11th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance (ISFFEI), Sydney

Students and coordinators of the projects AGROVEG, ISeBAF, DISPEST, InsectMOoD and FF-IPM participated to the 11th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance (ISFFEI, 13-8/11/2022) in Sydney, Australia, Macquarie University.

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The congress hosts scientists, researchers, plant protection agencies and phytosanitary operational programs, to share knowledge, technologies and experiences regarding tephritid fruit flies A joint mission supported by the Directorate-general Development Cooperation, the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) and the European Union and coordinated by the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) allowed the participation of 15 researchers and students from a research network including the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA, Tanzania), Eduardo Mondlane University (EMU, Mozambique), Citrus Research International (CRI, South Africa), and Stellenbosch University (SU, South Africa). Among the participants, Marc De Meyer, Massi Virgilio, Nele Mullens, Sam Vambergen, Lore Esselens, and Wouter Hendrycks presented 22 posters including RMCA authorships and dealing with fruit fly ecology genomics, systematics.