Oswaldo Giannotti, Brazilian agricultural entomologist (São Paulo 24 June 1916 – São Paulo September 2004)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Developed techniques for determination of insecticide residues on plants, soil and insect bodies
Determinated the site of DDT action in insects nervous system (1958) and the physiological and biochemical changes resulting from it
Discovered cyclodienes epoxidation as a mode of activation metabolism of chlorinated insecticides
With L.M. Sá. Novo método colorimétrico para a localização na cromatografia em papel de inseticidas do grupo de ésteres do acido tiofosfórico. Arq. Inst. Biol. 26:131-6, 1959
With H. Yoneda & T. Ioneda. Gas liquid chromatographic method for microdetermination of catecholamines. Arq. Inst. Biol. 44(1-2):63-7, 1977
With H. S. Lepage & H.P. Pereira. Técnica para ensaio de inseticidas residuais biológicos. Biológico 11:320-5, 1945
With E. Almeida & C.F.O. Santos. Experiência visando estabelecer novos métodos de controle da lagarta rosada e da maça em cultura de algodão
DESCRIBED INSECTA TAXA
With Lepage
Acutaspis oliveirae 1942
Conchaspis diplothemii 1943
Diaspis paulista 1946
Luzulaspis saueri 1944
Melanaspis aristotelesi 1944
Melanaspis bondari 1943
Mycetaspis juventinae 1944
Pseudoparlatoria campinensis 1946
Pseudoparlatoria gomescostai 1946
Pseudoparlatoria multipunctata 1946
Pseudoparlatoria trimaculata 1946
Alone
Niveaspis lepagei 1942
LINKS
http://www.biologico.sp.gov.br/grandes_nomes/giannotti/oswaldo_giannotti.htm (in Portuguese)