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Testing the sensitivity of a molecular marker: a Dutch experience
04 May 2017 - ESR Update - During my last update I spent a month at Bremen University. Now, yet again, I am away from my home institution CABI Switzerland, and find... -
Sensitivity analyses: Delving more deeply into the modelling framework
03 April 2017 - ESR Update - Sensitivity analyses can be defined as the investigation of how the uncertainty in the output of a model can be attributed to different... -
Genome-based selection for the improvement of natural enemies in biocontrol
02 March 2017 - ESR Update - Selective breeding for biocontrol beneficial traits is a promising tool to develop more effective biocontrol agents. Nevertheless, the... -
Presentations BINGO-ITN workshop on Insect Pests Control Strategies available online
15 February 2017 - On January 17, 2017, the second BINGO-ITN workshop on ‘Insect Pest control strategies and methodologies: theory and practices' was held at CAB... -
RP4 Clutch size, sex ratio, and differential mortality in the Bracon hebetor - B. brevicornis species complex
09 February 2017 - This research investigates clutch size and sex ratio in two parasitoids that are prime candidates to control the European Corn Borer. By quantifying... -
Giving biological control agents a boost with probiotics
31 January 2017 - ESR Update - Large scale area-wide integrated pest management programmes with sterile insect technique and parasitoid release components require mass... -
Determining congeneric risks of mass-release of a biological control agent into an agricultural system
16 January 2017 - ESR Update - Biological control agents are released in agricultural systems across the globe, in order to ecologically, and economically control... -
BINGO-ITN organises workshop on Insect Pest control strategies and methodologies
27 October 2016 - On January 17 2017, the BINGO-ITN workshop 'Insect Pest control strategies and methodologies: theory and practices' will be organised by CABI in... -
How to make Phytoseiulus persimilis adapted to arid environments
23 December 2016 - ESR Update - Abiotic conditions, like temperature and relative humidity, can have a strong impact on the efficacy of augmentative biological pest... -
Monitoring and Risk assessment
17 November 2016 - Work Package update - Since the early 1980s there has been considerable debate on risks associated with the release of biological control agents. As a...
BINGO in the media
- European insect pest control workshop held in Delemont
- Milena Chinchilla Ramírez published the BINGO-ITN project in the CABI newsletter Biocontrol News and Information June 2016 37(2), 9N–16N (page 15N)