1st International PHYTOMA-Spain Encounter

on
TUTA ABSOLUTA
Tomato leaf miner, a serious problem in expansion
Valencia, 23rd and 24th March 2010
Main Hall, Rectory Building

With the collaboration of the POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA

TUESDAY, 23rd March

9,00-10,00h. Documentation handover at the Encounter Technical

Secretariat.

10,00-10,20h. INAUGURATION chaired by Ms. Maritina Hernández,

Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Juan Francisco Juliá
Igual, Rector of Valencia Polytechnic University. Accompanied by Mr.
Gonzalo Iranzo Pous and Mr. Joan Benlloch from Phytoma-Spain.

10,20-10,40h. Description, origin and expansion of Tuta absoluta.

Mr. Ferran Garcia-Marí. Mediterranean Agroforestry Institute.
Polytechnic University of Valencia.

10,40-11,00. *Alverde: the BASF solution for control of Tuta absoluta.

Ms. Angela Araujo Gonçalves. Horticultural Crop Manager. BASF

11,00-11,30h. Coffee courtesy of BASF

11,30-11,50h. Tuta absoluta ecology, sampling and thresholds.

Ms. Rosa Vercher-Aznar. Mediterranean Agroforestry Institute.
Polytechnic University of Valencia.

11,50-12,10h. *Spintor 480SC: Natural Efficacy.

Ms. María Torné. DowAgroSciences Research Department

12,10-12,30h. ROUND TABLE on damage and ecology of tomato leaf

miner in Spain
Moderator: Mr. Tomás Cabello
Members: Mr. Ferran Garcia-Marí and Ms. Rosa Vercher-Aznar.
▬ Tuta absoluta in Spain
CONTROL STRATEGIES (biotechnological, phytosanitary, biological,
hygiene criteria…) and experiments in TOMATO LEAF MINER
MANAGEMENT in different cultivation and geographic conditions.

12,30-12,35h. Brief introduction to global strategies for the control of Tuta.

Ms. Rosa Vercher-Aznar. Mediterranean Agroforestry Institute.
Polytechnic University of Valencia.

12,35-12,55h. Application of sexual confusion technique in control of Tuta

absoluta.
Mr. Vicente Navarro Llopis. Researcher from the Mediterranean
Agroforestry Institute in the UPV Agricultural Chemical Ecology Centre
(CEQA). Valencia.

12,55-13,15h. *Use of pheromones in control of Tuta absoluta: first field

experience.
Dr. Santiago Martí. Director of Development from Suterra España
Biocontrol.

13,15-13,35h. *Managing Tuta absoluta with pheromones.

Dr. Shakir Al-Zaidi. Russell IPM Ltd. UK.

13,35h-13,55h. Biological control of Tuta absoluta. Experiments carried

out in IVIA.
Mr. Alberto Urbaneja. Valencian Agricultural Research institute, IVIA.
Moncada. Valencia

13,55-14,15h. *Biological control strategy for Tuta absoluta in tomato by

release of Nesidiocoris tenuis in pre-transplant.
Mr. José Eduardo Belda. Koppert España.

14,15h. Encounter Lunch.

AFTERNOON

16,00-16,20h. Application of egg parasitoids in control of Tuta absoluta in

Spain.
Mr. Tomás Cabello. Agro-alimentary Biotechnology Research Centre.
University of Almeria.
16,20-16,40h. *Certis IPM Programme for control of Tuta absoluta.
Mr. Laurence Gutiérrez Giulianotti. Head of Regulatory Affairs and
Technical Dept. Certis Europe.

16,40-17,00h. Results of tomato leaf miner biological control experiments

in greenhouse and open air crops in Catalonia.
Ms. Rosa Gabarra. IRTA. Cabrils. Barcelona

17,00-17,20h. Biological control of Tuta absoluta with Bacillus thuringiensis.

Dr. Joel González Cabrera. Associated Entomology Unit UJI-IVIA-CIB
CSIC. Vegetal Protection and Biotechnology Centre. IVIA. Moncada.
Valencia

17,20-17,40h. *BT and control of Tuta with DiPel DF.

Dr. Dirk Ave. Technical Director of Bacillus thuringiensis in Agriculture.
Valent BioSciences Corporation. Illinois. USA

17,40-18,00h. *CAL-EX AVANCE new alternative in the combat strategy

against tuta absoluta.
Mr. Pedro Jesús Espinosa. Marketing Department. Head of Insecticide
Products. Agrodan.

18,00-18,20h. Global strategies in Tuta management in Murcia.

Mr. Antonio Monserrat. Murcia SSV.

