Prof. Enrique Quesada

Prof. Enrique Quesada

Entomologist, UCO

Prof. Enrique Quesada Moraga is Full Professor of Plant Production and Agricultural Entomology in the Agronomy Department of the School of Agricultural and Forestry Engineering (ETSIAM) of the University of Córdoba. His research interest is focused on bioecology and population dynamics of insect and mite pests and Integrated Pest Management and microbial control of insect pest using entomopathogenic fungi and their extracts, with emphasis on the role of entomopathogenic fungi as plant endophytes. He has produced 160 presentations in international conferences (20 invited speaker) and 140 publications, including three books as Editor, ten book chapters and 90 peer–review articles SCI in top journals in Agriculture, Entomology, Agronomy and Zoology. He has effectively managed 14 competitive projects funded by the Spanish Agency of Science, Regional Government of Andalusia (Spain) and has also participated in 7 EU funded projects on EPF use for pest control. He is the FUNGI subconvenor of IOBC/wprs working group “Insect Pathogens and Entomoparasitic Nematodes”. Besides self-funding his whole career, he acquired >2.000.000 euros as Principal Investigator and collaborated in 5 national/international projects (EU >6. millions of euros). He supervised 40 undergraduate students, 17 master students and 14 PhD students. He is Vice-chancellor of Research and Territorial Development of the University of Córdoba and General Coordinator of the International Excellence Agri-food Campus ceiA3.

Sessions

Progress and potential of precision agriculture in IPM (11:30 AM - 11:50)