Key Issues:

 * IPM tactics for management of Sunn Pest

            Recent advances in IPM research

            Cultural practices

            Biological control

            Chemical control

            Host plant resistance

* Socioeconomics of Sunn Pest

           Farmer participatory activities

           Impact assessment methods

           Farmers’ constraints in adoption of IPM

          Economic returns and environmental benefits of IPM

* Sunn Pest biology and ecology

         Recent advances in the characterization of Sunn Pest

         Pheromone research

         Ecology and physiology

* Taxonomic considerations

* Country reports of Sunn Pest populations and management efforts

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Keynote Speakers:

1- Dr. Masood Amir Maafi, Entomologist, IRIPP, Tehran

Sunn Pest Outbreak in Iran.

2- Dr. Mustapha El Bouhssini,  Entomologist, ICARDA, Rabat. Morocco

Progress with Wheat Resistance to Sunn Pest.