Sassari

The IRET unit in Sardinia is located within the CNR Research Area of Sassari. The section occupies a total area of about 450 square metres of which 200 square metres of laboratories and the remaining space by offices for the research, technical and administrative staff, library and technical rooms. The section can also utilize two conference rooms, a meeting room and a computer room located in the Territorial Research Area buildings.

The activity is mainly centered on entomology by basic and applicative research, the first indispensable to the second ones to face and solve specific practical problems.

The main research area of the unit are:

• Research on insect biodiversity in natural and anthropic environments;
• Sustainable management of pest insects in agroforestry ecosystems;
• Classical Biological Control;
• Studies on the impact of invasive alien insects;
• Studies on natural enemies of insect pests.