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Council-Convenor Meeting, 07.-09.11.2023, Ghent, Belgium
The convenors presented the activities of their Commission, Working Group or Study Group.
The activity reports are summarised in a PDF, which is available in the Convenors Member Area of the website.
New Bulletin: Integrated Control of Protected Crops, Temperate and Mediterranean Climate
Recently published: IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 167, 2023
Preceedings of the Joint Meeting at Brest (France), 27-31 August, 2023.
New Bulletin: Integrated Protection in Oak Forests
Recently published: IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 168, 2023
Proceedings of the 10th Meeting at Hammamet (Tunisia), 10-13 October, 2022.
BioControl: Volume 68, Issue 5, Okt. 2023
A new issue is now available online. Have a look at the table of contents!
Read moreIOBC-Global Newsletter Issue 113, August 2023
In this edition: Message from the President, Candidates for Executive Committee 2024-2028, IOBC needs your help, upcoming events, Summary of IOBC Global Working Group meetings 2023, and much more…
Read moreANEPPB, Issue 89, Aug. 2023
Recently published: Arab & Near East Plant Protection Bulletin (ANEPPB), Issue 89, August 2023
Read moreNew Bulletin: WGs “Pheromones and other Semiochemicals in Integrated Production” and “Integrated Protection of Fruit Crops”
Recently published: IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 166, 2023
Proceedings of the PheroFruits Joint Meeting at Girona (Spain), 25-29 September, 2022.
World Wide Directory of Plant Pathologists
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Read moreNew Bulletin: Biological and Integrated Control of Plant Pathogens
Recently published: IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 165, 2023
Working Group “Biological and Integrated Control of Plant Pathogens”
Preceedings of the XVI Meeting in Wageningen (The Netherlands), 6-9 June, 2023.
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.
Deadlines
Event
Date
Location
Approaching Deadline(s)

Plant Health 2024
27 - 31 July 2024
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Workshop submissions
27.11.2023
Session submissions 27.11.2023

Biostimulants Europe 2024
17 - 18 January 2024
Valencia, Spain
10% Early Bird Discount
30.11.2023

Biopesticides Europe 2024
5 - 6 June 2024
Barcelona, Spain
25% Early Bird Discount
30.11.2023

10th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Landscape Management for Functional Biodiversity”
20 - 22 March 2024
Pisa, Italy
Expression of interest (via e-mail)
10.12.2023
07.01.2024: Early registration and abstract submission

14th Conference of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Protection of Stored Products” (IPSP2024)
16 - 20 September 2024
Novi Sad, Serbia
Pre-registration
15.12.2023
Full text / extended abstracts 31.05.2024
Early bird registration: 15.06.2024

XXVII International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024)
25 - 30 August 2024
Kyoto, Japan
Early bird registration
15.12.2023
Call for papers 15.12.2023

Third International Congress of Biological Control (ICBC3)
24 - 27 June 2024
San José, Costa Rica
Early registration and submission of abstracts
15.01.2024

XX International Plant Protection Congress – Healthy Plants Support Human Welfare
1 - 5 July 2024
Athens, Greece
Early registration
31.01.2024

Joint Meeting of IOBC-WPRS WGs “Integrated Protection of Soft and Stone Fruits”
15 - 18 September 2024
Warsaw, Poland
Abstract submission
31.03.2024
Early bird registration 30.04.2024
Abstract acceptance 30.05.2024
Submission of full papers 30.06.2024

ISCP, 75th International Symposium on Crop Protection
21 May 2024
Ghent, Belgium
Early Registration
20.04.2024

IV International Organic Fruit Symposium and II International Organic Vegetable Symposium (OrgHort 2024)
17 - 20 September 2024
Warsaw, Poland
Abstract submission
30.04.2024
Early registration and payment 30.04.2024
Regular registration and payment 30.06.2024
Late registration and payment (only participants without presentation) 30.08.2024
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IP Tools
IP (Integrated Production) is a concept of sustainable agriculture based on agro-ecology and a system approach that aims at contributing to sustainable, resilient, profitable and robust farming systems. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) is the part of IP focusing on pests, pathogens and weeds .
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