José Carlos Franco
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Publications of José Carlos Franco (30 listed):
Phytoparasitica (2023) 51, 153-162
Gaetana Mazzeo, Giuseppina Pellizzari, Célia Mateus, Elsa Borges da Silva, Agatino Russo, Salvatore Nucifora, Celestino Soares, Dora Tomé, Eugénia de Andrade and José Carlos Franco (2023)
Melanaspis corticosa: a new insect pest of olive trees in Europe
Journal of Pest Science (2021) 94, 241-249
Ana Carina Neto, Célia Mateus, Eugénia de Andrade, Anabela Barateiro, Maurício Bigolin, Miguel Chaves, Vera Guerreiro, Francisco Pereira, Celestino Soares, Dora Tomé, José Pereira Coutinho, José Carlos Franco and Maria Teresa Rebelo (2021)
First record of the invasive leafhopper Sophonia orientalis in mainland Portugal
Phytoparasitica (2021) 49, 539-545
Arlindo Lima, Tatiana Valada, Maria Filomena Caetano, José Carlos Franco and Ana Paula Ramos (2021)
First record of the lawn chinch bug Blissus insularis Barber (Hemiptera: Blissidae) in Europe
Insects (2020) 11 (11 - 785)
Vera Zina, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco (2020)
Impact of the invasive Argentine ant in citrus agroecosystems: Effects on the diversity and frequency of native ant species foraging on tree canopy
BioControl (2019) 64, 677-683
André Garcia, José Carlos Franco and Manuela Branco (2019)
Novel prey boosts the expansion of host-plant range in a native predatory bug
Bulletin of Entomological Research (2019) 109, 574-582
E.B. Silva, C. Mourato, M. Branco, Z. Mendel and J.C. Franco (2019)
Biparental mealybugs may be more promiscuous than we thought
Phytoparasitica (2017) 45, 183-200
Vera Zina, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco (2017)
Ant community associated to citrus canopy in Southern Portugal over a century after the invasion by the Argentine ant
Phytoparasitica (2016) 44, 443-446
José Carlos Franco, André Garcia and Manuela Branco (2016)
First report of Epichrysocharis burwelli in Europe, a new invasive gall wasp atacking eucalypts
REDIA (2016) 99, 215-217
Elsa Borges Da Silva, Marta Maia, Maria Santos, Amandio Cruz, Manuel Botelho, Jose Carlos Franco, Henrique Ribeiro and Antonio Mexia (2016)
Parthenolecanium corni (Bouche) (Hemiptera Coccidae) in vineyards in Portugal: Morphology, seasonal development, life cycle and reproduction
Phytoparasitica (2015) 43, 689-692
Célia Mateus, José Carlos Franco, Maria Filomena Caetano, Elsa Borges da Silva, Ana Paula Ramos, Elisabete Figueiredo and Laurence Mound (2015)
Hercinothrips dimidiatus Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a new pest of Aloe arborescens Miller in Europe
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2015) 25, 108-120
Abdalbaset A.A. Bugila, José Carlos Franco, Elsa Borges da Silva and Manuela Branco (2015)
Suitability of five mealybug species (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) as hosts for the solitary parasitoid Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
Journal of Insect Behavior (2014) 27, 439-453
Abdalbaset A.A. Bugila, José Carlos Franco, Elsa Borges da Silva and Manuela Branco (2014)
Defense response of native and alien mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) against the solitary parasitoid Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2014) 24, 22-38
Abdalbaset A.A. Bugila, Manuela Branco, Elsa Borges da Silva and José Carlos Franco (2014)
Host selection behaviour and specificity of the solitary parasitoid of mealybugs Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae)
Journal of Insect Behavior (2013) 26, 304-320
Elsa Borges da Silva, Manuela Branco, Zvi Mendel and José Carlos Franco (2013)
Mating behavior and performance in the two cosmopolitan mealybug species Planococcus citri and Pseudococcus calceolariae (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
PLoS ONE (2013) 8 (7 - e68241)
Sofia G. Seabra, Patricia G. Brás, Vera Zina, Elsa Borges da Silva, Maria Teresa Rebelo, Elisabete Figueiredo, Zvi Mendel, Octávio S. Paulo and José Carlos Franco (2013)
Molecular evidence of polyandry in the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
