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NATIONAL
AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVE
IN
BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL
Dr. E. F. Legner, University of California, Riversideč (Contacts) The
International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) has funded various projects
in biological pest control, 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. 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. 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. 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. Other texts and files
in this series may be viewed by CLICKING on
the following: Secrets of Science <museum1.htm> History of Biological Control <museum2.htm> Introduction and Scope of Biological
Control <museum3.htm> National and International Organizations
Active in Biological Control <museum4.htm> Economic Gains and Analysis of Successes in
Biological Control <museum5.htm> Trends and Future Possibilities in Biological
Control <museum6.htm> Beneficial Insects <museum7.htm> Case Histories of Salient Biological Control
Projects <detailed,htm> Guide to Identifying Predatory and Parasitic
Insects <NEGUIDE.1>,
<NEGUIDE.2>... etc. Insect
Natural Enemy Photos
<NE-2ba.PCX>, <NE-2bb.PCX>... <NE-247ba.PCX>... etc. Meal Worm Project <project.3.htm> Ladybird
Beetles <ladybird.htm> Fruit
Flies in California <fruitfly.htm> Killer
Bees <killer.htm> Monarch & Viceroy Butterflies <31aug95.mus.htm> Everywhere is Home <9feb98.mus.htm> Familiar
Butterflies of the United States & Canada <butterfl.htm> References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references
may be found at: MELVYL
Library] Anonymous. 1991.
International Institute of Biological Control, Annual Report
1990. Cambrian News Ltd., Aberystwth,
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