Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods
Creators: name: Weber, Donald
C.
name: Gariepy, Tara D.
name: R. Morrison III, William
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 70199 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences

description: Please cite as:<br>Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. Donald C. Weber, Tara D. Gariepy, William R. Morrison III, editors. Online from British Columbia, Canada, March 15-17 and 22-24, 2022. 231 pp. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19349348 <br><b>About ISBCA 2022</b> The 6th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, continues a series of international symposia on the biological control of arthropods that has typically been organized every four years. Past meetings have been held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (January 2002), Davos, Switzerland(September 2005), Christchurch, New Zealand (2009), Pucón, Chile (2013) and Langkawi, Malaysia (2017). The proceedings from the most recent meeting in Malaysia can be downloaded here. The goal of these symposia is to create a forum where biological control researchers and practitioners can exchange information, to promote discussions of up-to-date issues related to biological control, including the use of parasitoid and predatory insects as biological control agents. These meetings include discussions of all approaches to biological control: conservation, augmentation, and importation of natural enemy species for the control of arthropod targets, as well as other issues related to underlying ecological principles and societal and regulatory matters affecting implementation and practice. The 6th iteration of the meeting was originally set be to be held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 2021 but was moved to 2022 and held in a free virtual format in light of continued uncertainty around international travel. However a free virtual format allowed participation from a wide variety of researchers and practitioners working in biological control of arthropods. Scientific committee Paul Abram and Peter Mason, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada (Scientific co-chairs) Barbara Barratt, AgResearch, New Zealand Don Weber, USDA-ARS, USA Jana Collatz, Agroscope, Switzerland Mark Hoddle, University of California Riverside, USA Michael Furlong, the University of Queensland, Australia Nick Mills, University of California, Berkeley, USA Tania Zaviezo, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile Ulrich Kuhlmann, CABI, Switzerland Local organizing committee Paul Abram, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada Chandra Moffat, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada Lana Harach, University of the Fraser Valley, Canada Brian Spencer, Applied Bio-nomics, Canada Dave Gillespie, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada Proceedings editors Don Weber, USDA-ARS, USA Tara Gariepy, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada Rob Morrison, USDA-ARS, USA VolunteersJérémy Gonthier, Tyler Nelson, Jason Thiessen, Jin Cai, Jessica Fraser, and Jade SherwoodArtists and photographersAndrea Brauner (logo), Tim Haye, Warren Wong