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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | registration - welcome desk and information | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | welcome and introduction (Doubinsky amphitheater) - organizers | |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | Honeydew as food source for parasitoids in agroecosystems (Doubinsky amphitheater) - Alejandro Tena Barreda | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Behavioural ecology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | › Comparison of life-history traits in six egg parasitoid species of the genus Trichogramma - Véronique Martel, Natural Resources Canada - Marlène Goubault, Institut de recherche sur la biologie de l'insecte UMR7261 | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | › Juvenile-specialized Eupelmidae's unique behavior of parasitizing imagoes increases species fitness - Matvey Nikelshparg, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break (hall) | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Behavioural ecology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | › Host location by hyperparasitoids - Erik Poelman, Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands | |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | › What is the secret of success of the invasive brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus? - Michal Segoli, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | › Optimal host plant selection by caterpillars may not be optimal: Performance of Chelonus insularis is enhanced by fall armyworm's preference for caterpillar-susceptible maize - Julio S. Bernal, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | › Influence of thermal history on contest outcome and aggressiveness of competing parasitoids - Mathieu Bussy, Institut de recherche sur la biologie de l'insecte | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › The slaughter of the innocents: male killing in quasi-social parasitoids with unusually female biased sex ratios - Ian Hardy, Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › Kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in Venturia canescens: behavioral and transcriptomic insights - Maxime Verdier, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch (hall) | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Chemical ecology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | › The dose makes the poison: hormesis and herbivore immunity against parasitoids. - Paul Ode, Colorado State University [Fort Collins] | |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | › Sublethal effects of insecticides on pheromone communication and host finding in parasitoids - Joachim Ruther, Institute for Zoology, University of Regensburg | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | › Host-recognition response of the parasitoid Cotesia typhae to oral secretion enzymes of its host, the Mediterranean corn borer - Taiadjana Fortuna, Évolution, Génomes, Comportement et Écologie | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | › Role of Floral Volatiles in Oviposition Behavior of Maruca vitrata and the Potential of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles in Enhancing Biocontrol by Natural Enemies on Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) - Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Department of Biological Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Somanya-Ghana;Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Rothamsted Chemical Ecology Project, KNUST, Kumasi | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | › Effects of microbe-induced tomato volatiles on the behaviour of natural enemies of greenhouse pests - Michele Ricupero, University of Catania, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Catania | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | › Which companion plant intercropped in a young apple orchard could affect aphid population and/or natural enemies? - Louna Rizzi, Plantes et systèmes de culture horticoles | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break (hall) | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Chemical ecology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | › Trichoderma harzianum modulates indirect defenses on tomato against herbivore stink bugs - Stefano Colazza, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo | |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | › Flower strips and synthetic volatiles and its effect on aphid natural enemies' populations in Mediterranean apple orchards - Judit Arnó, IRTA | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Systematics & Biodiversity (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | › Fantastic Aphidiines and Where to Find Them: Is It Possible to Find Rare Species of Parasitoids Using GIS? - Maryna Kaliuzhna, I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology NASU, Agro-industrial Group Arnika | |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | › Untangling a cryptic species complex of Cephalonomia spp. (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) associated with coffee berry borer and other Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Hawai'i - Tara Gariepy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | › Concealed world of tiny forest spirits: biology, taxonomic issues and Afrotropical diversity of the genus Omphale (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) - Alex Gumovsky, The Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | › What do we know about Darwin wasps (Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera) distribution in Ecuador through entomological collections? - Marina Mazon, Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Alicante | |
| 17:45 - 19:00 | Posters and cocktail (classrooms 7 & 8) |
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Biological control in large-scale open-field systems (Doubinsky amphitheater) - Lessandro Gontijo | |
