ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS
presented at the
EU – Research Project Meeting on Diabrotica
6th FAO/TCP Meeting
7th EPPO ad hoc Panel on Diabrotica
8th MEETING of the DIABROTICA-SUBGROUP
in Venice, Italy, October 27 - November 2, 2001



I. EU – Research Project (QLRT-1999 - 01110)

“The threat to maize production in the EU by the exotic corn rootworm pest Diabrotica virgifera virgifera: sustainable pest management approaches and ecological background”

S. VIDAL, Göttingen, Germany (Contractor); H. K. BERGER, Vienna, Austria (Partner); S. DERRIDJ, Paris, France (Partner); L. FURLAN, Padova, Italy (Partner); H. HUMMEL, Giessen, Germany (Partner); J. KISS, Gödöllö, Hungary (Partner); U. KUHLMANN, Delemont, Switzerland (Partner)
 

EGG LAYING BEHAVIOUR OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE AND POSSIBLE ASSOCIATIONS WITH ITS MORPHOLOGY
F.J. MULLER, D. TAUBAN, M. RENOU, S. DERRIDJ

INFLUENCE OF BIOCHEMICALS PRESENT ON MAIZE LEAF SURFACE ON  DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA (D.V.V.) OVIPOSITION
S. DERRIDJ, I. ARNAULT, F. MULLER, P. COUZI

ALTERNATIVE FOOD RESOURCES FOR ADULT DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA. ARE THEY OPPORTUNISTIC FEEDERS?
J. MOESER, S. VIDAL

LIFE TABLE OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA
S. TOEPFER, U. KUHLMANN

TWO YEARS OBSERVATIONS ON CORRELATION OF LARVAE DAMAGE OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM AND YIELDS
I.H. ZSELLÉR, E. SZÉLL

IS THE WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ADAPTING ITSELF TO THE EUROPEAN CROP ROTATION SYSTEM? RESULTS OF A JOINT EUROPEAN TRIAL
J. KISS, B. KHOSBAYAR, J. KOMÁROMI , I. SIVCEV, C.R. EDWARDS, I. HATALA-ZSELLÉR

COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT TRAP TYPES FOR MONITORING OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA
Z. IMREI, M. TOTH, G. VÖRÖS, I. SZARKAN, T. GAZDAG, A. SZEREDI

DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERRA ERADICATION – CONTAINMENT TEMPTATIVE IN VENETO REGION: YEAR 2001
L. FURLAN, A. Di BERNARDO, V. GIROLAMI, M. VETTORAZZO, A.M. PICCOLO, G. SANTAMARIA, I. DONANTONI, V. FUNES

THE PRESENCE OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE IN ITALY IN 2001: DISTRIBUTION, POPULATION LEVELS AND WHAT HAS TO BE DONE
L. FURLAN, A. Di BERNARDO, M. VETTORAZZO, M. BORIANI, E. GERVASINI, G. MICHELATTI, G. CAIELLI, A. ORTEZ, C. FRAUSIN, M. BARISELLI

SELECTION OF POTENTIAL NON-TARGET COLEOPTERAN HOST SPECIES FOR ASSESSING THE HOST SPECIFICITY OF EXOTIC BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS
F. ZHANG, S. TOEPFER, U. KUHLMANN

SIMULATIONS MODEL FOR SPREADING SCENARIOS OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA) IN CASE OF GERMANY
P. BAUFELD, S. ENZIAN

DETERMINATION OF THE CONCENTRATION OF THE PLANT KAIROMONE MIMIC 4-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE (MCA) USING UV SPECTROMETRY
I. UJVÁRY, P. SIPOS, Á. BANDINÉ-BARLAI, K. SZÜCS-TÓTH, L. WENNEMANN, H.E. HUMMEL

USE OF MCA (4-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE) AS AN ORIENTATION DISRUPTION TOOL FOR ADULT WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE
L. WENNEMANN, H.E. HUMMEL
 

II. FAO Net Work ( LoA No. PR 19713 )

M. ALLARA-CARLIN, (FAO; Rome), J. KISS, (Hungary; Coordinator) C.R. EDWARDS, (USA; Int. Expert) I. IVANOVA, (Bulgaria), J. IGRC-BARCIC, (Croatia), I. SIVCEV (FRY), H. FESTIC (Bosnia and Herzegovina), P. SIVICEK (Slovakia), I. ROSCA (Romania), G. PRINCZINGER (Hungary)
 

III. EPPO ad hoc PANEL
 

IV. IWGO – Diabrotica Subgroup
 

EFFECT OF THERIDION IMPRESSUM (ARANEAE: THERIDIIDAE) ON THE SILK CLIPPING OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA ADULTS IN HYBRID SEED CORN IN HUNGARY
F. TÓTH, T. TUSKA, J. KISS

RESEARCHES REGARDING CROP ROTATION, WCR MANAGEMENT AND PEST EVOLUTION IN TIMIS DISTRICT - ROMANIA
I. ROSCA

ECONOMIC THRESHOLDS FOR WCR ADULTS IN SOYBEAN TO PREDICT SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO CORN IN INDIANA, USA
C.K. GERBER, C.R. EDWARDS, J. KISS

