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Book of Abstracts (PDF) TEAM 2020 Welcome WELCOME Dear Colleagues, The TEAM meeting is approaching. As you know, due to the special circumstances, we decided to change the format and make it a combined physical and virtual meeting. Thus far, around 200 participants have registered for the webinar and about 20 people will be physically present in La Grande-Motte. Thanks to this virtual format, we can already anticipate a large participation, which is a great satisfaction considering the context. The program of presentations is now finalized and can be consulted on the website. Most e-posters have been sent and we thank all the contributors for adapting the format of their work to better fit a screen. On Friday, October 9th, we will award prizes for best oral presentation and best poster, with a student category. The evolution of the health situation in France forces us to adapt constantly. We will take the greatest care to respect the regulatory sanitary measures and to protect the participants present. The technical visit has yet to be finalized. We do not know yet if it will be possible to organize it. Please excuse us for this. We truly hope that this meeting will be a success in spite of the sanitary context and will allow interesting scientific exchanges among participants. We are looking forward to seeing you on screen or in La Grande-Motte. With best regards, on behalf of the Local Organising Committee, Valérie Balmès Marc De Meyer Chairperson: Chairperson: Organising Committee, TEAM 2020 Scientific Committee, TEAM 2020 4th International TEAM meeting 5-9 October 2020 Book of abstracts 2 Tephritid Workers of Europe, Africa and the Middle East La Grande-Motte, France TEAM 2020 Acknowledgment Organisers ACKNOWLEDGMENT The Organisers would like to thank public partners for their support of the 4th TEAM meeting. Public partners 4th International TEAM meeting 5-9 October 2020 Book of abstracts 3 Tephritid Workers of Europe, Africa and the Middle East La Grande-Motte, France TEAM 2020 Committees & Contacts COMMITTEES Organising Committee Scientific Committee ANSES-LSV “Entomology and invasive plants unit”: • Marc De Meyer - Belgium • Valérie Balmès, Chairperson • Zinette Moussa - Lebanon • Raphaëlle Mouttet • Helene Delatte - France CIRAD Réunion - UMR “Peuplements Végétaux et • Yoav Gazit - Isreal Bio-agresseurs en Milieu Tropical”: • Hélène Delatte • Aruna Manrakhan - South Africa CIRAD UMR CBGP département BIOS: • Maulid Mwatawala - Tanzania • Bruno Michel • Antonis Augustinos - Greece INRA-CBGP - Fruit-Fly Evolution and Community Ecology • Vicente Navarro Llopis - Spain (FFECE): • Francesca Scolari - Italy • Simon Fellous • Antonio Sinzogan - Benin French Ministry of Agriculture, National expert for tropical crops - invasive alien species: • Pierre Ehret Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium: • Marc De Meyer CONTACTS Organising Committee - TEAM 2020 Administrative secretariat Valérie Balmès Registration, accommodation Plant Health Laboratory Sponsorship and exhibition ANSES Alpha Visa Congrès / TEAM 2020 755 avenue du Campus d’Agropolis 624 rue des Grèzes FR-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez - France 34070 Montpellier - France E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +33 4 67 03 03 00 Raphaëlle Mouttet E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] site : www.alphavisa.com/team/2020 4th International TEAM meeting 5-9 October 2020 Book of abstracts 4 Tephritid Workers of Europe, Africa and the Middle East La Grande-Motte, France TEAM 2020 TEAM PLANNING AT A GLANCE PLANNING AT A GLANCE Monday October 5th Tuesday October 6th Wednesday October 7th Thursday October 8th Friday October 9th 08:30 Registration 10:00 Taxonomy and phylogeny Biogeography, distribution Behaviour and Physiology SIT: Sterile Insect Technique Invasion and Ecology and abundance Chemosensory perception Open IPM: Integrated Traps and attractants Biological and conventionnal and reproduction Pest Management control 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 10:00 P21 P31 Introduction Plenary 1 Plenary 2 10:20 10:20 P22 P32 10:40 10:40 10:40 10:40 10:40 P01 P09 P17 P23 P33 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 P02 P10 P18 P24 P34 11:20 11:20 11:20 11:20 11:20 Coffee break - e-Posters Coffee break - e-Posters Coffee break - e-Posters Coffee break - e-Posters 11:40 11:40 11:40 11:40 Award Prizes P03 P11 P19 P25 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 P04 P12 P20 P26 12:20 12:20 12:20 12:20 Final closing Closing Closing Closing Closing 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch box Coffee - e-Posters Coffee - e-Posters Coffee - e-Posters 14:00 14:00 13:30 14:00 14:00 P05 P13 Bus departure P27 14:20 14:20 14:20 P06 P14 P28 14:40 14:40 14:40 P07 P15 P29 15:00 15:00 Technical tour 15:00 P08 P16 ‘Institut Français de la Vigne P30 15:20 15:20 15:20 Closing Closing et du Vin’ Closing 15:30 15:30 and 15:30 16:00 16:00 ‘Salin d’Aigues-Mortes’ Méditerranée room e-Posters selection Satellite meeting FF-IPM Free time aglance Planning at (Level 3) 19:00 19:00 19:00 19:30 19:30 19:30 Dinner Dinner Closing dinner in On the spot in ‘La Grande-Motte’ ‘Yacht Club - La Grande-Motte’ 5 4th International TEAM meeting 5-9 October 2020 Book of abstracts Tephritid Workers of Europe, Africa and the Middle East La Grande-Motte, France TEAM 2020 Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Program Monday 5 October .........................................................................................................................8 Tuesday 6 October .........................................................................................................................9 Wednesday 7 October .................................................................................................................. 10 Thursday 8 October ...................................................................................................................... 11 Friday 9 October .......................................................................................................................... 12 Abstracts Monday 5 October Behaviour and Physiology / Open Oral presentations P01 ........................................................................................................................................ 14 P02 ........................................................................................................................................ 15 P03 ........................................................................................................................................ 16 P04 ........................................................................................................................................ 17 P05 ........................................................................................................................................ 18 P06 ........................................................................................................................................ 19 P07 ........................................................................................................................................ 20 P08 ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Abstracts Tuesday 6 October Taxonomy and phylogeny / SIT: Sterile Insect Technique / IPM: Integrated Pest Management Plenary 1 ................................................................................................................................ 23 Oral presentations P09 ........................................................................................................................................ 24 P10 ........................................................................................................................................ 25 P11 ........................................................................................................................................ 26 P12 ........................................................................................................................................ 27 P13 ........................................................................................................................................ 28 P14 ........................................................................................................................................ 29 P15 ........................................................................................................................................ 30 P16 ........................................................................................................................................ 31 Satellite meeting FF-IPM ............................................................................................................ 32 Abstracts Wednesday 7 October Invasion and Ecology / Traps and attractants Plenary 2 ................................................................................................................................ 34 Oral presentations P17 ........................................................................................................................................ 35 P18 ........................................................................................................................................ 36 P19 ........................................................................................................................................ 37 P20 ........................................................................................................................................ 38 4th
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