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International Organization
for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and Plants (IOBC) [Organisation Intrnationale
de Lutte Biologique contre les Animaux et les Plantes Nuisibles (OILB)-- This was primarily a European organization, with headquarters
in Zurich, Switzerland. It was
affiliated and funded in part by the International Union of Biological Sciences
(IUBS), and has consultative status in the Food and Agricultural Organization
(FAO) of the United Nations. It
offered documentation, identification and research services and publishes the
scientific journal Entomophaga.
IOBC began to expand into a world organization in 1948, when at the
8th International Congress of Entomology in Stockholm an International
Commission of Biological Control (ICBC) was formed. It was affiliated with the Intrnational Council of Scientific
Unions (ICSU). The first meeting took
place in 1956 in Antibes, France. In
1971 IOBC-Europe expanded to a global organization and the name was changed
to International Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals and
Plants (IOBC) which now operates as the Section of Biological Control of the
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBC). Until 1971 it was largely a European organization. 1992 secretary general = Dr. F. Bigler. The goals of IOBC are as follows: To promote biological and integrated pest management. To stimulate research in biological control. To make the public aware of the positive economic, sociological
and environmental aspects of
biological control. To train scientists and technicians in biological control
methods. To publish scientific and populat articles concerning biological
control and integrated pest
management. IOBC continues to publish its own scientific journal, Entomophaga. The first working group was founded in
1959 in Wageningen, The Netherlands, and considered integrated pest management
in fruit orchards. Gradually more
working groups were created. Working groups under the Global Organization are: 1. Biological Control of Bruchids. 2. Biological Control of Plutella. 3. Ecology of Aphidophaga. 4. Fruit Flies of Economic Importance. 5. Ostrinia nubilalis. 6. Quality Control of Mass-reared Arthropods. 7. Trichogramma and Other Egg
Parasitoids. Global Sections are: West Palearctic Regional Section (WPRS) has 300 official members
and >1000 researchers cooperate in WPRS.
The 1992 contact person was S. Poitout, secretary general. INRA Stat. Zool., P.O. Box 91, 84143
Monfavet Cedex, France. The oldest, European section of IOBC had in 1992 18 working and
study groups. More than 1000
scientists and extension workers from 28 European countries cooperated in
IOBC/WPRS. The official number of
institutional members ws 35, and individual membersjhip amounted to 300. About 10 bulletins were published yearly,
containing new research data which were presented at workshop meetings. In addition to workshops, IOBC/WPRS also
organizes symposia, conferences and training courses in biological pest
control. Committees: Publications
(Entomophaga, newsletter PROFILE, bulletins, borchures; Identification
of Entomophagous Species; Promotion of use of IPM and biological control, and
distribution of scientific and applied results of WPRS; Promotion of
Integrated Agricultural Productions; Development of an IPM label with
standards for the WPRS region. Study and Working Groups:
Integrated Plant Protection in Orchards; Integrated Control in
Protected Crops North-Central Europe; Integrated Control in Protected Crops
Mediterranean Area; Integrated Control in Cereals; Integrated Control of Soil
Pests; Integrated Control in Viticulture; Integrated Control in Oilseed Rape;
Integrated Control in Field Vegetables; Integrated Control in Citrus Crops;
Integrated Control in Olives; Biological Control of Fungal and Bacterial
Phytopathogens; Breeding for Host Plant Resistance; Use of Pheromones and
other Semiochemicals; Fruit Flies of Economic Importance; Insect
Pathogens/Insect Parasitic Nematodes; Management of Farming Systems;
Prognosis and Integrated Control of Migrant Noctuids; Pesticides and
Beneficial Organisms. East Palearctic Regional Section (EPRS) had in 1992 as contact person S. S. Izhevsky, secretary
general. All Union Research Institute
for Plant Quarantine, Orlikov per. 1/11, 107139, Moscow, Russia. Several working groups were active. South and East Asian Regional Section (SEARS) had 1992 as contact person M. Taklagi, secretary general, Inst.
