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Hagvar, E.B. and Hofsvang, T. (1991) Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae): biology, host selec- tion and use in biologica ...

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13 Regulation of Import and Release of Mass-produced Natural Enemies: a Risk-assessment Approach J.C. van Lenteren,^1 D. Babendr ...

species of exotic natural enemies have been imported, mass-reared and released, result- ing in successful control of many specie ...

Because of the lack of in-depth behav- ioural and ecological studies concerning the risks of mass releases of exotic natural ene ...

licence is needed for these organisms through the Department of the Environment; the procedure for granting licences is still un ...

3.Environmental risks (this is the most diffi- cult part for invertebrate biocontrol agents). 4.Efficacy (efficacy of a biocontr ...

probability is of temporal and spatial encounter between the biological control agent and non-target species. This would be base ...

polyphagous natural enemy at one place appeared to perform as a monophagous nat- ural enemy after introduction in another region ...

rized in Fig. 13.1 (for a more detailed description, see van Lenteren et al., 2003). Direct effects of released organism on othe ...

both herbivores and their natural enemies, and these natural enemies are a substantial component of biodiversity. The search beh ...

parasitoids or pathogens. Natural-history information on species involved in such indirect effects can be used (or collected) fo ...

which a definitive conclusion can be drawn concerning import and release. We propose to use them within certain risk categories ...

hopefully result in a light and harmonized registration procedure that is not prohibi- tive for the biocontrol industry and will ...

Funasaki, G.Y., Li, P.Y., Nakahara, L.M., Beardsley, J.W. and Ota, A.K. (1988) A review of biological con- trol introductions in ...

Simberloff, D. (1992) Conservation of pristine habitats and unintended effects of biological control. In: Kaufmann, W.C. and Nic ...

14 Quality Assurance in North America: Merging Customer and Producer Needs C.S. Glenister,^1 A. Hale^2 and A. Luczynski^3 (^1) I ...

History of the Development of ANBP Quality Assurance: the Producer Approach The original ANBP idea was that quality assessments ...

1998), entitled ‘Quality assurance by the commercial producer of arthropod natural enemies’, was an intense effort led by Penn a ...

Production control: Management of the consistency, reliability and timeliness of production output through monitor- ing items su ...