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IOBC/WPRS
North Africa Commission |
Near East Plant
Protection Organization |
- First announcement -
The venue and duration
| The joint
EPPO/IOBC/FAO/NEPPO symposium on management of Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) will be held
on November 16-18, 2011 in Agadir, Morocco. The Symposium is organized in
collaboration with the IRAC (Insecticide Resistance Action Committee) and
IBMA (International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association). The symposium will take place in the Hotel Beach Club in Agadir where the participants will also be accommodated. It will start on Wednesday November 16th 2011, at 09:00 and finish with a technical visit on Friday November 18th, therefore we advise you to plan your return on Saturday. EPPO: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization IOBC: International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization NEPPO: Near East Plant Protection Organization |
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Tuta absoluta (adult)
All pictures: Marja van der Straten, PD Wageningen (NL) |
Background
| In the past few years T. absoluta (tomato borer, South American tomato
moth, tomato leafminer) has spread rapidly through countries in the
Mediterranean Basin and has threatened glasshouse production in Northern
Europe. With its high reproductive capacity, T. absoluta is considered to be one of
the most important lepidopterous pests on tomato. It also occurs on
other plants of the Solanaceous family. It can cause total yield loss and its
presence may have serious consequences for trade (export). T. absoluta is a very challenging pest to
control. In addition, control may be complicated by the appearance of
resistance to insecticides. While various countries may have worked to develop management strategies for the tomato borer, lack of communication limits other countries from learning from their experience. |
 Tuta absoluta (larva) |
The aim and key issues
| The aim of this symposium
is to provide a common forum for researchers, regulatory authorities, experts
from extension services or advisory bodies, and the crop protection industry,
to share their knowledge in pest biology, phytosanitary measures, control
measures, particularly biological control and insecticide resistance; to
identify gaps in knowledge and research needs in order to avoid duplication
of work. By the use of plenary lecture sessions, discussion sessions and a poster session, the Symposium is intended to address the following issues: |
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- Biology, life cycle, host
preferences and nature of damage of T. absoluta
- Brief background and history to the problem,
geographical distribution
- Phytosanitary
measures (pathways)
- Current status of T. absoluta in EPPO/NEPPO countries.
Participants from different countries will give a short overview of
current recommendations on how to control T. absoluta.
- Control
strategies:
- pest
monitoring
- management by semiochemicals (mating disruption
and mass trapping)
- cultural methods (good agricultural practices)
- biological
control
- chemical control (present status of available active
substances)
- Insecticide resistance (nature of resistance and
resistance mechanisms, resistance monitoring methods, present situation
and recommendations for the control of T. absoluta with regard to insecticide
resistance)
- Problems
outside EPPO/NEPPO region
- Recommended Integrated Pest Management Strategies
Accommodation
The
hotel booking will need to be made by you, directly with the hotel Beach 
- no later
than 15 July 2011.
The price of the hotel will be 820 DH (approximately 73 EUR) for half board single room and 1080 DH (approximately 96 EUR) for half board double room. Drinks are not included.
- no later
than 15 July 2011. The price of the hotel will be 820 DH (approximately 73 EUR) for half board single room and 1080 DH (approximately 96 EUR) for half board double room. Drinks are not included.
Registration
To register on-line, click here 
Alternatively
you can download a registration
form and return it to eppomeetings@eppo.fr with a copy to the convenor of the IOBC
North Africa Commission / coordinator of the local organizing committee: mohamedbesri@gmail.com
before May 31, 2011.
and return it to eppomeetings@eppo.fr with a copy to the convenor of the IOBC
North Africa Commission / coordinator of the local organizing committee: mohamedbesri@gmail.com before May 31, 2011.
Registration
fee and payment method
The registration fee is to be paid by transfer in Euros to the local organizer’s special ‘Tuta Symposium’ bank account (all bank charges being at your expense):
Bank Name and address: ATTIJARIWAFA BANK, Agence Rabat 16 Novembre, Angle Boulevard Othman Ibn Affane § Rue Michlifen, Rabat, Morocco
Account Name: Tuta Symposium
Account Number: 0828 H 000302598
R.I.B: 007 810 0008288000302598 20
SWIFT: BCMAMAMC
The registration fee is to be paid by transfer in Euros to the local organizer’s special ‘Tuta Symposium’ bank account (all bank charges being at your expense):
Bank Name and address: ATTIJARIWAFA BANK, Agence Rabat 16 Novembre, Angle Boulevard Othman Ibn Affane § Rue Michlifen, Rabat, Morocco
Account Name: Tuta Symposium
Account Number: 0828 H 000302598
R.I.B: 007 810 0008288000302598 20
SWIFT: BCMAMAMC
For
the participants, the
registration fee which covers coffee breaks, symposium abstracts, conference
dinner and the technical visit is:
- For African and Near East countries: 75 EUR, 25
EUR for graduate students.
- For all other countries: 150 EUR, 75 EUR for
graduate students.
For
accompanying persons,
the registration fee which covers the conference dinner and the technical visit
is:
- For African and Near East countries: 50 EUR.
- For all other countries: 75 EUR.
The Symposium language
The
official language of the workshop is English, however if someone wishes to
express themselves in French this will be possible but please note that
simultaneous translation will not be provided. If the presentation is in
French, the slides should be in English.
Programme
The
final programme will be sent to the registered participants at a later date.
The symposium proceedings will be published after the meeting.
The symposium proceedings will be published after the meeting.
International
Organizing Committee (in alphabetical order):
- Khaled
Alrouechdi, FAO
- Mohamed Besri, convenor of IOBC North Africa
Commission
- Cristina Castane, convenor of the IOBC WG on
Greenhouses in the Mediterranean Region
- Mekki Chouibani, Near-East Plant Protection
Organization
- Rosa Gabarra, Council member of IOBC/WPRS
- Kevin
Gorman, Rothamsted Research, GB
- Michel Guillon, IBMA representative in the IOBC
North Africa Commission
- Ahmed Mazih, member of the IOBC North Africa
Commission,Agadir.
- Ralf
Nauen, IRAC chairman
- Emmanouil Roditakis, National Agricultural
Research Foundation, Crete, GR
- Vlasta
Zlof, EPPO
Local Organizing
Committee:
- Mohamed Besri: Convenor, IOBC North Africa
commission-IAV Hassan II,
- Mekki
Chouibani: NEPPO-ONSSA
- Ahmed Mazih: IOBC North Africa Commission-IAV
Hassan II
- Youssef
Charhabaili: ANIPHOP
- Lahcen
Abaha, ONSSA, Agadir
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