One of the missions of BraIN & Phy Lab is to try to combine innovative approaches that link insect physiology to all fundamental and applied knowledge of insect science. This time, our efforts have expanded to understand the impacts of the presence of the predator Belostoma anurum (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) on the development and oxidative physiology… Continue reading “Fearing the enemy”
The BraIN & Phy team is proud of another published work, now by the PhD in Entomology Paula Daiana de Paulo, who carried out the work during her sandwich doctorate at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (ICA-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. The cultivation of Bt soybeans and the insect pest Bemisia tabaci (MEAM1) are of great economic… Continue reading CO2 concentration on Bemisia tabaci
The mixture of different chemical compounds presents new challenges in the management of pests in different cultures. And it is from this scenario that our alumni Higor de Souza Rodrigues focused his research and highlighted its results. The work entitled “Synergism and unintended effects of the association between imidacloprid and sodium chloride (NaCl) on the… Continue reading Effects of the association of NaCl with the insecticide Imidacloprid
The Brain and Phy lab has as one of its missions the combination of innovative approaches that link insect physiology with all fundamental and applied knowledge of insect science. This time, physiological, toxicological and legislative contributions resulted in another innovative work for the team and PPG Entomology of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). The… Continue reading Brazilian cheeses matured in the presence of mites
Recently, science has been trying to reduce risks to the environment and human health, replacing the use of insecticides with other more effective and environmentally accepted alternatives. Plantations are regularly the target of pest attacks capable of significantly affect their productivity generating large economic losses.One of the pests that has caused losses of millions of… Continue reading Publication Highlight: Research develops new biotechnological technique to combat soybean pest
Ph.D. student Pedro Toledo and former postdoc Luis Viteri Jumbo, published an article trying to disentangle the ecotoxicological selectivity of clove essential oil against aphids and non-target ladybeetles. Even though plant-based biopesticides have been proposed as safer insect pest control tools, such assumptions are generally made without considering the absence of detrimental effects on sublethally-exposed… Continue reading Publication Highlight: recent research indicates the physiological basis for the clove essential oil selectivity mechanisms
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