Phytoparasitica (2013) 41, 521-527
Vera Zina, Elsa Borges da Silva, José Alberto Quartau and José Carlos Franco (2013)
First report of the citrus leafhopper Penthimiola bella (Stål) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) in Europe
Phytoparasitica (2012) 40, 127-130
Vera Zina, Arlindo Lima, Filomena Caetano, Elsa Borges da Silva, Ana Paula Ramos and José Carlos Franco (2012)
First record of the pepper tree psyllid, Calophya schini Tuthill (Hemiptera, Calophyidae), in the Palaearctic region
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2012) 22, 737-745
Pompeo Suma, Ramzi Mansour, Ivan La Torre, Abdalbaset A. Ali Bugila, Zvi Mendel and José C. Franco (2012)
Developmental time, longevity, reproductive capacity and sex ratio of the mealybug parasitoid Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
Phytoparasitica (2012) 40, 11-16
Pompeo Suma, Ramzi Mansour, Agatino Russo, Ivan La Torre, Abdalbaset Abusalah Ali Bugila and José Carlos Franco (2012)
Encapsulation rates of the parasitoid Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci, by three mealybug species (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
Journal of Insect Behavior (2012) 25, 504-513
Zvi Mendel, Poonum Jasrotia, Alex Protasov, Hofit Kol-Maimon, Anat Levi Zada and José Carlos Franco (2012)
Responses of second-instar male nymphs of four mealybug species (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) to conspecific and heterospecific female sex pheromones
Bulletin of Entomological Research (2011) 101, 667-674
M. Branco, I. van Halder, J.C. Franco, R. Constantin and H. Jactel (2011)
Prey sex pheromone as kairomone for a new group of predators (Coleoptera: Dasytidae, Aplocnemus spp.) of pine bast scales
Phytoparasitica (2010) 38, 19-21
Elsa Borges da Silva, Zvi Mendel and José Carlos Franco (2010)
Can facultative parthenogenesis occur in biparental mealybug species?
Phytoparasitica (2009) 37, 51-54
Manuela Branco, Conceição Boavida, Nicolas Durand, José Carlos Franco and Zvi Mendel (2009)
Presence of the Eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli and its parasitoid Closterocerus chamaeleon in Portugal: First record, geographic distribution and host preference
Journal of Applied Entomology (2008) 132, 480-489
A. Zada, E. Dunkelblum, F. Assael, J.C. Franco, E.B. da Silva, A. Protasov and Z. Mendel (2008)
Attraction of Planococcus ficus males to racemic and chiral pheromone baits: flight activity and bait longevity
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2008) 126, 122-130
J.C. Franco, E.B. Silva, E. Cortegano, L. Campos, M. Branco, A. Zada and Z. Mendel (2008)
Kairomonal response of the parasitoid Anagyrus spec. nov. near pseudococci to the sex pheromone of the vine mealybug
Zootaxa (2006) 1312, 49-58
Armando Raimundo, Claudio Canepari, Zvi Mendel, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco (2006)
Iberorhyzobius Raimundo and Canepari gen. nov., for Coccidula rondensis Eizaguirre (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Journal of Chemical Ecology (2006) 32, 1577-1586
M. Branco, M. Lettere, J.C. Franco, A. Binazzi and H. Jactel (2006)
Kairomonal response of predators to three pine bast scale sex pheromones
Bulletin of Entomological Research (2006) 96, 179-185
M. Branco, J.C. Franco, E. Dunkelblum, F. Assael, A. Protasov, D. Ofer and Z. Mendel (2006)
A common mode of attraction of larvae and adults of insect predators to the sex pheromone of their prey (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae)
Phytoparasitica (2004) 32, 507-522
José Carlos Franco, Pompeo Suma, Elsa Borges da Silva, Daniel Blumberg and Zvi Mendel (2004)
Management strategies of mealybug pests of citrus in Mediterranean countries
Phytoparasitica (2001) 29, p. 86 (Franco et al.)
J.C. Franco, S. Gross, C.J. Carvalho, D. Blumberg and Z. Mendel (2001)
The citrus mealybug in citrus groves in Israel, Portugal and California: Fruit injury and biological control as related to seasonal activity
18th Conference of the Entomological Society of Israel, May 18, 2000, Bet Dagan, Israel, lecture
