Curriculum vitae February 2008 PERSONAL DATA Full name: Elsa Maria Borges da Silva Birth place and date: Lisbon, 23-03-1969 Nationality: Portuguese Institutional address: Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Departamento de Protecção das Plantas e de Fitoecologia, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa Portugal Telefone: 21.3653255 Fax: 21.3653430 E-mail: elsasilva@isa.utl.pt ACADEMIC DEGREE 1991 PhD in Agronomic Science by Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Technician University of Lisbon) 1994 MScience in Integrated Pest Management, by Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Technician University of Lisbon) 1991 Graduation in Agronomic Science (Plant Protection), by Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Technician University of Lisbon) PREVIOUS AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES 1991-present SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES Research fellowship with the participation in several projects 1999-2006 Member of research team of Centro de Estudos Florestais PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 1998-2001 Technician Engineer in a farmer organization (Frutoeste, Cooperativa Agrícola de Hortofruticultores do Oeste) at Mafra 2006-present FELLOWSHIPS PosDoc by FCT (POCI 2010 Program) with the project The reproductive biology of mealybug males: a basis to develop new ecological tactics of pest management using pheromones 2000-2005 Research fellowship by Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Technician University of Lisbon) with the participation in several projects 1994-1998 PhD fellowship by JNICT/Program Praxis XXI Oct 1991-Oct 1993 February-July 1991 MScience fellowship by JNICT/Program Ciência Final year graduation fellowship by JNICT/ Program Formação e Mobilidade de Recursos Humanos TEACHING 1994 Citrus integrated pest management to Agronomic Science graduation course, Escola Superior Agrária de Castelo Branco (Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco) 1994/1995 Entomology to Agronomic Science graduation course, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Technician University of Lisbon)
1995 Citrus integrated pest management to farmers, Parque Nacional da Arrábida (Setúbal) 1996/1997 Crop loss assessment caused by Planococcuc citri in citrus to MScience in Integrated Pest Management, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Technician University of Lisbon) 1997 Citrus pseudococcidae to licentiate in Agronomic Science, Plant Protection Agriculture Department (Direcção Geral de Protecção das Culturas) 1999, 2000, 2002 Citrus integrated pest management to farmers, Frutoeste (Mafra) 2005/2006 Entomology to Agronomic Science and Florestal Science graduation course, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Technician University of Lisbon) 2006/2007 Integrated management strategies to Agronomic Science graduation course, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Technician University of Lisbon) SUPERVISING EXPERIENCE Supervising of one final year graduation thesis of Évora University and cosupervising of seven final year graduation thesis and two MScience of Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Technician University of Lisbon) Supervising of one research fellowship in Project POCTI/AGR/57580/2004 ORGANIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS Member of team organizer of XI International Symposium Scale Insect Studies, 24-27 September 2007, Oeiras PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS 1990-1993 Pluritrophic system: a model to design IPM strategies in citrus orchards (PMCT/C/AGR/273/90); Coordinator: Pedro Amaro (Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal); Institutions: Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Estação Agronómica Nacional, Estação Nacional de Fruticultura Vieira Natividade, Direcção