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News from IOBC-Global

New Executive Committee 2020 to 2024

The new Committee will take over from the current Committee in mid-September 2020.
In 'normal' times, announcing and change-over from the current Committee to the new one takes place at the General Assembly. But with the delay to the General Assembly, we have decided that the change-over should take place in September, around four years from when the current Committee took office.

Read more about the election results and the members of the new Committee in the IOBC-Global Newsletter:

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IOBC-Global Newsletter Issue 107, June-July 2020, Contents:

President's Column
IOBC-Global Committee Elections, results
General Assembly
Announcing changes to Statutes & Bylaws
Mathematical modelling of biological control interaction to support: A new initiative
Introduced Natural Enemies of Parthenium Weed a Success in East Africa
Biological control potential in Pakistan for Fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) in Pakistan
New book: Integrative Biological Control - Ecostacking for Enhanced Ecosystem Services. Edited by Yulin Gao, Heikki M. T. Hokkanen and Ingeborg Menzler-Hokkanen
Working Group Reports: WG on Management of Cactus species
Call for training initiatives: Keen to organise a practical training courses in biological control? IOBC-Global is keen to assist!
BioControl News
News from Regional Sections
Upcoming Events
Regional Sections Contacts
Global Working Groups Contacts

INSECT DOCTORS
Successful PhD online course in June 2020

The PhD course "Concepts and terms in insect pathology and their placement in the general context of diseases and health" was held successfully for INSECT DOCTORS PhD candidates and a few additional participants.
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About INSECT DOCTORS
INSECT DOCTORS is a European Joint Doctoral Programme (EJD) funded in the framework of the H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie ITN programme. The programme is based on close interaction between the academic and industrial sectors.
The INSECT DOCTORS network will train promising young scientists to develop the knowledge, technical skills and tools to diagnose and manage disease problems in commercial insect production systems.

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BioControl - Latest Issue

BioControl, Volume 65, Issue 4, August 2020:
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The journal publishes interdisciplinary papers with a global perspective on the use of biological control in integrated pest management systems, and related developments in molecular biology and biotechnology that have direct relevance.

Impressive improvement of impact factor in 2019: 3.092 (up from 2.191)
BioControl is now in the top 10 of all journals in entomology. Congratulations to the Editor in Chief Eric Wajnberg and the wonderful Editorial Team on this massive achievement. And thank you, all of the authors and contributors for continuing to choose BioControl as the home for your important manuscripts.

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