Clickbait: Click Beetles and Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) as Inspiration On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

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  Julien Saguez

  Researcher - Field Crop Entomologist
  Department of Entomology
  CÉROM
  Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
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  Jacqueline Serrano

  Research Entomologist
  Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit- ARS
  USDA - ARS
  Yakima, Washington
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  Wim van Herk

  Research Scientist
  Field Crop Entomology
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada

Click beetles and their larvae belong to the family Elateridae. Research focuses on developing tools for monitoring and managing these pests. Several identification and management guides have been published.The architecture of the clicking mechanism of Elateridae also inspires bionic engineers to develop new robots or tools.

Presentations:

• On Demand

  A formulated entomopathogenic fungi for the wireworm control in Europe
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Kastenbutt – BIOCARE GmbH

  Co-Author: Elisa Beitzen-Heineke – BIOCARE

  Co-Author: Wilhelm Beitzen-Heineke – BIOCARE

  Co-Author: Anant Patel – University of Applied Sciences

  Co-Author: Stefan Vidal – Georg-August-University
• On Demand

  Attracting female click beetles: Can plants or their volatiles influence oviposition behavior?
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Brunner – Universty of Innsbruck

  Co-Author: Riccardo Favaro – Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

  Co-Author: Sergio Angeli – Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

  Co-author: Willem G. van Herk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-author: Michael Traugott – University of Innsbruck
• On Demand

  Plant-fungi-insect interactions: The effect of cover crops and Metarhizium brunneum on wireworm
  

  Presenting Author: Ala Abdel Rahman (she/her/hers) – Western University

  Co-Author: Ian Scott – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-author: Hugh Henry – Western University

  Co-author: Todd Kabaluk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• On Demand

  The best potato: Evaluation of wireworm varietal preference
  

  Presenting Author: Fanny Ruhland – Université de Liège

  Co-author: Andrea Chacon Hurtado – Université de Liège

  Co-author: Antoine Boullis – Université de Liège

  Co-author: François J. Verheggen – Université de Liège
• On Demand

  War in the darkness - association of semiochemicals and entomopathogens to control wireworms
  

  Presenting Author: Andrea Chacon Hurtado – Université de Liège

  Co-Author: Fanny Ruhland – Université de Liège

  Co-author: Thibaut Smeets – Université de Liège

  Co-Author: Nolan Regnier – Université catholique de Louvain

  Co-Author: Ismahen Lalaymia – Université catholique de Louvain

  Co-Author: Stéphane Declerck – Université catholique de Louvain

  Co-Author: RAQUEL CAMPOS-HERRERA – University of Algarve

  Co-author: François J. Verheggen – Université de Liège