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Program Schedule

 Time   11/02   12/02   13/02   14/02
 8:00 - 8:30  Opening   -   -   -
 8:30 - 10:00   Lecture 1   Lecture 5   Lecture 9   Lecture 13
 10:00 - 10:30   Coffee break   Coffee break   Coffee break   Coffee break
 10:30 - 12:00   Lecture 2   Lecture 6   Lecture 10   Lecture 14
 12:00 - 14:00   Lunch   Lunch   Lunch   Lunch
 14:00 - 15:30   Lecture 3   Lecture 7   Lecture 11   The bioindustry:
where does it stand,
where can it go?
A company view
 15:30 - 16:00   Coffee break   Coffee break   Coffee break
 16:00 - 17:30   Lecture 4   Lecture 8   Lecture 12

List of lectures and speakers

Lecture 1 - Systematics of the egg parasitoid Trichogramma
Ranyse B. Querino, EMBRAPA, Roraima - ranyse@cpafrr.embrapa.br

Lecture 2 - Biodiversity and host association of Trichogramma in Latin America
Roberto A Zucchi, ESALQ/USP, Brazil - razucchi@esalq.usp.br

Lecture 3 - Use of molecular methods for the identification of egg parasitoids
Richard Stouthamer - Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside - richard.stouthamer@ucr.edu

Lecture 4 - Functional morphology and developmental biology of egg parasitoids
Guy Boivin - Horticulture Research and Development Centre Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - boiving@agr.gc.ca

Lecture 5 - Nutritional ecology of egg parasitoids
S. Bradleigh Vinson - Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University USA - bvinson@tamu.edu

Lecture 6 - Host selection by egg parasitoids
Stephano Colazza - Institute of Agricultural Entomology, University of Palermo, Italy - colazza@unipa.it

Lecture 7 - Genetics of the behavioral ecology of egg parasitoids
Eric Wajnberg - INRA, France - wajnberg@sophia.inra.fr

Lecture 8 - Sex ratio modulators of egg parasitoids
Richard Stouthamer - Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside - richard.stouthamer@ucr.edu

Lecture 9 - Mass rearing egg parasitoids for biological control programs
Jose RP Parra - ESALQ/USP, Brazil - jrpparra@esalq.usp.br

Lecture 10 - In vitro rearing of egg parasitoids - Trichogramma, a case study.
Simon Grenier - INRA, France - Simon.Grenier@jouy.inra.fr

Lecture 11 - Quality control of mass reared egg parasitoids
Sherif A. Hassan - Institute for Biological Control, Darmstadt, Germany - s.hassan@bba.de

Lecture 12 - Selective pesticides and their use with egg parasitoids in biocontrol
Anderson D. Grutzmacher - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - adgrutzm@ufpel.tche.br

Lecture 13 - Egg parasitoid commercialization in the Old World
Sherif A. Hassan - Institute for Biological Control, Darmstadt, Germany - s.hassan@bba.de

Lecture 14 - Egg parasitoid commercialization in the New World
Jose RP Parra - ESALQ/USP, Brazil - jrpparra@esalq.usp.br

A company view

14:00-14:45 - BUG (Brazil) - Danilo Pedrazolli

14:50-15:35 - BIOTOP (France) - Firouz Kabiri

15:35-16:20 - BIOCONTROL (Brazil) - José Garcia

16:20-17:05 - BIOCONTROLE (Brazil) - Mário Menezes Neto