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People
Gianfranco Anfora
Position
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Researcher – Group Leader Chemical Ecology Group |
Current site of work |
IASMA Research and Innovation Center, Fondazione Edmund Mach FEM |
Street, number |
via Mach, 1 |
City |
S. Michele all'Adige TN |
Postal code |
38010 |
Country |
Italy |
E-mail |
gianfranco.anfora@iasma.it |
Phone |
+39 0461 615143 |
Mobile phone |
+39 333 4913810 |
Degree, Msc, or PhD; when; where; on what subject; title of the thesis |
PhD, 2003, "Protection and Quality of Agricultural and Food Production” XV Course at the Dip. S.A.V.A., Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Molise (Campobasso); PhD dissertation "Olfactory and behavioural responses of Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) adults to volatile compounds of Solanum tuberosum L." Supervisor Prof. Antonio De Cristofaro |
Expertise |
Entomology, Electrophysiology, Insect chemical ecology and neurobiology |
Professional societies |
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Research experience, training, professional stages |
Identification of biologically active semiochemicals (GC-MS, GC-EAD, SCR, Wind tunnel, field trials). Insect neuroecology end neurobiology.
2003-2006, IASMA Research Center, post-doc research position granted by the Autonomous Province of Trento "Individuation of compounds involved in the intraspecific (pheromones) and interspecific (kairomones) communication of Dasineura mali (Kieffer) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), the Apple Leaf Curling Midge".
2006-2007, IASMA Research Center, post-Doc research position in the “Insect Control Research Unit” for the SafeCrop project.
2007-2010, IASMA Research Center, post-doc research position granted by the Autonomous Province of Trento “Host plants volatile compounds for the control of yellows diseases insect vectors, Hyalesthes obsoletus and Scaphoideus titanus”.
2009, attendance of the course “Insect Neurobiology” at the Institute of Chemical Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp (Sweden). |
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Current research area |
Sex pheromones and plant volatiles in insect control, Neurobiology of insect olfaction |
Publication List (last five years):
Eriksson A., Anfora G., Lucchi A., Virant-Doberlet M., Mazzoni V., 2011. Inter-plant vibrational communication in a leafhopper insect. PLoSONE (PONE-D-11-02112R2).
Anfora G., Rigosi E., Frasnelli E., Ruga V., Trona F., Vallortigara G., 2011. Lateralization in the invertebrate brain: left-right asymmetry of olfaction in bumble bee. PLoSONE (PONE-D-11-00769R1).
Rigosi E., Frasnelli E., Vinegoni C., Antolini R., Anfora G., Vallortigara G., Haase A., 2011. Searching for anatomical correlates of olfactory lateralization in the honeybee antennal lobes: a morphological and behavioural study. Behavioural and Brain Research (doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.015).
Haase A., Rigosi E., Trona F., Anfora G., Vallortigara G., Antolini R., Vinegoni C., 2011. In-vivo two-photon imaging of the honey bee antennal lobe. Biomedical Optics Express 2 (1): 131-138.
Trona F., Anfora G., Bengtsson M., Witzgall P., Ignell R., 2010. Coding and interaction of sex pheromone and plant volatile signals in the antennal lobe of the codling moth Cydia pomonella. The Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 4291-4303.
Mazzoni V., Lucchi A., Ioriatti C., Virant-Doberlet M., Anfora G., 2010. Mating behavior of Hyalesthes obsoletus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 103 (5): 813-822.
Molinari F., Anfora G., Schmidt S., Villa M., Ioriatti C., Pasqualini E., De Cristofaro A., 2010. Olfactory activity of ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate on adult oriental fruit moths. The Canadian Entomologist 142 (5): 481-488.
Frasnelli E., Anfora G., Trona F., Tessarolo F., Vallortigara G., 2010. Morpho-functional asymmetry of the olfactory receptors of the honeybee (Apis mellifera). Behavioural Brain Research 209: 221-225.
Anfora G., Frasnelli E., Maccagnani B., Rogers L.J., Vallortigara G., 2010. Behavioural and electrophysiological lateralization in a social (Apis mellifera) but not in a non-social (Osmia cornuta) species of bee. Behavioural Brain Research 206: 236-239.
Tasin M., Bäckman A.C., Anfora G., Carlin S., Ioriatti C., Witzgall P., 2010. Attraction of female grapevine moth to common and specific olfactory cues from 2 host plants. Chemical Senses 35: 57-64.
