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List of scientific publications in peer reviewed journals

 

  • (60) Dias, C.R., Cardoso, A.C., Kant, M.R. et al. (2023) Plant defences and spider-mite web affect host plant choice and performance of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. J Pest Sci 96, 499–508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-022-01516-1 Download here.
  • (59) Mermans C, Dermauw W, Geibel S, Van Leeuwen T. (2023). Activity, selection response and molecular mode of action of the isoxazoline afoxolaner in Tetranychus urticae. Pest Manag Sci.;79(1):183-193. doi: 10.1002/ps.7187. Download here.
  • (58) Mavridis K, Ilias A, Papapostolou KM, Varikou K, Michaelidou K, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J (2023). Molecular diagnostics for monitoring insecticide resistance in the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis. Pest Manag Sci.;79(4):1615-1622. doi: 10.1002/ps.7336. Download here.
  • (57) Naalden D, Dermauw W, Ilias A, Baggerman G, Mastop M, Dangol S, Gaertner N, Roseboom W, Kwaaitaal M, Kramer G, van den Burg HA, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T, Kant MR, Schuurink RC. (2023). Whitefly effector G4 interacts with tomato proteins of which MIPDB141 affects whitefly performance. bioRxiv 2023.03.11.532171; doi: 10.1101/2023.03.11.532171 Download here.
  • (56) Teodoro-Paulo, J.; Fernandes, C.; Dong, L.; Magalhães, S.; Duncan, A.B.; Alba, J.M.; Kant, M.R. (2023). Tomato Defence Suppression is a Common Trait in Tetranychus urticae Collected from Field-Grown Tomatoes. Preprints 2023, 2023020505. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0505.v1. Download here.
  • (55) Njiru, C., Xue, W., De Rouck, S. et al. (2022). Intradiol ring cleavage dioxygenases from herbivorous spider mites as a new detoxification enzyme family in animals. BMC Biol 20, 131. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01323-1 Download here.
  • (54) Ahmadi E, Khajehali J, Jonckheere W, Van Leeuwen T. (2022). Biochemical and insecticidal effects of plant essential oils on insecticide resistant and susceptible populations of Musca domestica L. point to a potential cross-resistance risk. Pestic Biochem Physiol.; 184:105115. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105115. Download here.
  • (53) Kurlovs AH, De Beer B, Ji M, Vandenhole M, De Meyer T, Feyereisen R, Clark RM, Van Leeuwen T. Trans-driven variation in expression is common among detoxification genes in the extreme generalist herbivore Tetranychus urticae. PLoS Genet.;18(11): e1010333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010333. Download here.
  • (52) De Beer B, Villacis-Perez E, Khalighi M, Saalwaechter C, Vandenhole M, Jonckheere W, Ismaeil I, Geibel S, Van Leeuwen T, Dermauw W (2022). QTL mapping suggests that both cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification and target-site resistance are involved in fenbutatin oxide resistance in Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol.; 145:103757. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103757. Download here.
  • (51) Bajda SA, De Clercq P, Van Leeuwen T. (2022). Selectivity and molecular stress responses to classical and botanical acaricides in the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Pest Manag Sci. ;78(3):881-895. doi: 10.1002/ps.6747. Download here.
  • (50) Villacis-Perez E, Alba JM, Cotte J, van Loon Z, Breeuwer JAJ and Van Leeuwen T (2022). Interactions With Plant Defences Isolate Sympatric Populations of an Herbivorous Mite. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:819894. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.819894 Download here.
  • (49) Legarrea S, Janssen A, Dong L, Glas JJ, van Houten YM, Scala A, Kant MR.(2022). Enhanced top-down control of herbivore population growth on plants with impaired defences. Funct Ecol; 36(11):2859-2872. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14175. Download here.