| 09:45 - 10:30 | Biological control & IPM (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | › Parasitoids that are cryptically effective and ineffective biological control agents: distinguishing between 'dark horses' and 'paper tigers' - Paul K. Abram, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | › Host selection behaviour and specificity of Anagyrus fusciventris (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) on three mealybugs present in Spanish persimmon orchards - Emanuele Porcu, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | › A theoretical framework 3MP to improve the adoption of "green" IPM tactics while considering broad environmental benefits - Peng Han, Yunnan University | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break (hall) | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Biological control & IPM (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | › Getting a visa for an exotic biological control agent - Laure Kaiser, UMR Evolution, Génomes, Comportement et Ecologie | |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | › Dipteran parasitoids as biocontrol agents - Maria Luisa Dindo, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | › Ant-mediated pest control with cover crops in citrus agroecosystems - Maite Fernández de Bobadilla, Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología [IVIA] | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | › Accuracy or accessibility: comparing methods estimating pest control based on trophic energy fluxes and on functional diversity. - Eugène Maurey, Laboratoire Agronomie et Environnement | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › How overwintering affects the reproduction of two egg parasitoids of Halyomorpha halys in France and Italy - Guillaume Martel, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences - University of Turin, Association Nationale des Producteurs de Noisettes | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › Potential of Nabis provencalis Remane (Hemiptera: Nabidae) as a predator of the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). - Roberto Meseguer Rosagro, Universitat de Lleida | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch (hall) | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Behavioural ecology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | › Does the natal fly host species affect host preference and parasitization efficiency of pupal filth fly parasitoids? - Leo BEUKEBOOM, University of Groningen | |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | › Getting to the heart of the matter: How does lettuce plant architecture affect aphid predator foraging behaviour? - Jessica Fraser, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Centre de la Science et de la Biodiversité du Québec - Quebec Center for Biodiversity Science | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | › Olfactory responses of Ganaspis kimorum and Leptopilina japonica (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) to host-associated chemical cues - Francesco Tortorici, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | › Fruit domestication impacts oviposition preference and performance of a parasitoid wasp - Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey [New Brunswick] | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | › Complex interactions in host-selection: decoding behaviour in Sclerodermus cereicollis for effective pest control - Serena Malabusini, Università degli Studi di Milano = University of Milan - Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS) | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | › Modulating trophic interactions among natural enemies of Tuta absoluta in tomato crops using artificial sugary diets - Pablo Urbaneja Bernat, IRTA Cabrils | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break (hall) | |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Behavioural ecology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | › Foraging at night under artificial light: impacts on senescence and lifetime reproductive success for a diurnal insect - Emmanuel Desouhant, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive | |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | › Convergence in symbiont-induced plant-mediated responses to herbivory: cascading effects for foraging parasitoids - Antonino Cusumano, Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo | |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | › Experimental evaluation of the voracity and predation behavior of a set of natural enemies of pests in Clementine orchards. - Judith Le Nan, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes | |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | › Dynamics of insects and their facultative defensive endosymbiotic bacteria: A simulation model - Eric Wajnberg, INRAE | |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | › Effects of defensive symbionts on aphid natural enemies: Mechanisms and Behaviour - Maximilien Adam, CIRAD | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | › The plant-mediated effect of Cotesia glomerata parasitism and symbionts on parasitoid recruitment - Sarah Kalisvaart, Laboratory of Entomology [Wageningen] | |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Friends and ennemies associated for sustainable control of pests (in French) (Town hall (15 min walk)) - Laure Kaiser |
Thursday, July 3, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Effect of global warming on Drosophila-parasitoid communities (Doubinsky amphitheater) - Melanie Thierry | |
| 09:45 - 10:45 | Global changes (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | › Global warming and copper pollution: a deadly trap for pest natural enemies in vineyards - William Nusillard, AgroParisTech, 91120, Palaiseau, France, Biogéosciences, UMR 6282, CNRS, Université Bourgogne Europe, F-21000 Dijon, France | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | › Sublethal pesticide exposure in non-target terrestrial ecosystems: disruptions in trophic interactions and consequences for natural enemies - Axel Beringue, Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes] | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | › Climate change triggers parasitoid summer diapause directly and indirectly via trophic cascades - Cécile Le Lann, University of Rennes, ECOBIO | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | › Extreme thermal events have more effects on aphid-parasitoid-hyperparasitoid trophic networks than long-term climatic conditions and landscape - Léna JEGO, Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution | |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee break (hall) | |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | Biological control & IPM (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | › Conservation biological control in winter reduces vector-borne virus incidence in cereal crops - Joan Van Baaren, Université de Rennes | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | › Enhancing the biological control of two mirids with banker plants in tomato greenhouses. - Juliette Poidatz, CIRAD - UMR PVBMT | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | › Exploring the competitive interactions between two parasitoids of Tuta absoluta: the native Necremnus tutae and the exotic Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris - Angeliki Syropoulou, IRTA, Sustainable