Regional de Agricultura do Algarve (Portugal); Funding: JNICT/PMCT. (member of team) 1992-1995 Developing IPM strategies in citrus groves based on a pluritrophic approach (PBIC/C/AGR/1484/92); Coordinator: Pedro Amaro (Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal); Institutions: Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Estação Agronómica Nacional, Estação Nacional de Fruticultura Vieira Natividade, Direcção Regional de Agricultura do Algarve (Portugal); Funding: JNICT/PBIC. (member of team) 1997-2000 Validation of IPM strategies under the actual technological improvement of the citrus industry in the Algarve (PAMAF nº 6041); Coordinator: José Manuel Entrudo Fernandes (Direcção Regional de Agricultura do Algarve, Portugal); Institutions: Direcção Regional de Agricultura do Algarve, Estação Agronómica Nacional, Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Portugal); Funding: MADRP/PAMAF IED. (member of team) 1998-2001 Implementation of lemon integrated pest management lemon orchard project (Medidas Agro-Ambientais Reg. CEE Nº 121/97); Coordinator: Elsa Borges da Silva (Frutoeste, Portugal); Institutions: Frutoeste (Portugal); Funding: MADRP/ Medidas Agro-Ambientais. (leader)
1998-2001 New ecological pest management of pernicious scale insects in Mediterranean forests and groves (FAIR5-PL97-3440); Coordinator: Hervé Jactel (INRA, France); Institutions: INRA (France), University of Catania (Italy), IEZA, Forence (Italy), The Volcani Center - ARO (Israel), Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Portugal); Funding: UE/FAIR5. (member of team) 2002-2004 Management of ground cover and hedgerous in citrus orchards for biological control of pests (Programa AGRO Medida 8 DT&D- Acção 8.1-DE&D Projecto nº 29); Coordinator: José Carlos Franco Santos Silva (Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal); Institutions: Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Direcção Regional de Agricultura do Algarve, Frutoeste (Portugal); Funding: MADRP/AGRO. (member of team) 2002-2004 Mating disruption of key pests of fruit orchards in Oeste region (Programa AGRO Medida 8 DT&D- Acção 8.1-DE&D Projecto nº 30); Coordinator: Josué Clemente (Central Frutas do Painho, Portugal); Institutions: Central de Frutas do Painho, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Frutoeste, Frubaça, Unirocha (Portugal); Funding: MADRP/AGRO. (member of team) 2005-2008 Mate location by mealybugs males and host finding by parasitoids: its potential use to manage two species in citrus orchards and vineyards (POCTI/AGR/57580/2004); Coordinator: José Carlos Franco Santos Silva (ISA, Portugal); Institutions: Instituto Superior de Agronomia (Portugal); Funding: FCT/POCI. (member of team) PUBLICATIONS THESIS Silva EMB (1991) [The parthenogenesis hypothesis in Pseudococcidae mealybugs in citrus: laboratory study] Final Year Graduatin Thesis. UTL/ISA, Lisboa. 49 pp. Silva EMB (1994) [Crop loss assessment caused by Planococcus citri (Risso) (Homoptera; Pseudococcidae) in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck): preliminary study] MSc. Thesis. UTL/ISA, Lisboa. 142 pp. Silva EMB (2000) [Crop loss assessment caused by Planococcus citri (Risso) in citrus orchards] Ph.D. Thesis. UTL/ISA, Lisboa. 255 pp. BOOKS (AUTHOR) Franco JC, Silva EB & Carvalho JPassos (2000) [Mealybugs(Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) associated with citrus in Portugal] ISA Press, Lisboa, 142 pp. (in Portuguese) CHAPTERS IN BOOKS Franco JC, Silva EB, Soares C & Figueiredo E (2006) [Habitat management and biological control] In: JC Franco, AP Ramos & I Moreira (eds) [Ecological infrastructures and conservation biological control of citrus pests] ISA Press, Lisbon: 13-31. (in Portuguese) Franco JC, Silva EB, Costa L, Mateus C & Raimundo A (2006) ) [Natural enemies of citrus pests: predators - Insects]. In: JC Franco, AP Ramos & I Moreira (eds) [Ecological infrastructures and conservation biological control of citrus pests] ISA Press, Lisbon: 82-97. (in Portuguese) Branco M, Silva EB & Franco JC (2006) [Natural enemies of citrus pests: parasitoids]. In: JC Franco, AP Ramos & I Moreira (eds) [Ecological infrastructures and conservation biological control of citrus pests] ISA Press, Lisbon: 97-106. (in Portuguese) Franco JC, Soares C, Silva EB, Vasconcelos T, Ramos AP, Sousa E, Antunes R, Ferreira MA, Caetano MF, Figueiredo E, Duclos J, Fernandes JE, Prazeres JF, Fernandes MM, Moreira, Cecílio A, Tomás JC, Ramos N, Ilharco FA, Aniceto L
& Branco M (2006) ) [Study case: project Agro DE&D nº 29]. In: JC Franco, AP Ramos & I Moreira (eds) [Ecological infrastructures and conservation biological control of citrus pests] ISA Press, Lisbon: 109-130. (in Portuguese) PAPERS IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS WITH REFEREES Blumberg D, Franco JC, Silva EB, Suma P, Russo A & Mendel Z (2001) Parasitoid encapsulation in mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) as affected by the host-parasitoid association and superparasitism. IX International Symposium Scale Insect Studies, Padua, 2-8 Sept 2001. Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura, Ser II, 33(3): 385-395. Branco M, Jactel H, Silva EB, Binazzi A & Mendel Z (2004) Effect of trap design, trap size and pheromone dose on male capture of two pine bast scales species (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae): implications for monitoring and mass-trapping. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 6: 1-7. [ISSI publication] Franco JC, Russo A, Suma P, Silva EB & Mendel Z (2001) Monitoring strategies of the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri, in citrus groves. IX International Symposium Scale Insect Studies, Padua, 2-8 Sept 2001. Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura, Ser II, 33(3): 297-303. Franco JC, Silva EB, Cortegano E, Campos L, Branco M, Zada A & Mendel Z (2008) Kairomonal response of the parasitoid Anagyrus pseudococci to the sex pheromone of the vine mealybug. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 126(2): 122-130. [ISSI publication] Franco JC, Suma P, Silva EB, Blumberg D & Mendel Z (2004) Management strategies of mealybug pests of citrus in Mediterranean countries. Phytoparasitica, 32(5): 507-522. [ISSI publication] Silva EMB & Mexia A (1999) Histological studies on the stylet pathway, feeding sites and nature of feeding damage by Planococcus citri (Risso) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in sweet orange. VIII International Symposium Scale Insect Studies, Ashford-Kent, 31 August-6 September 1998, Entomologica, 33: 347-350. Silva EMB & Mexia A (1999) The pest complex Cryptoblabes gnidiella (Millière) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Planococcus citri (Risso) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on sweet orange groves (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) in Portugal: interspecific association. Boletin de Sanidad Vegetal Plagas 25(1): 89-98. Zada A, Dunkelblum E, Assael F, Franco JC, Silva EB, Protasov A & Mendel Z (2008) Attraction of Planococcus ficus males to racemic and chiral pheromone baits: flight activity and bait longevity. Journal of Applied Entomology (in press). [ISSI publication] PAPERS IN NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PERIODICALS WITH REFEREES Franco JC, Gross S, Silva EB, Suma P, Russo A & Mendel Z (2003) Is mass-trapping a feasible management tactic of the citrus mealybug in citrus orchards? Anais do Instituto Superior Agronomia, 49: 353-367. PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Clemente J & Silva EB (2002) Luta biotécnica para o combate a pragas chave dos pomares da região do Oeste. Ilha do Conhecimento/Frutos 2002, Centro Operativo e Tecnológico Hortofrutícola Nacional, 4 pp. Carvalho CJ, Clemente J, Godinho MC, Santos AA & Silva EB (1995) Análise da prática da protecção integrada na Europa. II Encontro Nacional de Protecção Integrada., Vila Real, 4-5 Março 1993: 277-284. Carvalho CJ, Silva EB, Franco JC & Mexia A (2000) Utilização de Leptomastix dactylopii Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) na limitação de Planococcus citri (Risso) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) em Portugal continental. In: A importância da protecção integrada numa agricultura sustentável. IV Encontro