  • (48) Tixier MS, Auger P, Migeo A, Douin M, Fossoud  A, Navajas M, Arabuli t. (2021). Integrated taxonomy supports the identification of some species of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Georgia. Acarologia. 61(4): 824-844 doi: 10.24349/m2Rp-WodG  Download here
  • (47) Vervaet, L., Parapurath, G., De Vis, R. et al. (2022) Potential of two omnivorous iolinid mites as predators of the tomato russet mite, Aculops lycopersici. J Pest Sci 95, 1671–1680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-022-01544-x. Download here
  • (46) Tixier MS, Douin M, Lopes I, Migeon A, Fossoud A and Navajas M (2022). Genetic diversity of the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) with an overview of its distribution and implications for biological control. Biological Control 168: 104841. Download here.
  • (45) Njiru C, Saalwaechter C, Gutbrod O, Geibel S, Wybouw N, Van Leeuwen T. (2022) A H258Y mutation in subunit B of the succinate dehydrogenase complex of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae confers resistance to cyenopyrafen and pyflubumide, but likely reinforces cyflumetofen binding and toxicity. Insect Biochem Mol Biol.; 144:103761. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103761. Download here.
  • (44) Pym A, Umina PA, Reidy-Crofts J, Troczka BJ, Matthews A, Gardner J, Hunt BJ, van Rooyen AR, Edwards OR, Bass C (2022). Overexpression of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase and cytochrome P450 enzymes confers resistance to sulfoxaflor in field populations of the aphid, Myzus persicae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol.; 143:103743. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2022.103743. Download here.
  • (43) Mavridis K, Papapostolou KM, Ilias A, Michaelidou K, Stavrakaki M, Roditakis E, Tsagkarakou A, Bass C, Vontas J. (2022). Next-generation molecular diagnostics (TaqMan qPCR and ddPCR) for monitoring insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci. Pest Manag Sci.;78(11):4994-5001. doi: 10.1002/ps.7122. Download here.
  • (42) Xue W, Lu X, Mavridis K, Vontas J, Jonckheere W, Van Leeuwen T. (2022). The H92R substitution in PSST is a reliable diagnostic biomarker for predicting resistance to mitochondrial electron transport inhibitors of complex I in European populations of Tetranychus urticae. Pest Manag Sci.;78(8):3644-3653. doi: 10.1002/ps.7007. Download here.
  • (41) Tadatsu M, Sakashita R, Panteleri R, Douris V, Vontas J, Shimotsuma Y, Ishida T, Sudo M, Van Leeuwen T, Osakabe M. (2022) A mutation in chitin synthase I associated with etoxazole resistance in the citrus red mite Panonychus citri (Acari: Tetranychidae) and its uneven geographical distribution in Japan. Pest Manag Sci.;78(10):4028-4036. doi: 10.1002/ps.7021. Download here
  • (40) Papapostolou KM, Riga M, Samantsidis GR, Skoufa E, Balabanidou V, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2022). Over-expression in cis of the midgut P450 CYP392A16 contributes to abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2021.103709.Download here.
  • (39) Nauen R, Bass C, Feyereisen R, Vontas J. (2022). The Role of Cytochrome P450s in Insect Toxicology and Resistance. Annu Rev Entomol.;67:105-124. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-070621-061328. Download here.
  • (38) Mavridis K, Papapostolou KM, Riga M, Ilias A, Michaelidou K, Bass C, Van Leeuwen T, Tsagkarakou A, Vontas J. (2022). Multiple TaqMan qPCR and droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) diagnostics for pesticide resistance monitoring and management, in the major agricultural pest Tetranychus urticae. Pest Manag Sci.;78(1):263-273. doi: 10.1002/ps.6632. Download here.
  • (37)  Balanza V, Villafranca E, Mendoza JE, Grávalos C, Rodríguez-Gómez A, Cifuentes D, et al. (2022), Artificial selection for emamectin benzoate resistance in the biological control agent Orius laevigatus. Biological Control 174: 105024. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.105024 (2022). Download here.
