News about Biological control
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04 December 2017 Public-private cooperation essential to create societal impact - In the EU project BIOCOMES – coordinated by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) – a large, international consortium of thirteen...
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04 July 2017 New predatory bugs for tomato: More control with less damage - The predatory bug Macrolophus pygmaeus has been used successfully for pest control in tomato crops for decades. However, high population densities can...
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03 April 2017 Tailwind for biological control - The European Parliament unanimously accepted a proposal to speed up market registration of products for biological control of pests, that have a low...
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19 January 2017 How do you develop biological pesticides? - Working with partners from the EU BIOCOMES project, Wageningen University & Research has organised a workshop from 17 to 19 January about...
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22 November 2016 ‘We need a new approach for better soil’ - ‘Dutch agricultural soils are not future-proof’ was a widely accepted statement at the final meeting of the Public Private Partnership...
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29 September 2016 Breeding indigenous biological control agents against pest insects - The biological control of pest insects may be the future but there are still a number of challenges. “Many biological control agents that are...
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27 September 2016 Workshop: Development of biological control products - Wageningen Plant Research and its partners in the BIOCOMES EU project are organising a workshop for PhD students and young scientists active in the...
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25 September 2016 ‘Lure & Infect’ strategy blocks reproduction Drosophila suzukii - Research by Wageningen Plant Research shows that a new isolate of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium robertsii reduces reproduction of virgin...
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20 June 2016 Biological Control: How to ensure more earwigs in the orchard? - Why does one orchard have many earwigs while another has only few? And if only a few are present, how can one ensure more are in place? This is the...
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20 June 2016 Vaccine stops Dutch elm disease - Since 1992 over half a million Dutch elms have been ‘vaccinated’ against Dutch elm disease. Among these vaccinated trees, only 0.1% was...