18,20-18,40h. *Fenos: new insecticide from Bayer for control of Tuta

absoluta.
Mr. José Luis Robles. Horticultural Crop Manager. Bayer CropSCIENCE.

18,40-19,00h. *Affirm (Emamectin), a new weapon against Tuta absoluta

and other lepidopteran caterpillars.
Mr. Federico González. Head of Insecticide Products. Syngenta Agro
S.A.

19,00-19,20h. Experiments on control methods for Tuta in Valencia.

Mr. José Luis Porcuna. Vegetal Health Service. Silla. Valencia

19,30h. Buses depart for Hotel Reina

WEDNESDAY, 24th March

9,30-9,50h. Resistance to insecticides in Tuta absoluta.
Dr. Pablo Bielza. Senior Technical School of Agriculture Engineering.
Polytechnic University of Cartagena. Murcia

9,50-10,10h. *DuPont strategies in control of Tuta absoluta.

Ms. Elena Astor. Marketing Department. DuPont Crop Protection.

10,10-10,20h. *International Biocontrol Manufacturers' Association, IBMA:

presentation of IBMA in Spain.
Ms. Carolina Fernández. Member of IBMA-Spain. R+D Director from
FuturEco Bioscience.

10,20-11,30h. ROUND TABLE on Tuta absoluta control strategies in Spain

Moderator: Ms. Rosa Vercher-Aznar.

Members: Mr. Vicente Navarro Llopis, Mr. Alberto Urbaneja, Mr.
Tomás Cabello, Ms. Rosa Gabarra, Mr. Joel González Cabrera, Mr.
Antonio Monserrat, Mr. José Luis Porcuna and Dr. Pablo Bielza.

11,30-12,00h. Break.

▬ Tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta, in other COUNTRIES

12,00-12,20h. Introduction and distribution of Tuta absoluta in Algeria.

First experiences in managing tomato leaf miner in the Northwest area of
the country. Preliminary studies in biological control by use of indigenous
natural enemies.
AESID collaboration project: “Strategies for integrated management of Tuta”. Valencia
Polytechnic University – University of Mostaganem.
Ms. Yamina Guenaoui. University of Mostaganem. Algeria

12,20-12,40h. Biological control experiments in Tuta absoluta in France.

Dr. Nicolas Desneux. Integrated Horticultural Research Unit. INRA.
Sophia-Antipolis. France

12,40-13,00h. Integrated management of Tuta absoluta in France.

Ms. Elisabeth Tabone. INRA. France

13,00-13,30h. Efficient control strategies against Tuta absoluta in industrial

tomato in Brazil.
Dr. Marcelo Piano. Federal University of Viçosa Brazil

13,30-14,00h. ROUND TABLE on Tuta absoluta control strategies in other

countries
 Moderator: Mr. Alberto Urbaneja.
Members: Ms. Yamina Guenaoui, Dr. Nicolas Desneux, Ms.
Elisabeth Tabone and Dr. Marcelo Picanço.

14,00h CLOSING CEREMONY of the Encounter chaired by Mr. Manuel

Láinez, Director General of Agroalimentary Research of the Regional
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

14,15h. Closing cocktail courtesy of Dow AgroSciences Ibérica SA

■ Encounter Moderator: Mr. Joan Benlloch

■ The Encounter will have simultaneous SPANISH-ENGLISH translation.

■ The OFFICIAL PRESENTATIONS will be of 20 min duration, after which

speakers will take part in a Round Table, where the members may clear
up any doubts.

■ *COMPANY PRESENTATIONS will have 15 min to make the presentation

plus 5 to deal with queries from the audience.

■ The queries put forward by the audience in the ROUND TABLES, as well
as in the Commercial Presentations, will be in writing. The pad will be
provided along with the Symposium Documentation.

■ Personalised documentation also includes the corresponding

attendance Diplomas and invoices.

■ Organization BUS SERVICE and Hotels. Members staying in the Hotels

provided and reserved by the Organisation will have a Bus service to
and from the Hotel Reina Victoria.

ORGANIZER: PHYTOMA-SPAIN
Encounter Technical Secretary
C/San Jacinto, 1-3, 1ª planta
26008 Valencia
Tel.: 96 382 65 11/10
Fax: 96 382 65 15

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COLLABORATING ORGANISATIONS
AND SPONSOR COMPANIES

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA

BASF
BELCHIM Crop Protection
Dow AgroSciences

(In alphabetical order)

Agrodan
Bayer CropSCIENCE
Biagro
CAPA Ecosystems S.L.
Certis Europe
DuPont Crop Protection
FuturEco
Kenogard
Koppert Biological Systems
OpenNatur
Russell IPM Ltd.
Suterra Europe
Syngenta Agro