ICA 2018, Ragweed Sessions

ICA 2018, Ragweed Sessions

During last International Congress on Aerobiology, two sessions were dedicated to “Invasive ragweed species in Europe”. Please find below some slides of these two sessions.

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

Is pollen allerginicity a temperture-responsive trait in common ragweed (A. artemiisifolia L.)? (S.Citterio, Italy)Download
Pollen and plants of Ambrosia in Province of Parma (Northern Italy, Southern Po valley): surveillance for targeted preventive measures (R.Albertini, Italy)Download
Ragweed – Ten French cities (C.Sindt, France)Download
What territorial strategy for Ambrosia management in France (M.Mottet, France)Download

POSTERS

Analysis of the risks associated to the two ragweed species: Ambrosia trifida and Ambrosia psilostachya (S.Labruyere, France)Download
First International Ragweed Workshop

First International Ragweed Workshop

During the last International Congress on Aerobiology in Parma, there was the first International Ragweed Workshop organized by the International Ragweed Society.

After an introduction by Maira Bonini, there were several talks about ragweed:

  • Allergy to ragweed and allergens involved (by Michel Thibaudon)
  • Ragweed in Europe: how to identify different species and understand their invasive potential (by Chiara Montagnani)
  • How to distinguish Ambrosia pollen from other similar pollens? (by Branko Sikoparija)
  • How to manage the Ambrosia plants? (by Rea Maria Hall)
  • The ragweed leaf beetle Ophraella Communa: its taxonomy, morphology and biology (by Heinz Mueller-Scharer)

The booklet with the slides of all these talks is now available. You can dowload it by clicking on the following links:

Part 1 – Part 2

New IRS Board (2018-2022)

New IRS Board (2018-2022)

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.

 

 

Invasive species

Invasive species

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.

New video about Ophraella communa

New video about Ophraella communa

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).