MACBIOPEST - Botanical biopesticides from macaronesia: research and popular knowledge 
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José Silvino Santos da Rosa
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Sciences and Technology
University of the Azores
Rua da Mãe de Deus, 13A
9500-501 Ponta Delgada
Azores, Portugal
Email: jose.ss.rosa@uac.pt
José Silvino Rosa is an Assistant Professor at University of the Azores, PhD. In Biological Sciences – Insect Parasitology by the University of the Azores. He teaches Embryology and Animal Histology, and Animal Physiology courses. His main research interests include Biological and Toxicological Activities of Plant Extracts and others Natural Products – insect toxicity and anti-feeding properties, molluscicidal properties, and antimicrobial properties. He has published several articles in internationals journals such as Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Industrial Crops and Products, Journal of Pest Science, Integrative Pharmacology, Toxicology and Genotoxicology, among others.
Publications
Tavares WR, Jiménez IA, Oliveira L, Kuhtinskaja M, Vaher M, Rosa JS, Seca AML, Bazzocchi IL, Barreto, MC (2023). Macaronesian Plants as Promising Biopesticides against the Crop Pest Ceratitis capitata. Plants 2023, 12, 4122. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12244122
Arruda, F.; Lima, A.; Wortham, T.; Janeiro, A.; Rodrigues, T.; Baptista, J.; Rosa, J.S.; Lima, E. Sequential Separation of Essential Oil Components during Hydrodistillation of Azorean Cryptomeria japónica Foliage: Effects on Yield, Physical Properties, and Chemical Composition. Separations 2023, 10, 483. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10090483
Arruda F, Lima A, Oliveira L, Rodrigues T, Janeiro A, Rosa JS & Lima E. 2023. Essential Oil Variability of Azorean Cryptomeria japonica Leaves under Different Distillation Methods, Part 2: Molluscicidal Activity and Brine Shrimp Lethality. Separations. 10, 241.
https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10040241
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