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  1. Crotalaria (Fabaceae) plant genus and its influence on arthropods in agroecosystems

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Biology, January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  2. Two in one: the neotropical mirid predator Macrolophus basicornis increases pest control by feeding on plants

    Article • Pest Management Science, May 2022, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  3. A Novel Trisubstituted Tetrahydropyran as a Possible Pheromone Component for the South American Cerambycid Beetle Macropophora accentifer

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  4. Colletotrichum falcatum modulates the olfactory behavior of the sugarcane borer, favoring pathogen infection

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, March 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  5. Side effects of a fungus-based biopesticide on stingless bee guarding behaviour

    Article • Chemosphere, January 2022, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  6. A parasitoid’s dilemma between food and host resources: the role of volatiles from nectar-providing marigolds and host-infested plants attracting Aphidius platensis

    Article • The Science of Nature, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  7. 3-Hydroxyhexan-2-one and 3-Methylthiopropan-1-ol as Pheromone Candidates for the South American Cerambycid Beetles Stizocera phtisica and Chydarteres dimidiatus dimidiatus, and Six Related Species

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, September 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  8. Bacillus thuringiensis RZ2MS9 , a tropical plant growth‐promoting rhizobacterium, colonizes maize endophytically and alters the plant's production of volatile organic compounds during co‐inoculation with ...

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, August 2021, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  9. How red rot attacks sugarcane

    Article • The ISME Journal, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  10. Monitoring a beneficial bacterium (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) in the rhizosphere with arugula herbivory

    Article • Rhizosphere, June 2021, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  11. Changes in plant responses induced by an arthropod influence the colonization behavior of a subsequent herbivore

    Article • Pest Management Science, May 2021, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  12. 2-Nonanone is a Critical Pheromone Component for Cerambycid Beetle Species Native to North and South America

    Article • Environmental Entomology, March 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  13. What pollinators see does not match what they smell: Absence of color-fragrance association in the deceptive orchid Ionopsis utricularioides

    Article • Phytochemistry, February 2021, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  14. Semiochemical-Based Attractant for the Ambrosia Pinhole Borer Euplatypus parallelus

    Article • Agronomy, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  15. (3S,6E)-nerolidol-mediated rendezvous of Cyclocephala paraguayensis beetles in bottle gourd flowers

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2020, PLOS

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  16. A comparison of the direct and indirect defence abilities of cultivated maize versus perennial and annual teosintes

    Article • Chemoecology, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  17. Nerolidol-mediated rendezvous beetles, in bottle gourd flowers

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  18. Attraction of the sugarcane pest, Sphenophorus levis

    Article • Chemoecology, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  19. Predatory Earwigs vs Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles vs Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria

    Article • Insects, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  20. Silicon-induced changes in plant volatiles reduce attractiveness of herbivores and natural enemies

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2020, PLOS

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento, Prof. Dr. Maria Fernanda Peñaflor

  21. Pheromone Channels for Multiple Species of South American Cerambycid Beetles

    Article • Insects, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  22. Unveiling the contribution of bee pollinators crops with implications for bee management

    Article • Apidologie, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  23. Bacterial community composition in the foam produced by spittlebugs

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  24. Behavioral response of the generalist predator Orius insidiosus to single and multiple herbivory by two cell content-feeding herbivores on rose plants

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  25. Aggregation‐sex pheromone of the South American cerambycid beetle Psapharochrus maculatissimus

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, October 2019, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  26. Barometric pressure alter the foraging activity of leaf-cutter ants

    Article • Ethology, October 2019, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  27. Lure for Asian citrus psyllid

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  28. ‘Crash-landing’ behavior of stingless bees

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, May 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  29. Infection by Tomato chlorosis virus alters the biology and behaviour of whiteflies

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, January 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  30. Stem inoculation with bacterial strains mitigates Fusarium root rot in cassava

    Article • Phytoparasitica, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  31. Aggregation-Sex Pheromone od Cerambycid Beetle Susuacanga octoguttata

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  32. Red-rot infection in sugarcane attenuates the attractiveness of parasitoids

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  33. Phloem-feeding herbivory on flowering melon plants enhances attraction of parasitoids

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  34. Sexual dimorphism in Diabrotica speciosa and Diabrotica viridula

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, May 2018, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  35. Spittlebugs produce foam as a thermoregulatory adaptation

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  36. Pheromone of the South American Cerambycid Beetles Cotyclytus curvatus and Megacyllene acuta

