Publication:

A dearth of data: fitting parasitoids into ecological networks

Authors: K. E. Miller, A. Polaszek and D. M. Evans

Status: Published
Year: 2021
Journal: Elsevier Ltd.

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2021.04.012

Workshop-Regulatory:

At an across Europe workshop arranged by EcoStack in March 2021, researchers and representatives of major stakeholders and regulatory authorities discussed how EU´s regulatory policies for utilization of beneficial microorganisms in crop production can be improved.

Presentations and authors:

• Welcome and introduction to EcoStack (Francesco Pennacchio, University of Naples Federico II)
• EcoStack inventory of current regulatory policies (Ingvar Sundh, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
• EcoStack preliminary proposals for regulatory revision (Ingvar Sundh, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
• Biopesticides: Past situation and future ambitious and fit-for-purpose EU policies (Eric Liegeois, European Commission DG SANTE)
• Views on biocontrol and beneficial microorganisms from farmers´ perspective (Paula de Vera, European Farmers and Agri-Cooperatives)
• EBIC´s remit and microbial plant biostimulants (Kristen Sukalac, European Biostimulants Industry Council)
• Plant biostimulants in EU legislation – The fertilising products regulation ‘FPR’ (Theodora Nikolakopoulou, European Commission DG GROW)
• EFSA regulatory perspective on risk assessment and microbiomes (Reinhilde Schoonjans, European Food Safety Authority)
• IOBC and regulation of plant beneficial microorganisms (Ilaria Pertot, International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control)
• Microbials regulation – Europe (Jennifer Lewis, International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association)
• The OECD programme on biopesticides (Magdalini Sachana, OECD Expert Group on BioPesticides [EGBP])

Year: 2021

Publication:

Venomics of the ectoparasitoid wasp Bracon nigricans

Authors: A. Becchimanzi, M. Avolio, H. Bostan, C. Colantuono, F. Cozzolino, D. Mancini, M. L. Chiusano, P. Pucci, S. Caccia, F. Pennacchio

Status: Published
Year: 2020
Journal: BMC Genomics

URL/DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-019-6396-4

Publication:

Plant-plant communication for sustainable pest management

Authors: V. Ninkovic

Status: Published
Year: 2019
Journal: Open Access Government

URL/DOI: http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=d07278c7-9189-4e05-907f-4f904e1d685c

Publication:

Targeting the potassium ion channel genes SK and SH as a novel approach for control of insect pests: efficacy and biosafety

Authors: B. Alshukri, F. Astarita, M. Al-Esawy, H. M. El Sayed Abd El Halim, F. Pennacchio, A. M. R. Gatehouse, M. G. Edwards

Status: Published
Year: 2019
Journal: Pest Management Science

URL/DOI: 10.1002/ps.5516

Publication:

Evolution of an insect immune barrier through horizontal gene transfer mediated by a parasitic wasp

Authors: I. Di Lelio, A. Illiano, F. Astarita, L. Gianfranceschi, D. Horner, P. Varricchio, A. Amoresano, P. Pucci, F. Pennacchio, S. Caccia

Status: Published
Year: 2019
Journal: PLOS-Genetics

URL/DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007998

Publication:

Transcriptome and metabolome reprogramming in tomato plants by Trichoderma harzianum strain T22 primes and enhances defence responses against aphids

Authors: M. Coppola, G. Diretto, M.C. Digilio, S.L. Woo, G. Giuliano, D. Molisso, et al.

Status: Published
Year: 2019
Journal: Frontiers in Physiology

URL/DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00745