ICA 2026

20-24 July 2026‌ - L’Institut Agro, Montpellier, France‌

Bandeau - ICA 2026

Wednesday 22 July

PLENARY SESSION
09:00-09:45
  • KN-3 - Seeing like a machine: An introduction to deep learning for image analysis
    Jules VAN DE PUTTE (Inrae, Montpellier, France)
  • KN-4 - Computer vision for arthropod ecology: from community structure to interaction networks
    Philippe TIXIER (Cirad, Montpellier, France)

09:45-09:50

Room change


PARALLEL SESSIONS
09:50-10:50
Amphi. Lamour - Bât. 9Data-driven Acarology: IA and statistical modelling

Chair: Jules VAN DE PUTTE

09:50-10:10
  • O1 - National-scale habitat suitability modelling for Ixodes ricinus in France: a biologically grounded machine-learning framework
    Quentin LAMBOLEY (EPIMIM, ANSES, Maisons-Alfort, France)
10:10-10:30
  • O2 - Biology and detection of damage associated with Tarsonemus confusus ewin in strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) using a deep learning model
    Sandra Guadalupe GONZALEZ-DOMINGUEZ (Entomology and acarology, Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, México)
10:30-10:50
  • Discussion

10:50-11:10

Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Coffee break


11:10-12:30
Amphi. Lamour - Bât. 9Plants and mites relationships for biological control

Chair: George BROUFAS

11:10-11:30
  • O1 - Histological and biochemical studies of Vigna unguiculata (L.) leaves infected by the spider mite, Tetranychus ludeni Zacher (Acri: Tetranychidae)
    Thalakkattil Raghavan SOBHA (Department, Farook College(Autonomous).Kozhikode, Calicut, Kerala, India)
11:30-11:50
  • O2 - Infestation of Tenuipalpus micheli and its impact on Phenol and Photosynthetic efficiency in Syzygium cumini
    P. PRABHEENA (Zoology, The Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India)
11:50-12:10
  • O3 - Intensity of Eucalyptus shade on the performance of Aceria lantanae (Cook), a biological control agent of Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae) in South Africa
    Ludzula MUKWEVHO (School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Mpumalanga, Mbombela, ZA, South Africa)
12:10-12:30
  • O4 - Optimizing survival and field release of an eriophyid mite for the biological control of Ailanthus altissima
    Mélanie TANNIERES (USDA-ARS, European Biological Control Laboratory, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France)

09:50-12:10
Amphi 206 - Bât. 9Mites as indicators of ecosystem sustainability (2)

Chairs: Lou TABARY & Thais Juliane DO PRADO

09:50-10:10
  • O6 - Influence of habitat type and soil parameters on oribatid mite diversity: evidence from selected ecosystems of Kerala, India
    Thalakkatiil Raghavan SOBHA (Department, Farook College(Autonomous).Kozhikode, Calicut, Kerala, India)
10:10-10:30
  • O7 - Diversity and distribution of soil mite and nematodes communities in Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests across S-N European gradient
    Jacek KAMCZYC (Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland)
10:30-10:50
  • O8 - Porosphere as a biophysical buffer: how soil architecture, floristic and microclimatic dynamics shape mite communities in mountain meadows (Maiella National Park, Italy)
    Elena GAGNARLI (Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, CREA-DC, Firenze, Italy)

10:50-11:10

Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Coffee break


11:10-11:30
  • O9 - Positive effects of plant diversification in an agroecological vineyard on overall Phytoseiidae diversity
    Lou TABARY (CBGP, Univ. Montpellier, Institut Agro Montpellier, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier, France)
11:30-11:50
  • O10 - From plants to predatory mites: vegetation diversification drives soil-dwelling Mesostigmata communities in a Mediterranean vineyard
    Lucas DUCROS (CBGP, INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier, CIRAD, IRD, Univ. Montpellier, Montpellier, France)
11:50-12:10
  • O11 - Insights into the role of mites in the soil carbon dynamics in southern French vineyards under an agroecological gradient
    Thais Juliane DO PRADO (CBGP, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Institut Agro Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France)

09:50-12:10
Amphi 208 - Bât. 9Symposium 3

Molecular and chemical interactions underpinning mite and tick control

Chairs: Vojislava GRBIC & Takeshi SUZUKI

09:50-10:10
  • O1 - Uncovering the complexity of the interaction between Arabidopsis thaliana and the two spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae
    Vojislava GRBIC (Western University, London, Ontario, Canada)
10:10-10:30
  • O2 - From the genome sequence to commercial RNAi-based acaricide: 20 years of RNAi development in spider mites
    Miodrag GRBIC' (Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada)
10:30-10:50
  • O3 - Modulation of citrus host immunity mediated by volatiles emitted by the Two-spotted spider mite
    Pablo URBANEJA BERNAT (Universitat Jaume I, Castellon de la Plana, Spain)

10:50-11:10

Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Coffee break


11:10-11:30
  • O4 - Altered host suitability: how mycorrhizal symbiosis and interspecific plant signaling suppress Tetranychus urticae infestations
    Victor FLORS (Plant Immunity and biochemistry Laboratory, Biology, Biochemistry and Natural Sc, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló, Spain)
11:30-11:50
  • O5 - Adaptation of an herbivorous arthropod to green tea plants by overcoming catechin defenses
    Takeshi SUZUKI (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan)
11:50-12:10
  • O6 - Targeting blood meal processing pathways in the poultry red mite, Dermanyssus gallinae, using RNA interference
    Naomi DEFTY (Moredun Research Institute, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland)

12:30-14:00

Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Lunch & Coffee


14:00

Hall Lamour - Bât. 9Poster session 2


SOCIAL EVENTS
14:00

Montpellier city Visit of Montpellier city


18:00

Jardin des Plantes (Botanical Garden) - MontpellierThe exhibition’s opening reception
‘Mites, sentinels of life – A look at hidden biodiversity’