IUFRO joint conference "Will it wilt", Greece 2026, FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
by Christelle Robinet
Dear all,
The first joint conference of the IUFRO working parties "Vascular Wilt
Diseases" and “Pine Wilt Disease” (7.02.03 and 7.02.10) will be held in
Athens, Greece, on May 18-22, 2026.
The conference, "Will it wilt? From bark to xylem an invasion away" will
include joint sessions touching on the main topics of both Working
Parties including: Identification and taxonomy; Host-pathogen
interactions; Epidemiology; Bark beetle symbiosis / vector biology;
Breeding; Disease management and control; Chemical ecology; Genomes and
bioinformatics; Population biology; Pathways of invasion; Risk
assessment and surveillance; New methods of bio surveillance; Influence
of Climate change on vascular pathogens and vectors.
Please find attached the first meeting announcement, and also visit the
IUFRO website:
https://www.iufro.org/events/will-it-wilt-from-bark-to-xylem-an-invasion-aw…
More information will come soon.
Best wishes
On behalf of the local organizers and the scientific committee.
Nikoleta Soulioti, Alberto Santini, Irene Barnes and Louis Bernier
Hyerim Han, Luís Bonifacio, Christelle Robinet, Ryoji Shinya and
Jianghua Sun
Local organizers
Nikoleta Soulioti, Aliki Tzima
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*Dr. Christelle ROBINET*
Directrice de Recherche
Directrice Adjointe de l'URZF
INRAE Val de Loire, site d'Orléans
Unité de Recherche Zoologie Forestière (URZF)
2163 Avenue de la Pomme de Pin - CS 40001 - Ardon
45075 Orléans cedex 2
FRANCE
Tel: (+33) 02.38.41.80.38
Fax: (+33) 02.38.41.78.79
E-mail: christelle.robinet(a)inrae.fr <mailto:christelle.robinet@inrae.fr>
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christelle_Robinet
L'ouvrage "Invasion et expansion d'insectes bioagresseurs forestiers.
Quels risques pour la forêt française dans le contexte des changements
globaux ?"
vient de paraitre en avril 2025. Il est librement accessible ici:
https://www.quae-open.com/produit/328/9782759240487/invasion-et-expansion-d…
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Joint WP 7.03.13 and 7.03.16 Meeting in October in South Africa
by Allison, Jeremy (he, him | il, lui)
UNCLASSIFIED - NON CLASSIFI?
Dear IUFRO Member:
We are writing to update you on the joint IUFRO Working Party (7.03.13 "Biological control of forest insects and pathogens" and 7.03.16 "Behavioural and chemical ecology of forest insects) meeting with a focus on the intersection of Behavioural/ Chemical Ecology and Biological Control in Forest Ecosystems. This meeting will occur at the Future Africa campus, University of Pretoria (https://www.up.ac.za/future-africa)
We now have firm dates for the meeting: 28-30 October, 2025 (inclusive); for abstract submission (15-June, 2025 deadline) and registration (30-June, 2025). Please visit the following page for registration (https://www.fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/events/IUFRO2025A ). Here you can get some additional information about the meeting, register and coordinate payment ($300 USD for regular delegates; $200 USD for students) as well as indicate your interest in a post-meeting one-day or three-day and two-night field trip. The former will include a trip to see some plantation forest pest issues and the latter will also include some tourism (e.g., trip to Kruger and game drive). You will also be able to get information about abstract submission at the website.
This meeting will be a combination of traditional power-point presentations and directed discussions, with an emphasis on the latter. Discussion sessions will have experts assigned to facilitate dialogue and rapporteurs to capture ideas in real time. Ideally the notes from these discussions will form the basis of follow up activities (e.g., synthesis papers, research proposals) with interested delegates.
If you have any questions, please contact any of us. We hope to you in South Africa later this year. Best wishes,
Sigrid, Andres, Quentin, Anna, Jeremy, Brett, Lukas, Deborah
Working Parties 7.03.13 and 7.03.16
Forest Insect Chemical Ecologist
Great Lakes Forestry Centre - Sault Ste Marie
Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada
jeremy.allison(a)canada.ca / Tel: 705-255-3628
Coordinator IUFRO Task Force, Precision Pest Management in Forest Ecosystems
Deputy Coordinator IUFRO Working Party Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects
Group Leader, Satellite Lab in Applied Chemical Ecology, FABI University of Pretoria
Director, African Centre of Chemical Ecology, Innovation African Campus, University of Pretoria
President, International Society of Chemical Ecology
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