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Publications
IOBC Global NewsletterThe Newsletter is the main way to provide information to all of our members (and also non-members) all over the world. The information provided within the Newsletter can be used by everyone providing that a clear acknowledgement to the IOBC is made. Share your information: Activities and events within IOBC Regional Sections may be of interest to your colleagues outside the Sections as well. They will most probably not be informed if you do not tell them. Current Issue:IOBC Newsletter 83, March 2008 (PDF, 1232 KB)Archives: IOBC Newsletter 82, October 2007 (PDF, 3310 KB)IOBC Newsletter 81, March 2007 (PDF, 1349 KB)IOBC Newsletter 80, October 2006 (PDF, 842 KB)IOBC Newsletter 78, October 2005 (PDF, 876 KB) |
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IOBC Global
Biocontrol
BioControl, the Journal of the International Organization for Biological Control (IOBC), is a fully refereed international journal (preceded by "Entomophaga" until the end of 1997).
IOBC individual members can subscibe to it at reduced price (currently 90 EURO per annum; regular prize: ca. 180 EURO per annum). Institutional and supporting members have it included in their membership fee.
BioControl has its homepage on the Internet at the following address: http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1386-6141. You will find there all the information necessary for publication: aims and scope, submission information, instructions for contributors, etc. Since the subscription rate for BioControl is much lower for IOBC members than for non-members, and this subscription rate is low compared to other journals in the same fields, we strongly recommend all of you to subscribe to the journal if you had not already decided to do so. Finally, IOBC members, and Working Group participants are strongly encouraged to submit their contributions in the form of research papers or reviews.dd erh
Books
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The manual of Biocontrol agents. Third Edition. 2004: 702 pp. ISBN 1 901396355 Editor: L.G. Copping. BCPC, Alton, Hampshire, This third edition of The Manual of Biocontrol Agents contains many new entries compared to the second edition of 2001, showing that biological control of pests, diseases and weeds is undergoing a strong growth. In this edition there are 112 entries for micro-organisms, 58 entries for natural products, 56 entries for semiochemicals, 20 entries for genes and 127 entries for macroorganisms. The strongest increase in the number of “products” took place in the category of macro-organisms and this, indeed, coincides with the growth of this sector of biological pest control. The manual provides specific information about each of the listed natural enemies / products. Info: www.bcpc.org. |
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Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State Univerity: 476 pp. ISBN 0-87071-029-X. E. M. Coombs, J. K. Clark, G. L. Piper & A. F. Cofrancesco (Eds) In this volume, leading experts review the discipline of biological control of invasive terrestrial and aquatic plants. Topics addressed include ecology, safety testing, nontarget impacts, and the processes of identifying, introducing, distributing, and monitoring biological control agents. The book also describes 39 target plants in the continental Ordering info at: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/press/a-b/BioControl.html |
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Quality Control and Production of Biological Control Agents: Theory and Testing Procedures. ISBN 0 85199 688 4, hardback, 327 pp., US $ 120.00 J C van Lenteren (ed.), Department of Entomology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands This book was written by many IOBC members and is the result of work done in global and wprs working groups on quality control of natural enemies. The use of biological control agents has been increasing worldwide and there are now many companies massproducing such organisms, particularly for the control of insect pests. However, there is a great need for quality control in the production and use of these natural enemies, which include insect parasitoids and predators, fungi and viruses. This book has been written by leading scientists to provide both background theory and practical guidance on this subject. (www.cabi-publishing.org/bookshop; ISBN 0 85199 688 4, hardback, 327 pp., US $ 120.00 (some copies still available for reduced price at Joop.vanLenteren@wur.nl) |
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IOBC Internet Book of Biological Control – Version 5 January 2008 Editor: J.C. van Lenteren Contents 1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................6 2. Discovery of natural enemies and a bit of entomological history.....................................................................10 3. Development of idea to use natural enemies for pest control and classification of types of biological contro...l16 4. History of biological control............................................................................................................................22 5. Current situation of biological control (including region/country revieuws)....................................................41 6. Biological control of weeds.............................................................................................................................51 7. Future of biological control: to be written........................................................................................................61 8. Mass production, storage, shipment and release of natural enemies.................................................................62 9. Commercial and non-commercial producers of natural enemies......................................................................70 10. Quality control of natural enemies..................................................................................................................73 11. Artificial rearing of natural enemies and quality control................................................................................82 12. Legislation and regulation of biological control agents..................................................................................88 13. Mistakes and misunderstandings about biological control..............................................................................93 14. Integrated 15. Biological and integrated control work better in a systems approach..........................................................103 16. Books and papers on biological control and IPM.........................................................................................107 17. Links to important websites.........................................................................................................................122 Acknowledgements...........................................................................................................................................125 Appendix 1. An overview of national and regional biological control books.....................................................126 NEW IN VERSION 5: • Page 3: International role and accomplishments of IOBC • New Chapter 6: Biological control of weeds • New Chapter 10: Artificial rearing of natural enemies • New Chapter 14: Biological control and IPM work better in a systems approach • Aditions to Appendix 1: overview of national and regional biological control books • Additions to several chapters |
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50th Anniversary of IOBC A historical review Ernst F. Boller Seven historic landmarks demonstrate the historical evolution of IOBC to a powerful global organisation. 1948 Biological control has ever since remained the focus and field of competence of Global IOBC. Biological control and related entomological projects have also retained their important role in the activities of WPRS up to now and contributed largely to its international reputation. However, from its very early phase, WPRS developed and applied simultaneously the concepts of Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Integrated Plant Protection (IPP) and ultimately that of Integrated Production (IP). These concepts provided not only the conceptual umbrella for biological control but stimulated also the development of more holistic, multidisciplinary approaches and facilitated the knowledge transfer into practice. Since its establishment, WPRS has constantly increased its international reputation to function as trend-setting, independent, non-governmental scientific organisation that has continuously identified, addressed and developed new emerging fields. Examples of such topics dealt with by WPRS working units are, among others, “Functional Biodiversity” in the context of Conservation Biological Control and habitat management; assessment of potential negative impacts of pesticides; assessing the role of GMOs in IP; quality control of mass-reared arthropods; induced resistance in plants against pests and diseases; assessing risks of releasing exotic biocontrol agents and, last but not least, crop specific guidelines for the implementation of Integrated Production programs. Although we can observe, after 50 years of successful history, still a certain predominance of entomological topics in Global and WPRS activities there is also an obvious tendency of increasing multi- and even trans-disciplinarity. This is essential not only for the future development and implementation of sustainable agricultural production systems, but also for the continued viability of IOBC.
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Proceedings of the international workshop on “Implementation of biocontrol in practice in temperate regions – present and near future”. Nov. 1-3, 2005, Flakkebjerg, Denmark. DIAS report 119. ISBN: 87-88976-88-2. 351 pp. Hansen, L. Stengård, A. Enkegaard, T. Steenberg, S. Ravnskov and J. Larsen (eds.) This publication contains the proceedings of an international workshop held in The workshop was initiated by the Danish Centre for Biological Control http://www.centre-biological-control.dk/
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International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants: History of the first 50 Years (1956-2006) Boller, E.F., J.C. van Lenteren and V. Delucchi (eds.) You can order a copy by sending 10 Euro by normal mail to J.C. van Lenteren, Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, POBox 8031, 6700 EH Wagengingen, The Netherlands. |