  • (36) Panini M, Chiesa O, Troczka BJ, Mallott M, Manicardi GC, Cassanelli S, Cominelli F, Hayward A, Mazzoni E, Bass C (2021). Transposon-mediated insertional mutagenesis unmasks recessive insecticide resistance in the aphid Myzus persicae. PNAS. 8;118(23):e2100559118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2100559118. Download here.
  • (35) Fotoukkiaii SM, Wybouw N, Kurlovs AH, Tsakireli D, Pergantis SA, Clark RM, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T (2021). High-resolution genetic mapping reveals cis-regulatory and copy number variation in loci associated with cytochrome P450-mediated detoxification in a generalist arthropod pest. PLoS Genet. ;17(6):e1009422. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009422. Download here.
  • (34) Montserrat M, Serrano-Carnero D, Torres-Campos I, Bohloolzadeh M, Ruiz-Lupión D, Moya-Laraño J (2021). Food web engineering: ecology and evolution to improve biological pest control. Curr Opin Insect Sci;47:125-135. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2021.06.006. Download here.
  • (33) Kant MR, Schuurink RC. Life stage-dependent genetic traits as drivers of plant-herbivore interactions (2021). Curr Opin Biotechnol.;70:234-240. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.06.012. Download here.
  • (32) Villacis-Perez E, Snoeck S, Kurlovs AH, Clark RM, Breeuwer JAJ, Van Leeuwen T (2021). Adaptive divergence and post-zygotic barriers to gene flow between sympatric populations of a herbivorous mite. Commun Biol.;4(1):853. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02380-y. Download here.
  • (31) Naalden D, van Kleeff PJM, Dangol S, Mastop M, Corkill R, Hogenhout SA, Kant MR, Schuurink RC (2021). Spotlight on the Roles of Whitefly Effectors in Insect-Plant Interactions. Front Plant Sci.;12:661141. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.661141. Download here.
  • (30) Vandenhole M, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T (2021). Short term transcriptional responses of P450s to phytochemicals in insects and mites. Curr Opin Insect Sci.; 43:117-127. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.12.002. Download here.
  • (29) Vervaet L, De Vis R, De Clercq P, Van Leeuwen T (2021). Is the emerging mite pest Aculops lycopersici controllable? Global and genome-based insights in its biology and management. Pest Manag Sci.;77(6):2635-2644. doi: 10.1002/ps.6265. Download here
  • (28) Xue W, Mermans C, Papapostolou KM, Lamprousi M, Christou IK, Inak E, Douris V, Vontas J, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T (2021). Untangling a Gordian knot: the role of a GluCl3 I321T mutation in abamectin resistance in Tetranychus urticae. Pest Manag Sci. 2021 Apr;77(4):1581-1593. doi: 10.1002/ps.6215. Download here.
  • (27) Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T, Feyereisen R (2020). Diversity and evolution of the P450 family in arthropods. Insect Biochem Mol Biol.;127:103490. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103490. Download here.
  • (26) Bensoussan N, Dixit S, Tabara M, Letwin D, Milojevic M, Antonacci M, Jin P, Arai Y, Bruinsma K, Suzuki T, Fukuhara T, Zhurov V, Geibel S, Nauen R, Grbic M, Grbic V (2020). Environmental RNA interference in two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, reveals dsRNA processing requirements for efficient RNAi response. Sci Rep.;10(1):19126. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75682-6. Download here.
  • (25) Papapostolou KM, Riga M, Charamis J, Skoufa E, Souchlas V, Ilias A, Dermauw W, Ioannidis P, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J (2021), Identification and characterization of striking multiple-insecticide resistance in a Tetranychus urticae field population from Greece. Pest Manag Sci.;77(2):666-676. doi: 10.1002/ps.6136. Download here.
  • (24) Greenhalgh R, Dermauw W, Glas JJ, Rombauts S, Wybouw N, Thomas J, Alba JM, Pritham EJ, Legarrea S, Feyereisen R, Van de Peer Y, Van Leeuwen T, Clark RM, Kant MR (2020) Genome streamlining in a minute herbivore that manipulates its host plant. Elife.;9:e56689. doi: 10.7554/eLife.56689. Download here.
