Prof. Pietro Zandigiacomo, associate professor of applied entomology

Scientists and student tutors
Dott. Francesco Pavan, scientist

Research
The research activity of the laboratory is focused on:

• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies in viticulture.
• Influence of cultural practices on pests and their enemies.
• Influence of host plant on pests and their enemies.
• Control strategies of insect vectors of plant diseases.
• Life history and damage of forest insect pests.
• Occurrence and spread of alien insect pests.
• Wild bees in different habitats.

Lab facilities
Climatic cells for insect rearing, equipment for bioassays, insect reference collections

Topics offered for thesis

• Agronomic practices and grapevine pest control
• Biodiversity of the agroecosystem and grapevine pests biocontrol