Biol. Control., Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka 812,
Japan. Several working groups were
active. Nearctic Regional Section (NRS) had 230 - 250 members as of 1992. The 1992 contact person was L. D. Charlet, corresponding
secretary, USDA/ARS Crop Sci. Lab., Box 5677, Fargo, ND 58105, USA. Working groups were Biological Control in
the Northeast and Integrated Pest Management in Greenhouses. Neotropical Regional Section (NTRS) had in 1992 contact person P. S. Baker, corresponding secretary,
IIBC, Gordon Str., Curepe, Trinidad, West Indies. There were no special working groups as of 1992. Afrotropical Regional Section (ATRS) had in 1992 contact persos N. T. C. Echendu, secretary general,
Nat. Root Crops Res. Inst., Biocontrol, Umudike, Umuhia, Nigeria. International Institute of Biological Control (IIBC). Originally called the
Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (CIBC), it was founded in 1926
as the Imperial Institute of Biological Control. Dr. Fred J. Simmonds was director. Its headquarters is in Slough, England, after many years of
being at the West Indian Station at Curepe, Trinidad. Research stations are maintained in a
number of other countries: The East
African Station at Nairobi, Kenya; the European Station at Delémont,
Switzerland; the Indian Station at Bangalore, India; the Pakistan Station at
Rawalpindi, Pakistan; the South American Station at Bariloche,
Argentina. This is a British organization
whose basic expenses are met from two sources: (1) funds allocated annually by Commonwealth countries to the
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, of which IIBC is a unit and (2) funds
provided by sponsoring agencies, which may be other than Commonwealth
countries, to cover expenses incurred on biological control projects
undertaken on a contract basis. A. Headquarters: Silwood Park, Buckhurst Rd., Ascot,
Berkshire, SL5 7TA, U.K. [FAX = (0344) 872901]. B. Caribbean & Latin
America: Gordon Street, Curepe,
Trinidad & Tobago. [FAX = 0101
809 6634180]. C. Europe: 1 Chemin des Grillons, CH-2800 Delémont,
Switzerland. [TEL = 066-22 12 57]. D. Kenya: c/o Kenya Agricultural Research Institute,
P.O. Box 30148, Nairobi, Kenya. [FAX
= 2-593499]. E. Malaysia: CAB International REgional Office, P.O.
Box 11872, 50760 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[FAX = (603) 2551888]. F. Pakistan: PARC-CIBC Station, P.O. Box 8, Rawalpindi,
Pakistan. [FAX = 51-842347]. L'Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique (OILB). This was primarily a
European organization. Its
headquarters were in Zurich, Switzerland.
It was affiliated and funded in part by the International Union of
Biological Sciences (IUBS), and has consultative status in the Food and Agricultural
Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
It offered documentation, identification and research services and
published the scientific journal Entomophaga. This organization led to the global IOBC. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Most biological control
work at the Federal level is conducted by the Agricultural Research Service
(ARS), Entomology Research Division, Parasite Introduction and Insect
Identification Section. Laboratories
in the United States are maintained at Beltsville, Maryland, Columbia,
Missouri and in Delaware. Overseas
laboratories are maintained at Burlingham, Argentina; Paris, France and Rome,
Italy. Several laboratories were closed
in the late 1980's (Albany, California and Riverside, California). The following organizations are largely concerned with the
biological control of pests in their respective countries or states: Australia. (1) the Division of
Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization
(CSIRO), Canberra and (2) Department of Lands, Biological Section Laboratory,
Brisbane. Austria. Bundesanstalt für
Pflanzenschutz, Vienna. Canada. Department of Forestry,
Ottawa, Ontario, with several regional substations. Czech Republic &
