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Alberto Urbaneja is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their primary research focus lies within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Insect Science, Plant Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. They have contributed extensively to fields related to insect-plant interactions and control, plant parasitism and resistance, and insect pest control strategies.

Their research topics include:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens

Urbaneja's frequent collaborators include Meritxell Pérez-Hedo, Alejandro Tena, M. Alonso, Orlando Campolo, and Vincenzo Palmeri.

The scientist's recent publications encompass research on pest management and biological control techniques, including:

  • Integrated pest management of Tuta absoluta: practical implementations across different world regions, 2021, Journal of Pest Science
  • Next-generation biological control: the need for integrating genetics and genomics, 2020, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Use of zoophytophagous mirid bugs in horticultural crops: Current challenges and future perspectives, 2020, Pest Management Science
  • Eliciting tomato plant defenses by exposure to herbivore induced plant volatiles, 2021, Entomologia Generalis
  • The pest kill rate of thirteen natural enemies as aggregate evaluation criterion of their biological control potential of Tuta absoluta, 2021, Scientific Reports

Urbaneja has published in various scientific venues, with the most frequent ones being:

  • Journal of Pest Science
  • Entomologia Generalis
  • Biological Control
  • Pest Management Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their contributions cover subfields including Insect Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Horticulture. This range highlights a multidisciplinary approach to agricultural and biological sciences with a focus on practical and applied entomology.

Best Publications

  • Biological invasion of European tomato crops by Tuta absoluta: ecology, geographic expansion and prospects for biological control

    Nicolas Desneux;Eric Wajnberg;Kris A. G. Wyckhuys;Giovanni Burgio

  • Biological control using invertebrates and microorganisms: plenty of new opportunities

    Joop C. van Lenteren;Karel Bolckmans;Jürgen Köhl;Willem J. Ravensberg

  • The invasive South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta, continues to spread in Afro-Eurasia and beyond: the new threat to tomato world production

    Nicolas Desneux;María G. Luna;Thomas Guillemaud;Alberto Urbaneja

  • Suitability of the tomato borer Tuta absoluta as prey for Macrolophus pygmaeus and Nesidiocoris tenuis

    A. Urbaneja;H. Montón;O. Mollá

  • Natural enemies of the South American moth, Tuta absoluta, in Europe, North Africa and Middle East, and their potential use in pest control strategies

    Lucia Zappalà;Antonio Biondi;Antonio Biondi;Alberto Alma;Ibrahim J. Al-Jboory

  • Prospects for the biological control of Tuta absoluta in tomatoes of the Mediterranean basin

    Alberto Urbaneja;Joel González-Cabrera;Judit Arnó;Rosa Gabarra

  • Predation by Nesidiocoris tenuis on Bemisia tabaci and injury to tomato

    Javier Calvo;Karel Bolckmans;Philip A. Stansly;Alberto Urbaneja

  • Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner) in controlling the tomato borer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

    Joel González-Cabrera;Oscar Mollá;Helga Montón;Alberto Urbaneja

  • Integrated pest management of Tuta absoluta: practical implementations across different world regions

    Nicolas Desneux;Peng Han;Ramzi Mansour;Judit Arnó

  • Influence of host plant and prey availability on developmental time and surviorship of Nesidiocoris tenius (Het.: Miridae)

    Alberto Urbaneja;Gervasio Tapia;Philip Stansly

  • The combined use of Bacillus thuringiensis and Nesidiocoris tenuis against the tomato borer Tuta absoluta

    Oscar Mollá;Joel González-Cabrera;Alberto Urbaneja

  • A comparative life history study of two mirid bugs preying on Tuta absoluta and Ephestia kuehniella eggs on tomato crops: implications for biological control

    O. Mollá;A. Biondi;M. Alonso-Valiente;Alberto Urbaneja

  • Neonicotinoids in excretion product of phloem-feeding insects kill beneficial insects.

    Miguel Calvo-Agudo;Joel González-Cabrera;Yolanda Picó;Pau Calatayud-Vernich

  • Lethal and sublethal effects of spirotetramat on the mealybug destroyer, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri

    L. Planes;J. Catalán;A. Tena;J. L. Porcuna

  • Defensive plant responses induced by Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae) on tomato plants

    Meritxell Pérez-Hedo;Pablo Urbaneja-Bernat;Josep A. Jaques;Víctor Flors

  • Efficacy of sulphur on Tuta absoluta and its side effects on the predator Nesidiocoris tenuis

    L. Zappalà;G. Siscaro;A. Biondi;O. Mollá

  • Prospects for biological control of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera, Aleyrodidae) in greenhouse tomatoes of southern Spain

    P.A. Stansly;P.A. Sánchez;J.M. Rodrı́guez;F. Cañizares

  • Nonreproductive Effects of Insect Parasitoids on Their Hosts.

    Paul K Abram;Jacques Brodeur;Alberto Urbaneja;Alejandro Tena

  • Chemical Alternatives to Malathion for Controlling Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), and Their Side Effects on Natural Enemies in Spanish Citrus Orchards

    Alberto Urbaneja;Patricia Chueca;Helga Montón;Sara Pascual-Ruiz

  • Influence of Ground Predators on the Survival of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly Pupae, Ceratitis capitata , in Spanish Citrus Orchards

    Alberto Urbaneja;Ferran García Marí;David Tortosa;Cristina Navarro

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Castañera
Pedro Castañera Spanish National Research Council
Philip A. Stansly
Philip A. Stansly University of Florida
Antonio Granell
Antonio Granell Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Biondi
Antonio Biondi University of Catania
Victor Flors
Victor Flors Jaume I University
Nicolas Desneux
Nicolas Desneux INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Lucia Zappalà
Lucia Zappalà University of Catania
Bas J. Zwaan
Bas J. Zwaan Wageningen University & Research
Marcel Dicke
Marcel Dicke Wageningen University & Research
John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester

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