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Gianfranco Anfora

Gianfranco Anfora

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
10464
World Ranking
15641
National Ranking
488

Overview

Gianfranco Anfora is affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research extensively covers Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Ecology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Hemiptera Insect Studies
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Insects and Parasite Interactions

Frequently publishing in journals such as:

  • Insects
  • Entomologia Generalis
  • Biological Control
  • Journal of Pest Science
  • Pest Management Science

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Anfora include:

  • Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A Decade of Research Towards a Sustainable Integrated Pest Management Program, 2021, Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Assessing the Distribution of Exotic Egg Parasitoids of Halyomorpha halys in Europe with a Large-Scale Monitoring Program, 2021, Insects
  • Semiochemicals, semiophysicals and their integration for the development of innovative multi-modal systems for agricultural pests' monitoring and control, 2021, Entomologia Generalis
  • First report on classical biological control releases of the larval parasitoid Ganaspis brasiliensis against Drosophila suzukii in northern Italy, 2023, BioControl
  • Structural and transcriptional evidence of mechanotransduction in the Drosophila suzukii ovipositor, 2020, Journal of Insect Physiology

Anfora has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Valerio Mazzoni
  • Marco Valerio Rossi Stacconi
  • C. Ioriatti
  • Rachele Nieri
  • Lorenzo Fellin

Best Publications

  • Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future priorities

    Mark K. Asplen;Gianfranco Anfora;Antonio Biondi;Antonio Biondi;Deuk Soo Choi

  • A review of the invasion of Drosophila suzukii in Europe and a draft research agenda for integrated pest management

    Alessandro Cini;Claudio Ioriatti;Gianfranco Anfora

  • A critical review of plant protection tools for reducing pesticide use on grapevine and new perspectives for the implementation of IPM in viticulture

    I Pertot;Tito Caffi;Vittorio Rossi;L. Mugnai

  • Tracking the invasion of the alien fruit pest Drosophila suzukii in Europe

    A. Cini;G. Anfora;L. A. Escudero-Colomar;A. Grassi

  • Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae): A Decade of Research Towards a Sustainable Integrated Pest Management Program

    Gabriella Tait;Serhan Mermer;Dara Stockton;Jana Lee

  • Chemical Ecology and Management of Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

    C. Ioriatti;G. Anfora;M. Tasin;A. De Cristofaro

  • Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and its Potential Impact to Wine Grapes During Harvest in Two Cool Climate Wine Grape Production Regions

    C. Ioriatti;V. Walton;D. Dalton;G. Anfora

  • Integrating temperature-dependent life table data into a matrix projection model for Drosophila suzukii population estimation.

    Nik G. Wiman;Vaughn M. Walton;Daniel T. Dalton;Gianfranco Anfora

  • Putative Chemosensory Receptors of the Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella, Identified by Antennal Transcriptome Analysis

    Jonas M. Bengtsson;Federica Trona;Nicolas Montagné;Nicolas Montagné;Gianfranco Anfora

  • Host stage preference, efficacy and fecundity of parasitoids attacking Drosophila suzukii in newly invaded areas

    M. Valerio Rossi Stacconi;Matt Buffington;Kent M. Daane;Daniel T. Dalton

  • Linking Genomics and Ecology to Investigate the Complex Evolution of an Invasive Drosophila Pest

    Lino Ometto;Alessandro Cestaro;Sukanya Ramasamy;Alberto Grassi

  • A chromosome-level genome assembly of Cydia pomonella provides insights into chemical ecology and insecticide resistance

    Fanghao Wan;Chuanlin Yin;Rui Tang;Rui Tang;Maohua Chen

  • Antennal and behavioral responses of grapevine moth Lobesia botrana females to volatiles from grapevine.

    Marco Tasin;Gianfranco Anfora;Claudio Ioriatti;Silvia Carlin

  • Understanding West Nile virus ecology in Europe: Culex pipiens host feeding preference in a hotspot of virus emergence.

    Annapaola Rizzoli;Luca Bolzoni;Elizabeth Anna Chadwick;Gioia Capelli

  • Drosophila suzukii population response to environment and management strategies

    Nik G. Wiman;Daniel T. Dalton;Gianfranco Anfora;Antonio Biondi

  • Olfactory responses of Drosophila suzukii females to host plant volatiles

    Santosh Revadi;Silvia Vitagliano;Marco V. Rossi Stacconi;Sukanya Ramasamy

  • Behavioural and electrophysiological lateralization in a social (Apis mellifera) but not in a non-social (Osmia cornuta) species of bee

    Gianfranco Anfora;Elisa Frasnelli;Bettina Maccagnani;Lesley J. Rogers

  • Exploitation of insect vibrational signals reveals a new method of pest management.

    Anna Eriksson;Gianfranco Anfora;Andrea Lucchi;Francesco Lanzo

  • Multiple lines of evidence for reproductive winter diapause in the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii : useful clues for control strategies

    Marco Valerio Rossi-Stacconi;Rupinder Kaur;Valerio Mazzoni;Lino Ometto

  • Manipulating behaviour with substrate-borne vibrations--potential for insect pest control.

    Jernej Polajnar;Anna Eriksson;Andrea Lucchi;Gianfranco Anfora

Frequent Co-Authors

Vaughn M. Walton
Vaughn M. Walton Oregon State University
Giorgio Vallortigara
Giorgio Vallortigara University of Trento
Peter Witzgall
Peter Witzgall Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kent M. Daane
Kent M. Daane University of California, Berkeley
Antonio Biondi
Antonio Biondi University of Catania
Urska Vrhovsek
Urska Vrhovsek Fondazione Edmund Mach
Stefan Martens
Stefan Martens Fondazione Edmund Mach
Rufus Isaacs
Rufus Isaacs Michigan State University
Mark Blaxter
Mark Blaxter Wellcome Sanger Institute
Stéphane Compant
Stéphane Compant Austrian Institute of Technology

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