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Semiochemicals in Pest Control and Conservation Biology

Graduate student (also post-docs are welcome) course on the applications of pheromones, kairomones and other semiochemicals.

Organized by the Department of Ecology, Lund University and the Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The course will take place in Lund, Sweden, 15-26 March 2010.

Since the first identification of a pheromone fifty years ago the world of chemical signals has received much attention from scientists in biology, chemistry and agriculture/forestry. Many of the findings have come into practical use, mainly for monitoring or suppression of insect pests. Yet, a very small fraction of crop protection is based on semiochemicals, despite their obvious advantages over conventional insecticides. Why is this and what can be done to increase the applied use of these sustainable alternatives? More recently other possibilities to use odour signals have become obvious in e.g. detection of rare species. Can this be developed and used more widely in conservation biology? These are issues that will be dealt with during the course, which includes lectures of internationally recognized scientists, student presentations, exercises and discussions.

For more info and registration: http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/semiochem-10.html

Registration deadline is 1 February 2010, maximum enrollment 40 persons.

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Olle Anderbrant, Prof. telephone +46 (0)46 2224997

Department of Ecology mobile +46 (0)70 3724997

Sölvegatan 37

telefax +46 (0)46 2224716

SE-223 62 Lund

e-mail Olle.Anderbrant@ekol.lu.se

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