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1 2 3 4 Greenhouse experiment This month we conducted a large screening of 60 genotypes by releasing Pieris rapae females to let them oviposit and by adding egg wash. Several B. rapa genotypes showed necrosis against eggs.
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Successful excursion with nice weather and lots of cabbage whites flying around! Some black mustard plants showed strong HR that killed the butterfly eggs (dessicated).
Great meeting with lots of nice talks, posters and social happenings! 230 participants, 63 oral presentations and 105 posters – great success! Nice poster of Luis Paniagua on the role of Pieris microbes in host plant shifts Nice poster of Foteini Pashalidou on the role of eggs in plant-plant communication…
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In a nice informal room in the Impuls building we had a fruitful second UC progress meeting. Niccolo and me updated the participants on the progress, some failures but also promising first results. Lotte, being in the middle of her maternity leave, was able to come as well. With the…
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Presentations and discussion In a chique room (with a crappy screen) in Impuls building on the campus we had a nice meeting with several interesting presentations and fruitful discussions. 13 participants from WUR, NIOO and FU Berlin were present including our special guest Martin Kaltenpoth, coming from Mainz early in…
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Planting first Brassica rapa seedlings Three weeks before the start of the experiments we were transferring the seedlings to pots. Mating the butterflies to obtain egg-laying females Is this a male or a female? Egg-laying maschines Female cabbage whites did a quick job by laying 3 single eggs on one…
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On 17-20 January 2017 we had a meeting with the whole Bingo European consortium, very well organized by CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International) in Delemont, Switzerland. We had fruitful and interesting days incl. a workshop, mid-term meeting with the EU project officer and expert, a network meeting with…
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We enjoyed a nice Entomology day (NEV) on Friday, 16 December in the Rehorst, Ede. Lots of interesting talks on insects and people to meet. Niccolo and Lotte from the Vidi team were present for the first time. Sophie had a nice poster on Trichogramma behavior and others from the…
