Sunday, 26 October 2003 - 10:40 AM
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This presentation is part of : Symposium: The Discipline of Insect Rearing and Contributions to Esthetics, Education and Pest Management

The IOBC-AMRQC Working Group, an advocate for quality control of arthropods reared for integrated pest management

Patrick De Clercq, Ghent University, Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department. of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agricultural & Applied Biological Sciences, Coupure Links 653, Ghent, Belgium, Simon Grenier, DR INRA UMR INRA/INSA de Lyon, Biologie Fonctionnelle, Insectes et Interactions (BF2I), INSA, Bāt. L. Pasteur - 20, av. A. Einstein, Villeurbanne Cedex, France, and Norman C. Leppla, University of Florida, Dept of Entomology & Nematology, PO Box 110630, Gainesville, FL.

The mission of the IOBC Global Working Group on Arthropod Mass Rearing and Quality Control is to facilitate and advance cost-effective rearing of high-quality arthropods in support of biological control and integrated pest management. Through its workshops, publications and web site (www.amrqc.org), it aims at providing an open and constructive forum to scientists, practitioners and regulators for determining the status of important issues, exchanging information and recommending action for the future. The Group actively advocates and helps support development of quality control guidelines for mass-produced insects and mites.

Keywords: IOBC, biological control

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