Scientific Sessions

23rd IWGO Conference &
2nd International Conference of Diabrotica Genetics
- Scientific Sessions -

Scientific Session 1: Evaluation of Diabrotica eradication and containment measures
Session Organizer: Lukas SCHAUB, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, Nyon, Switzerland

Scientific Session 2: Economics and policy of Diabrotica control
Session Organizer: Justus WESSELER, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands

Scientific Session 3: Exposure of honey bees to insecticides released from abrasion of treated maize seeds during sowing: where do we go from here?
Session Organizer: Udo HEIMBACH, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) - Institute for Plant Protection, Braunschweig, Germany

Scientific Session 4: Toward a synthesis: recent advances in understanding Ostrinia adult behaviour
Session Organizers: Denis BOURGUET, INRA, Montpellier, France & Tom SAPPINGTON, USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.

Scientific Session 5: Diabrotica genomics: advances and prospects
Session Organizer: Tom SAPPINGTON, USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.

Scientific Session 6: Evolution and population genetics of Diabrotica
Session Organizer: Thomas GUILLEMAUD, INRA, France

Scientific Session 7: Adaptations of Diabrotica to control practices in maize
Session Organizer: Blair SIEGFRIED, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A. & Tom SAPPINGTON, USDA-ARS, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.

Scientific Session 8: Knowing your enemy: Investigating maize pest ecology to improve control strategies
Session Organizer: Stefan TOEPFER, CABI Europe c/o Plant Health Station, Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary.

Scientific Session 9: Current issues with managing Insect Resistance to Genetically Modified Maize
Session Organizers: Rick HELLMICH, USDA-ARS, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A. & Blair SIEGFRIED, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, U.S.A.

Scientific Session 10: Inventory of maize pest of economic importance in Europe
Session Organizers: Xavier PONS, University of Lleida, Spain & Jozsef KISS, University of Gödöllö, Hungary

Scientific Session 11: Wireworms, cutworms and other soil pests: how to implement IPM in the early stages of maize production
Session Organizer: Lorenzo FURLAN, University of Padova, Italy

Scientific Session 12: Practicing of IPM within modern maize production systems
Session Organizers: C. Richard EDWARDS, Purdue University, Lafayette, U.S.A, & Zhenying WANG, Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS, Beijing, China