International Experience
2009: Rome, Italy
Meeting of the Standards Committee of the International Plant Protection Convention. November 2009
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2009: Montevideo, Uruguay
Meeting of the board of the project 'Armonización de Normas y Procedimientos Veterinarios y Fitosanitarios,Inocuidad de Alimentos y Producción Agropecuaria Diferenciada'.
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2008: Provincia de Manabí, Ecuador
Meetings with growers and representatives of regulatory, research and provincial administration institutions regarding the exportation of fresh fruits and vegetables from Ecuador to Brazil.
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2008: Provincia de Entrerríos, Argentina
Meetings with growers and representatives of research institutions regarding the exportation of castor beans from Argentina to Brazil.
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2008: Bogota, Cali and Medellin, Colombia
Lectures at Universidad Nacional Autónoma en Medellín about the editorial process of Neotropical Entomology and about Pest Risk Analysis.
Visit to CEF - Centro de Excelencia Fitosanitaria, in Bogotá
Lecture during the XXXVI Congreso Colombiano de Entomología
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1999: Paramaribo, Suriname
Eradication programme of the carambola fruit fly (Bactrocera carambolae) from South America: lab and field cage tests of cross species SIT experiments using sterile B. dorsalis males imported from Hawaii.
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1999: Guatemala City, Guatemala
3rd Meeting of the Working Group on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance
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1998: Paramaribo, Suriname
Eradication programme of carambola fruit fly from South America. Training of representatives of Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana on Tephritidae biology and identification. Male Anihilation Technique tests.
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1998: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Participation and poster presentation during 5th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance
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1997: Weslaco, TX, USA
Research on phothotoxic dyes targeted against tephritid fruit flies.
Research Leader: Robert Mangan (USDA/ARS Weslaco)
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1997: Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico
Procedures for fruit fly mass rearing and release of parasitoids and sterile insects, advised by Pablo Montoya and Jorge Cancino.
Research on tephritid demography, advised by Pablo Liedo.
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1997: Gainesville, FL, USA
Literature review and research on fruit fly biological control, advised by John Sivinski (USDA/ARS)
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1996: Viña del Mar, Chile
Organization of the 2nd Meeting of the Working Group on Fruit Flies of the Western Hemisphere
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1994: Gainesville, FL, USA
Attendance and poster presentation during the 4th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance
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