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gianluca.melone(AT)ipsp.cnr.it
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Curriculum Vitae
Graduated in Agricultural Science and Technology from the University of Naples Federico II. During 2023 and until February 2024, I had a research grant within the URCoFI Project “Regional Unit for the Coordination and Enhancement of Surveillance, Research, Experimentation, Monitoring and Training Activities in the Phytosanitary Field” funded by the Campania Region, focusing the activity on monitoring of phytophagous pests of feared introduction (Anthonomus eugenii, Anthonomus signatus, Spodoptera frugiperda, Trioza erytreae, Diaphorina citri, Toxoptera citricidus, Aleurocanthus woglumi, Aleurocanthus citriperdus) and already present in the territory (Aleurocanthus spiniferus). Simultaneously, I was involved in the collection, isolation and breeding of phytophages and their associated natural enemies, with evaluation of the natural control activity carried out by antagonists and the preparation of microscopic slides for the morphological identification of parasitoids. The research and systematic activity has mainly involved parasitoid hymenoptera of the superfamily Chalcidoidea. I am currently a research fellow in the biological control project of Drosophila suzukii. The activity concerns the in-depth study of aspects related to the bio-ecology and launches, on the territory of the Campania Region, of its exotic parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis, as well as the evaluation of the impact on native species of parasitoids.