Weed Biological Control

Shaw, Richard; Hatcher, P. E.

doi:10.1002/9781119380702.ch8

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“…(European Commission Health and Consumers Directorate General 2011). After nearly a decade of prevarication, ocassioned by bureaucratic and regulatory issues, weed biocontrol in Europe has recently made historic progress with the release of insect agents (Shaw et al 2011(Shaw et al , 2016Marchante et al 2011;Shaw and Hatcher 2017) and a pathogen species (Tanner et al 2015) against some prominent weed species in Europe. These initiatives and developments would seem to herald every prospect for increased funding for biological control and IPM research in the future and the IOBC is set to play an important implementation and facilitating role in the renaissance and development of biocontrol worldwide.…”

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The status of biological control and recommendations for improving uptake for the future

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Moran

Bigler³

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Classical and augmentative biological control of insect pests and weeds has enjoyed a long history of successes. However, biocontrol practices have not been as universally accepted or optimally utilised as they could be. An International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC) initiative brought together practitioners and researchers from widely diverse fields to identify the main limitations to biocontrol uptake and to recommend means of mitigation. Limitations to uptake included: risk averse and unwieldy regulatory processes; increasingly bureaucratic barriers to access to biocontrol agents; insufficient engagement and communication with the public, stakeholders, growers and politicians of the considerable economic benefits of biocontrol; and fragmentation of biocontrol sub-disciplines. In this contribution we summarise a range of recommendations for the future that emphasise the need for improved communication of economic, environmental and social successes and benefits of biological control for insect pests, weeds and plant diseases, targeting political, regulatory, grower/land manager and other stakeholder interests. Political initiatives in some countries which augur well for biocontrol in the future are discussed.

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