PLANT-B Closing Workshop
Citrus crop, aromatic plants and beekeeping in a mixed farming system
6th September 2023, Athens, Greece

Welcome speech
Dr. Kyriaki Machera
BPI General Director

Project overview
Prof. K. Kasiotis
BPI, Greece

Project success stories:
Case study video BPI (Greece), ARC(Egypt), UMBB(Algeria)

Honey bee resistance to the varroa mite: Inout from highly volatile compounds to understand the mechanisms of hygenic behaviour
Dr. Amelie NOEL, Yves LE CONTE & Fanny MONDET
INRAE

Evaluation of five loacl plants extracts as larvicidal against the Galleria mellonella moth
Dr. Nabila KABLI, Farid HERDA
INRAA

Indigenous bacterial isolates and plant extracts of Algeria against bee wax moth
Prof. Hakima Mohand-Kaci

Precision beekeeping systems as tools for hive management
Prof. P.P. Danieli, F. Lazzari

Precision beekeeping systems as tools for hive management
Prof. P.P. Danieli, F. Lazzari

Project success stories:
Case study video UMBB(Algeria)

Prospects on the rehabilitation of the Italian honeybee (Apis mellifera Lingustica) and Sicilian bee (A. mellifera Siciliana)
P.P. Danieli, T. Vetturini, E. Cresta, D. Dipasquale & P. Scarpino

New insights on the productivity, physiology and resilience of Algerian honeybees to pollen resources deprivation
Dr. Nabila KABLI, Farid HERDA
INRAA

Valorization of the Saharan honeybee (Apis mellifera sahariensis)
Dr. H. Khedidji, M. Arezki
UMBB

Conservation of the Egyptian honeybee (Apis mellifera lamarckii)
Prof. Souad Shairra
ARC, Egypt

Potential of hedgerows with aromatic plants as food resources an reservoirs of natural enemies of pests in orange orchards - case studies in Greece
Dr. V. Kati and F. Karamaouna
BPI, Greece

Biological control and IPM tools on citrus/HB pests. and the effect of AMPs crop strips/ field margins on insect pollinators, and citrus fruit production in Egypt.mp4
Prof. Souad Shairra
ARC, Egypt

Citrus - AMPs - beekeeping in PLANT-B
Case studies in Italy

Use of ground covers to control the Mediterranean fruit fly in citrus
Case studies in Spain

Untargeted (metabolomics) and targeted phytochemical analysis and pesticide residues in relation to quality and safety specifications in honey
Prof. K. Kasiotis
BPI, Greece

Elemental Profile Analysis and isotopic signatures in relation to traceability and quality of citrus honey
P.P. Danieli, S. Shairra, K. Kasiotis, F. Lazzari, D. Dipasquale, R. Terriaca,
S. Petrarca

Socio-economic sustainability of PLANT-B farming system
Prof. Hamdy Attia
ARC, Egypt

Socio-economics results of the PLANT-B farming system in Italy
Prof. L. Biagini, S. Severini, D. Dipasquale P.P. Danieli

Environmental sustainability of PLANT-B farming system
Prof. P.P. Danieli, L. Biagini, S. Severini,Â
D. Dipasquale

Strategic communication & visibility - PLANT-B's engagement efforts
Sbari Merabet, Salma. Esahhar
NSCE, Egypt