  • (23) Badieinia F, Khajehali J, Nauen R, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T (2020). Metabolic mechanisms of resistance to spirodiclofen and spiromesifen in Iranian populations of Panonychus ulmi. Crop Protection. 134: 105166. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105166. Download here.
  • (22) Liu J, Legarrea S, Alba JM, Dong L, Chafi R, Menken SBJ, Kant MR (2020). Juvenile Spider Mites Induce Salicylate Defenses, but Not Jasmonate Defenses, Unlike Adults. Front Plant Sci.;11:980. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00980. Download here.
  • (21) McLeman A, Troczka BJ, Homem RA, Duarte A, Zimmer C, Garrood WT, Pym A, Beadle K, Reid RJ, Douris V, Vontas J, Davies TGE, Ffrench Constant R, Nauen R, Bass C (2020). Fly-Tox: A panel of transgenic flies expressing pest and pollinator cytochrome P450s. Pestic Biochem Physiol.;169:104674. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104674. Download here.
  • (20) Douris V, Denecke S, Van Leeuwen T, Bass C, Nauen R, Vontas J. (2020). Using CRISPR/Cas9 genome modification to understand the genetic basis of insecticide resistance: Drosophila and beyond. Pestic Biochem Physiol.; 167:104595. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104595. Download here.
  • (19) Liu J, Chafi R, Legarrea S, Alba JM, Meijer T, Menken SBJ, Kant MR (2020). Spider Mites Cause More Damage to Tomato in the Dark When Induced Defenses Are Lower. J Chem Ecol.;46(7):631-641. doi: 10.1007/s10886-020-01195-1. Download here.
  • (18) Duso C, Van Leeuwen T, Pozzebon A. Improving the compatibility of pesticides and predatory mites: recent findings on physiological and ecological selectivity (2020). Curr Opin Insect Sci.;39:63-68. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.03.005. Download here.
  • (17) Bielza P, Balanza V, Cifuentes D, Mendoza JE. Challenges facing arthropod biological control: identifying traits for genetic improvement of predators in protected crops (2020). Pest Manag Sci.;76(11):3517-3526. doi: 10.1002/ps.5857. Download here.
  • (16) Xue W, Snoeck S, Njiru C, Inak E, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T (2020). Geographical distribution and molecular insights into abamectin and milbemectin cross-resistance in European field populations of Tetranychus urticae. Pest Manag Sci.;76(8):2569-2581. doi: 10.1002/ps.5831. Download here.
  • (15) Fotoukkiaii, S.M., Mermans, C., Wybouw, N. et al (2020). Resistance risk assessment of the novel complex II inhibitor pyflubumide in the polyphagous pest Tetranychus urticae. J Pest Sci 93, 1085–1096. DOI: 10.1007/s10340-020-01213-x. Download here
  • (14) Lueke B, Douris V, Hopkinson JE, Maiwald F, Hertlein G, Papapostolou KM, Bielza P, Tsagkarakou A, Van Leeuwen T, Bass C, Vontas J, Nauen R. (2020) Identification and functional characterization of a novel acetylCoA carboxylase mutation associated with ketoenol resistance in Bemisia tabaci. Pest Biochem Phys. 166:104583 doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2020.104583. Download here.
  • (13) Samantsidis GR, Panteleri R, Denecke S, Kounadi S, Christou I, Nauen R, Douris V, Vontas J. (2020) 'What I cannot create, I do not understand': Functionally validated synergism of metabolic and target site insecticide resistance. Proc Biol Sci. 287(1927):20200838. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.0838.  Download here.
