Ilaria Marotta
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Ph.D. Student |
Ilaria Marotta |
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Phone |
+39 3455871285 |
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Ilaria.marotta02@unipa.it |
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Orc-ID |
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3565-0147 |
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Location |
Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 5, Palermo, Italy. |
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Profile |
- Qualification to practice as Agronomist and Forestry Doctor at University of Palermo (2026). - Post-Graduate Scholarship - Smart detection systems of pest harmful to grapevine crops applied to sustainable agriculture (2025). - Master’s degree in Agricultural Production Sciences and Technologies curriculum Plant Production (2025). Final Grade: 110/110 cum laude – Thesis: “Evaluation of low environmental impact control techniques for the tomato rusty mite Aculops lycopersici (Tryon) (acariformes, eriophyidae)”. - Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies (2022). - Final Grade:101/110. |
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Expertise |
- Breeding beneficial mites. - Biological control. - Plant protection. - Field data monitoring. |
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Advisor |
Prof. Virgilio Caleca |
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Co-advisor |
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Thesis topics |
Development of innovative protocols for the mass rearing and field use of native predatory mites from the Mediterranean basin. |
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Research interests |
- Sustainable agriculture. - Biological control. -Biological potential of phytoseiid mites. - Mass rearing of phytoseiid mites. |
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Link to publications |
- https://doi.org/10.24349/4063-mejc |
