International Ragweed Society

During the 11th International Congress on Aerobiology (Parma, 3rd to 7th of September 2018), the new board of the International Ragweed Society has been elected:

President: Michel THIBAUDON (France)

Vice-President : Uwe STARFINGER (Germany)

Secretary: Sandra CITTERIO (Italy)

Treasurer: Roberto ALBERTINI (Italy) / Olivier PECHAMAT (France)

Webmaster: Gilles OLIVER (France)

Maira BONINI (Italy) stays involved in the board as Past President.

Other members of the committee are Sevcan CELENK (Turkey) and Lazlo MAKRA (Hungary).

Chantal DECHAMP (France) has been nominated honorary member.

 

 

The French ragweed observatory has made a new leaflet dealing with 9 invasive species, among which Ambrosia artemiisifolia L. and Ambrosia trifida. You can consult this well detailed document (in French) here.

Sarah LABRUYERE and Marilou MOTTET from the French ragweed observatory made an English version of the video on the Ambrosia leaf beetle Ophraella communa (with the participation of Bruno Chauvel, Heinz Mueller-Schaerer, Suzanne Lommen and Benno Augustinus).

 

 

The French Observatory of ragweed has recorded more than 80 events for the International Ragweed Day. Almost half of them took place in the Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes region, the most infested region of France. See details here.

Here is the link to the last newsletter (in French) of the observatory: http://solidarites-sante.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/lettre_observatoire_53_juillet2018.pdf