IOBC / WPRS Working Group “Integrated Protection in Viticulture” OILB / SROP Groupe de Travail “Lutte Intégrée en Viticulture” Proceedings of the meeting at Marsala, Sicily (Italy) 25-27 October, 2007 Editors: Giuseppe Carlo Lozzia, Andrea Lucchi, Salvatore Ragusa Di Chiara & Haralabos Tsolakis IOBC wprs Bulletin Bulletin OILB srop Vol. 36, 2008 2 The content of the contributions is in the responsibility of the authors The IOBC/WPRS Bulletin is published by the International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants, West Palearctic Regional Section (IOBC/WPRS) Le Bulletin OILB/SROP est publié par l‘Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique et Intégrée contre les Animaux et les Plantes Nuisibles, section Regionale Ouest Paléarctique (OILB/SROP) Copyright: IOBC/WPRS 2008 The Publication Commission of the IOBC/WPRS: Horst Bathon Luc Tirry Julius Kühn-Institute (JKI) University of Gent Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants Laboratory of Agrozoology Institute for Biological Control Department of Crop Protection Heinrichstr. 243 Coupure Links 653 D-64287 Darmstadt (Germany) B-9000 Gent (Belgium) Tel +49 6151 407-225, Fax +49 6151 407-290 Tel +32-9-2646152, Fax +32-9-2646239 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Address General Secretariat: Dr. Philippe C. Nicot INRA – Unité de Pathologie Végétale Domaine St Maurice - B.P. 94 F-84143 Montfavet Cedex (France) ISBN 978-92-9067-210-4 www.iobc-wprs.org Integrated Protection in Viticulture IOBC/wprs Bulletin Vol. 36, 2008 pp. i-iii Editorial In leaving the position of convenor of this group, that has given me great satisfaction in the last 6 years, I would like to thank all the people, reported in Table 1, who have helped in organizing the 5 Meetings that have taken place under my auspices in Florence, Ponte de Lima, Volos, Boario Terme and, lastly, this one in Marsala. These occasions have been very important moments of confrontation that have led to very important results in the protection of the vine, so much so that most of our results have been included in local, regional and national directives and legislations. The agro-ecosystem of the vineyard with its interactions, phytoseids as controllers of mite populations, the finalization of forecasting models for diseases, the determination of threshold levels and the practical and widespread use of mating disruption methods are some of the undeniable results that have turned viticulture into a practice that can be defined highly integrated, fully respecting the environment. All this has been obtained thanks to the collaboration of researchers from different countries, to the constant exchange of information. As a matter of fact the international group has worked in the interest of the European Viticulture sector, and remains an example for the researchers because is one of the most long-standing working group of the IOBC/wprs, and its scientific production is relevant and regularly published by the IOBC/wprs bulletins. Table 1. WG Meetings Local Organizers from 1999 to 2007 FIRENZE: Dott. BRUNO BAGNOLI, ISZA Florence; ARSIA, Regione Toscana PONTE DE LIMA: Dr. JOSÈ RIBEIRO, UTAD, Vila Real; Prof. PEDRO AMARO, Instituto Superior de Agromonia, Lisboa; Agricultural High School, Ponte de Lima; Polytechnic Institute, Viana de Castelo VOLOS: Dr. C. SOULIOTIS, Benaki Phytopatological Institute DARFO – BOARIO TERME: Prof. IVO RIGAMONTI, Milan University; Università della Montagna, Edolo; Centro Vitivinicolo Bresciano MARSALA: Prof. SALVATORE RAGUSA, SENFIMIZO, Palermo University; Prof. HARALABOS TSOLAKIS, SENFIMIZO, Palermo University; Regione Autonoma Sicilia In Fig. 2 is reported the detail of the papers presented in the vatious Meetings in comparison with those presented in 1981 at Gargnano. It is noteworthy that new topics as biodiversity and IPM applications have become more and more important, as well as the influence of the cultivation activities. It would be very difficult to remember all the people who have worked and coordinated this group, from MARC BAJLOD to AUGUSTIN SCHMIDT and ERNST BOLLER. Many of them i ii have left, retired or passed away. I would like to remember my friend JACQUES STOCKEL and professor MINOS MARTELLI and MARIO BAGGIOLINI, who died last summer; they have been, together with others, two of the founders of the group. Fig. 2. Number of papers presented in the different Meetings from 1999 to 2007 in comparison with the Meeting at Gargnano. Fig. 3. Number of researchers attending to the Meetings at: Firenze (122), Ponte de Lima (138), Volos (217) and Darfo-Boario Terme (82). iii In the Meeting room I see many new faces…..of young people. They are the future, and this continuous change can only