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Our honorary member, Dr. Horst Bathon, passed away on July 5,2025, at the age of 82. He was member of the Council from 1997 until 2005 and Convenor of the Publication Commission from 1999 until 2009.

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 181, 2025:
Preceedings of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group Meeting on Integrated Protection of Date Palms at CRSTRA-Biskra (Algeria), 09-11 November 2025

Elections both for Convenor and Deputy Convenor of the IOBC-WPRS Study Group on “Integrated Protection of Date Palms” are being held at the meeting on 9-11 November 2025 in Biskra, Algeria

In this edition: Message from the president, the IOBC Journal BioControl, news from the Regional Sections, updates from IOBC-Global Working Groups, biocontrol related events, recently published books, and much more…

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 180, 2025:
Proceedings of the meeting “Promoting Integrated Pest Management in Protected Crops in a Changing Europe and Mediterranean Basin”, at Podgorica (Montenegro), 02-05 September, 2025

Arab & Near East Plant Protection Bulletin (ANEPPB), recently published:
Issue 95-2, August 2025

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 179, 2025:
Proceedings of the fifth Meeting (BREBCA 23) at University of Aveiro, Aveiro (Portugal), 11-14 September, 2023

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 178, 2025:
Proceedings of the Joint Meeting “Harvesting the Future: Embracing the Synergy of Integrated Pest Management, Crop Technology and Organic Solutions in Soft and Stone Fruit Cultivation“, Warsaw (Poland), 15-18 September, 2024

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 177, 2025:
Preceedings of the 17th Meeting “From single microbes to microbiomes targeting one health”, Torino (Italy), 11-14 June, 2025

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IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 176, 2025:
Proceedings of the 19th Meeting „Advanced Microbial Control Tools for Agroforest Challenges“ at Ponta Delgada (Azores), 08-11 September, 2024

Dear colleagues and olive stakeholders,
we kindly invite you to take part in our short survey for olive sector professionals across Europe.
The survey is open to olive farmers, advisors, researchers, cooperatives, NGOs, and policy experts – and takes just 10 to 15 minutes to complete. It is fully anonymous and GDPR-compliant.

Recently published EPPO Bulletin Article:
The utilization of biological control against regulated pests in the EPPO region: challenges and opportunities
R. Tanner, S. Bluemel, A. Kapranas, M. Kenis, D. Matosevic, N. Horn

IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 175, 2025:
Proceedings of the 10th Meeting
at Baeza (Spain), 11-14 November, 2024