Early detection, surveillance, and diagnostics of (invasive) pests

EFSA toolkit for harmonisation of surveys in the European Union (Paula Calusinska, European Food Safety Authority, Italy)

Prioritizing surveillance for early detection and monitoring of Xylella fastidiosa in woody crops using remote sensing (Rocio Calderón, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Spain)

CRISPR-based fruit fly detection: a portable, highly sensitive, on-site genetic diagnostics (Gal Yaacobi, Volcani Institute, Israel)

Spatio-temporal dynamics and land-use preferences of sympatric Bactrocera zonata and Ceratitis capitata in peri-urban landscapes (Yafit Cohen, Volcani Institute, Israel)

From detection to source attribution: uncertainty-aware genomic tracing of Bactrocera dorsalis and B. zonata in Europe (Massimiliano Virgilio, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium)

Semiochemical-based monitoring of the sea buckthorn fly: combining aggregation pheromone and host-plant kairomones (Raimondas Mozūraitis, Nature Research Centre, Lithuania)

Biology and ecology of invasive pests

Host-plant plasticity and larval competitive ability enhance the invasion potential of Bactrocera dorsalis and Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae) (Helene Delatte, CIRAD, La Réunion, France)

Biology-driven forecasting of Drosophila suzukii population dynamics for sustainable pest control (Maria Vittoria Mancini, Universita di Pavia, Italy)

Evaluation of distant-dependent capture probabilities of oriental and peach fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in orchards with different canopy structure (Marco Colacci, inSilico-IPM, Poland)

The microbiome of invasive fruit flies — globally and locally: evolutionary dynamics of Type VI secretion systems in gut Enterobacter symbionts (George Tsiamis, University of Patras, Greece)

Analyzing the effect of urban habitats on Mediterranean fruit fly populations in peri-urban citrus groves: an ecoinformatics approach (Carmel Katz, Volcani Institute, Israel)

Sterile Insect Technique – basics and applications

Keynote: Applied research in support of the implementation of the sterile insect technique to control plant pests (Kostas Bourtzis, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Austria)

Keynote: Area-wide integrated management of plant pests using the sterile insect technique (Rui Cardoso-Pereira, Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Austria)

Simulation of the behavior of both wild and sterile medfly individuals during local SIT treatments in a mosaic landscape (Slawomir Lux, inSilico-IPM, Poland)

Focused SIT for local Mediterranean fruit fly elimination in low-pest prevalence European orchards (Vasilis Rodovitis, University of Thessaly, Greece)

Development of a precision-guided sterile insect technique for the biological control of Anastrepha ludens (Georgia Gouvi, Imperial College London, UK)

Poster session / IOBC business meeting

Dinner

Sterile Insect Technique – genetic sexing & omics

Engineering Y-linked genetic markers in Ceratitis capitata for next-generation genetic sexing strains (Cristina Borghesi, Justus Liebig University, Germany)

Development of a temperature-sensitive lethal strain in the oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Giovanni Petrucci, IAEA, Austria & Justus Liebig University, Germany)

Engineering sex determination for tephritid pest control (Angela Meccariello, Imperial College London, UK)

Organ-resolved metabolomics identifies conserved biomarkers of irradiation responses for Sterile Insect Technique optimization (Francesca Scolari, IGM CNR, Italy)

Genomic architecture of tephritid sex chromosomes and transcriptomic markers for optimizing SIT (Dimitris Rallis, University of Thessaly, Greece)

A bulk transcriptomic atlas of reproductive and somatic tissues in Ceratitis capitata as a resource for genetic control (Jean-Charles de Coriolis, University of East Anglia, UK)

RNAi and genome editing for pest control

Keynote: The molecular renaissance: RNA- and peptide-based technologies for precision pest management (Umut Toprak, Ankara University, Türkiye)

Keynote: Application of exogenous dsRNA in plant protection: chances, challenges and risk assessment (Khalid Amari Baba, Julius Kühn Institut, Germany)

Genome editing in the predatory bug Orius strigicollis for enhanced biological control (Norihide Hinomoto, Kyoto University, Japan)

New Regulation on NGT Plants in the EU (Kai Priesnitz, Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), Germany)

Innovative biological control and IPM

Integrated management of leaf blotch diseases in wheat (Andrea Ficke, NIBIO, Norway)

Transcriptomic insights into Wolbachia-associated heat stress responses in Orius strigicollis: implications for climate-resilient biological control (Eko Andrianto, Kyoto University, Japan)

Evaluation of electronic pheromone traps for monitoring the tomato leafminer Phthorimaea absoluta in greenhouse tomato production in Ierapetra (Konstantina Alipranti, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece)

A meta-analysis on the role of functional complementarity and intraguild predation on biological control (Francisco Martinez, CIRAD, France)

Streptomyces sampsonii strain C4: a promising candidate for leguminous plant protection (Giulia Semenzato, National Research Council (CNR), Italy)

Transcriptional responses of defence-related genes to compost tea and microbial-based treatments in grapevine (Sihem Fodil, National Research Council (CNR), Italy)

The good neighbor effect: resistant pear volatiles prime defense and reduce Psylla in a susceptible cultivar (Mwafaq Ibdah, Volcani Institute, Israel)

A framework for integrating pesticide externalities into socioeconomic analysis of invasive fruit fly management (Ana Larcher-Carvalho, University Institute of Lisbon, Portugat)

The economic and environmental architecture of fruit fly management in South African citrus (Kandas Cloete, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)

General framework for assessing indirect effects of Plant Protection Products on biodiversity via trophic interactions under agro-environmental conditions (Rachel Sharp, European Food Safety Authority, Italy)

Closing of the meeting, hand-over to new working group convenor

Cretan Night (Conference Dinner)

Departure from Conference Centre