be positive for the future. I also see new additions from other countries such as Israel, the USA and Hungary, which give us the possibility to exchange viticultural knowledge and practices from other countries. In Fig. 3 are represented, for each Country, the participants to the different Meetings. Now, I don't think I can say what subjects will be faced in the future, but surely bio- diversity, the climatic changes and the new defense perspectives are all aspects that will be studied, as well as how new diseases or insects must be faced and eradicated in the next years. I'm sure this group will be able to face the new problems and to propose innovative and suitable solutions maintaining the role of guide for plant/vine protection. I would like to thank the local organizers of this meeting. I wish you all a good and profitable work. I also want to offer my congratulations and wishes for a good job on Agnes Calonnec, recently elected as new group convenor, hoping that all the colleagues will continue to help her as they helped me in the last years in the group management. Finally I’d like to offer my gratitude to CESARE GESSLER, a friend that worked with me to keep in touch with the General IOBC Committee. As far as I'm concerned, I will remain a member of this group and I will be very happy to take part to the next IOBC meeting on IPM of grapevine, with my usual working enthusiasm, not forgetting to have a drink with old friends. Maybe the wine will help us to produce new good ideas! Who knows??!? Prof. Carlo Lozzia Istituto di Entomologia Agraria Università di Milano iv v List of participants ADDANTE Rocco BAUS-REICHEL Ottmar Università dagli Studi di Bari Research Center Geisenheim Biologia e Chimica Agro-Forestale ed Ambientale Phytomedicine Via Amendola, 165/A Von-Lade-Strasse 1 79126 Bari – Italy 65366 Geisenheim – Germany [email protected] [email protected] AGRÒ Alfonso BLEYER Gottfried Università degli Studi di Palermo Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg Dipartimento S.En.Fi.Mi.Zo. Abteilung Biologie Viale delle Scienze, 13 Dept. of Biology / Ecology 90128 Palermo – Italy Merzhauserstr. 119 [email protected] 79100 Freiburg – Germany [email protected] ALFONZO Antonio Università degli Studi di Palermo BLÜMEL Sylvia Dipartimento S.En.Fi.Mi.Zo. Austrian Agency of Health and Food Safety Viale delle Scienze, 13 Institute for Plant Health 90128 Palermo – Italy Spargelfeldstraße 191 [email protected] 1226 Vienna – Austria [email protected] ANFORA Gianfranco IASMA Research Center BOTTON Marcos SafeCrop Centre Embrapa, Entomology Via E. Mach 1 Rua Livramento 515 38010 San Michele all'Adige – Italy 95700000 Bento Gonçalves – RS – Brazil [email protected] BRETH Karl ANGELI Dario DLR-Oppenheim IASMA Research Center Department of viticulture SafeCrop Centre Bachstrasse 15 Via E. Mach 1 67577 Alsheim – Germany 38010 San Michele all'Adige – Italy [email protected] [email protected] BREUER Michael ANGELI Gino State Institute for Viticulture and Enology, Biology IASMA Research Centre Merzhauser Str. 119 Plant Protection dept. 79100 Freiburg – Germany via E. Mach, 1 [email protected] 38010 San Michele all'Adige – Italy [email protected] BUONOCORE Emanuele Regione Siciliana ASCIUTO Antonio Servizio Fitosanitario Dipartimento di Economia dei Sistemi Agro- C.da Fanello Forestali 97019 Vittoria (RG) – Italy Università degli Studi di Palermo [email protected] Viale delle Scienze, 13 90128 Palermo – Italy BURRUANO Santella [email protected] Università degli Studi di Palermo Dipartimento S.En.Fi.Mi.Zo. Viale delle Scienze, 13 90128 Palermo – Italy [email protected] vi CALONNEC Agnès DELRIO Gavino INRA Università degli studi di Sassari Department: UMR1065 Santé végétale Dipartimento di protezione delle Piante 71 avenue Edouard Bourlaux Via E. De Nicola 33183 Villenave d'Ornon – France 07100 Sassari – Italy [email protected] [email protected] CANGELOSI Benedetta DUSO Carlo Università degli Studi di Palermo Università degli studi di Padova Dipartimento S.En.Fi.Mi.Zo. Dipartimento di Agronomia Ambientale e Viale delle Scienze, 13 Produzioni Vegetali 90128 Palermo – Italy Viale dell'Università, 16 [email protected] 35020 Legnaro (Padova) – Italy [email protected] CARTOLARO Philippe INRA, Department: Santé des Plantes FERRARO Valeria 71 avenue E. Bourlaux Università degli Studi di Palermo 33140 Villenave d'Ornon – France Dipartimento S.En.Fi.Mi.Zo. [email protected] Viale delle Scienze, 13 90128 Palermo – Italy CHEBIL Samir [email protected] Laboratoire de Physiologie Moléc. de la Vigne Centre de Biotechnologie Borj Cédria FISCHER Michael BP. 901 – Route Touristique Weinbauinstitut Freiburg 2050 Hammam-lif – Tunisia Department: Plant protection [email protected] Merzhauser