Carlo Duso

carlo.duso@unipd.it

BIOGRAFIA

Università di Padova (Italia), 1981: Laurea in Scienze Agrarie
Università di Bologna (Italia), 1990: Dottorato di Ricerca in Entomologia agraria
Università di Padova, 1990, Ricercatore in Entomologia agraria; 1994-1999, Professore incaricato di Apicoltura e Bachicoltura, Zoologia agraria, Principi di Ecologia; 2000, Professore Associato di Entomologia agraria; 2010, Professore Ordinario di Entomologia generale e applicata.
1984: Visiting Scientist, University of Massachusetts (USA)
1986-1991: Visiting Scientist, Department of Pure and Applied Ecology, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
1996-2000: Esperto per il Ministero dell’Ambiente nella Commissione Consultiva per i Prodotti Fitosanitari
2010-2018: Presidente del Corso di Laurea in Scienze e Tecnologie viticole ed enologiche, Università di Padova
2015-2019: Responsabile per l’Italia del Master “Plant Health” (Erasmus Mundus)
2010-: Membro dell’Editorial Board delle riviste internazionali Experimental and Applied Acarology, Insects, Acarologia.
2015-: Convenor del Gruppo di Lavoro IOBC/WPRS “Integrated Protection in Viticulture”.
Autore di oltre 200 pubblicazioni scientifiche; revisore per oltre 40 riviste internazionali; revisore o commissario per Istituzioni Internazionali (ad es. SUPAGRO Montpellier, University of Haifa, University of Thessaloniki, University of Cyprus) e Nazionali (ad es. FIRB, PRIN).
Linee di ricerca: Controllo biologico e protezione integrata; biologia ed ecologia degli acari Fitoseidi; effetti collaterali dei prodotti fitosanitari; resistenza in acari fitofagi e predatori; biodiversità funzionale in viticoltura.

Pozzebon A., Loeb G.M., Duso C., 2015 – Role of supplemental foods and habitat structural complexity in persistence and coexistence of generalist predatory mites. Scientific Reports 5: 10.1038/srep14997.
Lorenzon M., Pozzebon A., Duso C., 2015 – Feeding habits of overwintered predatory mites inhabiting European vineyards. BioControl, 60: 605–615.
Reineke A., Abou Assaf H., Kulanek D., Mori N., Pozzebon A., Duso C., 2015 – A novel set of microsatellite markers for the European Grapevine Moth Lobesia botrana isolated using next-generation sequencing and their utility for genetic characterization of populations from Europe and the Middle East. Bulletin of Entomological Research 105: 408-416.
Cassanelli S., Ahmad S., Duso C., Tirello P., Pozzebon A., 2015. A single nucleotide polymorphism in the acetylcholinesterase gene of the predatory mite Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is associated with chlorpyrifos resistance. Biological Control 90: 75-82.
Pozzebon A., Ahmad S., Tirello P., Lorenzon M., Duso C., 2014 – Does pollen availability mitigate the impact of pesticides on generalist predatory mites? BioControl 59: 585–59.

University of Padova (Italy), 1981: M.Sc. in Agricultural Science – University of Bologna (Italy), 1990: Ph.D. in Agricultural Entomology.
University of Padova, 1990, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Entomology; 1994-1999, Temporary Professor of Apiculture, Agricultural Zoology and Ecology; 2000, Associate Professor of Agricultural Entomology; 2010, Full Professor of General and Applied Entomology.
1984: Visiting Scientist for short periods, University of Massachusetts (USA)
1986-1991: Visiting Scientist for short periods, Department of Pure and Applied Ecology, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
1996-2000: Consultant and adviser of Environment Italian Minister
2010-2018: Chairman of First Degree level in Viticulture and Enology, University of Padova
2010-present: Member of the Editorial Board of three International journals (Experimental and Applied Acarology, Acarologia, Insects)
2015-2019: Member, Committee of the Erasmus Mundus Master in “Plant Health”
2015-present: Convenor of the IOBC/WPRS Working Group “IPM in viticulture”
Author of more than 200 publications.
Reviewer for more than 40 International Journals, as well as for International (e.g. SUPAGRO Montpellier, University of Haifa, University of Thessaloniki, University of Cyprus) and National Institutions (e.g., FIRB, PRIN).
Biological control and Integrated Pest Management of arthropod pests; biology and ecology of predatory mites (Acari Phytoseiidae); side effects of pesticides on beneficials; resistance to pesticides in phytophagous and predatory mites; functional biodiversity in viticulture.

Pozzebon A., Loeb G.M., Duso C., 2015 – Role of supplemental foods and habitat structural complexity in persistence and coexistence of generalist predatory mites. Scientific Reports 5: 10.1038/srep14997.

Lorenzon M., Pozzebon A., Duso C., 2015 – Feeding habits of overwintered predatory mites inhabiting European vineyards. BioControl, 60: 605–615.

Reineke A., Abou Assaf H., Kulanek D., Mori N., Pozzebon A., Duso C., 2015 – A novel set of microsatellite markers for the European Grapevine Moth Lobesia botrana isolated using next-generation sequencing and their utility for genetic characterization of populations from Europe and the Middle East. Bulletin of Entomological Research 105: 408-416.

Cassanelli S., Ahmad S., Duso C., Tirello P., Pozzebon A., 2015. A single nucleotide polymorphism in the acetylcholinesterase gene of the predatory mite Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is associated with chlorpyrifos resistance. Biological Control 90: 75-82.

Pozzebon A., Ahmad S., Tirello P., Lorenzon M., Duso C., 2014 – Does pollen availability mitigate the impact of pesticides on generalist predatory mites? BioControl 59: 585–59.