IOBC-WPRS

No War!

Members and representatives of IOBC-WPRS are shocked about the war in the Ukraine and the unimaginable suffering of the Ukrainian people. As a scientific community, IOBC-WPRS has always strictly focused on the science and has not become involved in politics. It also believes in close cooperation and harmony between the people of all countries. However, this situation, especially the war against civilians, is unprecedented in the lives of generations of Europeans, and makes it impossible to keep quiet.

• IOBC-WPRS believes in the peaceful settlement of any political dispute, all over the world. Not confrontation, but cooperation between nations will save this planet and the welfare of future generations.
• IOBC-WPRS condemns the war of aggression against the Ukraine unleashed by the Russian government. We wish for an immediate cessation of hostilities.
• The IOBC-WPRS community expresses its thoughts and sympathy with all those involved, the innocent Ukrainian civilians and the millions of refugees who were forced to leave their home and families, as well as the injured and killed victims among the soldiers.
• IOBC-WPRS condemns the restriction of free speech and the policy of misinformation of the Russian government.
• IOBC-WPRS supports the thousands of Russians, among them many scientists, who are risking their freedom when speaking up against war.

BioControl - New Issue

BioControl, Volume 67, Issue 3, June 2022 is now available!
10 articles in this issue.

Table and Contents:
https://link.springer.com/journal/10526/volumes-and-issues/67-3

Book Announcement

Microbial bioprotectants for plant disease management,
Editors: Dr Jürgen Köhl, Dr Willem J. Ravensberg, 23.11.2021

This collection provides a comprehensive coverage of the recent advances in the development of more ecologically balanced biological methods to control plant diseases. Chapters review the availability and use of bacterial, fungal and viral bioprotectants, as well as the issues that arise with their development and use. Buy here: https://shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/detail/workgroup/3-190-106382

New Book - Special Offer

Improving integrated pest management in horticulture,
Rosemary Collier, 486 pages, 15.03.2022.

Professor Rosemary Collier, Warwick University, UK edited a book entitled Improving integrated pest management in horticulture. The book provides a comprehensive review of the recent developments in integrated pest management (IPM) for horticultural crops. The collection builds on the wealth of research on insect and disease control in horticulture using IPM strategies in areas such as biological control and decision support systems to target techniques more effectively. The book also includes valuable case studies based on practical experience of IPM. Find out more: https://shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/detail/workgroup/3-190-106510

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 155, 2021

Study Group "Integrated Protection of Date Palms" - OILB-SROP Study Group «Protection Intégrée des Palmiers Dattiers».
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Integrated Protection of Date Palms - Comptes rendus du Premier Conférence International Protection ntégrée des Palmiers Dattiers at / à Manama (Kingdom of Bahrain), 13 - 14 March, 2017.
Edited by Waqas Wakil, Jose Romeno Faleiro, Hamadttu A. F. El-Shafie, Dennis V. Johnson.
ISBN 978-92-9067-341-5 [X + 121 pp.].

Download ePublication: IOBC-WPRS Bulletin Vol. 155, 2021

IOBC-Global Newsletter Issue 110, Dec. 2021 - Jan. 2022

In this edition:

• Message from the President
• IOBC needs your help
• Upcoming events
• ICE2020 postponed to 2022 and preparation of ICE2024 started
• Hundreds of participants attended Ecuadorian biocontrol training course
• Reactions from IOBC supported participants of Ecuador training course
• BioControl, the Official Journal of IOBC
• New Books on Biological Control
• Call for Biocontrol Training Initiatives
• ...and more

Download the Newsletter (pdf)

Arab and Near East Plant Protection Newsletter (ANEPPNEL)

Latest issue published of theArab and Near East Plant Protection Newsletter (ANEPPNEL): No. 84, December 2021

Contents and download:
https://asplantprotection.org/en/number-84-december-2021

New Publication, e-book

Understanding pests and their control agents as the basis for integrated plant protection,
Proceedings of the VIII Congress on Plant Protection (November 25-29, 2019, Zlatibor, Serbia). IOBC-WPRS, Plant Protection Society of Serbia and IOBC-EPRS, 2021
More information and download of new publication >>

IOBC Ideabook: Download your free digital copy!

