CURRICULUM VITAE
Ph.D. Luis Antonio de Avila
Associate Professor
Departamento de Fitotecnia (Crop Science Department)
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Santa Maria, RS 97105-900
55 (55) 3220-8451
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Agronomy (Environmental fate of herbicides), Texas A&M University, 2005;
B.S. Agronomy, Federal University of Santa Maria, 1996;
M.S. Agronomy, Federal University of Santa Maria, 1999;
EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor, Department of Crop Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, 2006 to
present;
Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, 1999 to 2006;
Junior Professor, Department of Crop Science, Federal University of Santa Maria, 1999;
Research Assistant, Novartis Bioscience S.A., 1998-1999;
Research Assistant, Uniroyal Agrochemical S.A. 1995-1996;
Research Assistant, Defensa Agrochemicals S.A. 1994-1995;
EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH INTEREST
Sustainable lowland management, rice production and management, weed management,
environmental pollution.
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Chemical Society
Southern Rice Research Society of Brazil
Agronomy Society of Santa Maria
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
2005 Travel grant to participate in the Outstanding Student Award, American Chemistry Society.
2004 1st Place Poster Competition, Southern Weed Science Society Meeting.
2004 1st Place Poster Competition, Texas Plant Protection Association.
2003 Agrochemical Education Award for Graduate Student Travel, American Chemistry Society Agrochemical Division.
2003 Top 3rd Runerup Poster in the Agrochemical Education Award Poster Contest, American
Chemical Society - Agrochemical division.
2003 3rd Place Poster Competition, Texas Plant Protection Conference.
2002 3rd Place Poster Contest, Texas Plant Protection Society Conference.
2000 Awarded for teaching, Federal University of Santa Maria;
2001 Awarded for teaching, Federal University of Santa Maria;
PERTINENT PUBLICATIONS
Seventy-five abstracts and presentations dealing with weed control, crop management, rice
management and environmental fate of pesticides.
1. MARCHEZAN, Enio ; ZANELLA, Renato ; AVILA, L. A. de ; CAMARGO, Edinalvo Rabaioli ; MACHADO, Sérgio Luiz de
Oliveira ; MACEDO, Vera Regina Mussoi . Rice Herbicide Monitoring In Two Brazilian Rivers During The Rice Growing Season.
Scientia Agricola, v. Submet, 2006.
2. AVILA, L. A. de ; MASSEY, Joseph H ; SENSEMAN, Scott Allen ; ARMBRUST, Kevin L ; LANCASTER, Sarah R ;
MCCAULEY, Garry Nathan ; CHANDLER, James Mike . Imazethapyr aqueous photolysis, reaction quantum yield, and hydroxyl
radical rate constant . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Published on Web 03/14/2006, v. 54, p. 2635-2639, 2006.
3. AVILA, L. A. de ; SENSEMAN, Scott Allen ; HULLMAN, Jeff L ; MCCAULEY, Garry Nathan ; CHANDLER, James Mike .
Effect of soil moisture in imazethapyr sorption and availability in three soils. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, v. In Rev,
2006.
4. MARCHEZAN, Enio ; SANTOS, Fernando Machado dos ; AVILA, L. A. de ; CAMARGO, Edinalvo Rabaioli ; MARTINS,
Thomas Newton ; BRENZONI, Edgardo Oscar . Desempenho do arroz irrigado em resposta a utilização de cianobactérias fixadoras
de nitrogênio. Ciência Rural, v. Submet, 2006.
5. VILLA, Silvio Carlos Cazarotto ; MARCHEZAN, Enio ; MASSONI, Paulo Fabrício Sachet ; SANTOS, Fernando Machado dos ;
AVILA, L. A. de ; MACHADO, Sergio Luiz de Oliveira . Controle de arroz-vermelho em dois genótipos de arroz (oryza sativa)
tolerante/resistente a herbicidas do grupo das imidazolinonas. Planta Daninha, v. Submet, 2006.
6. LEE, Do Jin ; SENSEMAN, Scott Allen ; AVILA, L. A. de ; KOBAYASHI, Katsuichiro ; SCIUMBATO, Audie S . Effect of soil
moisture and agrochemicals mixture on herbicide availability in soil solution . Pest Management Science, v. submet, 2006.
7. AVILA, L. A. de ; LEE, Do Jin ; SENSEMAN, Scott Allen ; MCCAULEY, Garry Nathan ; CHANDLER, James Mike ;
COTHREN, Joe Tom . Assessment of acetolactate synthase (ALS) tolerance to imazethapyr in red rice ecotypes (Oryza spp.) and
imidazolinone tolerant/resistant rice varieties (Oryza sativa). Pest Management Science, Inglaterra, v. 61, n. 2, p. 171-178, 2005.
