International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control & 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology & 17th Meeting of the IOBC‐WPRS Working Group “Microbial and Nematode Control of Invertebrate Pests” 28th July - 1st August Programme and Abstracts https://congresos.adeituv.es/SIP-IOBC-2019 OFFICERS FROM THE SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY Zhihong (Rose) Hu Helen Hesketh Wuhan Institute of Virology Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Chinese Academy of Sciences Maclean Building Wuhan 430071 Crowmarsh Gifford P.R. CHINA Wallingford, OX10 8BB Phone: +86-(27)-87197180 UNITED KINGDOM Email: [email protected] Phone: +44-1491-692574 PRESIDENT Trustee E-mail: [email protected] Christina Nielsen-LeRoux INRA UMR1319 MIcalis MICA, Sean Moore team Citrus Research International Genetique microbienne et Envi- PO Box 5095 ronnement Walmer, Port Elizabeth, 6065 INRA, Jouy en Josas, 78350 SOUTH AFRICA FRANCE Phone: +27-41-5835524 Phone: +33-1-34652101 Trustee E-mail: [email protected] Vice President Email: christina.nielsen-leroux@ inra.fr Martin Erlandson Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Johannes Jehle Saskatoon Res Ctr Federal Research Ctr for Cultivated 107 Science Place Plants Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2 Julius Kuehn Institute CANADA Institute for Biological Control Phone: 306-956-7276 Heinrichstr. 243 Email: [email protected] Darmstadt, 64287 Trustee GERMANY Kelly Bateman Phone: +49-(6151)-407 220 Cefas Past-President Email: johannes.jehle@ju- Pathology and Molecular Systemat- lius-kuehn.de ics Barrack Road Monique van Oers Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB Wageningen University UNITED KINGDOM Laboratory of Virology Phone: +01-305-206600 Droevendaalsesteeg 1 Trustee Email: [email protected] Wageningen, 6708 PB THE NETHERLANDS Phone: 31-317-485082 Secretary Email: [email protected] Surendra Dara University of California UC Cooperative Extension 2156 Sierra Way, Ste. C San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 USA Phone: 805-720-1700 Treasurer Email: [email protected] 3 OFFICERS FROM THE SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY Executive Secretary: Microsporidia: Cecilia Schmitt Society for Invertebrate Pathology George Kyei-Poku, Chair P.O. Box 11, Marcelina, MO 64658, USA Elke Genersch, Member-at-Large Toll Free in North America: 888-486-1505 TBD, Member-at-Large Outside NA: 660-376-3586 Yuliya Sokolova, Past Chair Julie Hopper, Past Secretary Division Officers: Bacteria Division: Nematodes: Marianne Pusztai-Carey, Chair Raquel Campos-Herrera, Chair Omaththage Perera, Chair Elect Patricia Stock, Chair Elect Shuyuan Guo, Secretary/Treasurer Ivan Hiltpold, Secretary/Treasurer Colin Berry, Member-at-Large Brittany Peterson, Member-at-Large Kenneth Narva, Past Chair Tshima Ramkuwela, Member-at-Large Daniel Pinos, Student Representative Glen Stevens, Past Chair Diseases of Beneficial Invertebrates: Viruses: Mark Freeman, Chair Elisabeth Herniou, Chair Grant Stentiford, Chair Elect Rollie Clem, Chair Elect Helen Hesketh, Secretary/treasurer Adly Abd-Alla, Secretary/Treasurer Ronny van Aerle, Member-at-Large Umut Toprak, Member-at-Large Kelly Bateman, Member-at-Large Gaelen Burke, Member-at-Large Helen Hesketh, Past Chair Madoka Nakai, Past Chair Kelly Bateman, Past Secretary Vera Ros, Past Secretary Thomas Gillard, Student Representative Bob Bogaard, Student Representative Nicole Atherley, Student Representative Hiroyuki Hikida, Student Representative Fungi: Committees: Stefan Jaronski, Chair Awards & Student Contest Committee: Chengsu Wang, Chair Elect Patricia Stock (Chair) Louela Castrillo, Secretary/Treasurer: Andreas Linde Nicolai Meyling, Past President Hyun-Woo Park Ann Hajek, Past Secretary/Treasurer Kelly Bateman Pasco Avery, Members-at-Large Vera Ros Jae Su Kim, Members-at-Large Rodrigo Lopez Plantey, Student Representative Endowment & Financial Support Committee: Kari Zurowski, Student Representative Roma Gwynn (Chair) Microbial Control: Michael Brownbridge Dietrich Stephan, Chair Mike Dimock Jarrod Leland, Chair Elect James Harper Mary Barbercheck, Secretary/Treasurer: Jarrod Leland Edith Ladurner, Member-at-Large Surendra Dara (ex officio) Roma Gwynn, Member-at-Large Founders Lecture Committee: Travis Glare, Past Chair Neil Crickmore (Chair) Michael Brownbridge, Past Secretary Mark Goettel Jiangbin Fan, Student Representative James Becnel Pauline Deschodt, Student Representative 4 OFFICERS FROM THE SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY History Committee: Student Affairs Committee: Stefan Jaronski, Chair James Harper Chair: Donald Roberts Pavan Kumar (2017 – 2019) Harry Kaya Juerg Huber Bacterial Division: Mark Goettel Daniel Pinos-Pastor (2018 – 2020) Just Vlak DBI Division: Richard Humber Thomas Gillard (2018–2020) & Nicole Atherley (2018-2020) Meetings Committee: Fungus Division: Mark Goettel (Chair) Rodrigo Lopez Plantey (2017 - 2019) Nina Jenkins Microbial Control: Elisabeth Herniou Jiangbin Fan (2017–2019) & Pauline Deschodt (2018–2020) Jörg Wennmann Virus Division: Membership Committee: Hiroyuki Hikida (2018 – 2020) & Bob Boogaard (2017 - 2019) Peter Krell (Chair) Faculty advisor: Edith Ladurne Patricia Stock Tshima Ramakuwela Gaelen Burke Sunday Ekesi Kerstin Jung Waqas Wakil Surendra Dara (ex officio) Nominating Committee: Johannes Jehle (Chair) Peter Krell Jørgen Eilenberg Leellen Solter Madoka Nakai Publications Committee: David Shapiro Ilan (Chair) Selcuk Hazir Albrecht Koppenhöfer Bryony Bonning Surendra Dara (ex officio) Sreerama Kumar Prakya, Newsletter Editor Cristina Nielsen-LeRoux (ex officio) Surendra Dara (ex officio) Rose Hu (ex officio) Jean-Louis Schwartz, Newsletter Editor (ex officio) Cecilia Schmitt, Website, ex officio Lee Solter, JIP (ex officio) 5 AN INTRODUCTION TO IOBC The International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC) promotes research and development of environmentally safe methods of pest and disease control. Focus is laid on biological control and its implementation in integrated pest management (IPM). IOBC was established in 1955 as an organisation of institutional members as well as individual scientists working in all fields of biocontrol. Since then, it has become a well-known, non-profit organization, providing independent and professional advice on biological control and IPM to farmers and advisory services as well as to policy makers and governments. One of IOBC’s missions is to promote international cooperation in research and development and to facilitate transfer of scientific knowledge into agricultural practice. This requires a regionalized organisation and close collaboration of all stakeholders. In order to achieve this goal, IOBC is organized in six regional sections, each of them running an array of specific working groups. IOBC-WPRS (West Palearctic Regional Section) currently comprises 20 working groups (WGs) focussing on specific crops, pest organisms, or methods (see the list of WGs below). WGs usually consist of about 40 to more than 100 members, including scientists, students, and representatives of governmental institutions, advisory services and the biocontrol business. Meetings take place every second or third year to help exchange recent scientific findings, draw attention to newly emerging plant protection issues, or share experience from laboratory and field tests. Lively discussions and excellent networking opportunities contribute significantly to the popularity of IOBC-WPRS WG meetings. The IOBC-WPRS WG “Microbial and Nematode Control of Invertebrate Pests” is active since 1985. It was founded by groups of scientists working on biocontrol of soil pests. Since then, the WG was growing constantly, broadened its scope and has become an international forum for insect and mollusc pathologists in general. Meanwhile, the WG has about 100- 120 active members, who collaborate in six sub-groups (SGs), focussing on all important aspects of invertebrate pathology and control: (1) entomopathogenic fungi, (2) viruses, (3) bacteria, (4) entomoparasitic nematodes, (5) soil insect pests, and (6) slugs and snails. The joint meeting with SIP in Valencia is the 17th meeting of this truly international and very active WG. It is currently embedded in a very favorable environment, with a world wide demand for reducing risks and application of chemical pesticides, and at the same time a growing interest in biological control. The main challenge of the WG remains nonetheless unchanged: to prove the potential of microbial and nematode control agents, to show the opportunities they provide in IPM, and to certify their safety to the user, the consumer and the environment. IOBC-WPRS Executive Committee From left to right: Gerben MESSELINK, Sylvia BLÜMEL, Giselher GRABENWEGER, Ilaria PERTOT, Andrea LUCCHI, Philippe C. NICOT 6 ORGANISATION ORGANISATION OF IOBC-WPRS IOBC-WPRS Council members Marc BARDIN, INRA, France President: Cristina CASTAÑÉ, IRTA, Spain Philippe C. NICOT John M. HOLLAND, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, U.K INRA, Unité de Pathologie Végétale Jean Pierre JANSEN, CRA Wallonie, Belgium 67 allée des chênes, CS 60094 Nikolaos PAPADOPOULOS, University of Thessaly, Greece F-84143 Montfavet cedex, FRANCE Heidrun VOGT, JKI, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Mauro JERMINI, Agroscope, Switzerland Eric PALEVSKY, Agricultural Research Organization of Israel, Israel Vice-Presidents Gudrun STRAUSS, AGES, Austria Andrea LUCCHI University of Pisa, Department of Agriculture, Food and IOBC-WPRS Auditing Committee Environment Ramon ALBAJES, University of Lleida, Spain Via del Borghetto, 80 Franz BIGLER, Switzerland I-56124 Pisa, ITALY Peter ESBJERG, University