Slovakia. Forest Research
Institute, Banská Stiavnica. Egypt. Dr. Ahmed El-Heneidy,
P.O. Box 915, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt. [FAX = 011-202-731574]. Finland. Institute for
Agriculture and Forest Zoology, Helsinki. Germany. (1) Deutsches
Entomologisches Institut, Eberwalde; (2) Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land
und Forstwirtschaft, Institute für Biologische Schádlingsbekámpfung,
Darmstadt; (3) Forstzoologische Institut der Universität, Freiburg; (4)
Niedersachsiche Forstliche Versuchsanstalt, Göttingen; (5) Institut für Angewandte
Zoologie, Munich; (6) Institut für Pflanzenschutz der Landwirtschaftlichen
Hochschule, Stuttgart-Hohenheim; (7) Landesanstalt für Pflanzenschutz,
Stuttgart-W; (8) Institut für Angewandte Zoologie der Universität, Würzburg. Greece. Benaki Phytopathological
Institute, Athens Israel. (1) Department of
Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Rehovot; (2) The Volcani Institute of Agricultural Research, Beit-Dagan. Italy. Instituto di
Entomologia Agraria dell'Universita degli Studi-Milan. Japan. Division of Insect
Natural Enemies, Institute of Biological Control, Fukuoka. Kenya. National Agricultural
Laboratories, Nairobi. Netherlands. (1) Zoologische
Laboratorium der Landouwhogeschool, Wageningen; (2) Institut voor
Platenziektenkundig Onderzoek, Wageningen; (3) Experiment Station for Fruit
Growing, Wilhelminadorp. New Zealand. (1) Department of
Scientific & Industrial Research, Entomology Division, Nelson; (2) Forest
Research Institute, Rotorua. Norway. Norges
Landbrukshogskola, Zoologisk Institutt, Vollebekk. Poland. (1) Forest Research
Institute, Warsaw; (2) Institute of Ecology, Laboratory of Biological
Control, Warsaw; (3) Institute of Plant Protection, Laboratory of Biological
Control, Poznan. Turkey. Biological Control
Laboratory, Plant Protection Institute, Bornova-Izmir and Antalya. United Kingdom. (1) Agricultural
Research Council, Virus Research Unit and Unit of Insect Physiology,
Cambridge; (2) Insect Pathology Unit, Commonwealth Forestry Institute,
Oxford. United States. (1) Division of
Biological Control, University of California, Berkeley; (2) Department of
Entomology, University of California, Riverside. [FAX = (714) 787-3086]; (3)
University of Florida, Citrus Experiment Station, Lake Alfred; (4) University
of Florida Subtropical Experiment Station, Homestead; (5) Hawaii State
Department of Agriculture, Entomology Branch, Honolulu. Other states have one or more university
staff members engaged in biological control research of various kinds. Former U.S.S.R. (Soviet
Union). (1) All-Union Institute
for Plant Protection, Laboratory of Biological Control and Laboratory for
Microbiological Control Methods; (2) Central Quarantine Laboratory of the
U.S.S.R., Ministry of Agriculture and its district departments; (3) Ukranian
Plant Protection Institute, Biological Laboratory; (4) Georgian Plant
Protection Institute; (5) Kazah Plant Protection Institute, Laboratory for
Biological Control; (6) Azerbaijan Plant Protection Institute; (7) Moldavian
Institute for Orcharding and Viticulture; (8) Byelorussian Fruit, Vegetables
and Potato Institute, Biological Laboratory. Suppliers of Living Natural Enemies
(Affiliated with the Association of Natural Bio-Control Producers,
Maclay Burt, Executive Director, 10202 Cowan Heights Dr., Santa Ana, CA.
92705; Phone-FAX (714) 544-8295. Sinthya Penn, President. Jake Blehm, Vice
President. Lee Ann Merrill, Secretary. Glenn Scriven, Treasurer). Arizona Biological Control, Inc.; P.O. Box 4247 CRB, Tucson, AZ.
85738; Attn: Richard Frey; 800-767-2847; 602-825-9785; FAX: 602-825- 2038. Bassett's Cricket Ranch, Inc.; 535 N. Overs Lane, Visalia, CA. 93291-6760; Attn: Russell
Bassett; 209-732-2738; FAX:
209-627-6832. Beneficial Insectary; 14751 Oak Run Rd., Oak Run, CA. 96069; Attn: Sinthya Penn;
800-477-3715; 916-472-3715; FAX:
916-472-3523. (Sinthya Penn) Benetech, 955 Minnesota Ave., San Jose, CA. 95125; Attn: Jay Chandler;