Nacional de Protecção Integrada, Angra do Heroísmo, 3-4 Outubro 1997: 553-558. Franco JC, Lousa E, Silva EB & Mexia A. (2002) Estimativa do risco da cochonilhaalgodão dos citrinos com base em armadilhas sexuais. In: Livro de Actas I Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000: 517-524. Franco JC, Soares C, Silva EB, Carvalho JP, Mexia A, Ramos N, Ferreira MA, Ilharco FA & Fernandes JE (2002) Sistemas de protecção dos citrinos na Região do Algarve. In: Livro de Actas I Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000: 83-95. Rodrigues P, Baptista A, Passarinho A, Grade N, Silva EB & Franco JC (2002) Use of Vortis arthropod suction sampler for monitoring natural enemies in citrus orchards. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Integrated control in Citrus Fruit Crops", Valencia, 6-8 November 2002. IOBC wrps Buletin 26(6): 197-201. Rodrigues P, Ilharco FA, Silva EB, Franco JC (2006) Interactions between ground cover management, hedges and aphids in lemon orchards. In: Garcia-Mari F (ed) Integrated control in citrus fruit crops. Lisbon, 26-27 September 2005. IOBC wprs Bulletin 29(3): 117-125. Silva EB (2002) Principais inimigos do limoeiro registados no campo de demonstração de protecção integrada na região de Mafra (Nº121/97). In: Livro de Actas Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000: 477-486. Silva EB & Bernardes P (2002) Principais causas (bióticas e abióticas) que afectam a qualidade de limão na região de Mafra. In: Livro de Actas Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000: 355-360. Silva EB & Ferreira MA (2002) Ocorrência do ácaro branco Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Acari: Tarsonemidae) em pomares de limoeiro na região de Mafra. In: Livro de Actas Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000: 557-561. Silva EMB, Franco JC & Mexia A (1994) Cálculo de prejuízos provocados por Planococcus citri em laranjeira doce. I. Resultados preliminares. In: Amaro P & Franco JC (eds) I Congresso Citricultura, Silves, 20-22 Janeiro 1993. Câmara Municipal, Silves: 381-385. Silva EB, Gaspar R, Dias L, Antunes R, Lourenço I, Clemente J, Franco JC (2006) Developing a mating disruption tactic for pest management of citrus flower moth. In: Garcia-Mari F (ed) Integrated control in citrus fruit crops. Lisbon, 26-27 September 2005. IOBC wprs Bulletin 29(3): 127-137. Silva EMB & Mexia A (1997) The damage caused by Planococcus citri (Risso) on citrus groves. In: V Vacante (Ed.). Integrated control in citrus fruit crops. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Integrated control in Citrus Fruit Crops", Florence, 29 August 1996. IOBC wrps Bulletin 20(7): 26-31. Silva EMB & Mexia A (1997) Cálculo de prejuízos provocados por Planococcus citri (Risso) (Homoptera; Pseudococcidae) em laranjeira doce (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck). II - Qualidade dos frutos. II Congresso Iberoamericano Ciências Horticolas, III Congresso Ibérico Ciências Horticolas, Vilamoura, 11-14 Março 1997, Actas Horticultura 18: 26-29. Silva EB & Mexia A (2002) Cálculo de prejuízos provocados por Planococcus citri (Risso) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) em citrinos: III- Resultados finais. In: Livro de Actas I Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000: 563-571. Silva EB, Mouco J, Antunes R, Mendel Z & Franco JC Mate location and sexual maturity of adult male mealybugs: narrow window of opportunity in a short lifetime. In: IOBC/WPRS Working Group on Pheromones and other semiochemicals in Integrated Production, Lund (Sweden), 9-14 September 2007. IOBC wrps Bulletin. (in press) Silva EB, Fortuna T, Franco JC, Campos L, Branco M, Zada A & Mendel Z A specific kairomonal response of a mealybug parasitoid to the sex pheromone of
