Global Plant Protection News

Congress website: http://www.ippc2019.icrisat.org

Note: Early Bird registration ends May 31, 2019

Partial list of accepted symposia for IPPC 2019,  Hyderabad, India 10-14 Nov. 2019

1. Title of symposium: ‘Herbicide-resistant weeds – a global perspective’

Organizers: Prof. Baruch Rubin, Rubin rubin@mail.huji.ac.il

2. Title of symposium: Spread, Monitoring and Management of Fall Armyworm (FAW).

Organizers: R. Muniappan, Director, IPM Innovation Lab, Muniappan, Rangaswamy <rmuni@vt.edu>;

3. Title of symposium: Spread, Monitoring and Management of Tuta absoluta.

Organizers: R. Muniappan, Director, IPM Innovation Lab, rmuni@vt.edu

4. Title of symposium: Remote sensing and machine learning for determination of spatio-temporal distribution of invasive species.

Organizers: R. Muniappan and Pramod K. Jha, rmuni@vt.edu

5. Title of symposium: The challenge of coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) to palm production and prospects for control in a changing world.

Organizers: Trevor Jackson & Sean Marshall, trevor.jackson@agresearch.co.nz;

6.  Title of symposium: Integrated Management of the cactus cochineal, Dactylopius opuntiae (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae)

Organizers: Mustapha El Bouhssini, ICARDA, M.BOHSSINI@cgiar.org

7.  Title of symposium: An overview of frameworks used for predicting, monitoring and responding to new pests

Organizers: Godshen Pallipparambil, and Karl Suiter; Email: grpallip@ncsu.edu

8. Title of symposium: Red Palm Weevil Symposium (Side Session): Outsmarting the Red Palm Weevil: A Global Challenge

Organizers: Dr. Sarath Babu Balijepalli, Principal Scientist and Head, NBPGR Regional Station, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500030; India Email: <Sarath.Balijepalli@icar.gov.in>

9. Title of symposium: Germplasm Health: Facing Future Challenges”

Organizers: P Lava Kumar, Rajan Sharma and CG GHU Heads; l.kumar@cgiar.org

10. Title of symposium: Precision agriculture and plant protection

Organizer: Dimitrios Tsitisgiannis, Eris Tjamos tjamatika@gmail.com

11. Title of symposium: Mycotoxins and food safety

Organizer: Dimitrios Tsitisgiannis, Eris Tjamos tjamatika@gmail.com

12. Title of symposium: Current trends in biocontrol of plant diseases

Organizer: Sotirios Tjamos, Eris Tjamos tjamatika@gmail.com

13. Title of symposium: Concurrent session-Phytiatry (plant medicine) as a distinct university science for modern world agriculture

Organizer: Eleftherios C. Tjamos, Eris Tjamos tjamatika@gmail.com

14.  Title of symposium: Biotechnology and Integrated Pest Management

Organizers: Dr. Karim Maredia, Maredia, Karimbhai kmaredia@msu.edu and Dr. Ruth Mbabazi, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

Dr. Pooja Bhatnagar and Dr. Kiran Sharma, ICRISAT, Patencheru, India

15.  Title of symposium: Beneficial microbes for plant protection – current performance and future expectations

Organizers: Nora Altier (Region XV), naltier@inia.org.uy

and Trevor Jackson (Region XII)

16. Title of symposium: Pest and disease resistance gene mapping and cloning

Organizer: Sambasivam Periyannan, Sambasivam.Periyannan@csiro.au and Guangcun He

17. Title of symposium: The impact of climate change on weeds

Organizer: Bhagirath S. Chauhan, Bhagirath Chauhan b.chauhan@uq.edu.au

18.  Title of symposium:A greener IPM:  Development of ecologically-based management of pests, weeds and diseases in cereal grain crops.

Organizer: Buyung Hadi, b.hadi@irri.org

19. Title. Conventional and omic approaches to integrate host plant resistance in IPM

Organizers: Dr. Thomas E. Hunt, Dept. of Entomology, Haskell Agricultural Laboratory, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Concord, NE, USA; thunt2@unl.edu

20. Title. Predicting population dynamics of insect pests under climate warming

Organizers

• Chun-Sen Ma, Professor, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
• Gang Ma, Associate Professor, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China email: magang@caas.cn

21. Title. Fall armyworm – control technologies and management advocacy for Asia.

Organizers: Dr. Srinivas Parimi, Prof. Zhenying Wang, Dr. Bhagirath Choudhary and Dr. Mao Chen; PARIMI, SRINIVAS [AG/6020] srinivas.parimi@bayer.com

22. Title. Crop Protection in Horticulture

Organizers: Dr HR Gautam and Dr Satish K Sharma; Secretary Himalayan Phytopathological Society secretaryhps2018@gmail.com

23. Title. Plant-pest/pathogen interactions in the context of chemical ecology

Organizers: Dr. Laura Cortada (IITA); Dr. Danny Coyne (IITA), Dr. Jonathan Dalzell (Belfast).; L.Cortada-Gonzalez@cgiar.org

24. Title. Pest, Host Plant, and Environmental Interactions: Effect of Climate Change in Managing Insects Pests

Organizers: Megha N. Parajulee, Professor, Faculty Fellow, and Regents Fellow, Texas A&M University AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Lubbock, Texas 79403; USA; Ph. (806) 746-6101; m-parajulee@tamu.edu., K. Murugan, Professor of Entomology and Vice Chancellor, Thiruvalluvar University, Serkkadu, Vellore – 632 115, Tamil Nadu, India, Email: kmvvkg@gmail.com

25. Title: Plant Health Management through Climate Resilient Natural Farming

Organizers: Dr T Ramesh Babu, RySS (Rythu Sadhikara Samstha, Zero Budget Natural Farming

Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Guntur, AP. India [tatinenir@yahoo.com]

26. Title: The Changing Face of Seed Health Management in the backdrop of Climate Change

Organizers: Dr. Keshavulu Kunusoth Director, Telangana State Seed & Organic Certification Authority mailto:tsscadir@gmail.com]

27. Title of Accepted Symposium: Pollination Management under protected cultivation

Organizers: Prof Balraj Singh, Project Coordinator

AICRP on Honey bees and Pollinators

Division of Entomology

ICAR-IARI, New Delhi-12

and Dr Kumaranag

mailto:pcuhbp2018@gmail.com