Collaboratori attuali

Gianfranco Anfora

Funzione	Researcher
Acronimo progetto di ricerca	SEMA
Attuale sede di lavoro	Istituto agrario di S. Michele all'Adige IASMA
Via e nr.	via Mach, 1
Città	S. Michele all'Adige TN
Codice postale	38010
Nazione	Italy
E-mail	gianfranco.anfora@iasma.it
Telefono ufficio	+39 0461 615143
Cellulare	+39 333 4913810
Laurea, diploma, PhD: quando, dove, tema discusso e titolo della tesi	PhD, 2003, "Protection and Quality of Agricultural and Food Production” XV Course at the Dip. S.A.V.A., Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Molise (Campobasso); PhD dissertation "Olfactory and behavioural responses of Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) adults to volatile compounds of Solanum tuberosum L." Supervisor Prof. Antonio De Cristofaro
Competenza	vineyard and winery operator, assistant winemaker, lab tecnician
Società professionali
Esperienza di ricerca, formazione, stage professionali	Identification of biologically active semiochemicals (GC-MS, GC-EAD, SCR, Wind tunnel, field trials). 2003-2006, Post-Doc researcher at the Agricultural Institute of S. Michele a/A with the project SeDaMa "Individuation of compounds involved in the intraspecific (pheromones) and interspecific (kairomones) communication of Dasineura mali (Kieffer) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), the Apple Leaf Curling Midge". Tutor Dr. Claudio Ioriatti
Lingue conosciute (livello: madrelingua, fluente, base)	Italian (mother tongue), english (fluent)
Attuale area di ricerca	Sex pheromones and plant volatiles in insect control

Lista pubblicazioni:

Anfora G., Tasin M., Bäckman AC., De Cristofaro A., Witzgall P., Ioriatti C., 2005. Attractiveness of year-old polyethylene Isonet sex pheromone dispensers for Lobesia botrana. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata: 117: 201-207.

Tasin M., Anfora G., Ioriatti C., Carlin S., De Cristofaro A., Schmidt S., Bengtsson M., Versini G., Witzgall P., 2005. Antennal and behavioural responses of grapevine moth Lobesia botrana females to volatiles from grapevine. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31 (1): 77-87.

Anfora G., Isidoro N., De Cristofaro A., Ioriatti C., 2005. Description of Macrolabis mali sp. nov. (Diptera Cecidomyiidae), a new inquiline gall midge species from galls of Dasineura mali on apple in Italy. Bulletin of Insectology 58 (2): 95-99.

De Cristofaro A., Ioriatti C., Pasqualini E., Anfora G., Germinara G.S., Villa M., Rotundo G., 2004. Electrophysiological responses of Cydia pomonella to codlemone and pear ester ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate: peripheral interactions in their perception and evidences for cells responding to both compounds. Bulletin of Insectology 57 (2): 137-144.

De Cristofaro A., Anfora G., Germinara G.S., Cristofaro M., Rotundo G., 2003. Olfactory and behavioural responses of Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) adults to volatile compounds of Solanum tuberosum L. Phytophaga XIII: 53-61.

Ioriatti C., Anfora G., Tasin M., Schmidt S., 2005. Use of semiochemicals for the pest control. In: Book of Abstracts of the 9th European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction, Villasimius (CA), Italy, 24-30 September 2005: 21-22.

Anfora G., Tasin M., Carlin S., Germinara G.S., Ioriatti C., De Cristofaro A., 2005. Pheromone release by individual females of Lobesia botrana (Den. et Schiff.) (Lepidoptera Tortricidae) and their competition with pheromone dispensers. IOBC wprs Bulletin 28 (7): 263-266.

Tasin M., Anfora G., Angeli G., Baldessari M., De Cristofaro A., Germinara G.S., Rama F., Vitagliano S., Ioriatti C., 2005. Control of the Grapevine Moth, Lobesia botrana (Den. et Schiff.), by disorientation. IOBC wprs Bulletin 28 (7): 356-361.

Tronci C., Di Ilio V., Cristofaro M., Anfora G., Nobili P., Intrigliolo F., Vinci A., Porto M.E., Marongiu G., Tabilio M.R., Carvalho L., Jang E.B., 2003. Field evaluation of the attractancy of a synthetic male pheromone blend and of an extract of ripe coffee berries on wild and reared females of Medfly, Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae). IOBC wprs Bulletin 26 (6): 79-84.

De Cristofaro A., Anfora G., Germinara G.S., Rotundo G., 2002. Biological activity of heptanal on Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) oviposition behaviour. In: Book of Abstracts of the OILB wprs Working Group Meeting “Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals in Integrated Production”, Erice (TP), Italy, 22-27 September 2002: 107.

Anfora G., Ioriatti C., Moser S., Germinara G.S., De Cristofaro A., 2005. Electrophysiological responses of two different species of apple gall midges (Diptera Cecidomyiidae) to host plant volatiles. IOBC wprs Bulletin 28 (7): 367-370.

Vitagliano S., Anfora G., Tasin M., Germinara G.S., Ioriatti C., Rotundo G., De Cristofaro A., 2005. Electrophysiological and olfactory responses of Lobesia botrana (Den. et Schiff.) (Lepidoptera Tortricidae) to odours of host plant. IOBC wprs Bulletin 28 (7): 380-385.

Schmidt S., Anfora G., De Cristofaro A., Ioriatti C., 2005. Tortricid species caught by the Codling moth kairomone ethyl (2E,4Z)-2,4-decadienoate: monitoring trials and electrophysiological responses. IOBC wprs Bulletin 28 (7): 315-320.

Angeli G., Anfora G., Baldessari M., De Cristofaro A., Germinara G.S., Tasin M., Vitagliano S., Ioriatti C., 2005. Control of the Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera Tortricidae), by disorientation. IOBC wprs Bulletin 28 (7): 328-333.

De Cristofaro A., Anfora G., Ioriatti C., Germinara G.S., Rotundo G., 2004. Occurrence of olfactory cells responding to pheromone components and plant volatile compounds in different species of Lepidoptera and Diptera: possible implications for semiochemical applications. IOBC wprs Bulletin 28 (7): 417.