Planococcus ficus. IOBC/WPRS Working Group on Pheromones and other semiochemicals in Integrated Production, Lund (Sweden), 9-14 September 2007. IOBC wrps Bulletin. (in press) Silva RG, Silva EB, Franco JC (2006) Parasitoid complex of citrus leafminer on lemon orchards in Portugal. In: Garcia-Mari F (ed) Integrated control in citrus fruit crops. Lisbon, 26-27 September 2005. IOBC wprs Bulletin 29(3): 197-204. Sousa E, Vasconcelos T, Antunes R, Soares C, Silva EB, Fernandes JE, Forte P, Moreira I, Franco JC (2006) Ground cover and weed management in citrus orchards. In: Garcia-Mari F (ed) Integrated control in citrus fruit crops. Lisbon, 26-27 September 2005. IOBC wprs Bulletin 29(3): 151-158. Vasconcelos T, Silva EB, Antunes R, Cariano M, Moreira I, Franco JC (2002) Weeds of lemon orchards from the Oeste region of Portugal. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Integrated control in Citrus Fruit Crops". Valencia, 6-8 November 2002. IOBC wrps Bulletin 26(6): 221-225. Vasconcelos T, Sousa E, Antunes R, Soares C, Silva EB, Moreira I, Franco JC (2005) Flora and weed management in citrus orchards. In: Menénz J, Bastida F, Fernández-Quintanilla C, González JL, Recasens J, Royuela M, Verdú A, Zaragoza C (eds) Malherbología Ibérica y Magrebí: soluciones comunes a problemas comunes. Universidad de Huelva, Huelva: 599-604. Vasconcelos T, Sousa E, Antunes R, Soares C, Silva EB, Cariano M, Fernandes JE, Moreira I, Franco JC (2006) Flora of lemon and sweet orchards in Portugal. In: Garcia-Mari F (ed) Integrated control in citrus fruit crops. Lisbon, 26-27 September 2005. IOBC wprs Bull 29(3): 311-315. COMMUNICATIONS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Branco M, Borges E, Jactel H, Binnazi A & Franco JC (2001) A cochonilha Matsucoccus feytaudi (Homoptera: Matsucoccidae): sua incidência nos povoamentos de pinheiro bravo em Portugal. IV Congresso Florestal. Novembro, Évora. Branco M, Franco JC, Ofer D, Silva EB, Suma P. Dunkelblum E, Assael F, Protasov A & Mendel Z (2004) A unique similarity of kaioromonal attractiveness to the sex pheromone of Matsucoccus spp. of immature stages and adults among species of the predator guilds of Matsucoccus spp. X International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies, Adana (Turkey), April 19-23, 2004. Franco JC, Gross S, Dunkelblum E, Silva EB, Mendel Z (2002) Some basic ideas for the management of citrus mealybug by mass trapping of males. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Pheromones and Other semiochemicals in Integrated Control", Erice, 22-27 September 2002. Franco JC, Mexia A, Silva EMB, Carvalho CJ & Amaro P (1997). Níveis económicos de ataque e protecção integrada em citrinos: perspectiva entomológica. IV Encontro Nacional de Protecção Integrada, Angra do Heroísmo, 1997. Franco JC, Silva EB, Soares C, Laranjo H & Mendel Z (2008) Utilização de feromonas em tácticas biotécnicas de protecção dos citrinos em relação a cohonilhas-algodão. 2º Congresso de Citricultura, Faro, 24-26 Janeiro 2008. Franco JC, Lousa E, Silva EB & Mexia A (2002) Estimativa do risco da cochonilhaalgodão dos citrinos com base em armadilhas sexuais. In: Livro de Actas Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000. Franco JC, Fortuna T, Silva EB, Suma P, Russo A, Campos A, Branco M, Zada A & Mendel Z (2007) May vine mealybug sex pheromones improve the biological control of the citrus mealybug? In: IOBC/WPRS Working Group on Integrated Control in Citrus Fruit Crops, Catania (Italy), 5-7 November 2007.
