Mathematical models on insect control

• Grant number: 13/24140-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: March 01, 2014 - February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics
• Principal Investigator: Cláudia Pio Ferreira
• Grantee: Cláudia Pio Ferreira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IBB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project includes the study and development of mathematical models applied to insect control. We will study the spatio temporal dynamics of Diabrotica speciosa, a pest of many crops throughout Central America and South America. Because the development of this insect depends on different hosts, we can use landscape ecology to control it. Using the formalism of cellular automata and clustering techniques we aim to build different mosaics and measure the influence of the spatial distribution in the persistence, spread and control of this insect. (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)

GARCIA, ADRIANO; CONSOLI, FERNANDO LUIS; CONDE GODOY, WESLEY AUGUSTO; FERREIRA, CLAUDIA PIO. A mathematical approach to simulate spatio-temporal patterns of an insect-pest, the corn rootworm Diabrotica speciosa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in intercropping systems. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, v. 29, n. 9, p. 1531-1540, NOV 2014. (13/24140-6, 12/00254-0)

FERREIRA, CLAUDIA P.; ESTEVA, LOURDES; GODOY, WESLEY A. C.; CONSOLI, FERNANDO L.. Landscape Diversity Influences Dispersal and Establishment of Pest with Complex Nutritional Ecology. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, v. 76, n. 7, p. 1747-1761, JUL 2014. (13/24140-6, 12/00254-0, 13/03954-5)

GARCIA, ADRIANO G.; GODOY, WESLEY A. C.; CONSOLI, FERNANDO L.; FERREIRA, CLAUDIA P.. Modelling movement and stage-specific habitat preferences of a polyphagous insect pest. MOVEMENT ECOLOGY, v. 8, n. 1, MAR 2 2020. (14/16609-7, 13/24140-6)