The work of Jean-Christophe Sandoz (EVOLBEE) has been published in the Journal of Neurosciences. The authors showed that different pheromones of bees are processed by separate pathways. The article received a commentary in the same journal. To read the article please click here. To read the commentary, please click here.l
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Frédéric Marion-Poll (PACS) presented a conference at a colloquium held at the French Agricultural Academy March the 11th and consecrated to insects and their consumption. To read the abstracts
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Assistant engineer, DEEIT team celina.chantre@universite-paris-saclay.fr Celina Chantre works at the French Institute for Research and Development (IRD) as assistant engineer on Experimental selection of Hymenoptera parasitoid insect strain. She is interested in monitoring of life history traits. She is responsible for the supervision of Sesamia nonagrioides rearing. She works under the supervision
Lionel Garnery (Evolbee) is involved in the european project Biodiversa. He raises the alarm for the black bees. This species, well adapted to our climate, tends to be replaced by other bees population more melliferous. The newspaper La Montagne (03/05/2015) clarifies the situation. To read the article, please click here.
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The work of Myriam Harry’s team (DEEIT) about the transmission of the Wolbachia bacteria in a species of termites was selected for a brief article on the INEE web site. To know more, please click here.
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Interested by the history of vineyard in Savoie? Yves Carton (DEEIT) participated in a film: “La grande histoire de la vigne en Savoie”.
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E-mail: ftndjomatchoua@gmail.com Tel: +254 (20) 8632162 Research topic: modeling nonlinear dynamic of biopolymers in insects and animals; Modeling plants damages spread induced by insect pest and crop yield losses applicable to stem borers and maize plant. Microtubules (MTs) are fibrous organic biopolymers with cylindrical and hollow shape constituted of discrete subunits. Their primary function is
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E-mail: eabonyo@icipe.org Tel: +254 (20) 8632175 Research topic: Evaluation of the establishment and efficacy of stem borer biological control agents released in Kenya Objectives: Agriculture dominates the economy of most African countries and accounts for about 40-60% of their respective gross domestic product. In Sub-Sahara African countries, farmers grow mainly maize (Zea mays L.) and
