{"id":233,"name":"Cesar R. Rodriguez-Saona","url":"","description":"Cesar Rodriguez-Saona leads the entomology program at the Rutgers P.E. Marucci Center. The program focuses on the development and implementation of cost-effective reduced-risk insect pest management practices for blueberries and cranberries through the integration of chemical, behavioral, and biological methods in insect control and a better understanding of the ecology of insect herbivores and their natural enemies.\r\n\r\nOngoing projects include studies on the ecological functions of herbivore-induced plant volatiles and their applications in integrated pest management, evaluation of mating disruption for oriental beetle control in blueberries, attract-and-kill approaches for managing the invasive pest spotted wing drosophila, evaluation of plant resistance and disease infection on insect populations, spatial distribution of insects in blueberries for site-specific pest management, and efficacy of new environmentally-sound chemicals for insect control in blueberries and cranberries.\r\n\r\nRodriguez-Saona's work has resulted in the registration and implementation of a formulation for mating disruption of oriental beetle in blueberries. Together with the IR-4 project, the team has worked toward the registration of several reduced-risk and organophosphate replacement insecticides for blueberries and cranberries.\r\n\r\nRodriguez-Saona's extension program delivers pest management information to growers by conducting on-farm demonstration trials, presentations, and extension publications.","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cesar-rodriguez-saona\/author\/cesarr\/","slug":"cesarr","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4998784f41f7a337c2aac9a58866f32f?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4998784f41f7a337c2aac9a58866f32f?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4998784f41f7a337c2aac9a58866f32f?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":null,"yoast_head_json":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cesar-rodriguez-saona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/cesar-rodriguez-saona\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}