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Stefano Colazza

Stefano Colazza

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Ecology and Evolution

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40
Citations
5049
World Ranking
6205
National Ranking
122

Overview

Stefano Colazza is affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy, specializing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a focus on insect-related research. Their work spans several subfields, including Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Genetics, and Health, Toxicology, and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research encompasses a range of topics related to insect-plant interactions and control, particularly involving Hemiptera insects. Their main topics of study include:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Hemiptera Insect Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insects and Parasite Interactions

Stefano Colazza has published extensively within these fields. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
  • Journal of Chemical Ecology
  • BioControl
  • Scientific Reports

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Colazza are:

  • "Biological control of invasive stink bugs: review of global state and future prospects" (2020) in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
  • "Trichoderma harzianum Strain T22 Modulates Direct Defense of Tomato Plants in Response to Nezara viridula Feeding Activity" (2021) in Journal of Chemical Ecology
  • "Chemical Ecology of Floral Resources in Conservation Biological Control" (2022) in Annual Review of Entomology
  • "Nectar-Inhabiting Bacteria Affect Olfactory Responses of an Insect Parasitoid by Altering Nectar Odors" (2022) in Microbial Ecology
  • "Diversity and composition of the microbiome associated with eggs of the Southern green stinkbug, Nezara viridula (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)" (2022) in MicrobiologyOpen

The scientist collaborates with a network of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Ezio Peri
  • Antonino Cusumano
  • Salvatore Guarino
  • Tuğcan Alınç
  • Bart Lievens

Best Publications

  • Insect oviposition induces volatile emission in herbaceous plants that attracts egg parasitoids

    Stefano Colazza;Alessandro Fucarino;Ezio Peri;Gianandrea Salerno

  • Identification of volatile synomones, induced by Nezara viridula feeding and oviposition on bean spp., that attract the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis

    Stefano Colazza;J Steven McElfresh;Jocelyn G Millar

  • Morphology of antennal gustatory sensilla and glands in some parasitoid Hymenoptera with hypothesis on their role in sex and host recognition

    N Isidoro;F Bin;S Colazza;S B Vinson

  • Volatile and Contact Chemicals Released by Nezara viridula (Heteroptera:Pentatomidae) Have a Kairomonal Effect on the Egg Parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

    Stefano Colazza;Gianandrea Salerno;Eric Wajnberg

  • Source of an egg kairomone for Trissolcus basalis, a parasitoid of Nezara viridula

    F. Bin;S. B. Vinson;M. R. Strand;S. Colazza

  • The Egg Parasitoid Trissolcus basalis uses n-nonadecane, a Cuticular Hydrocarbon from its Stink Bug Host Nezara viridula, to Discriminate Between Female and Male Hosts

    Stefano Colazza;Gloria Aquila;Claudio De Pasquale;Ezio Peri

  • Biological control of invasive stink bugs: review of global state and future prospects

    Eric Conti;Gonzalo Avila;Barbara Barratt;Fernanda Cingolani

  • Chemical Ecology of Egg Parasitoids Associated with True Bugs

    Eric Conti;Stefano Colazza

  • Kairomonal effect of walking traces from Euschistus heros (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) on two strains of Telenomus podisi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

    Miguel Borges;Miguel Borges;Stefano Colazza;Stefano Colazza;Pamela Ramirez-Lucas;Kamlesh R. Chauhan

  • Genetic variation in the mechanisms of direct mutual interference in a parasitic wasp: consequences in terms of patch‐time allocation

    Eric Wajnberg;Christine Curty;Stefano Colazza

  • Antennal chemosensilla and glands, and their possible meaning in the reproductive behaviour of Trissolcus basalis (Woll.) (Hym. : Scelionidae)

    Ferdinando Bin;Stefano Colazza;Isidoro Nunzio;Mario Solinas

  • Genetic variation in patch time allocation in a parasitic wasp

    Eric Wajnberg;Marzia Cristiana Rosi;Stefano Colazza

  • Interspecific competition/facilitation among insect parasitoids

    Antonino Cusumano;Ezio Peri;Stefano Colazza

  • Effect of host kairomones and oviposition experience on the arrestment behavior of an egg parasitoid

    Ezio Peri;Mery Angelica Sole;Eric Wajnberg;Stefano Colazza

  • A comparative analysis of patch-leaving decision rules in a parasitoid family.

    Eric Wajnberg;Pierre-Alexis Gonsard;Elisabeth Tabone;Christine Curty

  • Chemical ecology of insect parasitoids

    Eric Wajnberg;Stefano Colazza

  • Growth patterns of teratocytes in the immature stages of Trissolcus basalis (Woll.) (Hymenoptera : Scelionidae), an egg parasitoid of Nezara Viridula (L.) (Heteroptera : Pentatomidae)

    Nathalie Volkoff;Stefano Colazza

  • Inter and intra-guild interactions in egg parasitoid species of the soybean stink bug complex

    Edison Ryoiti Sujii;Maria Luiza Marcico Costa;Carmen Silvia Soares Pires;Stefano Colazza

  • Efficiency of Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) as an Egg Parasitoid of Nezara viridula (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Central Italy

    Stefano Colazza;Ferdinando Bin

  • Influence of Feeding and Oviposition by Phytophagous Pentatomids on Photosynthesis of Herbaceous Plants

    Violeta Velikova;Gianandrea Salerno;Francesca Frati;Ezio Peri

  • Host Searching by Egg Parasitoids: Exploitation of Host Chemical Cues

    Stefano Colazza;Ezio Peri;Gianandrea Salerno;Eric Conti

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Wajnberg
Eric Wajnberg INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jocelyn G. Millar
Jocelyn G. Millar University of California, Riverside
Francesco Loreto
Francesco Loreto University of Naples Federico II
S. Bradleigh Vinson
S. Bradleigh Vinson Texas A&M University
Stefania Pasqualini
Stefania Pasqualini University of Perugia
Mauro Centritto
Mauro Centritto National Research Council (CNR)
Miguel Borges
Miguel Borges Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Violeta Velikova
Violeta Velikova Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Alfredo Vizzini
Alfredo Vizzini University of Turin
Cecilia Brunetti
Cecilia Brunetti National Research Council (CNR)

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