Online Conference

Online Student Conference - New Invasive Pests - National Challenge will be held on December 7 at 10 am. Students of Biology and Applied Biosciences (Biotechnology) of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences will participate in the conference.

New Invasive Pests - National Challenge

Student Conference

Schedule

December 7, 2020

Online conference

10:00 - 10:15 Registration

10:15 - 10:30 Opening of the conference

10:30 - 10:45 Natia Samsonidze - TSU

Testing the effectiveness of alternative pesticides (Halymorpha halys) in a commercial hazelnut plantation

10:45 - 11:00 Evgenia Alimbarashvili - TSU

Evaluation of the effectiveness of traps of different designs for monitoring the population of Halyomorpha halys, Hemiptera: Pentatomidae in commercial hazelnut plantations

11:00 - 11:15 Q&A

11:15 - 11:30 Ani Sanikidze, Nino Limaia, Khatia Kharazishvili – KSU

Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Population assessment in tomato crops in open fields and greenhouses

11:30 - 11:45 Salome Kalandadze, Mariam Beridze - BSU

Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Population monitoring in blueberry and strawberry plantations

11:45 - 12:00 Nana Mamulaishvili - BSU

Study of Invasion of Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica, Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Batumi port and airport area

12:00 - 12:30 Q&A

12:30 - 13:00 Closing of the conference

Future plans, comments and remarks from representatives of participating universities