Congratulations Andrea Fruitos for a successful PhD defense! Andrea earned her PhD from the National University of La Plata, working at INTA Junín under the supervision of Guillermo Debandi. Her work focused on the influence of the agricultural landscape and the management of vineyards on the biological control of vineyard pests in the wine producing region of Barrancas, in northern Mendoza Province, Argentina.
Andrea will now continue with her ongoing study of the biodiversity associated to vineyards, both within the vineyards themselves and in the surrounding patches of natural vegetation. This project, funded by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, focuses on plants, pollinators, and their interactions of the Uco Valley, a wine producing region that has experienced recent land use change, with large tracts of natural vegetation transformed into vineyards.
Ecological Interactions Lab 
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