
Faculty of Science and Technology
University of the Azores
Rua da Mãe de Deus
9500-321 Ponta Delgada
São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Email: maria.lm.oliveira@uac.pt
Luísa Oliveira started her academic career at the University of the Azores in 1987, and obtained her PhD in Biology (Applied Entomology) in 1996. Her main interests are in plant protection: biological control of agricultural pests, mass rearing of parasitoids and field applications, integrated pest management programs. More recent, her research has been developed in the screening for natural products with insecticidal activities, particularly produced by native plants.
She is responsible for the practical classes of the disciplines of Biological Control and IPM of the 1st and 2nd cycle courses in Biology course.
Borges I, Oliveira L, Barbosa F, Figueiredo E, Franco JC,Durão A, Soares A (2024). Prey consumption and conversion efficiency in females of two feral populations of Macrolophus pygmaeus, a biocontrol agent of Tuta absoluta. Phytoparasitica 52, 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-024-01130-0
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, 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