Franco JC, Soares C, Silva EB, Carvalho JP, Mexia A, Ramos N, Ferreira MA, Ilharco FA & Fernandes JE (2002) Sistemas de protecção dos citrinos na Região do Algarve. I Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000. Franco JC, Soares C, Silva EB, Vasconcelos T, Antunes R, Ramos AP, Sousa E, Caetano F, Ferreira MA, Figueiredo E, Duclos J, Fernandes JE, Moreira I, Cecílio A, Prazeres JF, Fernandes MM, Guerreiro A, Ramos N, Ilharco A, Simões M, Aniceto L, Fortunato E Gestão do habitat: uma forma de fomentar a luta biológica em pomares de citrinos. VI Encontro Nacional de Protecção Integrada, Castelo Branco, 14-16 Maio 2003. Franco JC, Suma P, Silva EB & Mendel Z (2002) Management strategies of mealybug pests of citrus in Mediterranean countries. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Integrated control in Citrus Fruit Crops". Valencia, 6-8 November 2002. Franco JC, Silva EB, Suma P, Blumberg D & Mendel Z (2004) The reasons behind inadequate biological control of mealybug pests of citrus orchards in the Mediterranean. X International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies, Adana (Turkey), 19-23 April 2004. Rodrigues P, Ilharco FA, Silva EB, Franco JC (2006) Interactions between ground cover management, hedges and aphids in lemon orchards. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Integrated control in Citrus Fruit Crops. Lisbon, 26-27 September 2005. Silva EB, Gaspar R, Dias L, Antunes R, Lourenço I, Clemente J, Franco JC (2006) Developing a mating disruption tactic for pest management of citrus flower moth. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Integrated control in Citrus Fruit Crops. Lisbon, 26-27 September 2005. Silva EMB & Mexia A (1997) The damage caused by Planococcus citri (Risso) on citrus groves. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Integrated control in Citrus Fruit Crops", Florence, 29 August 1996. Silva EB, Mouco J, Antunes R, Mendel Z & Franco JC (2007) Mate location and sexual maturity of adult male mealybugs: narrow window of opportunity in a short lifetime. IOBC/WPRS Working Group on Pheromones and other semiochemicals in Integrated Production, Lund (Sweden), 9-14 September 2007. POSTERS IN CONFERENCES Carvalho CJ, Clemente J, Godinho MC, Santos AA & Silva EB (1995) Análise da prática da protecção integrada na Europa. II Encontro Nacional de Protecção Integrada., Vila Real, 4-5 Março 1993. Lourenço I, Silva EB & Franco JC (2008) Bases para a estimativa do risco da traçado-limoeiro. 2º Congresso de Citricultura, Faro, 24-26 Janeiro 2008. Rodrigues P, Baptista A, Passarinho A, Grade N, Silva EB & Franco JC (2002) Use of Vortis arthropod suction sampler for monitoring natural enemies in citrus orchards. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Integrated control in Citrus Fruit Crops", Valencia, 6-8 November 2002. Silva EB (2002) Principais inimigos do limoeiro registados no campo de demonstração de protecção integrada na região de Mafra (Nº121/97). I Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000. Silva EB & Bernardes P (2002) Principais causas (bióticas e abióticas) que afectam a qualidade de limão na região de Mafra. I Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000. Silva EB & Ferreira MA (2002) Ocorrência do ácaro branco Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Acari: Tarsonemidae) em pomares de limoeiro na região de Mafra. I Congresso Nacional de Citricultura, Faro, 16-18 Novembro 2000.
Silva EMB, Franco JC & Mexia A (1993) Cálculo de prejuízos provocados por Planococcus citri em laranjeira doce. I. Resultados preliminares. I Congresso Citricultura, 20-22 Janeiro 1993 Silves, 1993. Silva EB, Fortuna T, Franco JC, Campos L, Branco M, Zada A & Mendel Z (2007) A specific kairomonal response of a mealybug parasitoid to the sex pheromone of Planococcus ficus. IOBC/WPRS Working Group on Pheromones and other semiochemicals in Integrated Production, Lund (Sweden), 9-14 September 2007. Silva EB & Franco JC (2002) Mass trapping or matting disruption: are they alternative tactics for the management of citrus flower moth? IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Pheromones and Other semiochemicals in Integrated Control", Erice, 22-27 September 2002. Silva EMB, Mexia A & Franco JC (1994) Effect of the citrus mealybug (Planococcus citri (Risso)) density on growth and quality of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) fruits. V European Congress Entomology, York, 29 August-2 September 1994. Silva RG, Silva EB, Franco JC (2006) Parasitoid complex of citrus leafminer on lemon orchards in Portugal. IOBC wprs Meeting of the Working Group on "Integrated control in Citrus Fruit Crops. Lisbon, 26-27 September 2005.