International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC)
Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique (OILB)
The International organisation for Biological Control (IOBC) promotes environmentally safe methods of pest and disease control. It is a voluntary organisation of biological-control workers.
Membership in IOBC gives individuals and organisations the opportunity to participate in biological control activities beyond their specific jobs and workplaces, to step outside their bureaucracies, and to contribute to the promotion of biological control worldwide.
IOBC Regional Sections and Working Groups
APRS |
Asia and the Pacific Regional Section (India, South-East Asia, Japan and Australia) |
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ATRS |
African Tropical Regional Section (African countries south of the Sahara) |
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EPRS |
East Palearctic Regional Section (Eastern Europe) |
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NRS |
Nearctic Regional Section (North America) |
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NTRS |
Neotropical Regional Section (Latin-American countries) |
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WPRS |
West Palearctic Regional Section (Europe, Mediterranean Region, Near- and Middle East) |
- Mass Rearing and Quality Assurance
- Aphidophaga
- BC and Mgmt. of Eupatorieae Weeds
- Exotic Biocontrol Agents
- IWGO - Ostrinia and other maize pests
- BC and Management of Parthenium Weed
- BC of Diamondback Moth
- More working groups within Regional Sections
Commission
Evets and Latest News
Ecology of Aphidophaga
IOBC-Global Working Group Meeting:
14th International Symposium Ecology of Aphidophaga,
16-20 September 2019, Montreal (Quebec) Canada
ICBC 2018
1st International Conference on Biological Control: Approaches and Applications,
27-29 September 2018, Bengaluru, India
ISBCW 2018
XVth International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds,
26-31 August 2018, Engelberg, Switzerland
Africa in Focus!
Biocontrol Africa and 2018 New Ag Conference & Exhibition,
19-23 March 2018, Nairobi, Kenya.
New Publication
Biological control using invertebrates and microorganisms: plenty of new opportunities,
van Lenteren, J.C., Bolckmans, K., Köhl, J. et al. (2017).
Congress ICBC-1
First International Congress of Biological Control (ICBC-1), "Interdisciplinary Biological Control", 14th-16th May 2018, Beijing, China.
Plantwise
The IOBC Green & Yellow List approach goes global with Plantwise. Over 500 green and yellow lists have been developed in Plantwise countries and are published on the free online Knowledge Bank.
IOBC Participation
6th China International Forum on Development of Bio-Control Technology, Shanghai:
Goerge Heimpel and Barbara Barratt attended this meeting which was part of the China International Agrochemical Conference Week 2017.
IWGO Meeting 2017
26th IWGO Conference
has taken place 10-12 April 2017 at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
Global Working Group
IWGO - Biocontrol of Ostrinia and Other Maize Pests
Twitter:
@IOBC-Global
Attention Twitter Users:
IOBC-Global now has a Twitter account!
It's a clearinghouse for interesting information on biological control - feel free to follow it and post to it!
Writing Partnership
Non-native English speakers sometimes need help in preparing scientific articles for publication in English language journals.
Forum article in BioControl
Will Biological Control Be Impossible in the Future?
Forum article in the journal BioControl of the Commission on Biological Control and ABS.
New IOBC-Global EXE
The IOBC-Global Executive Committee for the next four years (2016-2020) has been elected.