HPIS 2026

6-8 July 2026‌ - L’Institut Agro, Montpellier, France‌

Bandeau - HPIS 2026

Monday 6 July

08:00-09:30

Conference registration


09:30-10:00
Welcome Introduction

10:00-12:15
SESSION 1 – INTEGRATIVE SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF HEMIPTERA
10:00-10:45
  • Nate HARDY (Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States)
    Evolving sap-sucker invasions

Selected short oral presentations

10:45-11:00
  • François BURGER (Department of Genetics, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa)
    Chromosome level assemblies of genealogically linked Diuraphis noxia biotypes reveal dynamically shuffled genomic and genic architectures
11:00-11:15
  • Clarisse MELCHY (Plant Health Laboratory, Entomology and Botany Unit, ANSES, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France)
    Investigating the identity of the species of Dactylopius (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Dactylopiidae) invading Mediterranean countries and causing severe damage to prickly pear crops
11:15-11:30
  • Christiane WEIRAUCH (Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, United States)
    Mapping megadiversity: unravelling the evolution of plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae)
11:30-11:45
  • Théo MANFÉ (Center for Biology and Management of Populations, ANSES & INRAe, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France)
    Molecular revolution or limited Impact: rethinking whitefly systematics in the era of DNA barcoding (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae)
11:45-12:00
  • Saskia BASTIN (Plant Health Laboratory, Entomology and Botany Unit, ANSES, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France)
    Hidden species diversity in laurel psyllids: integrative evidence for five species within Lauritrioza alacris and L. laurisilvae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Triozidae)
12:00-12:15
  • Özhan ŞENOL (Science Faculty, Nigğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Niğde, Turkey)
    Invasive Aphid Species (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) Identified in The Thrace Region of Turkey

12:15-13:30

Lunch - Coffee - Posters


13:30-18:30
SESSION 2 – HEMIPTERAN FEEDING BEHAVIOR AND INSECT-PLANT INTERACTIONS
13:30-14:15
  • Saskia HOGENHOUT(Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom)
    Aphids Use Effector Networks to Fine-Tune Plant Immunity for Sustained Feeding and Vector Success

Selected short oral presentations

14:15-14:30
  • Ofer AIDLIN HARARI (Entomology Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel)
    Molecular and behavioral aspects of sweet taste perception in the phloem-feeding whitefly Bemisia tabaci
14:30-14:45
  • Thomas COCHENILLE (Ecologie et dynamiques des systèmes anthropisés, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France)
    Electrical Penetration Graph reveals a trade-off between above- and belowground resistance to aphids in chicory
14:45-15:00
  • Petra BLEEKER (Department of Plant Physiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
    Tomato self-defence: the role of specialized metabolites in tomato-whitefly interaction
15:00-15:15
  • Jaime JIMÉNEZ (Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain)
    Interplay of drought and virus infection in sugar beet: effects on plant growth, sugar yield and aphid feeding behavior
15:15-15:30
  • Joe LOUIS (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States)
    Deciphering the role of monolignol pathway in sorghum defense against sap-feeding aphids
15:30-15:45
  • Jannicke GALLINGER (Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture, Julius Kühn Institute, Dossenheim, Germany)
    From Phloem Chemistry to Host Shifts: Determinants of Host Suitability in Cacopsylla pruni

15:45-16:15

Coffee break – Posters


16:15-16:30
  • Osnat MALKA (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel)
    Sweetness, metabolic value, and feeding decisions in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci
16:30-16:45
  • Sergey RUMYANTSEV (Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics UFRC RAS, Ufa, Russia)
    The role of plant miRNA408 and miRNA166 in the regulation of the defense response of wheat (Triticum aestivum) during bird cherry-oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi) feeding
16:45-17:00
  • Guillaume MARTEL (Department of Agriculture, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy)
    Temperature modulates xylem feeding behavior of Philaenus spumarius in a host plant–dependent manner
17:00-17:15
  • Po-Yuan SHIH (Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom)
    Aphid chitinase-like proteins are conserved high abundance salivary effector candidates
17:15-17:30
  • Cecilia TAMBORINDEGUY (Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States)
    Identification of Lycorma delicatula salivary effectors
17:30-17:45
  • Mohammad VATANPARAST (Julius Kühn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Quedlinburg, Germany)
    Refining high-throughput behavioral phenotyping: methodological validation of video tracking for aphid-plant interactions
17:45-18:00
  • Dor WINTRAUBE (Institute of Environmental Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel)
    From Plants to Insects: Horizontally Transferred Phenylpropanoid-Biosynthesis Genes and Stress Resilience in Bemisia tabaci
18:00-18:15
  • Keyan ZHU-SALZMAN (Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States)
    Role of CCA1 in Plant Resistance to the Green Peach Aphid
18:15-18:30
  • Daniele CORNARA (Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy)
    Soil water deficit modulates spittlebug–olive interaction in a variety-dependent manner

18:30-20:00
Poster session 1 – Even numbers

18:30-20:00

Welcome cocktail