Embrapa offers a course on sustainable technologies in pest control

Sustainability, research and innovation applied to the biological control of insect pests will be concepts multiplied during the course “Biological inputs: production and use of macro and microorganisms for the economic control of insects”, an event that begins on October 15th at Embrapa Corn and Sorghum (Sete Lagoas-MG). Lasting four days, the course aims to expand knowledge and adoption of sustainable technologies, through training multipliers, offering alternatives to the use of agrochemicals.

Therefore, the course will present tools that exist in nature itself to control the main pests that attack crops, whether microorganisms – such as viruses and bacteria – and beneficial insects, such as parasitoids and predators. Another topic that will be addressed, taking into account the positioning of biological control agents in the market, is the economic viability of implementing a biofactory, where insects and also viruses and bacteria, such as Baculoviruses and Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).
 
Among the speakers are researchers Ivan Cruz and Fernando Valicente (Entomology area at Embrapa Milho e Sorgo), doctoral fellows and specialists from partner institutions, as well as entrepreneurs with extensive experience in implementing biofactories. Places are limited to 50 participants, with an investment of R$500. To register, go to https://faped.conveniar.com.br/eventos/Forms/Servicos/EventoDados.aspx?action=200 . 
 
Service
Course “Biological inputs: production and use of macro and microorganisms for the economic control of insects”
Objective 
Intensify technology transfer activities aimed at expanding knowledge and adoption of sustainable technologies, through training multipliers in the concepts, philosophy and application of biological control of insect pests. 
Promotion: Embrapa Corn and Sorghum 
Period: 15/10 a 18/10/2019  Workload: 32 (thirty-two) hours
Location: Embrapa Milho e Sorgo – Rod. MG 424, km 65 – Sete Lagoas, MG.
Coordination: Researchers Ivan Cruz (ivan.cruz@embrapa.br) and Fernando Valicente (fernando.valicente@embrapa.br) 
 

15/10/2019 – Tuesday
8am to 8:30am – NBA Auditorium (Applied Biology Center) 
Accreditation and opening 
8pm to 10pm – NBA Auditorium
Biological control of insect pests: Microbiological; Baculovirus in pest control; Description; mode of action; Marketplace 
Fernando Valicente, Embrapa Corn and Sorgo
10am to 10:15am – Coffee break 
10:15 am to 12:30 pm – NBA Auditorium
Use of Bacillus thuringiensis in pest control; protein characterization; mode of action and positioning of use of the Bacillus thuringiensis 
Fernando Valicente, Embrapa Corn and Sorgo
12:30 am to 13:30 pm – Lunch time 
13:30 am to 16:30 pm – Laboratory 
Identification of dead insects with Bt and Baculovirus; quantification and concentration 
LCB Team (Insect Breeding Laboratory)
 
16/10/2019 – Wednesday
8pm to 10pm – Laboratory 
Applied biological control; Experiments and evaluation of Baculovirus and B. thuringiensis 
LCB team 
10am to 10:15am – Coffee break 
10:15 am to 12:30 pm – Laboratory 
Baculovirus and biofactory B. thuringiensis; record 
LCB team 
12:30 am to 13:30 pm – Lunch time 
13:30 pm to 15:XNUMX pm – NBA Auditorium 
Challenges and opportunities for biological pest control: for farmers, students, teaching professionals, consultants, rural extension agents and investors - Ivan Cruz, Embrapa Milho e Sorgo
15pm to 16pm – NBA Auditorium 
Use of biological control: a) applied - rapid action, independent of the pest population, by inundative release with beneficial insects or microorganisms acquired from commercial biofactories or own production; b) inoculative – varied number of releases of smaller quantities of beneficial insects; c) conservative: management of the environment to make it more favorable to beneficial insects – Ivan Cruz, Embrapa Milho e Sorgo
16am to 16:30am – NBA Auditorium
Decision-making on the use of beneficial insects and recommendations on the type of beneficial insect, the quantity to be used and the release interval in the field – Ivan Cruz, Embrapa Milho e Sorgo
 
17/10/2019 – Thursday
8:30 am to 9:30 pm – NBA Auditorium 
Conservation of biological control agents in the productive area including landscape redesign - Ana Luísa Gangana de Castro, UFV 
9:30 am to 9:45 pm – Coffee break
9:45 am to 12:30 pm – NBA Auditorium 
Monitoring, collection and domestication of biological control agents – Lilia Moreira Silva and everyone
12:30 am to 13:30 pm – Lunch time 
13:30 am to 15:30 pm – Laboratory 
Production of biological control agents in the laboratory (biofactories): parasitoid insects
Natural hosts, alternative hosts and quality parameters – Ivan Cruz and Clara Maria Santiago de Castro
Host production process and quality parameters: Spodoptera, Anagasta and Diatraea – Ivan Cruz
Parasitoid production process and quality parameters: Trichogramma, Telenomus and Tetrastichus – Maria de Lourdes C. Figueiredo
Temperature management - Dardânia Aparecida Fernandes Pires, UNIFEMM
15:30 am to 15:45 pm – Coffee break 
15:45 am to 16:30 pm – Laboratory 
Production of biological control agents in the laboratory (biofactories): predatory insects
Alternative prey production process (Tenebrio) and quality parameters – Amanda C. Gomes da Silva
Predator production process and quality parameters: ladybug, lacewing, Podisus and Zelus – Tatiane Teixeira de Melo and Ana Luísa Gangana de Castro
 
18/10/2019 – Friday
8pm to 9pm – Laboratory 
Economic viability of a biofactory: the example of Trichogramma - Sinval Resende Lopes, Embrapa Milho e Sorgo
9am to 9:15am – Coffee break 
9:15 am to 10:15 pm – NBA Auditorium
The challenges of a commercial beneficial insect factory: from initial design to full operation – Bianca Narde 
10:15 am to 12:30 pm – NBA Auditorium
Field practice: monitoring, pheromone traps, release, control effectiveness, cost, management – ​​Ivan Cruz and everyone
12:30 pm to 16:XNUMX pm – Celebration and presentation of certificates