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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Agricultural engineer by the University of São Paulo (ESALQ/USP) (2002-2006), Master of Science (2007-2009, CNPq fellowship) and DSc. (2009-2011, FAPESP fellowship) by the University of São Paulo (CENA/USP). Currently working as a Professor at CENA/USP, being responsible for the LIARE laboratory (Food Irradiation and Radioentomology Laboratory). Performed part of the MSc. project in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at Seibersdorf- Austria (2008), and part of the doctoral project in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS) and the Comisión Panamá-Estados Unidos para la Erradicación y Prevención del Gusano Barredor del Ganado (COPEG) at Panamá (2011). Speaks three languages. Has experience in the Sterile Insect Technique, biological control of insect pests, food defense, food irradiation, and the application of nuclear techniques in agriculture and livestock. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) management in Brazil has been a challenge for the production sector, as control is predominantly carried out using synthetic chemical insecticides. An alternative is biological control using parasitoids. In this sense, in the last 10 years, research efforts have been directed towards native species, with Doryctobracon areolatus (Hymenoptera: Braconid…
The New World Screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax, is still one of the most damaging parasites of livestock in South America, provoking traumatic myiasis and losses of US$ 1.8 billion/year in Brazil. Before the beginning of new suppression/eradication campaigns, is required to confirm the inexistence of sexually incompatible populations and to characterize the genetic variation of the …
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