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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
BioControl: Volume 69, Issue 6, Dec. 2024
A new issue is now available online. Have a look at the table of contents!
Read moreBiocontrol 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.
Read moreIntegrated Protection of Stored Products (IPSP)
IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 173, 2024:
Preceedings of the 14th Meeting at Novi Sad (Serbia),
16–20 September, 2024
Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops
IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 172, 2024:
Preceedings of the 19th meeting at Dresden (Germany),
10-11 September, 2024
ANEPPB, Issue 92, August 2024
Arab & Near East Plant Protection Bulletin (ANEPPB):
Issue 91, April 2024
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…
Read moreEU 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.
Integrated Protection in Viticulture
IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 171, 2024:
Proceedings of the Meeting at Logroño, La Rioja (Spain),
03-05 October, 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 2025
2 - 5 August 2025
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Submissions for pre-meeting workshops and special sessions:
27.11.2024
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)
2 - 5 June 2025
Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract submission:
20.01.2025
Standard registration: 25.05.2025
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 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
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 May 2025
Sydney, Australia
Early bird registration:
28.03.2025
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)
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 Protection (IWCSPP)
19 - 23 October 2026
Kampala, Uganda
Abstract submission:
31.05.2025
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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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