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  37. Unusual oviposition and development of Sitophilus zeamais

    Article • Phytoparasitica, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  38. Sex pheromone of Asian citrus psyllid

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2018, Nature

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  39. Predatory Earwig Insects Are Found To Be Attracted To Damaged Plants

    Article • January 2018, Science Trends

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  40. Male-Specific Volatiles of the Big Avocado Seed Weevil Heilipus lauri

    Article • Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, January 2018, Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica (SBQ)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  41. Attraction of Mirid Predators to Tomato Infested by Pests

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  42. Single and multiple herbivory by host and non-host caterpillars on the attractiveness of parasitoids

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, October 2017, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  43. Nocturnal herbivore-induced plant volatiles attract the generalist predatory earwig

    Article • The Science of Nature, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  44. Aggregation-Sex Pheromones in South American Cerambycid Beetles

    Article • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, August 2017, Frontiers

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  45. β-caryophyllene repels Diaphorina citri

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  46. Autoinoculation trap to coffee berry borer

    Article • Biological Control, May 2017, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  47. Direct and indirect resistance of sugarcane to Diatraea saccharalis induced by jasmonic acid

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, April 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  48. Selection of Psychotria suterella for shelter by the harvestman Jussara spec.

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, April 2017, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  49. Curry leaf smells better than citrus to females of Diaphorina citri

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  50. First record of small hive beetle in South America

    Article • Journal of Apicultural Research, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  51. Hygienic behaviour in Brazilian stingless bees

    Article • Biology Open, October 2016, The Company of Biologists

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  52. Morphology and mating behavior in Liogenys fusca

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, October 2016, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  53. Foraging decisions in the honeybees

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, September 2016, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  54. The major floral volatile attracts pollinators and florivores

    Article • Oecologia, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  55. Contrasting Changes in Plant Volatiles and Vector Behaviour by Whitefly-Transmitted Viruses

    Article • Viruses, August 2016, MDPI AG

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  56. Pheromone of the cerambycid beetles Chlorida festiva and Chlorida costata

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  57. Pheromone of Cerambycid Beetle Eburodacrys vittata

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2016, PLOS

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  58. How much is a pheromone worth?

    Article • F1000Research, July 2016, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento, PhD Andreia Adami, Dr Evaldo Vilela

  59. Chemical communication in raids of the robber bee

    Article • Insectes Sociaux, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  60. A new male-specific volatile compound released by the guava weevil

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, February 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  61. Attraction of entomopathogenic nematodes to sugarcane root volatiles under herbivory by a sap-sucking insect

    Article • Chemoecology, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  62. Success of classical biological control of the cassava mealybug in northeastern Brazil

    Article • January 2016, Entomological Society of America

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  63. The effects of Gibberella zeae, Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, and co-infection on Rhopalosiphum padi olfactory preference and performance

    Article • Phytoparasitica, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  64. Chemical Signaling Between Guava and the Guava Weevil

    Article • Revista Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, January 2015, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  65. Mating Behavior and Evidence for Male-Produced Aggregation Pheromone in Cyrtomon luridus

    Article • Journal of Insect Behavior, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  66. Queen signals in a stingless bee

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2014, Nature

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  67. A Novel Interaction between Plant-Beneficial Rhizobacteria and Roots

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2014, PLOS

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  68. How Old are Colonizing Hypothenemus hampei Females

    Article • Journal of Insect Behavior, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  69. Large scale artificial rearing of Anastrepha fraterculus

    Article • Scientia Agricola, August 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  70. Sexual Dimorphism and Mating Behavior in Anomala testaceipennis

    Article • Journal of Insect Science, January 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  71. Weather Forecasting by Insects

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2013, PLOS

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  72. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles to enhance biological control in agriculture

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  73. Population dynamics and distribution of Sitophilus zeamais

    Article • Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, April 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  74. Immatures of Scaptocoris carvalhoi (Hemiptera: Cydnidae)

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  75. Indução de resistência à podridão‑amarga em maçãs pelo uso de eliciadores em pós‑colheita

    Article • Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, March 2013, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  76. The fungus pathogen alters biological and behavioral parameters of the insect parasitoid

    Article • Biological Control, November 2012, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  77. Mating behavior of Diabrotica speciosa

    Article • Environmental Entomology, June 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  78. Bioecology and nutrition versus chemical ecology

