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  1. Vector-enabled metagenomics reveals the first detection of the geminivirus beet curly top Iran virus in Europe

    Article • February 2026, openRxiv

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  2. Contrasting Invasion Strategies, Convergent Outcomes: Establishment of Zaprionus tuberculatus and Ceroplastes ceriferus in Italy

    Article • Insects, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  3. Pest survey card on Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata and D. undecimpunctata howardi

    Article • EFSA Supporting Publications, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  4. Pest survey card on Helicoverpa zea

    Article • EFSA Supporting Publications, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  5. Ensuring Reproducibility and Transparency in Experimental Methods and Data Analysis: A Guideline for Authors Submitting to Horticulturae

    Article • Horticulturae, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  6. Predicting the invasion risk of Bactrocera dorsalis in Italy under climate and land cover change

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  7. Commodity risk assessment of Prunus cerasus × Prunus canescens hybrid plants from Ukraine

    Article • EFSA Journal, November 2024, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  8. Commodity risk assessment of Prunus avium plants from United Kingdom

    Article • EFSA Journal, July 2024, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  9. Commodity risk assessment of Prunus spinosa plants from United Kingdom

    Article • EFSA Journal, July 2024, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  10. First record of the invasive walnut leaf miner Caloptilia roscipennella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Kashmir, India

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, June 2024, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  11. Rapid identification of Ripersiella (= Rhizoecus) hibisci (Kawai & Takagi, 1971) (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae) with TaqMan probe‐based real‐time PCR

    Article • EPPO Bulletin, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  12. Commodity risk assessment of plants of 12 selected Prunus species from Moldova

    Article • EFSA Journal, March 2024, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  13. Diagnostic Tool for the Identification of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) Using Real-Time PCR

    Article • Insects, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  14. First record and characterization of Aganaspis daci (Weld, 1951) (Hymenoptera, Figitidae, Eucoilinae), a parasitoid of fruit flies, from Italy

    Article • Journal of Hymenoptera Research, October 2023, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  15. Commodity risk assessment of Malus domestica plants from Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Article • EFSA Journal, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  16. Fruit Phenology of Two Hazelnut Cultivars and Incidence of Damage by Halyomorpha halys in Treated and Untreated Hazel Groves

    Article • Horticulturae, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  17. Commodity risk assessment of Malus sylvestris plants from United Kingdom

    Article • EFSA Journal, June 2023, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  18. Commodity risk assessment of Malus domestica plants from United Kingdom

    Article • EFSA Journal, May 2023, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  19. Predator-prey traits and foraging habitat shape the diet of a common insectivorous bat

    Article • Acta Oecologica, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  20. Commodity risk assessment of Prunus persica and P. dulcis plants from Türkiye

    Article • EFSA Journal, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  21. The spread of Carpophilus truncatus is on the razor's edge between an outbreak and a pest invasion

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  22. Bats as suppressors of agroforestry pests in beech forests

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  23. The Bugs in the Bags: The Risk Associated with the Introduction of Small Quantities of Fruit and Plants by Airline Passengers

    Article • Insects, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  24. Commodity risk assessment of Prunus domestica plants from Ukraine

    Article • EFSA Journal, June 2022, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  25. Commodity risk assessment of Malus domestica plants from Turkey

    Article • EFSA Journal, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  26. E‐traps: A valuable monitoring tool to be improved

    Article • EPPO Bulletin, April 2022, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  27. Commodity risk assessment of grafted plants of Malus domestica from Moldova

    Article • EFSA Journal, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  28. Commodity risk assessment of Malus domestica plants from Ukraine

    Article • EFSA Journal, November 2021, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  29. An Integrative Study on Asphondylia spp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Causing Flower Galls on Lamiaceae, with Description, Phenology, and Associated Fungi of Two New Species

    Article • Insects, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  30. Rapid Detection of Pityophthorus juglandis (Blackman) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) with the Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Method

    Article • Plants, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  31. Short-Term Cold Stress Affects Parasitism on the Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus

    Article • Insects, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo, Dr. Carmelo Peter Bonsignore

  32. Short-term Thermal Changes Affect Parasitism on Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp

    Article • October 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo, Dr. Carmelo Peter Bonsignore

  33. Biological and molecular characterization of Aromia bungii (Faldermann, 1835) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an emerging pest of stone fruits in Europe

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  34. Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Some European Countries: Diffusion, Hosts, Molecular Characterization, and Natural Enemies

    Article • Insects, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  35. The establishment of a rearing technique for the fruit fly parasitoid Baryscapus silvestrii increases knowledge of biological, ecological and behavioural traits

    Article • BioControl, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  36. A cytogenetic study of Baryscapus silvestrii Viggiani et Bernardo, 2007 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using base-specific fluorochrome staining

    Article • rej, September 2019, KMK Scientific Press

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  37. Chromosomes of Eupristina verticillata Waterston, 1921 and an overview of known karyotypes of chalcid wasps of the family Agaonidae (Hymenoptera)

