Ruggero Petacchi

Bio

Since 1992 he is Research Entomologist at the Laboratory of Life Science Institute in the Scuola S.Anna (PI, Italy). Its research interests are focused on Applied Insect Ecology in olive-grove agroecosistems, Biological and Integrated Control of Pests in olive crops and vegetables, Information and Communication Technology in Integrated Pest Management. Its main research projects are development in Plant Protection and your aims are validation simulation models as well as the bio-ecology, damage assessment and natural enemies of insect pests.

Since 1993 he is Project Responsible and in his research has been funded by competitive grants obtained from the National Science Foundation, Public and Private Institutions.

Since 2000 he is a reviewer for the following journals: Crop Protection; Agriculture and Forest Entomology; Entomological news; Journal of Applied Entomology; Organic Agriculture; Phytoparasitica; Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems; Rivista Italiana di Agrometeorologia

Since 2012 he is Delegate of the Life Science Institute Director in Biological Laboratory (BioLabs)

Ricerca

Applied Insect Ecology, Information and Communication Technology in Integrated Pest Management, Functional Biodiversity in Agroecosystem

Pubblicazioni

Petacchi, Ruggero; Valicenti, Marta; Bradley, Mattia; Volpi, Iride; Ceccarelli, Camilla

Un modello previsionale per la margaronia Open new browser tab

(2023)
Volpi, I.; Marchi, S.; Petacchi, R.; Hoxha, K.; Guidotti, D.

Detecting olive grove abandonment with Sentinel-2 and machine learning: The development of a web-based tool for land management Open new browser tab

(2023)
Caselli, Alice; Favaro, Riccardo; Petacchi, Ruggero; Valicenti, Marta; Angeli, Sergio

The Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Dasineura Oleae Show Differences Between Sex, Adult Age and Mating Status Open new browser tab

(2023)
Tondini, Elena; Sommaggio, Daniele; Monteforti, Gaia; Petacchi, Ruggero

Shedding Light on Dasineura oleae Parasitoids: Local and Landscape Effects Open new browser tab

(2023)
Magagnoli, Serena; Tondini, Elena; Ratti, Claudio; Burgio, Giovanni; Petacchi, Ruggero

A new PCR based molecular method for early and precise quantification of parasitization in the emerging olive pest Dasineura oleae Open new browser tab

(2022)
Bellocchio, Enrico; Bruni, Alessandro; Cartocci, Nicholas; Costante, Gabriele; Crocetti, Francesco; Longhi, Aldo; Pacicco, Luca; Palliotti, Alberto; Petacchi, Ruggero; Radicioni, Fabio; Rinaldi, Marcello; Santucci, Gilberto; Sdoga, Alessandro; Tosi, Grazia; Valigi, Paolo; Bisio, Marco

Agrobot: autonomous robots to support economic growth and environmental sustainability of Umbria's agriculture Open new browser tab

(2021)
Petacchi, Ruggero; Valicenti, Marta; Ferrali, Marco

Mosca delle olive, il metodo "push-pull" Open new browser tab

(2021)
Caselli, Alice; Petacchi, Ruggero

Climate Change and Major Pests of Mediterranean Olive Orchards: Are We Ready to Face the Global Heating? Open new browser tab

(2021)
Picchi, Malayka Samantha; Tondini, Elena; Albertarelli, Nicola; Monteforti, Gaia; Petacchi, Ruggero

Following the pest outbreak: preliminary fndings on the landscape efect on Dasineura oleae and its parasitoids in central Italy Open new browser tab

(2021)
Caselli, Alice; Favaro, Riccardo; Petacchi, Ruggero; Angeli, Sergio

Infestation of the gall midge Dasineura oleae provides first evidence of induced plant volatiles in olive leaves Open new browser tab

(2021)