Open Discussion on Tephritidae Ecology and Physiology
On Tuesday 28th July 2020 (17:00), a webinar will take place entitled: “Open Discussion on Tephritidae Ecology and Physiology“. The webinar will be held in terms of the Program entitled “Exploring the key biological drivers of a major invasive pest: Adaptive and plastic responses of the Mediterranean fruit fly to environmental stress” supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I). Scientists from University of Thessaly, as well as from Universities of South Africa and the United States (you can see the detailed program of the event) will participate with speeches. The webinar will be conducted through the MS TEAMS platform and those who wish to take part can send their name, surname and email address to the following e-mail vaaslano@uth.gr until 24th July 2020. It will then be sent informative message on how to connect and remotely monitor the event.
Documents: webinar.pdf
Hourly Schedule
28-July-2020
- 17:00 - 17:20
- Welcome
- Prof. Nikolaos Papadopoulos
- 17:20 - 18:00
- Rapid evolution of host plant preferences drives overwintering diapause adaptation in the terphritid fruit fly pest, Rhagoletis pomonella
- Daniel Hahn, Professor, University of Florida Gainesville, USA
- 18:00 - 18:40
- Costs and benefits of manipulating performance in Tephritidae flies
- John Terblanche, Professor, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
- 18:40 - 19:20
- Range expansion of the Mediterranean fruit fly in Europe: from coast to mainland
- Nikolaos Papadopoulos, Professor, University of Thessaly
- 19:20 - 19:40
- Discussion
