International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control

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IOBC-WPRS is one of six Regional Sections of the International Organisation for Biological Control. IOBC was established in 1955 to promote environmentally safe methods of pest and disease control in plant protection.

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PhD Symposium „Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and Plant Diseases”

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 174, 2024:
Commission “Young IOBC-WPRS”,
PhD Symposium „Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and Plant Diseases”
Abstracts of the 1st Meeting at IRTA, Cabrils, Barcelona (Spain), 22-25 April, 2024

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BioControl: Volume 69, Issue 6, Dec. 2024

A new issue is now available online. Have a look at the table of contents!

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Biocontrol Comic

One of the most enjoyable ways to disseminate knowledge and scientific results is through comics! If this is accomplished without losing rigor, the contentment is complete.

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Integrated Protection of Stored Products (IPSP)

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 173, 2024:
Preceedings of the 14th Meeting at Novi Sad (Serbia),
16–20 September, 2024

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Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 172, 2024:
Preceedings of the 19th meeting at Dresden (Germany),
10-11 September, 2024

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ANEPPB, Issue 92, August 2024

Arab & Near East Plant Protection Bulletin (ANEPPB):
Issue 91, April 2024

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IOBC-Global Newsletter Issue 115, July 2024

In this edition: Message from the President, reports from ICBC3, report GA 2024, Executive Committee 2025-2028, IOBC needs your help, upcoming meetings form IOBC-Global WGs, news from the Editor of BioControl, and much more…

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EU IPM Toolbox Extended by IOBC-WPRS

The original EU Toolbox database has been extended to cover 30 crop/sector specific guidelines from IOBC-WPRS.
Currently a total of 273 IPM guidelines and 1342 IPM practices are accessible.

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Integrated Protection in Viticulture

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 171, 2024:
Proceedings of the Meeting at Logroño, La Rioja (Spain),
03-05 October, 2023.

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Expert Groups

IOBC-WPRS encourages collaboration in promoting feasible and environmentally safe methods of pest and pathogen control.

The scientific and technical activity of IOBC-WPRS is carried by Working Groups, Study Groups and Commissions.

Such expert groups are composed of scientists and other professional IOBC-WPRS members and coming from at least three different countries.

Upcoming Events

Meetings and Activities related to IOBC: Time-Table.

Biostimulants Europe 2025, 29-30.01.2025, Madrid, Spain: Conference logo, wide

Biostimulants Europe 2025

Date:

29 - 30 January 2025

Where:
Madrid, Spain

Non-target effects of alternatives to pesticides: an interdisciplinary meeting, 02-04 April 2025, Montpellier, France: Logo

Non-target effects of alternatives to pesticides: an interdisciplinary meeting

Date:

2 - 4 April 2025

Where:
Montpellier, France

International Symposium on Plant Pathogenic Sclerotiniaceae (BotryScleroMoni 2025), 25 - 30 May 2025, Thessaloniki, Greece: Logo

International Symposium on Plant Pathogenic Sclerotiniaceae (BotryScleroMoni 2025)

Date:

25 - 30 May 2025

Where:
Thessaloniki, Greece

25th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, 26.-28.05.2025, Sydney, Australia: Logo

25th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference

Date:

26 - 28 May 2025

Where:
Sydney, Australia

14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP2025), 02.-05.06.2025, Uppsala, Sweden: Logo

14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP2025)

Date:

2 - 5 June 2025

Where:
Uppsala, Sweden

XVII Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Biological and Integrated Control of Plant Pathogens", 11-14 June 2025, Torino, Italy: Logo

XVII Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Biological and Integrated Control of Plant Pathogens”

Date:

11 - 14 June 2025

Where:
Torino, Italy

EWRS 2025, 20th European Weed Research Society Symposium, 1-4 July 2025, Lleida, Spain: Logo

20th European Weed Research Society Symposium (EWRS 2025)

Date:

1 - 4 July 2025

Where:
Lleida, Spain

17th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU2025), 07.-10.07.2024, Bari, Italy: Logo

17th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU2025)

Date:

6 - 10 July 2025

Where:
Bari, Italy

Plant Health 2023 – APS Annual Meeting, 02.-05.08.2023, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Logo

Plant Health 2025

Date:

2 - 5 August 2025

Where:
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

16th IOBC-WPRS Working Group Meeting “Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Mediterranean Climate”, 2-5 September 2025, Podgorica, Montenegro: Logo

16th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Mediterranean Climate”

Date:

2 - 5 September 2025

Where:
Podgorica, Montenegro

9th meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group “Integrated Control of Plant-Feeding Mites”, 8 - 11 September 2025, Izmir, Türkiye: Logo

9th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control of Plant-Feeding Mites”

Date:

8 - 11 September 2025

Where:
Izmir, Türkiye

Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Protection of Fruit Crops", 14-18 September 2025, in Wageningen, The Netherlands: Logo wide

IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Protection of Fruit Crops”, Joint Meeting of Sub-Groups “Pome Fruit Arthropods” & “Pome Fruit Diseases”

Date:

14 - 18 September 2025

Where:
Wageningen, The Netherlands

IOBC-WPRS Logo, small, white background

Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Protection in Oak Forest”

Date:

22 - 25 September 2025

Where:
Sassari, Sardinia, Italy

Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Protection in Viticulture”

Date:

13 - 15 October 2025

Where:
Mikulov, Czech Republic

General Assembly of the IOBC-WPRS, 16th and 17th October 2025, Mikulov, Czech Republic: Logo

IOBC-WPRS General Assembly 2025

Date:

16 - 17 October 2025

Where:
Mikulov, Czech Republic

14th Arab Conference of Plant Protection, Algeria, 2025 (ACPP2025), 03.-07.11.2025, Algeria: Logo

14th Arab Conference of Plant Protection, Algeria, 2025 (ACPP2025)

Date:

3 - 7 November 2025

Where:
Algeria

9th International Weed Science Congress (IWSC25), 10.-13.11.2025, Antalya, Turkey: Logo

9th International Weed Science Congress (IWSC25)

Date:

10 - 13 November 2025

Where:
Antalya, Turkey

XVII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, 8 – 13 March 2026, Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand: Logo with text

XVII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds

Date:

8 - 13 March 2026

Where:
Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand

13th International Working Conference on Stored Product Pests (13th IWCSPP), 19–23 October 2026, Kampala, Uganda

13th International Working Conference On Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP)

Date:

19 - 23 October 2026

Where:
Kampala, Uganda

ICPP, 13th International Congress of Plant Pathology, 19 - 25 August 2028, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

13th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP2028)

Date:

18 - 26 August 2028

Where:
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Deadlines

Event

Date

Location

Approaching Deadline(s)

Plant Health 2023 – APS Annual Meeting, 02.-05.08.2023, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Logo

Plant Health 2025

2 - 5 August 2025

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Submissions for pre-meeting workshops and special sessions:

27.11.2024

EWRS 2025, 20th European Weed Research Society Symposium, 1-4 July 2025, Lleida, Spain: Logo

20th European Weed Research Society Symposium (EWRS 2025)

1 - 4 July 2025

Lleida, Spain

Abstract submission:

30.12.2024


Submission of travel grant requests: 15.03.2025

Early registration: 15.04.2025

14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP2025), 02.-05.06.2025, Uppsala, Sweden: Logo

14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP2025)

2 - 5 June 2025

Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract submission:

20.01.2025


Standard registration: 25.05.2025

XVII Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Biological and Integrated Control of Plant Pathogens", 11-14 June 2025, Torino, Italy: Logo

XVII Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Biological and Integrated Control of Plant Pathogens”

11 - 14 June 2025

Torino, Italy

Submission of contributions:

31.01.2025


Early bird registration: 28.02.2025
Late registration without contribution is possible after 01.03.2025

16th IOBC-WPRS Working Group Meeting “Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Mediterranean Climate”, 2-5 September 2025, Podgorica, Montenegro: Logo

16th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Mediterranean Climate”

2 - 5 September 2025

Podgorica, Montenegro

Abstract submission:

14.02.2025


Full paper submission: 18.04.2025

Early registration: 10.06.2025

International Symposium on Plant Pathogenic Sclerotiniaceae (BotryScleroMoni 2025), 25 - 30 May 2025, Thessaloniki, Greece: Logo

International Symposium on Plant Pathogenic Sclerotiniaceae (BotryScleroMoni 2025)

25 - 30 May 2025

Thessaloniki, Greece

Abstract submission and early bird registration:

14.02.2025


Presenting authors registration: 10.03.2025

Standard registration 25.05.2025

25th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, 26.-28.05.2025, Sydney, Australia: Logo

25th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference

26 - 28 May 2025

Sydney, Australia

Early bird registration:

28.03.2025

14th Arab Conference of Plant Protection, Algeria, 2025 (ACPP2025), 03.-07.11.2025, Algeria: Logo

14th Arab Conference of Plant Protection, Algeria, 2025 (ACPP2025)

3 - 7 November 2025

Algeria

Abstract submission:

30.03.2025


Registration: 30.09.2025

17th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU2025), 07.-10.07.2024, Bari, Italy: Logo

17th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU2025)

6 - 10 July 2025

Bari, Italy

Early registration:

30.04.2025


Regular registration: 06.07.2025

Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Protection in Viticulture”

13 - 15 October 2025

Mikulov, Czech Republic

Abstract submission:

15.05.2025


Early registration and authors registration: 12.07.2025

13th International Working Conference on Stored Product Pests (13th IWCSPP), 19–23 October 2026, Kampala, Uganda

13th International Working Conference On Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP)

19 - 23 October 2026

Kampala, Uganda

Abstract submission:

31.05.2025

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