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IOBC-WPRS Bulletin Vol. 180, 2025: Working Group “Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Mediterranean Climate” Proceeding of the Meeting at Podgorica (Montenegro), 02-05 Sept., 2025 iobc-wprs.org/product/iobc-w… (free for members)

Recently published: IOBC-Global Newsletter Issue 118, March 2026 iobc-wprs.org/iobc-global-ne…

Innovative Pest Control: Shaping the Future of Sustainable Agriculture The 10th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group “Modern Biotechnology in Integrated Plant Production” will take place in collaboration with the EU project REACT, in Chania, Crete (GR) from 22-24 Nov. 2026

Registration is now open, and abstracts are invited for oral presentations, see second circular. Further details, including preliminary program, deadlines, fees and abstract submission guidelines, are available on the conference website.

Workshop of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms”, 25.-26.03.2026, Julius Kühn Institute, Berlin, (Germany) iobc-wprs.org/meeting/iobc-w… “A NEW CHAPTER: Pesticides, Beneficials, and the Path Forward” #BioControl #Bioprotection #IPM #PlantHealth

New paper in Nature Communications🥳 Our paper ’Expected effects of a global transformation of agricultural pest management’ led by Niklas Möhring is now online Open Access nature.com/articles/s4146…

Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Coimbra (Portugal), RESCUE Project, in the field of biological invasions, for recent PhD holders, contributing to innovative solutions with real impact on ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation. iobc-wprs.org/job-opportunit…

20th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops (ICOC)”, 29.09.- 01.10.2026, SLU, Campus Alnarp, Lomma, Sweden iobc-wprs.org/meeting/iobc-w… The meeting will bring together leading scientists, emerging researchers, industry experts, and practitioners. #BioControl

18th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Temperate Climate”, 31.08.- 03.09.2026, Boskoop, The Netherlands iobc-wprs.org/meeting/icpc-2… The meeting brings together leading scientists, emerging researchers, industry experts, and practitioners. #BioControl

BREBCA 2026: 6th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group “Benefits and Risks of Exotic Biological Control Agents”, 14 - 17 September 2026, San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy iobc-wprs.org/meeting/iobc-w…

Pherosphere 2026: Workshop of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Pheromones and Other Semiochemicals in Integrated Production”, 8 - 12 March 2026, Dossenheim, Germany iobc-wprs.org/meeting/pheros…

BioControl: Volume 70, Issue 6, Dec. 2025 The new issue is available. Have a look at the table of contents! 11 articles in this issue. iobc-wprs.org/publications/b… #BioControl #PlantHealth #SustainableAgriculture #IPM #IntegratedPestManagement #Biodiversity

#EWRS #webinar series on #biological weed control is about to start: 12th November 11.00 CET, read all in the News and pre-register. ewrs.org/en/info/News/2…

Some of you might be interested in this recently published newsletter of the International Society for Plant Pathology: ISPP Newsletter 55 (11), November 2025, isppweb.org/newsletters/pd… #PlantPathology #PlantHealth #FoodSecurity #agriculture #cropprotection #plant #pathogens

SIP-IOBC 2026​​, 2-6 August 2026, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands iobc-wprs.org/meeting/sip-io… Joint Meeting: 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology (SIP) 20th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG "Microbial and Nematode Control of Invertebrate Pests"

Last week, #VIRTIGATION partners @unict_it and @CTTecnova presented our latest project findings on control of the Bemisia tabaci #whitefly in #greenhouse horticultural crops at the 16th Meeting of the @IOBC_WPRS WG in this field: montenegro-adventures.com/16th-meeting-o… #H2020 #EUFunded #IPM

BioControl: Volume 70, Issue 5, Oct. 2025 New issue, 11 articles. Have a look at the table of contents! iobc-wprs.org/publications/b… IOBC-WPRS members can subscribe to BioControl at substantially reduced cost. Join us now or renew your membership today!

Beautiful new book (in German): *Schlupfwespen* Ihre geheimnisvolle Welt beobachten und verstehen haupt.ch/schlupfwespen/… Siegfried Keller & Hannes Baur (Convenor of the IOBC-WPRS Expert Group "Determination and Identification of Entomophagous Insects and Insect Pathogens"), 2025

The book of abstracts is now available for download: iobc-wprs.org/meeting/9th-me…

Joint Meeting: IOBC-WPRS SG “Integrated Protection of Date Palms” and CILBIA2, 9 - 14 November 2025, Biskra, Algeria. Extended abstract submission deadline: 25th August 2025. iobc-wprs.org/meeting/cilbia2