EFFECT OF SILK FEEDING BY WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ADULTS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF SEED AND COMMERCIAL CORN
T. TUSKA, J. KISS, C.R. EDWARDS, Z. SZABÓ, I. ONDRUSZ, P. MISKUCZA, A. GARAI

MONITORING OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE IN SERBIA IN 2001
I. SIVCEV, A. GALO

DIABROTICA MONITORING IN AUSTRIA 2001
H.K. BERGER

MONITORING THE WCR (DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE) IN BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG IN 2001
H. IMGRABEN

THE MONITORING OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM IN SLOVENIA; A REPORT FOR YEAR 2001
A. PAJMON

CURRENT STATUS OF WCR IN CROATIA
J. IGRC BARCIC, R. DOBRINCIC, M. MACELJSKI

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WCR POPULATION LEVEL AND CORN YIELD – CROATIAN EXPERIENCIES
R. DOBRINCIC, J. IGRC BARCIC, C.R. EDWARDS

MONITORING OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE) IN ROMANIA IN 2001
G. FLORICA

EVOLUTION OF THE PEST DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE IN THE TIMIS DISTRICT
I. PALAGESIU, L. GROZEA, M. HINCU

EDUCATION AS A FACTOR IN SUPPRESSION OF WCR IN YUGOSLAVIA
I. SIVCEV; A. GALO

MONITORING OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE) IN HUNGARY IN 2001
G. RIPKA, G. PRINCZINGER

THE RESULTS OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA MONITORING IN 2001 IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
P. SIVICEK

MONITORING OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA IN BULGARIA IN 2001
I. IVANOVA

FARM LEVEL MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM AT THE MEZÖHEGYES STATE STUD-ESTATE CORPORATION, HUNGARY: A CASE STUDY
Z. SZABÓ, I. ONDRUSZ, P. MISKUCZA, T. NYÁRI, J. KISS, C.R. EDWARDS

UPDATE OF MONITORING DATA OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE IN SWITZERLAND IN 2001
M. BERTOSSA, J. DERRON, L. COLOMBI, R. BRUNETTI

THE PROBLEM OF CORN ROOTWORM – DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE - IN UKRAINE
O.M. MOVCHAN, P.O. MELNYK, N.A. KONSTANTYNOVA

APPEARANCE OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE ON A BOUNDARY OF UKRAINE
A.M. SADLYAK, A.J. SIKURA, P.I. YAKOVETS

WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE) IN UKRAINE: REALITY AND OUTLOOK
V. OMELYUTA, N. FILATOVA

WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE) SAMPLING AND CONTROL IN THE TERRITORY OF GUNJA, CROATIA
D. DZOIC, M. IVEZIC, E. RASPUDIC, M. BRMEZ

INFLUENCE OF FERTILIZATION AND HYBRIDS ON WCR DAMAGE ON CONTINUOUS CORN
T. KERESI, P. STRBAC, D. LATKOVIC, R. SEKULIC, F. BACA

EVALUATION OF CROATIAN CORN HYBRIDS FOR TOLERANCE TO CORN ROOTWORM (DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE) LARVAL FEEDING
M. IVEZIC, E. RASPUDIC, J.J. TOLLEFSON, B.E. HIBBARD, I. BRKIC

OCCURRENCE OF WCR ADULTS ON DIFFERENT TRAPS AND HYBRID
SP. STRBAC, T. KERESI, V. PECARSKI

STUDY OF THE SEQUENTIAL SAMPLING FOR DETERMINING THE ADULT POPULATION OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE AT FIELD LEVEL IN HUNGARY
K. MUSCSI, K. PALFI, C. VASZI-KOVACS, E. PETRO

DEMECOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE ADULT POPULATION OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE NEAR SZEGED IN 1999-2001
K. MUCSI, E. PETRO

BIOTECH APPROACH TO CORN ROOTWORM CONTROL: DEVELOPMENT STATUS OF MONSANTO’S CORN ROOTWORM RESISTANT MAIZE
J.C. PERSHING

METHODS FOR EVALUATING TOLERANCE OF CORN TO CORN ROOTWORM (DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE) LARVAL INJURY
J.J. TOLLEFSON

CORN ROOTWORM DISPERSAL IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA AREAWIDE MANAGEMENT SITE
B. WADE FRENCH, L.D. CHANDLER

EFFECTS OF PRECIPITZATION AND TEMPERATURES ON THE LEVEL OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA POPULATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA IN 2000 AND 2001
F. BACA, D. LOPANDIC, J. STEJCIC, V. TRKULJA, S. RADANOVIC, DRAGICA ZIVANOVIC, D. PARAVAC

INVITE* EC, AN  ARRESTANT / FEEDING STIMULANT FOR CORN ROOTWORM CONTROL
R.F.W. SCHRODER
 

POSTER SESSION
 

MONITORING OF DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA LE CONTE IN LOMBARDY (NORTHERN ITALY) IN 2001
M. BORIANI, E. GERVASINI

SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORM DISTRIBUTION IN RELATION TO LANDSCAPE POSITION
M.M. ELLSBURY, D.D. MALO, S.A. CLAY, D.E. CLAY, C.G. CARLSON