8. AVILA, L. A. de ; SENSEMAN, Scott Allen ; MCCAULEY, Garry Nathan ; CHANDLER, James Mike ; O'BARR, John Houston
. Effect of Flood Timing on Red Rice (Oryza spp.) Control with Imazethapyr Applied at Different Dry-seeded Rice Stages. Weed
Technology, v. 19, n. 2, p. 476-480, 2005.
9. MARCHEZAN, Enio ; MARZARI, V. ; AVILA, L. A. de ; BUNDT, A. L. P. ; SEGABINAZZI, T. . Manejo da água de irrigação
para o arroz irrigado cultivado no sistema de semeadura com sementes pré-germinadas. Engenharia Agrícola, Jaboticabal, SP, v. 22,
n. 3, p. 339-346, 2003.
10. MARCHEZAN, Enio ; OLIVEIRA, A. P. B. B. ; AVILA, L. A. de ; BUNDT, A. L. P. . Dinâmica do banco de sementes de
arroz-vermelho afetado pelo pisoteio bovino e tempo de pousio da área. Planta Daninha, Viçosa, MG, v. 21, n. 1, p. 55-62, 2003.
11. MARCHEZAN, Enio ; CORADINI, J. Z. ; AVILA, L. A. de ; SEGABINAZZI, T. . Efiência da avaliação do banco de sementes
na predição da infestação arroz vermelho e rendimento de grãos do arroz irrigado após dois anos de rotação de cultura e pousio do
solo. Revista Brasileira de Agrociência, Pelotas, RS., v. 7, n. 1, p. 15-17, 2001.
12. ANDRES, A. ; AVILA, L. A. de ; MARCHEZAN, Enio ; MENEZES, V. G. . Rotação de culturas e pousio do solo na redução do
banco de sementes de arroz vermelho em solo de várzea. Revista Brasileira de Agrociência, Pelotas, RS., v. 7, n. 2, p. 85-88, 2001.
13. MARCHEZAN, Enio ; SANTOS, O. S. ; AVILA, L. A. de ; SILVA, R. P. da, . Adubação foliar com micronutrientes em arroz
irrigado, em área sistematizada. . Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, RS., v. 31, n. 6, p. 941-945, 2001.
14. MARCHEZAN, Enio ; SEGABINAZZI, T. ; MARZARI, V. ; VILLA, Silvio Carlos Cazarotto ; AVILA, L. A. de . Manejo da
adubação do arroz irrigado em sistema pré-germinado na produtividade e perda de nutrientes através da água de drenagem inicial. .
Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, RS., v. 31, n. 5, p. 877-879, 2001.
15. AVILA, L. A. de ; MARCHEZAN, Enio . Control of red rice seed banks under different lowland management systems.
International Rice Research Notes, Fhillipinas, v. 25, n. 1, p. 30-31, 2000.
16. AVILA, L. A. de ; ANDRES, A. ; MARCHEZAN, Enio ; MENEZES, V. G. . Banco de sementes de arroz vermelho em sistemas
de semeadura de arroz irrigado. Ciência Rural, Santa Maria, v. 30, n. 05, p. 773-777, 2000.
17. AVILA, L. A. de ; MARCHEZAN, Enio ; MACHADO, Sérgio Luiz de Oliveira ; SILVA, R. P. da, . Evolução do banco de
sementes de arroz vermelho em diferentes sistemas de utilização do solo de várzeas. Planta Daninha, Botucatú, v. 18, n. 2, p. 217230, 2000.
18. AVILA, L. A. de ; LÚCIO, A. D. C. ; STORCK, L. ; MARCHEZAN, Enio ; SOUTO, J. S. ; HONRICH, L. L. . Metodologia
para quantificação do degrande de sementes de arroz vermelho. Revista Brasileira de Agrociência, Pelotas, RS., v. 06, n. 03, p. 206208, 2000.
19. AVILA, L. A. de ; MARCHEZAN, Enio ; NOLDIN, J. A. ; SILVA, R. P. da, . Sistemas de cultivo de arroz irrigado para o
controle de arroz vermelho. Revista Agropecuária de Clima Temperado, Pelotas, RS., v. 3, n. 2, p. 165-174, 2000.
CURRENT PROJECTS
1. Survey of water contamination by herbicides propanil, quinclorac, metsulfuron-methil and clomazone,
in some rivers of Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil;
2. Survey of water contamination by phosphorus and potassium in some rivers of Rio Grande do Sul,
Brasil;
3. Pesticides effects on non-target organisms.
4. Water management in rice field;
5. Imidazolinones herbicides carry over in rice field;
6. Clearfield manament and red rice control;
7. Gene flow between red rice and imidazolinone resistant rice;
8. Effect of management on imidazolinone herbicides toxicity to rice;
9. Effect of management on imidazolinone persistence in lowland soils.