The Ideabook has been digitalized and is now available for free download.

Ecological Infrastructures: Ideabook on Functional Biodiversity at the Farm Level, Temperate Zones of Europe.
Boller, E.F., Häni, F. & Poehling, H.-M. (eds.), 2004. 220 pp.
English-German, 1st Edition, LBL, Lindau, ISBN 3-906776-07-7

This tool produced by IOBC-WPRS for farmers, farm advisers and students has found wide interest. In its first bilingual English-German version, it compiles many facts scattered in the literature or unpublished.

Free Download: IOBC Ideabook on Ecological Infrastructures (pdf)

IBMA & IEEP Press Release: Exploring the benefits of biocontrol for sustainable agriculture

A literature review on biocontrol in light of the European Green Deal, Institute for European Environmental Policy, Hulot, J.F. and Hiller, N. (2021)

A new report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) identifies the benefits of biocontrol as an alternative to environmentally harmful plant protection methods. The effect of plant protection methods on biodiversity and health are now at the centre of political and technical discussions. Particularly in face of the upcoming revision of the Sustainable Use Directive, a milestone within the implementation of the Green Deal objectives, it is essential to explore sustainable alternatives.

Read more and download the new report!

IP & IPM: Practical Guidelines, accessible online (free)

The website section "Integrated Production, IP & IPM" including all the IP Practical Guidelines have been completely re-worked. The General Technical Guidelines, which were formerly described in a separate document, are now completely incorporated into the Crop Specific Technical Guidelines - there is no longer the need the consult two different documents per crop. Furthermore, the IP Practical Guidelines are now directly accessible online.
Benefit from the complete set of information and suggestions on how producers, technicians and institutions can apply the Integrated Production methods on different crops: Pome Fruits, Citrus, Grapes, Olives, Soft Fruits, Stone Fruits, Field Grown Vegetables, Arable Crops.

Consult the free online versions: IP Practical Guidelines

Book Announcement - Open Access

Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management
Development and Field Application
Edited ByJorge Hendrichs, Rui Pereira, Marc J.B. Vreysen
1st Edition, first published 2020, eBook published 1 January 2021

Open Access, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003169239

Book Announcement

Insect Pest Management
3rd Edition, November 2020
By: David Dent, Dent Associates Ltd, UK, Richard Binks, FreshTec, UK

Order here: https://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781789241075

Book Announcement

Integrative Biological Control - Ecostacking for Enhanced Ecosystem Services,
Edited by: Yulin Gao, Heikki M. T. Hokkanen and Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen, April 2020, 248 pages, ISBN 978-3-030-44837-0

Order here: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030448370

Book Announcement

Integrated Pest and Disease Management in Greenhouse Crops, 2nd edition, 2019
This book represents a new, completely updated, version of a book edited by two of the current editors, published with Springer in 1999. It covers pest and disease management of greenhouse crops, providing readers the basic strategies and tactics of integrated control together with its implementation in practice, with case studies with selected crops. The diversity of editors and authors provides readers a complete picture of the world situation of IPM in greenhouse crops.
Editors: Maria Lodovica Gullino, Ramon Albajes, Philippe C. Nicot
Have a glimpse: Free Preview.

Book Announcement

Biological Control in Latin America and the Caribbean
Edited by Joop C. van Lenteren, Vanda H.P. Bueno, M. Gabriela Luna and Yelitza C. Colmenarez, December 2019.
Written mainly by IOBC NTRS authors. Get more information and description.

The book can be ordered in the CABI bookshop: https://www.cabi.org/bookshop/book/9781789242430