  • (12) Van Leeuwen T, Dermauw W, Mavridis K, Vontas J. (2020) Significance and interpretation of molecular diagnostics for insecticide resistance management of agricultural pests. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 39:69-76. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2020.03.006. Download here
  • (11) Alavijeh ES, Khajehali J, Snoeck S, Panteleri R, Ghadamyari M, Jonckheere W, Bajda S, Saalwaechter C, Geibel S, Douris V, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T, Dermauw W. (2020) Molecular and genetic analysis of resistance to METI-I acaricides in Iranian populations of the citrus red mite Panonychus citri. Pest Biochem Physiol. 164:73-84. doi: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2019.12.009 Download here.
  • (10) Dermauw W, Jonckheere W, Riga M, Livadaras I, Vontas J, Van Leeuwen T. (2020) Targeted mutagenesis using CRISPR-Cas9 in the chelicerate herbivore Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 120:103347. doi: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2020.103347.  Download here.
  • (9) Wei P, Demaeght P, De Schutter K, Grigoraki L, Labropoulou V, Riga M, Vontas J, Nauen R, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. (2020) Overexpression of an alternative allele of carboxyl/choline esterase 4 (CCE04) of Tetranychus urticae is associated with high levels of resistance to the keto-enol acaricide pirodiclofen. Pest Manag Sci. 76(3):1142-1153. doi: 10.1002/ps.5627.  Download here.
  • (8) Fotoukkiaii SM, Tan Z, Xue W, Wybouw N, Van Leeuwen T. (2020) Identification and characterization of new mutations in mitochondrial cytochrome b that confer resistance to bifenazate and acequinocyl in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae. Pest Manag Sci. 76(3):1154-1163. doi:10.1002/ps.5628. Download here.
  • (7) Katsavou Ε, Vlogiannitis S, Karp-Tatham E, Blake DP, Ilias A, Strube C, Kioulos I, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T, Vontas J. (2020) Identification and geographical distribution of pyrethroid resistance mutations in the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae. Pest Manag Sci. 76(1):125-133. doi:10.1002/ps.5582.  Download here.
  • (6) Snoeck S, Pavlidi N, Pipini D, Vontas J, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) Substrate specificity and promiscuity of horizontally transferred UDP-glucosyltransferases in the generalist herbivore Tetranychus urticae. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 109:116-127. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.04.010.  Download here.
  • (5) İnak E, Alpkent YN, Çobanoğlu S, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) Resistance incidence and presence of resistance mutations in 2 populations of Tetranychus urticae from vegetable crops in Turkey. Exp Appl Acarol. 78(3):343-360. doi: 10.1007/s10493-019-00398-w.  Download here.
  • (4) Wybouw N, Kurlovs AH, Greenhalgh R, Bryon A, Kosterlitz O, Manabe Y, Osakabe M, Vontas J, Clark RM, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) Convergent evolution of cytochrome P450s underlies independent origins of keto-carotenoid pigmentation in animals. Proc R Soc B. 286(1907):20191039. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.1039. Download here.
  • (3) Snoeck S, Kurlovs AH, Bajda S, Feyereisen R, Greenhalgh R, Villacis-Perez E, Kosterlitz O, Dermauw W, Clark RM, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) High-resolution QTL mapping in Tetranychus urticae reveals acaricide-specific responses and common target-site resistance after selection by different METI-I acaricides. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 110:19-33. doi:10.1016/j.ibmb.2019.04.011.  Download here.
  • (2) Rameshgar F, Khajehali J, Nauen R, Dermauw W, Van Leeuwen T. (2019) Characterization of abamectin resistance in Iranian populations of European red mite, Panonychus ulmi Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae). Crop Prot. 125: 104903. doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104903 Download here.
  • (1) Kurlovs AH, Snoeck S, Kosterlitz O, Van Leeuwen T, Clark RM. (2019) Trait mapping in diverse arthropods by bulked segregant analysis. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 36:57-65. doi:10.1016/j.cois.2019.08.004.  Download here.

 

 

List of publications in conferences, meetings, public events, patents and other activities

  • (40) AUA Rational use of insecticides and resistance management, in the era of Green Europe. Feb 2023. 8th Panhellenic Crop Protection Conference, Larisa, Greece (Oral Presentation).
