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Valerio Mazzoni


Position

Researcher

Current site of work

Fondazione Edmund Mach

Street, number

via Mach, 1

City

S. Michele all'Adige TN

Postal code

38010

Country

Italy

E-mail

valerio.mazzoni@iasma.it

Phone

+39 0461 615 510

Mobile phone

+39 328 7015632

Degree, Msc, or PhD; when; where; on what subject; title of the thesis

PhD in “Crop Science”, University of Pisa, 2005. Theme: entomology. Title of thesis: “Bio-ethological study on the principal grapevine Auchenorrhyncha species of Western Tuscany”

Expertise

Entomological fields: Bioacoustics, Taxonomy (Hemiptera Auchenorrhyncha), Ethology

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Research experience, training, professional stages

2002-2004: PhD course in Crop Science, University of Pisa
2005-2006: Fellowship Grant, University of Pisa
2006-2007: Research experience at National Institute of Biology, Ljubliana, Slovenia, funded by Safecrop Grant
2008: Collaborator at Dept. Plant Protection of IASMA, San Michele all’Adige.
From 2009: Researcher at Fondazione Mach, San Michele all’Adige.

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Current research area

Bioacoustics: Arthropods Vibrational Communication


Publication List (last five years):

MAZZONI V, LUCCHI A, PRESERN J & VIRANT-DOBERLET M (2008) Vibrational communication and other behavioural traits in Scaphoideus titanus. Bulletin of Insectology 61: 187-188.

MAZZONI V, ANFORA G, IORIATTI C & LUCCHI A (2008) Role of Winter Host Plants in Vineyard Colonization and Phenology of Zygina rhamni (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 101 (6): 1003-1009.

MAZZONI V., ANFORA G., TRONA F., LUCCHI A. & IORIATTI C. (2009) - Importance of olfaction in host plant detection of Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera Cicadellidae) nymphs. Journal of Economic Entomology, 102: 974-980.

MAZZONI V., PRESERN J., LUCCHI A. & VIRANT-DOBERLET M. (2009) – Reproductive strategy of the Nearctic leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera Cicadellidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 99:401-413.

IORIATTI C., ANFORA G., ANGELI G., MAZZONI V. & TRONA F. (2009) - Effects of chlorantraniliprole on eggs and larvae of Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Pest Management Science, 65: 717-722.

TRONA F., ANFORA G., BALDESSARI M., MAZZONI V., CASAGRANDE E., IORIATTI C. & ANGELI G. (2009) - Mating disruption of codling moth with a continuous adhesive tape carrying high densities of pheromone dispensers. Bulletin of Insectology, 62: 7-13.

MAZZONI V, LUCCHI A, COKL A, PRESERN J & VIRANT-DOBERLET M. (2009) - Disruption of reproductive behaviour of Scaphoideus titanus by playback of vibrational signals. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 133: 174-185.

MAZZONI V., LUCCHI A., IORIATTI C., VIRANT-DOBERLET M. & ANFORA G. (2010) – Mating behavior of Hyalesthes obsoletus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 103(5): 813-822.

ERIKSSON A., ANFORA G., LUCCHI A., MAZZONI V. (2011) – Inter-plant vibrational communication in a leafhopper insect. PlosOne 5 (6) e19692.

BERTOLI A., CONTI B., MAZZONI V., MEINI L., PISTELLI L. (2011) - Volatile chemical  composition and bioactivity of six essential oils against the stored food insect Sitophilus zeamais Motsch. (Coleoptera Dryophtoridae). Natural Product Research (accepted)

 





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