    Article • March 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  79. Fall Armyworm, Female Moths Respond to Herbivore-Induced Corn Volatiles

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  80. Effect of host egg age on Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

    Article • European Journal of Entomology, January 2012, Biology Centre, AS CR

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  81. Mating Behavior of the Coffee Berry Borer

    Article • Journal of Insect Behavior, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  82. Host Location Cues for a Generalist and a Specialist Egg Parasitoid

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  83. Diurnal and nocturnal herbivore induction elicit different innate response of parasitoids

    Article • Journal of Pest Science, October 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  84. Oviposition by a moth suppresses constitutive and herbivore-induced plant volatiles

    Article • Planta, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ted C.J. Turlings, Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  85. Pheromone paths attached to the substrate in meliponine bees

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology A, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  86. Ginger root oil reduced remating in wild medfly females

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, November 2010, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  87. Geographic variation of sex pheromone

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, November 2010, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  88. Phylogeography of Chelonus insularis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Campoletis sonorensis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), Two Primary Neotropical Parasitoids of the Fall Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

    Article • Annals of the Entomological Society of America, September 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ted C.J. Turlings, Dr Eduardo Gabriel Virla, Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  89. Host, Geographic Origin, and Gender on the Thermal Requirements of Diaphorina citri

    Article • Environmental Entomology, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  90. Sex pheromone of citrus leafminer

    Article • Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, July 2009, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  91. Attraction of Bucephalogonia xanthophis to volatiles of its natural host Vernonia condensata

    Article • Scientia Agricola, December 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  92. Biology and thermal requirements of Utetheisa ornatrix

    Article • Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, August 2008, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  93. Wing Polymorphism and Dispersal of Scaptocoris carvalhoi

    Article • Annals of the Entomological Society of America, May 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  94. Biology of Diaphorina citri

    Article • Journal of Applied Entomology, December 2007, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  95. Differential Attractiveness of Potato Tuber Volatiles to pests and natural enemies

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  96. Response of workers to mandibular gland compounds of virgin males and females

    Article • Physiological Entomology, September 2007, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  97. Bioecology of Zaprionus indianus (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

    Article • Florida Entomologist, September 2007, Florida Entomological Society

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  98. Olfactory response of parasitoids to volatiles of guavas infested or not with fruit fly larvae

    Article • Biological Control, June 2007, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  99. Population dynamics and vertical distribution of Scaptocoris carvalhoi

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  100. Transmission of stridulatory signals of the burrower bugs through the soil and soybean

    Article • Physiological Entomology, November 2006, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  101. Vertical distribution, damage and cultural control of Stenoma catenifer

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, August 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  102. Field evaluation of a synthetic female sex pheromone for the leafmining moth

    Article • Florida Entomologist, June 2006, Florida Entomological Society

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  103. Biology and mating behavior of coconut moth

    Article • Florida Entomologist, June 2006, Florida Entomological Society

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  104. Plant volatiles and perspectives for research

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, April 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  105. Identification of the sex pheromone of the citrus leafminer

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, February 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  106. Field Evaluation of the Sex Pheromone from the Citrus Leafminer

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  107. Model to predict the occurrence of citrus fruit borer

    Article • Neotropical Entomology, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  108. Chemical and physical stimuli to oviposition behavior

    Article • Annals of the Entomological Society of America, May 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  109. Pheromone: from basic research to the grower

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, December 2004, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  110. Eye size and behaviour of leafcutting ant alates

    Article • Journal of Zoology, September 2004, Wiley

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  111. Sexual Behavior and Diel Activity of Citrus Fruit Borer Ecdytolopha aurantiana

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  112. Sex Pheromone of the Citrus Fruit Borer Ecdytolopha aurantiana

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  113. Classical Biological Control of the Mealybug Phenacoccus herreni

    Article • Environmental Entomology, April 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  114. Entomopathogenic Fungus Neozygites fumosa on the Cassava Mealybug

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, May 1997, Elsevier

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  115. Sex pheromone in the wasp Bephratelloides pomorum

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, May 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  116. Female sex pheromone of the beetle Migdolus fryanus

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, September 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  117. Male response to natural sex pheromone affected by daily climatic factors

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, October 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  118. Variation with caste of the mandibular gland secretion in the leaf-cutting ant

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, May 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento

  119. Field trapping of Migdolus fryanus using natural sex pheromone

    Article • Journal of Chemical Ecology, February 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor José Mauricio Simões Bento