  • (39) UvA. Searching for genes that make plants susceptible to spider mites as a target for resistance breeding Dec 2022. XVI International Congress of Acarology 2022, Auckland, New Zealand. (Invited Talk).
  • (38) INRAE. Plant, pest and predator interplay: Tomato trichomes effects on Tetranychus urticae and its promising predatory mite, the phytoseiid Typhlodromus recki. Dec 2022. XVI International Congress of Acarology 2022, Auckland, New Zealand. (Invited Talk).
  • (37) AUA. Modern trends in plant protection: rational management of insecticides based on scientific data - era of biotechnology. Nov 2022. Workshop on plant protection, Institute of Industrial & Livestock Crops, Larisa, Greece (Oral Presentation).
  • (36) DIMITRA. Tools for managing super-pests, role of databases of resistance to pesticides. Nov 2022. Workshop on plant protection, Institute of Industrial & Livestock Crops, Larisa, Greece .(Oral Presentation).
  • (35) DIMITRA. Evidence based pest management: Challenges and perspectives. Nov 2022 Entomological Society of America (ESA), ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting. Vancouver Canada November 2022 (Oral Presentation).
  • (34) UPCT. Razas seleccionadas de enemigos naturales para un mejor control biológico.  Nov 2022. AGRO feromonas 2022. Cartagena, Spain. (Invited Talk).
  • (33) CSIC. Progress on the selection of a strain of the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii adapted to tomato plants Oct 2022 XIII International Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2022” Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Oral Presentation).
  • (32) UPCT. Selección artificial para la resistencia a emamectina benzoato en el agente de control biológico Orius laevigatus (Fieber) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae).  Oct 2022 XII Congreso Nacional de Entomología Aplicada. Málaga, Spain (Invited Talk).
  • (31) UPCT Calidad y rendimiento de razas mejoradas del agente de control biológico Orius laevigatus (Fieber) (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae).  Oct 2022   XII Congreso Nacional de Entomología Aplicada, Málaga, Spain (Invited Talk).
  • (30) DIMITRA. The effect of biological insecticides on predatory arthropods, commercial biological control agents. Aug 2022. 31st International Horticultural Congress, Angers, France. (Poster Presentation).
  • (29) UPCT. Aumento del rendimiento de agentes de control biológico mediante la mejora genética. Valencia BC.   July 2022. Simposio Internacional sobre Biocontrol en Agricultura, Valencia, Spain. (Invited Talk).
  • (28) CSIC. Improving Biological Control Agents for Integrated Pest Management. July 2022. IX Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists, Bari, Italy. (Poster Presentation).
  • (27) CSIC. Plant breeding strategies to improve integrated pest management of the tomato russet mite. July 2022. XXVI International Congress of Entomology, Helsinki, Finland. (Oral Presentation).
  • (26) CSIC. Exploring the potential for genetic breeding of Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot adapted to tomato plants. July 2022. Fourth International Persian Congress of Acarology, Mashad, Iran. (Oral Presentation).
  • (25) INRAE. Low biodiversity in two Phytoseiidae mite species and impact on biological control in a context of climate change. July 2022. XXVI International Congress of Entomology, Helsinki, Finland (Oral Presentation).
  • (24) AUA. High-tech droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) diagnostics for pesticide resistance monitoring and management in major agricultural pests  July 2022. XXVI International Congress of Entomology, Helsinki, Finland. (Poster Presentation).
  • (23) INRAE. How much tomato trichomes affects dispersion and development of mites? a study on the two spotted spider mite, T. urticae, and its promising BC agents, the phytoseide mite T. recki. July 2022. IX Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists, Bari, Italy. (Oral Presentation).
  • (22) DIMITRA. Conference, Multiple Diagnostics for Pesticide Resistance Monitoring and Management, in the Major Agricultural Pest T. urticae July 2022. IX Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists, Bari, Italy. (Poster Presentation)
  • (21) DIMITRA. Effects of biological pesticides on beneficial arthropods: predators and pollinators. May 2022. 73rd International Symposium on Crop Protection (ISCP). (Poster Presentation).
