An EuropeAid project Greater Mekong Subregion Rice IPM, presided over by IPP, organized the Symposium on Trichogramma-Based Pesticide-Reducing Strategy in Paddy Fields in Wuhan, Hubei Province, on 24-25 October, 2015. Deputy Director General QiuDewen was presented at the Symposium. The chief expert Prof. HouMaolin hosted the Symposium.

The participants talked and discussed on the screening of Trichograma lines that are fit for paddy fields, large scale propagation of Trichogramma, the production of alternative host, the release of Trichogramma in paddy fields, and the technological system of Trichogramma-based integrated management strategy of insect pestsin paddy fields and the utilization. The participants defined the challenge and opportunity in Trichogramma-based pesticide reducing strategy. This Symposiumis conducive to enhancing biological control and promoting the reduction of pesticides used in paddy fields.

More than 20 participants attended the Symposium. The participants came from CABI, Plant Protection Centre ofLaos' Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Plant Protection Division of Myanmar's Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Plant Protection and Quarantine Station of Dehong Prefecture in Yunnan Province, Plant Protection Station of Xing'an County in Guangxi Province, Hengshui Tianyi Bio-Control Co. Ltd., Yunnan Agricultural University, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Huazhong Agricultural University.