CV Lattes
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
bachelor's at Agronomia from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1975), master's at Agronomy from Universidade de São Paulo (1980) and doctorate at Agronomy from Universidade de São Paulo (1985). Has experience in Agronomy, focusing on Agricultural Entomology, acting on the following subjects: insecta, controle químico, coffea arabica, cicadidae and cicadoidea. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The cicadas Quesada gigas (Olivier, 1790) (Hemiptera : Cicadidae) is considered a key pest in coffee. The damage caused by Q. gigas varies with the stage of development of the nymphs that occur in the plantation and the level of infestation, and may result in total damage to infested crops. Damage to coffee production occur due to continuous suction a lot of plant sap, resulting in stunti…
The Pink Sugarcane mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell, 1895) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is widespread in sugarcane fields around the world. In Brazil, although the Pseudococcid has been occurring at increasing levels of infestation in sugarcane crops from north to south, the economic damage caused by this Pseudococcid is unknown. In the same areas of mealybug occurrence, red rot…
The Southeastern region is responsible for the biggest national production of Coffea arabica L., being São Paulo state the second largest producer. However, one of the limiting factors on the increasing productivity, together to coffee quality, with lower production costs is the pest incidence. Among the most frequently mentioned pest insects, associated to coffee in this region, stand ou…
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