    Article • Journal of Hymenoptera Research, August 2019, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  38. Environmental thermal levels affect the phenological relationships between the chestnut gall wasp and its parasitoids

    Article • Physiological Entomology, February 2019, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo, Dr. Carmelo Peter Bonsignore

  39. THE PRESENT PEST STATUS OF EUCALYPTUS SAP-SUCKERS AND GALL WASPS IN CAMPANIA (ITALY)

    Article • December 2018, CREA - DC

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  40. First Record of an Invasive Fruit Fly Belonging to Bactrocera dorsalis Complex (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Europe

    Article • Insects, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  41. A New Gall Midge Species of Asphondylia (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Inducing Flower Galls on Clinopodium nepeta (Lamiaceae) From Europe, its Phenology, and Associated Fungi

    Article • Environmental Entomology, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Umberto Bernardo, Dr Rosario Nicoletti

  42. Effects of environmental parameters on the chestnut gall wasp and its complex of indigenous parasitoids

    Article • The Science of Nature, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Carmelo Peter Bonsignore, Dr Umberto Bernardo

  43. Resistance of a Local Ecotype of Castanea sativa to Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Southern Italy

    Article • Forests, February 2018, MDPI AG

    Dr Umberto Bernardo, Dr. Carmelo Peter Bonsignore

  44. Do Torymus sinensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) and agroforestry system affect native parasitoids associated with the Asian chestnut gall wasp?

    Article • Biological Control, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Umberto Bernardo, Dr. Carmelo Peter Bonsignore, Prof Daniela Lupi

  45. Life inside a gall: closeness does not favour horizontal transmission of Rickettsia between a gall wasp and its parasitoid

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, July 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  46. An integrative approach to species discrimination in the Anagrus atomus group sensu stricto (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with a description of a new species

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  47. A new species of Soikiella Nowicki (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from Italy

    Article • Zootaxa, March 2017, Magnolia Press

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  48. No evidence of parthenogenesis-inducing bacteria involved inThripoctenus javaethelytoky: an unusual finding in Chalcidoidea

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  49. Genetic Diversity of the Invasive Gall Wasp Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and of its Rickettsia Endosymbiont, and Associated Sex-Ratio Differences

    Article • PLOS One, May 2015, PLOS

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  50. An integrative study ofNecremnus Thomson (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) associated with invasive pests in Europe and North America: taxonomic and ecological implications

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  51. Characterization, distribution, biology and impact on Italian walnut orchards of the invasive North-American leafminer Coptodisca lucifluella (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae)

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  52. Molecular phylogenetic analyses and morphological variation point to taxonomic problems among four genera of parasitoid doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera : Braconidae)

    Article • Invertebrate Systematics, January 2015, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  53. Metabolites produced by Gnomoniopsis castanea associated with necrosis of chestnut galls

    Article • Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  54. Rapid diagnosis of the invasive wax scale,Ceroplastes rusciLinnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) using nested PCR

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, August 2014, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  55. Did the parasitoid Pnigalio mediterraneus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) track the invasion of the horse chestnut leafminer?

    Article • Biological Invasions, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  56. Description of Synergus castaneus n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) Associated With an Unknown Gall on Castanea spp. (Fagaceae) in China

    Article • Annals of the Entomological Society of America, July 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  57. First records of the genera Histeromerus Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Histeromerinae) and Ecclitura Kokujev (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae) in Italy

    Article • ZooKeys, June 2013, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  58. Biology and monitoring ofDryocosmus kuriphilusonCastanea sativain Southern Italy

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Entomology, September 2012, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  59. Integration of molecular, ecological, morphological and endosymbiont data for species delimitation within thePnigalio soemiuscomplex (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

    Article • Molecular Ecology, January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  60. First record of a walnut shield bearer Coptodisca (Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae) in Europe

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  61. A karyological study of the genus Pnigalio Schrank (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): Assessing the taxonomic utility of chromosomes at the species level

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, July 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  62. A reevaluation of the generic limits of Pnigalio Schrank (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2010, Magnolia Press

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  63. Rickettsia Symbionts Cause Parthenogenetic Reproduction in the Parasitoid Wasp Pnigalio soemius (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  64. Pnigalio agraules(Walker) andPnigalio mediterraneusFerrière and Delucchi (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): two closely related valid species

    Article • Journal of Natural History, September 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  65. Effects of cold storage onThripobius javae(=T. semiluteus) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

    Article • Biocontrol Science and Technology, December 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  66. Species status of two populations of Pnigalio soemius (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) reared from two different hosts: An integrative approach

    Article • Biological Control, September 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  67. Phenotypic plasticity of pigmentation and morphometric traits in Pnigalio soemius (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, January 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  68. Life history of Pnigalio soemius (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and its impact on a leafminer host through parasitization, destructive host-feeding and host-stinging behavior

    Article • Biological Control, April 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Umberto Bernardo

  69. Biological parameters of Thripobius semiluteus Boucek (Hym., Eulophidae), a larval endoparasitoid of Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouche) (Thysan., Thripidae)

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, June 2005, Wiley

    Dr Umberto Bernardo