Dr. Alisson Da Silva Santana

Education

• Ph.D. in Crop Protection, Sao Paulo State University, Brazil, 2022
• M.S. in Agriculture & Biodiversity, Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), Brazil, 2019
• B.S. in Agronomy, Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), Brazil, 2017

Publications

• SANTANA, A. S., A., Santana Lima, A.P., Marques Pinheiro, A., Rabelo Santana, E.D., Andrade Nascimento, L. F., Celestino Santos, Silva, J.E., Bacci, L. Feasible sampling plan for adults of Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in orange orchards. Crop Protection, vol. 158, p.1-9, 2022.

• SANTANA, A. S., Baldin, E.L.L., Lima, A.P.S., dos Santos, T.L.B., dos Santos, M.C., Vieira, T.M., Crotti, A.E.M., Takeara, R. New challenges demand new solutions: Selected essential oils as an alternative to control Bemisia tabaci MED in Brazil. Crop Protection, vol. 155, p.1-8, 2022.

• SANTANA, A. S., Baldin, E.L.L., Santos, T.L.B. dos, Baptista, Y.A., Santos, M.C. dos, Lima, A.P.S., Tanajura, L.S., Vieira, T.M., Crotti, A.E.M. Synergism between essential oils: A promising alternative to control Sitophilus zeamais. Crop Protection, vol. 153, p.1-7, 2022.

• SANTANA, A. S., A., Santana Lima, A.P., Rabelo Santana, E.D., Celestino Santos, A.C., Cristaldo, P.F., Albano Araújo, A.P., Bacci, L. Development of conventional sampling plans for egg masses and nymphs of citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Crop Protection, vol. 149, p.1-7, 2021.

• Morando, R., Silva, I. F., SANTANA, A. S., Sampaio, G. S. L., Lourenção, A. L., Baldin, E. L. L. Assessing cotton genotypes for resistance to Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 114, p. 1-10, 2021.

• Brito, F. A., Bacci, L., SANTANA, A. S., Silva, J. E., Nizio, D. A. C., Nogueira, P. C. L., Arrigoni-Blank, M. F., Melo, C. R., Melo, J. O., Blank, A. F. Toxicity and behavioral alterations caused by essential oils of Croton tetradenius and their major compounds on Acromyrmex balzani. Crop Protection, vol. 137, p.1-11 2020.

• Fanela, T. L. M., Baldin, E. L. L., Bentivenha, J. P. F., SANTANA, A. S. Assessing potential plants extracts to reduce Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) attack in coffee. Coffee Science, vol. 15, no. 1, 1–8, 2020.

• Costa, Â. C. F., Cavalcanti, S. C. H., SANTANA, A. S., Lima, A. P. S., Santana, E. D. R., Brito, T. B., Oliveira, R. R. B., Macêdo, N. A., Cristaldo, P. F., Bacci, L. Formicidal activity of indole derivatives on Atta opaciceps (Borgmeier): Lethal, behavioural and locomotive effects. Journal of Applied Entomology, vol. 143, p. 58-68, 2019.

• Santos, A. A., Melo, C. R., Oliveira, B. M. S., SANTANA, A. S., Santos, A. C. C., Sampaio, T. S., Blank, A. F., Cristaldo, P. F., Araújo, A. P. A., Bacci, L. Acute toxicity and sub-lethal effects of the essential oil of Aristolochia trilobata and its major constituents on Nasutitermes corniger (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Neotropical Entomology, vol. 48, no. 3, 515–21, 2019.

• Costa, Â. C. F., Cavalcanti, S. C. H., SANTANA, A. S., Lima, A. P. S., Brito, T. B., Oliveira, R. R. B., Macêdo, N. A., Cristaldo, P. F., Araújo, A. P. A., Bacci, L. Insecticidal activity of indole derivatives against Plutella xylostella and selectivity to four non-target organisms, Ecotoxicology, vol. 28, no. 8, 973–82, 2019.

• Almeida, C. S., Cristaldo, P. F., Desouza, O., Bacci, L., Florencio, D. F., Cruz, N. G., Santos, A. A., SANTANA, A. S., Oliveira, A. P., Lima, A. P. S., and Araujo, A. P. A. Resource density regulates the foraging investment in higher termite species, Ecological Entomology, vol. 43, 371-378, 2018.

• Cruz, N. G., Almeida, C. S., Bacci, L., Cristaldo, P. F., SANTANA, A. S., Oliveira, A. P., Ribeiro, E. J. M., Araújo, A. P. A. Ant associations in the Neotropical shrub Turnera subulata (Turneraceae): Costs or benefits to the host plant? Austral Ecology, vol. 44, 60-69, 2018.

• Cristaldo, P. F., Almeida, C. S., Cruz, N. G., Ribeiro, E. J. M., Rocha, M. L. C., Santos, A. A., SANTANA, A. S., Araújo, A. P. A. The role of resource density on energy allocation in the neotropical termite Nasutitermes aff. coxipoensis (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Neotropical Entomology, vol. 47, 329-335, 2018.

• Oliveira, A. P., Santos, A. A., SANTANA, A. S., Lima, A. P. S., Melo, C. R., Santana, E. D. R., Sampaio, T. S., Blank, A. F., Araújo, A. P. A., Cristaldo, P. F., Bacci, L.  Essential oil of Lippia sidoides and its major compound thymol: Toxicity and walking response of populations of Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Crop Protection, vol. 112, 33-38, 2018.

