Biological Control of Major Invasive Pests: Achievements and Current Development On-Demand Presentations

Organizer(s)

• AB

  Antonio Biondi

  Professor
  University of Catania
  Catania, Sicilia, Italy
• XW

  Xingeng Wang

  Research Entomologist
  Agriculture Research Service- Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit
  USDA-ARS
  Newark, Delaware
• 

  Joe Kaser

  Biological Science Technician
  Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit-ARS
  USDA-ARS
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• ND

  Nicolas Desneux

  Research Director
  French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food & Environment (INRAE)
  Sophia Antipolis, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

Invasive insects and weeds cause enormous ecological and economic damage to agriculture, forestry, and native ecosystems. The symposium will cover recent case studies on importation (=classical), augmentative and conservation biological control of these currently important invasive pests and weeds around the world.

Presentations:

• On Demand

  Current status of fall armyworm biological control with natural enemies in China
  

  Presenting Author: Lian-Sheng Zang – Guizhou University
• On Demand

  Tuta absoluta in China: Current biological control development and inclusion into tomato IPM
  

  Presenting Author: Peng Han (he/him/his) – Yunnan University