Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds

Authors: HINZ, HARIET - COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAU INTERNATIONAL (CABI) - SWITZERLAND; BON, MARIE-CLAUDE - EUROPEAN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL LABORATORY (EBCL); BOURDOT, GRAEME - AGRESEARCH; CRISTOFARO, MASSIMO - BBCA-ONLUS, ITALY; DESURMONT, GAYLORD - EUROPEAN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL LABORATORY (EBCL); KUROSE, DAISUKE - COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAU INTERNATIONAL (CABI); MULLER-SCHARER, HEINZ - UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG; RAFTER, MICHELLE - COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CSIRO); SCHAFFNER, URS - COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAU INTERNATIONAL (CABI) - SWITZERLAND; SEIER, MARION - COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAU INTERNATIONAL (CABI); SFORZA, RENÉ - EUROPEAN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL LABORATORY (EBCL); SMITH, LINCOLN; STUTZ, SONJA - COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAU INTERNATIONAL (CABI) - SWITZERLAND; THOMAS, SARAH - COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAU INTERNATIONAL (CABI); WEYL, PHILIP - COMMONWEALTH AGRICULTURAL BUREAU INTERNATIONAL (CABI) - SWITZERLAND; WINSTON, RACHEL - MIA CONSULTING, LLC

Submitted to: International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/1/2019
Publication Date: 8/23/2019
Citation: Hinz, H., Bon, M., Bourdot, G., Cristofaro, M., Desurmont, G., Kurose, D., Muller-Scharer, H., Rafter, M., Schaffner, U., Seier, M., Sforza, R.F., Smith, L., Stutz, S., Thomas, S., Weyl, P., Winston, R. 2019. Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. XV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Engelberg, Switzerland. 27-31 August 2018, I-XIX, 331 pp..

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This publication includes 196 papers and abstracts of presentations made at the twenty-fifth meeting of the International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds (ISBCW) held at Engelberg, Switzerland on 27-31 August 2018. The sessions included: target and agent selection, opportunities and constraints for classical weed biocontrol in developing countries, bioherbicides, novel methods to determine efficacy and environmental safety of agents, making classical biological control more predictive: moving from ecological to evolutionary processes, regulations for agent release and access to genetic resources, social and economic assessments of biological control, opportunities and constraints for classical weed biocontrol in developed countries, post-release monitoring and evaluation, and integrated weed management and restoration.