408-993-9291. Bio-Agronomics, P.O. Box 1013, Clovis, CA. 93613; Attn: Jim White;
209-297-9288; 209-297-4932. Bio Ag Services, 4218 W. Muscat, Fresno, CA. 93706; Attn: Greg Gaffney;
209-268-2835; FAX: 209-268-7945. Biofac, P.O. Box 87, Mathis, TX. 78368; Attn: Buddy Maedgen;
512-547-3259. Biological Pest Management, 2135 Fresno St., Ste. 219, Fresno, CA. 93721; Attn: Brian Poe;
209-233-1083. Biotactics, 22412 Pico St., Grand Terrace, CA. 92324; Attn: Glenn Scriven;
714-783-2148; FAX: 714-783-2178. (Glenn Scriven <PHOTO>, Walter White <PHOTO>) Bozeman Bio-Tech, P.O. Box 3146, 1612 Gold Ave., Bozeman, MT. 59772; Attn: Eric
Vinje; 406-587-5891; FAX:
406-587-0223. Buena Biosystems, P.O. Box 4008, Oxnard, CA. 93034; Attn: Jake Blehm;
805-525-2525; FAX: 805-525-6058. Bunting Biological, P.O. Box 2430, Oxnard, CA. 93034; Attn: Dan Cahn; 805-986-8265;
209-594-4267; FAX: 805-986-8267. Caltec Agri Marketing Services, P.O. Box 576155, Modesto, CA. 95357; Attn: John R. Monnich;
209-575-1295; FAX: 209-575-0366. Coast Agri-Pro-tect Dept., RR #2, 464 Riverside Rd. South, Abbotsford, BC, Canada V2S
4N2; Attn: Barbara Peterson; 604-853-4836. Foothill Agricultural Research, 510 1/2 W. Chase Dr., Corona, CA. 91720; Attn: Harry Griffiths;
714-371-0120; FAX: 714-737-0718. Garden's Alive, 5100 Schenley Place, Lawrenceburg, IN. 47025; Attn: Niles
Kinerk; 812-537-8652; 812-537-8660. Hansen-Nadler, 7212 Rd. 28, Madera, CA. 93637; Attn: Hunter P. Nadler;
209-674-2864. Harmony Farm Supply, P.O. Box 451, Graton, CA. 95444; Attn: Kate Burroughs;
707-823-9125; FAX: 707-823-1734. IPM Laboratories, Inc., Main Street, Locke, NY. 13092-0099; Attn: Carol Glenister;
315-497-3129. Kuida Ag Supply Co., 14715 S. Mariposa Ave., Gardena, CA. 90247; Attn: Lawrence
Kuida; 213-378-5137; 213-378-1015. Kunafin, Rt. #1, Box 39, Quamodo, TX. 78877; Attn: Frank Junfin;
800-832-1113; 512-773-0149; FAX: 512-757-1468. M. & R. Durango, Inc., P.O. Box 886, Bayfield, CA. 81122; Attn: Lee Anne Merrill;
800-526-4075; 303-259-3521; FAX:
303-259-1468. Nature's Control, P.O. Box 35, Medford, OR. 97501; Attn: Don Jackson;
503-899-8318; FAX: 503-899-9121. Plant Sciences, Inc./Koppert, 342 Green Valley Rd., Watsonville, CA. 95076; Attn: Steven D.
Nielson; 408-728-7771; FAX:
408-728-4967. Rincon-Vitova Insectaries, Inc., P.O. Box 95, Oak View, CA. 93022; Attn: Everett J. Dietrick; 805-643-5407;
FAX: 643-6267. (Everett Dietrick <PHOTO>) Sespe Creek Insectary, 1400 Grand Ave., Fillmore, CA. 93015; Attn: Reed Finfrock;
805-524-3565. Sierra Ag, 2749 East Malaga, Fresno, CA. 93725; Attn: Rick Hunt;
209-233-0585; FAX: 209-233-0633. Spalding Laboratories, 760 Printz Rd., Arroyo Grande, CA. 93420; Attn: Pat Spalding;
805-489-5946. Sweetbriar Development, Inc., 1767 San Juan Rd., Watsonville, CA. 95076; Attn: John Weisz;
408-722-5577; 408-726-3256. TriCal Biosystems, Inc., P.O. Box 1327, Hollister, CA. 95024; Attn: Carol Waddington;
408-637-0195. Unique Insect Control, 5504 Sperry Dr., Citrus Heights, CA. 95621; Attn: Jeanne
Houston & Pete Foley; 916-961-7945; FAX:
916-967- 7082. Exercises
Exercise 4.1-- Describe the goals and function of the IOBC (International
Organization for Biological Control of Noxious Animals & Plants). Exercise 4.2-- What is the IIBC (International Institute of Biological
Control)? Exercise 4.3-- In what countries does the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture have biological
control stations? Exercise 4.4-- Name six other biological control organizations that exist in
individual countries. Exercise 4.5-- Name six suppliers of living natural enemies. REFERENCES: [ Additional references may be found at MELVYL Library ] Anonymous. 1991. International Institute of Biological
Control, Annual Report 1990. Cambrian
News Ltd., Aberystwth, Wales, England.
80 p. Bellows, T. S., Jr. & T. W. Fisher, (eds) 1999. Handbook
of Biological Control: Principles and
Applications. Academic Press, San
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