Anfora G., Tasin M., De Cristofaro A., Ioriatti C., Lucchi A., 2009. Synthetic grape volatiles attract mated Lobesia botrana females in laboratory and field bioassays. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 1054-1062.
Frasnelli E., Anfora G., Trona F., Tessarolo F., Antolini R., Vallortigara G., 2009. Morfo-functional asymmetry of olfactory receptors of honeybee, Apis mellifera L. European Biophysic Journal 38 (Suppl 1):S35–S212
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., Casagrande E., Ioriatti C., Angeli G., 2009. Mating disruption with EcoTape pheromone dispensers to control codling moth Cydia pomonella. Bulletin of Insectology 62(1): 7-13.
Mazzoni V., Ioriatti C., Trona F., Lucchi A., Anfora G., 2009. Importance of olfaction in host plant detection of Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) nymphs. Journal of Economic Entomology 102(3): 974-980.
Ioriatti C., Anfora G., Angeli G., Civolani S., Schmidt S., Pasqualini E., 2009. Toxicity of emamectin benzoate to Cydia pomonella (L.) and Cydia molesta (Busck) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): laboratory and field tests. Pest Management Science 65: 306-312.
Cross J.V., Hall D.R., Shaw P., Anfora G., 2009. Exploitation of the sex pheromone of apple leaf midge Dasineura mali Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae): 2. Use of sex pheromone trap for pest monitoring. Crop Protection 28: 128-133.
Tasin M., Demaria D., Ryne C., Cesano A., Galliano A., Anfora G., Ioriatti C., Alma A., 2008. Effect of anti-hail nets on Cydia pomonella behavior in apple orchards. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 129: 32-36.
Faccoli M., Anfora G., Tasin M., 2008. Responses of the Mediterranean pine shoot beetle Tomicus destruens (Wollaston) (Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytinae) to pine shoot and bark volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34: 1162-1169.
Anfora G., Isidoro N., De Cristofaro A., Ioriatti C., 2008. Demographic interactions between the inquiline midge Macrolabis mali (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and its gall-inducer host Dasineura mali (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Entomologia Generalis 31 (1): 75-82.
Anfora G., Baldessari M., De Cristofaro A., Germinara G.S., Ioriatti C., Reggiori F., Vitagliano S., Angeli G., 2008. Control of Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by biodegradable Ecodian sex pheromone dispensers. Journal of Economic Entomology 101 (2): 444-450.
Mazzoni V., Anfora G., Ioriatti C., Lucchi A., 2008. Role of Winter Host Plants in the Phenology and Vineyard Colonization Pattern of Zygina rhamni (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(6): 1003-1009.
Schmidt S., Anfora G., Germinara G.S., Ioriatti C., Rotundo G., De Cristofaro A., 2007. Biological activity of ethyl (E,Z)-(2,4)-decadienoate on different tortricids species: electrophysiological responses and filed tests. Environmental Entomology 36 (5): 1025-1031.
Angeli G., Anfora G., Baldessari M., Germinara G.S., Rama F., De Cristofaro A., Ioriatti C., 2007. Mating disruption of codling moth Cydia pomonella by using high densities of Ecodian sex pheromone dispensers. Journal of Applied Entomology 131 (5): 311-318.
Anfora G., Tasin M., Bäckman AC., De Cristofaro A., Witzgall P., Ioriatti C., 2005. Attractiveness of year-old polyethylene Isonet sex pheromone dispensers for Lobesia botrana. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 117: 201-207.
Tasin M., Anfora G., Ioriatti C., Carlin S., De Cristofaro A., Schmidt S., Bengtsson M., Versini G., Witzgall P., 2005. Antennal and behavioural responses of grapevine moth Lobesia botrana females to volatiles from grapevine. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31 (1): 77-87.
Anfora G., Isidoro N., De Cristofaro A., Ioriatti C., 2005. Description of Macrolabis mali sp. nov. (Diptera Cecidomyiidae), a new inquiline gall midge species from galls of Dasineura mali on apple in Italy. Bulletin of Insectology 58 (2): 95-99.
De Cristofaro A., Ioriatti C., Pasqualini E., Anfora G., Germinara G.S., Villa M., Rotundo G., 2004. Electrophysiological responses of Cydia pomonella to codlemone and pear ester ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate: peripheral interactions in their perception and evidences for cells responding to both compounds. Bulletin of Insectology 57 (2): 137-144.
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