Alternative strategies of plant protection against invasive insect pests

• Post by: Ana Mitrović
• 28.September, 2022
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Join us at the mini-symposium on ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES OF PLANT PROTECTION AGAINST INVASIVE INSECT PESTS, which will be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Jožef Stefan Institute, in the lecture room of the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School. We organize this event within the framework of the project “Novel fungal proteins as biopesticides for control of challenging invasive alien agricultural pests -FunContrAPest-“, jointly funded by the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS, J4-2543) and the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH, 134356 SNN20). In addition to FunContrAPest project members Dr. Stefan Toepfer, Szabolcs Toth, Dr. Marta Landanyi, Dr. Jaka Razinger, Dr. Špela Modic, Dr. Maja Smodiš Škerl and Assist. Prof. Dr. Nada Žnidaršič), we also invited Assist. Prof. Dr. Špela Babeler from the National Institute of Biology and Prof. Kristina Sepčić from the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana to present their complementary work on alternative crop protection strategies.