International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control
West Palaearctic Regional Section
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IOBC-Global General Assembly, 24 June 2024 in San José, Costa Rica
The General Assembly of the IOBC will be held on Monday, 24th June from 10 h, just prior to the start of the congress. Get the news about the election of the new Executive Committee at first hand and attend meeting. Registration is still possible!
Read moreANEPPB, Issue 91, April 2024
Recently published:
Arab & Near East Plant Protection Bulletin (ANEPPB), Issue 91, April 2024
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Pre-Emptive Biological Control
Call for papers, open access journal Biological Control:
Gonzalo Avila with assistance from Kim Hoelmer, Tim Haye and Barbara BarrattI are inviting contributions to a special issue on “Pre-emptive biological control: a novel approach to increase preparedness for potential biosecurity threats”.
Manuscript submission deadline: 30th August 2024
Landscape Management for Functional Biodiversity
Recently published: IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 170, 2024
Preceedings of the 10th Meeting at Pisa (Italy), 20-22 March, 2024.
BioControl: Volume 69, Issue 1, Feb. 2024
A new issue is now available online. Have a look at the table of contents!
Read moreIntegrated Control of Plant-Feeding Mites
Recently published: IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 169, 2024
Proceedings of the 8th Meeting at Belgrade (Serbia), 04–07 September, 2023.
IOBC-Global Newsletter Issue 114, December 2023
In this edition: Message from the President, Upcoming event: ICBC3, IOBC needs your help, Nominees for Executive Committee 2025-2028
IOBC needs your help, news from our IOBC Regional Sections, Biocontrol related events, and much more…
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.
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.
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)
Asian Conference on Plant Pathology (ACPP 2024)
3 - 7 August 2024
Changchun, Jilin Province, China
Registration and abstract submission
03.05.2024
ISCP, 75th International Symposium on Crop Protection
21 May 2024
Ghent, Belgium
Regular Registration
12.05.2024
IV International Organic Fruit Symposium and II International Organic Vegetable Symposium (OrgHort 2024)
17 - 20 September 2024
Warsaw, Poland
Abstract submission
15.05.2024
Regular registration and payment 30.06.2024
Late registration and payment (only participants without presentation) 30.08.2024
14th Conference of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Protection of Stored Products” (IPSP2024)
16 - 20 September 2024
Novi Sad, Serbia
Full text / extended abstracts
31.05.2024
Early bird registration: 15.06.2024
19th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Microbial and Nematode Control of Invertebrate Pests”
8 - 11 September 2024
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
Abstract submission
31.05.2024
Early registration 30.06.2024
Late registration 15.08.2024
19th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops (ICOC)”
& Clubroot Workshop
10 - 11 September 2024
Dresden, Germany
Registration and submission of abstracts/extended abstracts
31.05.2024
Submission of full papers 15.06.2024
SIP 2024, International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control and 56th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology
28 July - 1 August 2024
Vienna, Austria
Regular registration
01.06.2024
IX Congress on Plant Protection
25 - 28 November 2024
Zlatibor, Serbia
Abstract submission
01.06.2024
Early registration 30.06.2024
Full paper submission 31.12.2024
9th International Weed Science Congress (IWSC24)
1 - 5 December 2024
Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract submission
10.06.2024
Early registration 02.09.2024
ICPPB & Biocontrol 2024
7 - 12 July 2024
Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Registration
15.06.2024
Joint Meeting of IOBC-WPRS WGs “Integrated Protection of Soft and Stone Fruits”
15 - 18 September 2024
Warsaw, Poland
Submission of extended abstracts / full papers
30.06.2024
ABIM 2024, Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting
21 - 23 October 2024
Basel, Switzerland
Abstract submission
30.06.2024
Early bird registration 31.07.2024
10th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Protection of Olive Crops”
11 - 14 November 2024
Baeza, Spain
Abstract submission
15.07.2024
Full paper submission 15.09.2024
Early bird registration 01.10.2024
9th International Entomopathogens and Microbial Control Congress (EMC 24)
28 - 31 October 2024
Trabzon, Turkey
Earlybird registration
30.07.2024
Abstract submission 30.08.2024
20th European Weed Research Society Symposium (EWRS 2025)
1 - 4 July 2025
Lleida, Spain
Abstract submission
30.12.2024
15.03.2025: Submission of travel grant requests
15.04.2025: Early registration
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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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