[12-4] Biology, ecology, and management of invasive forest insects

Fri. Aug 30, 2024 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM Room 554

Chair: Dinka Matosevic (Croatian Forest Research Institute), Eckehard Brockerhoff (Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL)

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9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

[12-4-01] Resistance of mixed species forests to invasive insect pests

*Hervé Jactel¹, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff², Martin Gossner², Bastien Castagneyrol¹ (1. INRAE (France), 2. WSL (Switzerland))

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

[12-4-02] Urban Tree Guard- Safeguarding European urban forests and trees through improved biosecurity

Johanna Witzell³, Benno Andreas Augustinus², Mariella Marzano⁴, *Dinka Matosevic¹ (1. Croatian Forest Research Institute (Croatia), 2. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL (Switzerland), 3. Linaeus University (Sweden), 4. Forest Research, Northern Research Station (UK))

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

[12-4-03] Tree cover increases bird predation on insects and enhances biotic resistance of urban trees

*Marco Basile¹, Eckehard Brockerhoff¹ (1. Swiss Federal Research Institute (Switzerland))

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

[12-4-04] Establishing a biological control program against the giant pine scale Marchalina hellenica (Hemiptera: Marchalinidae) in Australia: the next steps

*Dimitrios N. Avtzis¹, Nikoleta Eleftheriadou¹, Umar K Lubanga², Greg LeFoe², Lukas M Seehausen³, Marc Kenis³ (1. Forest Research Institute - HAO Demeter (Greece), 2. Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio Centre, Bundoora (Australia), 3. CABI, Delémont (Switzerland))

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

[12-4-05] The invasive box tree moth: management and impact on non-target butterfly community

*Serena Gallizia¹, Francesca Barbero², Chiara Ferracini¹ (1. University of Turin (Italy), 2. University of Turin (Italy))

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

[12-4-06] European ash (Fraxinus spp.) chemical response to ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) and emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)

*Donnie Peterson¹, Jian Duan², Björn Bohman¹, Michelle Cleary¹ (1. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden), 2. Agricultural Research Service USDA (United States of America))

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

[12-4-07] Recent detections of non-native ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) in Switzerland and adjacent countries

*Eckehard Brockerhoff^1,2, José Ribeiro-Correia¹, Simone Prospero¹, Peter Biedermann³, Simon Blaser¹, Manuela Branco⁴, Massimo Faccoli⁵, David Frey⁶, Doris Hölling¹, Hervé Jactel⁷, Miloš Knížek⁸, Jana Mittelstrass¹, Davide Rassati⁵, Beat Ruffner¹, Andreas Sanchez⁹ (1. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL (Switzerland), 2. University of Canterbury (New Zealand), 3. University of Freiburg (Germany), 4. University of Lisbon (Portugal), 5. University of Padova (Italy), 6. Al Ciòs Consulenze ambientali (Switzerland), 7. INRAE (France), 8. Forestry and Game Management Research Institute (Czech Republic), 9. info fauna (Switzerland))

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

[12-4-08] Know them to stop them: the first world database on bio-ecology and distribution of Scolytines

*Massimo Faccoli¹ (1. University of Padua (Italy))

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