  • (20) DIMITRA. A five-year monitoring survey on insecticide resistance for cotton whitefly Bemisia tabaci in Greece. May 2022. 73rd International Symposium on Crop Protection (ISCP). (Poster Presentation).
  • (19) DIMITRA. Insecticide resistance monitoring and frequency of insecticide target site resistance mutations in major agricultural pests of vegetable crops from Crete. May 2022. 19th Panhellenic Entomological Congress, Agrinio, Greece (Oral Presentation).
  • (18) DIMITRA. The effect of biological insecticides on three predatory arthropods, commercial biological control agents , May 2022, 19th Panhellenic Entomological Congress, Agrinio, Greece (Poster Presentation).
  • (17) DIMITRA. Evidence based plant protection: present and future. May 2022, 19th Panhellenic Entomological Congress, Agrinio, Greece (Oral Presentation).
  • (16) CSIC. Improving Biological Control Agents for Integrated Pest Management, May 2022, 19th Panhellenic Entomological Congress, Agrinio, Greece (Poster Presentation).
  • (15) UPCT. Razas mejoradas de depredadores para un control biológico más eficiente. November 2021, III Foro de Bioprotección, Congreso VIO Agrosystems, Valencia, Spain. (Oral Presentation).
  • (14) ALU-FR. Microfluidic-Based Molecular Analysis of Plant Pests for Insecticide Resistance Management (Superpests-Disk). October 2021, 25th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2021), Palm Springs, California, USA. (Poster Presentation). 
  • (13) ALU-FR. SuperPests LabDisk: a microfluidic-based molecular diagnostic platform for detection of biotypes, resistance mutations and plant pathogens. July 2021         Biosensors 2020/2021, The 31st Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors (Poster Presentation).
  • (12) UPCT, De razas mejoradas a la inducción de defensas de las plantas: nuevas herramientas de gestión sostenible en pimiento, March 2021, Phytoma España, Valencia, Spain (Invited Talk)
  • (11) UWO, Development Of Novel Tools For Crop Protectio, February 2021, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) (Invited Talk).
  • (10) UWO, Precision Agriculture, Development Of Novel Tools For Crop Protection, October 2020. Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers (OGVG) (Invited Talk).
  • (9) INRAE. La Gazette de Montpellier. (Pesticides: Montpellier montre l' example)
  • (8) INRAE. Biodiversity assessment within the species Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari : Phytoseiidae) - Entomological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting, 17-20 November, St Louis, Missouri, USA (Invited talk)
  • (7) DIMITRA. Monitoring for ketoenol resistance in Mediterranean populations of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) , ‘Resistance 2019’, 16-18 September 2019, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK (poster presentation)
  • (6) AUA. Genetics, molecular and functional characterization of insecticide/acaricide resistance in Tetranychus urticae, 14th International Congress of Crop Protection Chemistry (IUPAC 2019), 19-24 May 2019, Ghent, Belgium (poster presentation)
  • (5) UvA. Spitting whiteflies: effector proteins of Bemisia tabaci, Annual Meeting Experimental Plant Sciences (EPS), 8-9 April 2019, Lunteren, Wageningen
  • (4) DIMITRA. Communication of the project to the EIP-AGRI Practice Abstracts and AGRI Research Factsheets, EIP-AGRI Publications, EC
  • (3) CSIC. IHSM “La Mayora”. https://www.diariosur.es/economia/agroalimentacion/mayora-participa-proyecto-20180121213459-nt.html, 21 January 2018, Diariosur, Malaga, Spain (press release)
  • (2) DIMITRA. Innovations and challenges for biological control of arthropod pests in agriculture, 2018, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Journal, Greece (Press release)
  • (1) Biobest. Innovations and challenges for arthropod biological control, Agrotica, 1-4 February 2018, Thessaloniki (Invited talk)