Ultrastructural anatomy of mites of agricultural and environmental interest

• Grant number: 13/06668-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: November 01, 2013
• End date: January 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Elliot Watanabe Kitajima
• Grantee: Elliot Watanabe Kitajima
• Visiting researcher: Antonella di Palma
• Visiting researcher institution: Università degli Studi di Foggia, Italy
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

To develop cooperative researches on ultrastructural anatomy of mites of agricultural and environmental interest (pests, predators, vector of viroses, members of ecosystems) with faculty members of ESALQ. Offer a short course on ultrastructural anatomy of mites for graduate students and researchers on acarology, to implemente this line of activity among Brazilian acarologists. Seminars on her speciality in the graduate course of Acarology of ESALQ. Visits to other Brazilian institutions where researches on acarology is presente. (AU)