| Keywords |
Fungal phytopathogens, bacterial phytopathogens, viruses, nematodes, biological control |
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| Structure |
The group is associated with the working group "Biological Control"
of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP) through a joint
management committee consisting for the IOBC/WPRS of C. Alabouvette (France),
Y. Elad (Israel), J. Köhl (The Netherlands) and for the EFPP of G.
Défago (Switzerland), D. Funk-Jensen (Denmark) and J. Whipps (U.K.).
The group comprises about 200 active scientists. |
| Aim |
The general goal is to promote cooperation between biocontrol scientists and to exchange expertise on biological control of plants diseases in the West Palaeartic Region in order to support the implementation of biological control strategies in agriculture. |
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| Activities |
Organisation of annual workshops for scientists and extension people
as well as (potential) producers and users of biocontrol products. These
workshops focus on specific aspects of biocontrol of plant pathogens and
also of particular groups of pathogens e.g. soilborne pathogens, above-ground
pathogens (biotrophic/necrotrophic) or sclerotial pathogens, each of them
differing ecologically and demanding specific control strategies. Workshops
have also been oriented on specific cultivation conditions such as soilless
cultures or the use of specific molecular techniques for better understanding
mechanisms of interaction and establishment of the biocontrol agent. |
| Achievements |
The main result so far is the creation of a scientific platform for the
development of realistic biocontrol strategies. The workshops have demonstrated
an intensification of research and implementation, and of cooperation
between research groups often resulting in successful EU-R&D-projects
and other international projects on biological control. The results of the group's activities are published in bulletins: IOBC/WPRS Bulletin Vol. 21 (9) 1998, 324 pp. |
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