CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Has experience in Ecology, focusing on Ecology, acting on the following subjects: isaria fumosorosea, micopesticidas and controle microbiano. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Soybean is one of the most important crops for the Brazilian agribusiness. Its production is negatively affected by important insect pests, especially the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (biotype B) and defoliating caterpillars. For the control of caterpillars, the utilization of genetically modified plants with genes of the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been adopted in a large scale,…
Sucking insects, such as whitefly, have caused major direct and indirect damage to several crops. In the case of whitefly this is due to the large phenotypic plasticity and also to the wide spectrum of host plants. Conventional pest management systems create negative impact on natural enemies and accelerate the evolution of resistance in populations of pests, due to instability of biologi…
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