Upcoming Events
Symposium at the Entomological Society of America meeting
November 9-12, Portland, OR
Title: Management of Snails and Slugs in Agricultural Systems
Organizers: Sara Emery and Xavier Martini
We are thrilled to announce that we are organizing a symposium at the next Entomological Society of America meeting in Portland this year. In addition of the seminar, speakers will have the opportunity to publish in a special issue of Biocontrol.
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Past Events
Past events
Seminar series on mollusk pest management:
Every 6 weeks, we organize a webinar on the management of mollusk pests with international speakers. Contact Dr. Martini or Dr. Baker to be added to our mailing list and be informed of the following webinars.
- Thursday January 16th, 2025
Dr. Anna Caroline Diaz (Museo de La Plata, Argentina) and Dr. Mariano Maestro (Fundación para el Estudio de Especies Invasivas, FuEDEI, Argentina)
Title: 'Bulimulus spp. as agricultural pests in Argentina: current knowledge and potential control methods
- Thursday April 10th, 2025
John Tooker (Penn State University)
Title: Managing slugs in no-till field crop systems - Thursday May 22nd, 2025
Eric Loker (University of New Mexico)
Title: Gastropods and One Health - Examples from North America, the Caribbean islands, and Kenya - Thursday July 3rd, 2025
Bake Wilson (Louisiana State University)
Title: Managing invasive apple snails in Louisiana rice and crawfish production systems -
August 14, 2025, 3:00 PM
Dr. Valerie Caron (CSIRO)
Title: Biological control of Cochlicella acuta in Australia
Workshop on Management of Terrestrial Gastropods
Our group organized our first workshop at the Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred, FL, on March 20, 2025. The workshop gathered 60 participants, with 13 talks on different issues about the control of mollusk pests in horticulture.
- Thursday January 16th, 2025