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BINGO-ITN organises workshop in Valencia on optimizing biocontrol
On January 19 2016, the first BINGO-ITN workshop 'Optimizing Biological Control' will be held in Valencia, Spain. The topic of this one day workshop will be the optimization of natural enemies for biological control. Experts from academia, non-profit organizations and the industry will share their views on developments and directions in the optimization of biocontrol. The full program can be found below, as well as the link to register yourself
Download Program BINGO-ITN workshop 'Optimizing Biological Control'
When: January 19 2016 from 9.00 – 18.00 h
Venue: IVIA, Carretera Moncada-Náquera, km 4,5, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
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Program:
08.30 - Arrival & coffee / tea
08.45 - Welcome - Dr Enrique Moltó García - Director IVIA
09.00 - 1 BINGO-ITN: Breeding Invertebrates for Next Generation BioControl - Dr Bart Pannebakker - Wageningen University
09.30 - 2 Fine tuning behaviour for better biological control - Prof. Louise Vet - Netherlands Institute of Ecology
10.30 - Coffee / tea
11.00 - 3 Integrating sterile insect technique and insect symbiosis for the control of insect pests and disease vectors - Dr Kostas Bourtzis - Insect Pest Control Section, Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Department of Nuclear Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency
12.00 - 4 Towards safer biological control: How much risk is acceptable? - Dr Tim Haye - Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - 5 Performance: to make natural enemies (even) better - Dr Tom Groot - Koppert B.V.
15.00 - 6 Natural genetic variation for life history traits: opportunities and constraints - Prof. Bas Zwaan - Wageningen University
16.00 - Coffee / tea
16.30 - 7 Prospects of biological control of pests in the XXI century: What have we learned from mistakes in the past? - Dr Alberto Urbaneja – Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias
17.15 - 8 Next generation biological control agents: selective breeding for tolerance to environmental stress - Prof. Pablo Bielza – Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
18.00 - Closing of the day