We are delighted to announce the 7th European Hemiptera Congress (EHC 7) organized by the OEKOTEAM in co-operation with the Institute of Zoology, University of Graz. The conference will take place from the 19th to the 24th of July 2015 in the Castle of Seggau, 40 km south of Graz (Styria, Austria). A preliminary programme and the possibility for an expression of interest will be announced on this website in spring 2014. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 2014 meeting of the Working Group of Central European Heteropterologists will be held in Moritzburg near Dresden on July 11 - 13. [Editorial staff vifabio]
Hemipterans are probably the most damaging agricultural pests worldwide not only as direct pests but also most importantly as vectors of plant pathogens. This is because of their unique feeding habits, great dispersal capacity, high population growth rate and ability to adapt and explore new habitats. Consequently, Hemipterans are well known as drivers of the emergence of new and existing plant-pathogenic viral and bacterial diseases. Examples of hemipterans acting as vectors of devastating emerging diseases in agriculture in the last decade include phloem feeders such as psyllids, transmitting Candidatus Liberibacter spp. associated with citrus huanglongbing, potato zebra chip and other vegetable disorders, as well as xylem-feeders such as sharpshoorters and spittlebugs, transmitting Xylella fastidiosa to vineyards in the USA or to olives in Italy. In addition, whiteflies and aphids cause year after year serious problems as virus vectors in horticultural crops all over the world. Hemipterans are also well known because of their high ability to develop resistance to insecticides, overcome host plant resistance genes and lack of susceptibility to most modern biotechnology-based approaches (eg. BT crops). Consequently, an interdisciplinary discussion forum of scientists working in different aspects of Hemipteran-Plant Interactions is strongly needed to tackle existing and future threats. The next 2017 Hemipteran-Plant Interactions Symposium (HPIS 2017) to be held in Madrid, Spain is the 3rd of the series (1st in Piracicaba, Brazil in 2011; 2nd in Riverside, CA, USA in 2014) and will bring together entomologists with expertise in phytophagous hemipterans and their host-plant interactions, plant physiologists and molecular biologists with expertise in plant defense, plant pathologists interested in transmission of plant pathogens, plant breeders and crop management specialists interested in pest and disease control. Presentations will be organized in cohesive sections covering a broad range of studies from basic aspects of systematics and plant-insect-pathogen interactions to more applied approaches focused on management of Hemipteran pests/plant diseases. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 8th European Hemiptera Congress (EHC 8) and 11th International Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Importance is organized by the Department of Zoology in co-operation with the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. The European Hemiptera Congress (EHC 8) is organized periodically every three years and aims to present current research results in different groups of the Hemiptera, in aspects including ethology, bioacoustics, physiology, morphology, molecular biology, cytology, ecology, biogeography, faunistics, taxonomy, phylogeny, palaeontology, applied research on pests and pest management, databases and management of collection.The conference is aimed at a large group of researchers, doctoral students and students from national centers and foreign. ... [Information of the supplier]
On behalf of the organising committee, it is our great pleasure to invite you to Melbourne, Australia to attend the International Hemipteran-Plant Interactions Symposium (HPIS), which will take place in December 2022. The HPIS is an interdisciplinary, international congress, bringing together researchers who study phytophagous piercing/sucking insects, their complex interactions with their host plants, environment and pathogen transmission. The congress will bring together entomologists with expertise on phytophagous hemipteran insects (Orders Hemiptera and Thysanoptera) and their endosymbionts, plant biologists and physiologists with expertise on plant defences and responses to hemipteran feeding, and plant pathologists with expertise on transmission of plant pathogens by hemipterans. ... [Information of the supplier]