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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 have been 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
Past and Present (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
Diego, CA. 1046.p. |