Nuria Agustí
Investigador

Cabrils
Ctra. de Cabrils, Km 2 08348 Cabrils Coordenades GPS: 41º 30’ 59’’ N, 0º 37’ 56.39” E

Subprogrames: Entomologia

nuria.agusti@irta.cat

Tel. Directe: 937507511 ext.1243

Publicacions Destacades

Agustí, N., C. de Vicente & R. Gabarra. 1999. Development of sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers of Helicoverpa armigera: a new  polymerase chain reaction-based technique for predator’s gut analysis. Molecular Ecology, 8(9): 1467-1474.                          

Agustí, N., C. de Vicente & R. Gabarra. 2000. Developing SCAR markers to study predation on Trialeurodes vaporariorum. Insect Molecular Biology, 9(3): 263- 268.

Agustí, N., & Cohen A.C. 2000. Lygus hesperus and L. lineolaris (Hemiptera: Miridae), Phytophages, Zoophages, or omnivores: Evidence of feeding adaptations suggested by salivary and midgut digestive enzymes. Journal of Entomological Science, 35 (2): 176- 186.                   

Agustí, N., Unruh, T.R., & Welter, S.C. 2003. Detecting Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in predator guts by using COI mitochondrial markers. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 93: 179- 185

Agustí, N., Shayler, S., Harwood, J.D., Vaughan, I.P., Sunderland, K.D., & Symondson, W.O.C. 2003. Collembola as alternative prey sustaining spiders in arable ecosystems: prey detection within predators using molecular markers. Molecular Ecology, 12(12): 3467- 3475.

Agustí N, Bourguet D, Spataro T, Delos M, Eychenne N, Folcher L, & Arditi R. 2005. Detection, identification and geographical distribution of European corn borer larval parasitoids using molecular markers. Molecular Ecology, 14: 3267- 3274.

Kuusk A. K. & Agustí N. 2008. Group-specific primers for DNA-based detection of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) within predator gut contents. Molecular Ecology Resources, 8 (3): 678-681.

Agustí N. & Gabarra R. 2009. Effect of adults age and insect density of Dicyphus tamaninii Wagner (Heteroptera: Miridae) on progeny. Journal of Pest Science, 82:241-246

Pumariño L, Alomar O & Agustí N. 2011. Development of specific ITS markers for plant DNA identification within herbivorous insects. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 101: 271-276.

Franco K, Aramburu J, Agustí N & Castañé C. 2011. Egg detection in females of the polyphagous predator Macrolophus pygmaeus (Heteroptera: Miridae) by serological techniques. Journal of Pest Science, 84: 1-8.

King R A, R Moreno-Ripoll, N Agustí, S P Shayler, J R Bell, D A Bohan & W O C Symondson. 2011. Multiplex reactions for the molecular detection of predation on pest and non-pest invertebrates in agroecosystems. Molecular Ecology Resources, 11: 370–373.

Moreno-Ripoll R; Gabarra R, W O C Symondson, R A King & Agustí, N. 2011. Trophic relationships between predators, whiteflies and their parasitoids in tomato greenhouses: a molecular approach. Bulletin of Entomological Research (In press).