Plant Protection Program, 08348 Cabrils, Catalonia, Spain | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › The making of - a parasitoid product to control the Spotted Wing Drosophila in Germany - Annette Herz, Julius Kühn Institute, Institute for Biological Control, Dossenheim | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › A comparison of natural pest control measurement methods: which indicators do we need to quantify predation? - Yann Tricault, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch (hall) | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Biological control & IPM (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | › Biological Control of Stable Flies: An Effective Alternative to Insecticides - Damien MOREL | |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | › Assessment of tachinid flies and egg parasitoids as biological control agents of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) - Fernanda Cingolani, CEPAVE (CONICET-UNLP) | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | › Non-Chemical Methods for Sustainable Control of Main Pests in Olive Farms in Egypt” - Esmat Hegazi, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt (eshegazi@hotmail.com) | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | › NECTAR-INHABITING BACTERIA AFFECT THE LONGEVITY OF ADULT PARASITOIDS - Evgenia Sarakatsani, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Population, Community and Landscape ecology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | › Floral enrichment effect on the biodiversity and ecosystem services in European agricultural landscapes along a European Gradient with Climate and landscape variations. - Hanna CHOLE, Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes] | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | › Floral nectar provision improves parasitoid wasp biological control efficiency - Gail Jackson, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh - Wan Nurainie Wan Ismail, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh - Henry Creissen, University of the Highlands and Islands - Pete Iannetta, James Hutton Institute | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Break (hall) | |
| 16:00 - 17:45 | Population, Community and Landscape ecology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | › Attraction response of Mastrus ridens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) to flowers of seven plant species and response relationship with different floral traits - Tania Zaviezo, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | › A summer-flowering desert tree supports local parasitoids: prospects for conservation biological control - Tamar Keasar, University of Haifa-Oranim | |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | › Resolving whitefly-natural enemy trophic connections in vegetable-cotton landscapes - Jason Schmidt, University of Georgia | |
| 16:45 - 17:00 | › Do food webs studies in apple orchards reveal buffering ability of key natural enemies against plant pests? - Shameer KS, Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki | |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | › Balancing Complementarity and Intraguild Predation to Enhance Long-Term Biocontrol Services - Francisco Martínez-Martínez, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | › Intra-annual dynamics of the carabids' diet in oilseed rape fields - Yohann Graux, Institut de recherche sur la biologie de línsecte | |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | › Assessing the Determinants of the Distribution of Carabid Communities in Agricultural Landscapes Using Joint Species Distribution Models - Abel MASSON, IGEPP, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ Rennes, 35000, Rennes | |
| 18:00 - 22:30 | Visit of Renaissance gardens and gala dinner at "Château de Villandry" (Villandry gardens and castel) |
Friday, July 4, 2025
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 09:45 | Characterization of Domesticated Endogenous Viruses gene function in parasitoid wasps (Doubinsky amphitheater) - Ange Lorenzi | |
| 09:45 - 10:45 | Genetics, Evolution & Physiology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | › Unravelling the amplification of domesticated endogenous viruses in ichneumonid wasps - Anne-Nathalie Volkoff, Diversité, Génomes & Interactions Microorganismes - Insectes [Montpellier] | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | › Search for key regulators of endogenous viruses replication in ichneumonid wasps through differential gene expression analysis - Fabrice Legeai, Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes, Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | › Physical mapping of repetitive DNA sequences on chromosomes of parasitoid Hymenoptera - Vladimir Gokhman, Nordau Str. 5, Haifa | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | › Insights on the evolution of endogenous viruses involved in parasitism success provided by Toxoneuron nigriceps (Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) genome - Jean-Michel Drezen, Institut de recherche sur la biologie de línsecte | |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee break (hall) | |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | Genetics, Evolution & Physiology (Doubinsky amphitheater) | (+) |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | › Discovery of endogenous viral elements in Campopleginae wasps suggest widespread nudivirus domestication - Elisabeth Huguet, Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | › Improving parasitism success of a weakly virulent parasitoid strain - Florence Mougel, UMR Evolution, Génomes, Comportement et Ecologie | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | › Viral flow among citrus mealybugs and their parasitoid complex - Jesica Pérez-Rodríguez, Laboratorio de Control Biotecnológico de Plagas, Instituto de Biotecnología y Biomedicina (BIOTECMED). Universitat de València. 46100-Burjassot, València, Spain | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | › Host regulation by insect parasitoids: The induction of diapause - Thomas Zankl, BOKU University Vienna | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | › Integrative Framework for Sustainable Insect Management - David GIRON, Insect Biology Research Institute (IRBI), CNRS-University of Tours | |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Closing ceremony & Future IEIC (Doubinsky amphitheater) - Eric Wajnberg | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Sandwiches (hall) | |
| 14:00 - 17:00 | Excursion "Château de Chenonceau" - Guided tour of the Château de Chenonceau organized by the Tours Tourist Office |
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