Innovations in rearing high-quality invertebrates
Joint meeting of the IOBC Global Working Group on Mass Rearing & Quality Assurance (MRQA) and the Association of Natural Biocontrol Producers (ANBP)
The organizing committee has decided to postpone the meeting for one year to October 2026.
Many of our members and invited speakers expressed their uncertainty to secure funding and/or approval to travel to the meeting. We hope that in a year’s time, these issues will have stabilized, and we will have a much better chance of having the required number of attendees to make this meeting a success.
We still plan to hold the meeting in Tucson, Arizona, and will keep working over the coming year to organize a great meeting.
We hope to see you all at the meeting, just a little bit later than expected!
The workshop objective is to explore opportunities for advancing the rearing of high quality entomophagous and phytophagous insects and mites, entomopathogenic nematodes, and other invertebrates for plant and animal pest management, human and animal food, and a variety of other uses. The program will consist of symposia on current “Hot topics,” invited and submitted presentations and posters on mass rearing and quality assurance. Presentations will serve as a basis for discussion and exchange, with the final aim of improving collaboration among scientists and practitioners.
General topics for the sessions include:
- Mass rearing and evaluating biological control agents for crop pests
- Mass rearing for SIT and other autocidal pest control
- Methods for assessing the quality of biological control products
- Mass rearing insects for food and feed
- Open session on rearing invertebrates
Download: First Announcement (pdf)
More information on IOBC-MRQA: https://www.mrqa.eu
Date
26 - 30 October 2026
Place
Tucson, AZ, USA