Ragweed management and the potential benefit and risk of Ophraella communa in Northern Italy: Researchers meet their Stakeholder

Please find below the program of the conference which will be held October 28th, Friday (8h30-13h00) at the Congress Centre "Padri Oblati", Room "Mantovani Furioli", Rho (MI) - C.so Europa 228

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In case of technical problem to register yourself by using the dedicated website, it's possible to fulfill this form and send it to the following e-mail address: formazioneparabiago@ats-milano.it before October 21st.

General Assembly

During SMARTER meetings in Vianden was held the IRS General Assembly.

6th European Symposium on Aerobiology

During 5 days (between 18th and 22nd of July 2016) was held the 6th European Symposium on Aerobiology in Lyon (France). One afternoon was dedicated to ragweed during a IRS-COST SMARTER joint session.
1 lecture, 10 oral presentations and 7 posters were scheduled:

Bruno Chauvel:

Has allergy to pollen not increased the spread of common ragweed?

Estimating the economic effects of Ophraella communa on common ragweed pollen risks in South-Eastern France.

Matt Smith:

Analysis of airborne Ambrosia pollen in Europe within the framework of Cost SMARTER.

Heinz Müller-Schärer:

Risk assessment of the leaf beetle Ophraella communa, a biological control candidate for Ambrosia artemisiifolia.

Suzanne Lommen:

The potential impact of an exotic beetle on ragweed pollen in Europe.

Maira Bonini:

Ophraella communa and ragweed pollen reduction in the air of Northern Italy.

Relationships between ragweed and mugwort pollen seasonal parameters and assessment of their potential impact on health.

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RECENT LITERATURE
Recent literature on common ragweed is presented here.
"Ambrosia the first international ragweed review No. 29 - Summary"

CONFERENCES
Recent and upcoming meetings where ragweed-related problems are discussed.
1. Pollen is in the air: invasive plants and allergy in our changing environment. Brussels on March 5-6th, 2015
2. 3rd International Ragweed Conference. April 3-4, 2014, Milan, Italy
3. Ragweed as invasive plant. August 6-10, 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii
4. Environmental and invasive weeds. October 2-7, 2011, Ascona, Switzerland
5. Ragweed in agri-environment, September 20-22, 2011, Budapest, Hungary
6. Second International Ragweed Conference. March 28-29, 2012, Lyon, France. The conference closing remarks are readable here.
6. 25th German Conference on Weed Biology and Weed Control. March 13-15, 2012, Braunschweig, Germany.
7. First European Ecocycles Conference. July 22-26, 2013, Palermo, Italy.

CONTROL MEASURES
Evaluated methods of ragweed control are listed here.

EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
Ragweed pollen concentration map of Europe at the end of August is shown on this map.

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