IOBC/WPRS - International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious
Animals and Plants. West Palaearctic Regional Section
OILB/SROP Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique et Intégrée contre les Animaux et
les Plantes Nuisibles. Section Régionale Ouest Paléarctique
First announcement
8th Meeting IOBC-WPRS Working Group Integrated Protection in Oak Forests
University of Córdoba
October 23th-27th, 2016
The Working Group "Integrated Protection in oak forests " integrated by experts in fungal
pathogens, pests and forest management, organizes every three years an international meeting in
order to develop multidisciplinary research on characterization of biotic and abiotic factors involved
in the decline phenomena of oak forests and to promote collaborations between European and
North African researchers.
It is indeed important to develop common strategies for the protection and conservation of
Mediterranean oak forests, notably cork oak forests whose economic and environmental values
are a single binomial.
Large gaps still exist in our knowledge of the genus Quercus, so that many species remain
seriously threatened. In recent years, especially in the Mediterranean Basin, several problems
such as emerging pathogens and invasive insects, climate change, or drought and fires, have
deteriorated the health of these forests, requiring the development of new forest management and
restoration protocols.
It is necessary to promote a "sustainable forest management" in order to maintain the biodiversity,
productivity, renewal capacity, vitality and potential of oak forests.
The eighth meeting of the Working Group "Integrated Protection in oak forests” will be held in this
context. It will take place in Córdoba, Spain, from 23 to 27 October 2016.
Topics of the meeting
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Phytosanitary status of oak forests
Decaying factors (biotic, abiotic and anthropic) and theirs dynamics
Bio-ecology of pathogenic fungi
Bio-ecology of insect pests
Integrated control
Oak forest facing climate changes and forest management strategies
Registration
The registration form (Word format) will be sent soon; it must be filled and sent by e-mail before
February 10th, 2016 to the following address:
Mª Esperanza Sánchez Hernández (local organizer), local contact: quercus2016@uco.es
The estimated cost of the meeting and the registration fee will be announced later. According to
the decisions of the Council IOBC, the registration fee for IOBC non-members are increased by
120 euros compared to IOBC members. We thus invite you to become a member of IOBC by
registering online: www.iobc-wprs.org/index_member.html
Membership can be done on an individual or an institutional basis. IOBC members benefit from
reduced registration fees for all IOBC meetings and may actively participate in all activities of the
organization.
IOBC registration fee is reduced to 50 euros for students and researcher from Algeria,
Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and Yemen. The
IOBC members with reduced registration have the same rights than the other members to
participate actively in all the Organization’s activities.
Election of the Group leaders
During the meeting, it is planned the election of the new leaders and deputy leaders (for six years)
or the re-election of the current ones (for 3 years). All researchers, IOBC members, can offer
themselves as leaders or deputy leaders. In the elections, only IOBC members can participate.
Place of Meeting
The Meeting will be held in the University residence hall, called Ntra. Sra. De la Asunción, of the
University of Córdoba located in the town of Córdoba.
Scientific Committee
Pino Angelo Ruiu (Agris Sardegna, Dipartimento della Ricerca per il Sughero e la Silvicoltura,
Tempio Pausania, Italy)
Antonio Franceschini (Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante, Università degli Studi di Sassari,
Italy)
Mohamed-Lahbib Ben Jamaa (Institut National de Recherches en Génie Rural, Eaux et Forest,
Tunisia)
Mª Esperanza Sánchez Hernández (Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Córdoba)
Pilar Fernández Rebollo (Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, Universidad de Córdoba)
Enrique Vargas (Entomologist. Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Agrícolas y Forestales,
Universidad de Córdoba)
Organization Committee
Mª Esperanza Sánchez Hernández (Pathology. Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de
Córdoba)
Pilar Fernández Rebollo (Silviculture. Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, Universidad de
Córdoba)
Begoña Abellanas (Silviculture. Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, Universidad de Córdoba)
Hani Kassim Aldebis (Entomology. Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Agrícolas y
Forestales, Universidad de Córdoba)
Enrique Vargas (Entomology. Departamento de Ciencias y Recursos Agrícolas y Forestales,
Universidad de Córdoba)
Francisco Rodríguez (Wildfires. Departamento de Ingeniería Forestal, Universidad de Córdoba)
María Serrano Moral (Pathology. Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Córdoba)
Mª Ángeles Romero Martín (Pathology. Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Córdoba)
Mario González Romero (Pathology. Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad de Córdoba)
Provisional Programme
Sunday 23th October 2016
16:00-22:00 Registration
19:00-21:00 IOBC organizers meeting
Welcome reception (to be confirmed)
Monday 24th
08:30-09:30 Registration and poster set up
09:30-10:30 Welcoming address: organizing committee and local authorities
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:30 Oral sessions I
13:30-15:00 Lunch
15:00-17:00 Oral sessions II
Evening touristic visit (to be confirmed)
Tuesday 25th
09:00-11:00 Oral sessions III
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:30 Oral sessions IV
13:30-15:00 Lunch
15:00-17:00 Oral sessions V
17:00-19:00 Coffee break + Poster session I
21:00- Social dinner
Wednesday 26th
08:30-19:00 Field trip to Andalusian oak forest (lunch)
Thursday 27th
09:00-11:00 Oral session VI
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12.30 Convenor election
12.30-13.30 General discussion and meeting summary
13:30-15:00 Lunch
15:00- Bon voyage!