v. 90, n. 3, p. 947-960, JUN 2017. (11/51556-3)

CASTRO, THIAGO; MAYERHOFER, JOHANNA; ENKERLI, JURG; EILENBERG, JORGEN; MEYLING, NICOLAI V.; MORAL, RAFAEL DE ANDRADE; BORGES DEMETRIO, CLARICE GARCIA; DELALIBERA, JR., ITALO. Persistence of Brazilian isolates of the entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae and M. robertsii in strawberry crop soil after soil drench application. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, v. 233, p. 361-369, OCT 3 2016. (13/24430-4, 11/51556-3, 13/10517-0)

CONCESCHI, MARCOS ROBERTO; D'ALESSANDRO, CELESTE PAOLA; MORAL, RAFAEL DE ANDRADE; BORGES DEMETRIO, CLARICE GARCIA; DELALIBERA JUNIOR, ITALO. Transmission potential of the entomopathogenic fungi Isaria fumosorosea and Beauveria bassiana from sporulated cadavers of Diaphorina citri and Toxoptera citricida to uninfected D-citri adults. BIOCONTROL, v. 61, n. 5, p. 567-577, OCT 2016. (11/51556-3)

CASTRO, THIAGO; ROGGIA, SAMUEL; WEKESA, VITALIS W.; MORAL, RAFAEL DE ANDRADE; DEMETRIO, CLARICE G. B.; DELALIBERA, JR., ITALO; KLINGEN, INGEBORG. The effect of synthetic pesticides and sulfur used in conventional and organically grown strawberry and soybean on Neozygites floridana, a natural enemy of spider mites. Pest Management Science, v. 72, n. 9, p. 1752-1757, SEP 2016. (11/51556-3, 08/07358-0)

ARNOSTI, ANDRE; DELALIBERA JUNIOR, ITALO; CONCESCHI, MARCOS ROBERTO; D'ALESSANDRO, CELESTE PAOLA; TRAVAGLINI, RAPHAEL VACCHI; CAMARGO-MATHIAS, MARIA IZABEL. Interactions of adjuvants on adhesion and germination of Isaria fumosorosea on adults of Diaphorina citri. CIENTIA AGRICOL, v. 76, n. 6, p. 7-pg., 2019-11-01. (11/51556-3, 14/19240-4)