• Oliveira, B. M. S., Melo, C. R., Alves, P. B., Santos, A. A., Santos, A. C. C., SANTANA, A. S., Araújo, A. P. A., Nascimento, P. E. S., Blank, A. F., Bacci, L. Essential oil of Aristolochia trilobata: Synthesis, routes of exposure, acute toxicity, binary mixtures and behavioral effects on leaf-cutting ants. Molecules, vol. 22, 1-17, 2017.

• Oliveira, A. P., SANTANA, A. S., Santana, E. D. R., Lima, A. P. S., Faro, R. R. N., Nunes, R. S., Lima, A. D., Blank, A. F., Araújo, A. P. A., Cristaldo, P. F., Bacci, L. Nanoformulation prototype of the essential oil of Lippia sidoides and thymol to population management of Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Industrial Crops and Products, vol. 107, 198–205, 2017.

• Cruz, N. G., Cristaldo, P. F., Bacci, L., Almeida, C. S., Camacho, G. P., SANTANA, A. S., Ribeiro, E. J. M., Oliveira, A. P., Santos, A. A., Araújo, A. P. A. Variation in the composition and activity of ants on defense of host plant Turnera subulata (Turneraceae): strong response to simulated herbivore attacks and to herbivore’s baits. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, vol. 12, 113–121, 2018.

• Silva, I. M. A., Martins, G. F., Melo, C. R., SANTANA, A. S., Faro, R. R. N., Blank, A. F., Alves, P. B., Picanço, M. C., Cristaldo, P. F., Araújo, A. P. A., Bacci, L. Alternative control of Aedes aegypti resistant to pyrethroids: lethal and sublethal effects of monoterpene bioinsecticides. Pest Management Science, 74, 1001-1012, 2018.

• Almeida, C. S., Cristaldo, P. F., Florencio, D. F., Cruz, N. G., Santos, A. A., Oliveira, A. P., SANTANA, A. S., Ribeiro, E. J. M., Lima, A. P. S., Bacci, L., Araújo, A. P. A. Combined foraging strategies and soldier behaviour in Nasutitermes aff. coxipoensis (Blattodea: Termitoidea: Termitidae). Behavioural Processes, vol. 126, 76-81, 2016.

• Cristaldo, P. F., Araújo, A. P. A., Almeida, C. S., Cruz, N. G., Ribeiro, E. J. M., Rocha, M. L. C., SANTANA, A. S., Santos, A. A., Passos, A., De Souza, O., Florencio, D. F. (2016). Resource availability influences aggression and response to chemical cues in the Neotropical termite Nasutitermes aff. coxipoensis (Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 70, 1257-1265, 2016.

• Santana Campos, R. N. D., Nascimento Lima, C. B., Passos Oliveira, A., Albano Araújo, A. P., Fitzgerald Blank, A., Barreto Alves, P., Nascimento Lima, R., Albano Araújo, V., SANTANA, A. S., Bacci, L. Acaricidal properties of vetiver essential oil from Chrysopogon zizanioides (Poaceae) against the tick species Amblyomma cajennense and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Acari: Ixodidae). Veterinary Parasitology, vol. 212, 324-330, 2015.

Awards and Honors

2021- Virtual poster competition, The Ohio State University Plant Sciences Symposium (#1^st): Challenges for pest management of Bemisia tabaci MED in Brazil: is the chemical control efficient? (co-author)

2021- Virtual poster competition, The Ohio State University Plant Sciences Symposium (#2^nd): Larval development of Anticarsia gemmatalis (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in different soybean genotypes. (co-author)

2020- Honorable mention for academic and scientific performance, City Council of Poço Verde, state of Sergipe, Brazil.

2020- Oral Presentation Competition, Congress of Scientific Initiation of Unesp (#10^th): Bioatividade de óleos essenciais sobre ovos de Bemisia tabaci MED (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) em tomateiro. (co-author)

2018- Oral Presentation competition, Initiation in Technological Development and Innovation meeting, Federal University of Sergipe (#3^rd): Larvicidas para o controle de Aedes aegypti resistente à piretroides. (co-author)

2017- Oral presentation competition, Initiation in Technological Development and Innovation meeting, Federal University of Sergipe (#1^st): Óleo essencial e nanoformulação de Pogostemon cablin para controle de formigas cortadeiras. (co-author)

2017- Agricultural Engineering Student of the Year (#1^st)

2016- Research Student of the Year (#1^st)

2016- Oral Presentation competition, Initiation in Technological Development and Innovation meeting, Federal University of Sergipe (#1^st): Atividade repelente dos óleos essenciais de L. gracilis obtidos de diferentes manejos. (1^st author)

Patents

• 1. Patent: ‘Privilégio de Inovação’. Registration number: BR10201806819, Title in Portuguese: Bioformulações à base dos princípios de Aristolochia trilobata e do p-cimeno para o controle de Aedes aegypt. Register institution: Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). Date of deposit: September 10th, 2018.
  2. Patent: ‘Privilégio de Inovação’. Registration number: BR10201700426, Title in Portuguese: Bioformulações à base do óleo essencial de Lippia sidoides e do timol para o controle de pragas em grãos armazenados. Register institution: Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). Date of deposit: March 3rd, 2017
  3. Patent: ‘Privilégio de Inovação’. Registration number: BR1020160101514, Title in Portuguese: Formulação formicida, método para controlar ou eliminar formigas cortadeiras à base de óleo essencial de genótipos de Hyptis pectinata. Register institution: Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). Date of deposit: May 5th, 2016.