As result from the Joint Initiative of IOBC, BART and EPPO updated, standardized and validated test methods to assess side-effects of plant protection products to non-target arthropods for registration purposes have been published:

M.P. Candolfi, S. Blümel, R. Forster et al. (2000):
Guidelines to evaluate side-effects of plant protection products to non-target arthropods. IOBC, BART and EPPO Joint Initiative.
IX + 158 pp., Gent, IOBC/wprs, ISBN: 92-9067-129-7. Price: € 15,00. For further information see announcement with preface and table of contents: Announcement (PDF, 96 KB).

You may order the book by letter, fax or e-mail from: Dr. Horst Bathon, Institute for Biological Control, Heinrichstrasse 243, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany, Fax ++49-6151-407290, E-mail: h.bathon@bba.de