HISTORY |
Redia was named in honour of Francesco Redi, the famous XVII century Tuscan entomologist. Since its beginning, the periodical accepted papers dealing with researches only in the field of agricultural entomology (insects and mites).
At the end of the 2nd World-War the periodical started with the second series (vol. XXXI, 1946). In 1969, Redia started again with the third series (new subtitle “Journal of Zoology”) when the old Station changed in the new “Experimental Institute for Agricultural Zoology” (ISZA).
Since 1969, Redia accepts papers dealing also with urban zoology and nematology. Then, it has been publishing works on applied zoology, in agricultural and forest fields, to achieve knowledge in the pest management and control of many of the noxious invertebrate phytophagous organisms.
Furthermore, the journal has more and more emphasized the improvement and evolution of means to control the most harmful species in the agricultural and forest ecosystems, especially in the field of the natural antagonists.
Redia throughout its long time of life has been publishing also basic researches and general works on cytology, histology, morphology, taxonomy, biology, ecology, ethology and biosystematics of many of those invertebrate animals either able to affect cultivated and forest plants or as important components of the terrestrial ecosystems.
In 2003, its centenary year, Redia changed its format in A4-double columns and increased remarkably its editorial board reaching n. 32 components in 2007. Starting with the Vol. XC (2007), Redia was published by the Research Centre for Agrobiology and Pedology (ABP) of the Agricultural Research Council (CRA). Starting with the Vol. 100 (2017), Redia is published by the Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification (DC) of the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA).
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