The DEEIT team contributed to a television report dealing with biological pest control. It will be broadcasted on Arte the 11th of october at 22h40 (rediffusion the following days on Arte +7). The film is entitled “The new warriors of the fields” by Claude-Julie Parisot. It is a documentary lasting 50 min on biological pest control: researches, applications, stakes…10 minutes are dedicated to the researches of DEEIT on Cotesia sesamiae, a little parasitoïd wasp which lays its eggs in a lepidopteran caterpillar.
Here are the links to visualize teasers of the documentary in french and in english: https://www.galaxie-presse.fr/fiche/les-nouveaux-guerriers-des-champs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6X4W7ZK1QA.
This film is selected for the Parisciences festival and will be shown the 9th of october at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (from 16h to 17h30, including debate). Coming is free of charge, but registrating is compulsory because the number of seats is restricted.
Please register here: https://pariscience.fr/session/les-nouveaux-guerriers-des-champs/