Full professor of General and Applied Entomology at the Department of the Sciences of Agricultural Sciences, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (DAFNE) of the University of Foggia, He graduated at the University of Naples “Federico II” (1993) and received a Ph.D. in “Protection of agro-food productions” at the University of Molise (1998). Visiting scientist at the Departemento de Ciencias y Recursos Agricolas y Forestales at the University of Cordoba (Spain) (2001). His research interests are focused on the chemical communication in insects. He has identified various semiochemicals (sex pheromone, kairomones, allomones, synomones) of agricultural, stored-product and forestry pests by chemical (GC-MS), electrophysiological (EAG), chemo-biological (GC-EAD, GC-MS-EAD), and olfactometer techinuqes. Field studies are also carried out to improve semiochemical blends, dispensers and traps for their practical application as indirect (monitoring) and direct (mating disruption, attract and kill) control means of pests. He collaborates with the SAG of Chile on the application of mating disruption to control the European grapevine moth. His research activity is documented by over 150 scientific papers and 4 patents. He is part of the editorial board of journals with impact factor including Archives of Phytopatology and Plant Protection, Bulletin of Insectology, Redia. Currently, he is vice-president of the Italian Association for Plant Protection.

Germinara G.S., Pistillo O.M., D’Isita I., Di Palma A.M., Rotundo G., et al. 2024. Inhibitory activity of some short-chain aliphatic aldehydes on pheromone and ammonium carbonate-mediated attraction in olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae. Pest Management Science, 80 (10): 5353–5363. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.8264.

Pistillo O.M., D’Isita I., Di Palma A., Germinara G.S. 2024. Identification of the sex pheromone of the asparagus Moth, Parahypopta caestrum (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology, 50: 321-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01504-y

D’Isita I., Pistillo O.M., Di Palma A.M., De Vita P., Germinara G.S. 2024. Susceptibility of old and modern wheat genotypes to Sitophilus granarius (L.) and Rhyzopertha dominica (F.). Journal of Stored Products Research, 106: 102265.

D’Isita I., Di Palma A.M., De Vita P., Germinara G.S. 2024. Acceptance and utilization efficiency of a purple durum wheat genotype by Sitophilus granarius (L.). Scientific Reports, 13(1): 14246.

Cao Y., Hu Q., Huang L., Athanassiou C.G., Maggi F., D’Isita I., Liu Y., Pistillo M.O., Miao M., Germinara G.S., Li C. 2023. Attraction of Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera:  Curculionidae) to the semiochemical volatiles of stored rice materials. Journal of Pest Science, 97: 73-85.