EVENT CONCLUDED

In 2022, the EURL organizes a training course focused on thrips. The goal is firstly the morphological identification of Thrips palmi, but it actually ambitions a wider scope providing an overview of the order and a methodological guidance for samples preparation. The training will take place in the EURL facilities in Montferrier-sur-Lez (Montpellier) and will last 1,5 days on October 20th-21st. A maximum number of seven attendants per session can be received¹. All charges (travel, hotel expenses and daily allowance) will be reimbursed for one NRL representative per EU Member State . The provisionnal program below might still evolve, according to the participants expectations:

• Introduction to Thysanoptera. Ecology, taxonomy, economical importance... 
• Overview of classification. Suborders and main families.
• Initiation to the morphology of adult Terebrantia. Anatomy and nomenclature of diagnostic features.
• Sampling and slide-mounting.
• Identification of adult Thrips palmi and related or morphologically close species. Presentation of available documentation and practice.

EVENT CONCLUDED- Please, find all the material (report, presentations and videos) from the event by clicking HERE

1. Please notice that if applications outnumber positions, priority will be given to NRLs that obtained a non-conform result in the 2020 Thrips palmi PT. In case of strong demand, a second session will be organised in 2023.