bio-control matters
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If you attended the ANBP meeting in
2005, you will be pleased to see that we
will be back at the same location in
Guadalajara for our 2012 Annual General
Meeting. We had a great meeting in
2005 (Beneficials Without Borders) and are
on-track to repeat that experience! This
year our program will focus on aspects
of using commercially-produced
natural enemies to reduce pesticide
usage in both organic and IPM-managed
agriculture, with an emphasis on review-
ing lessons from past experience,
challenges to using biological control
today, and discussing steps for growing
the use of biocontrol for the future. Our
Annual Meeting is attended my many of
North America’s leading producers of
beneficial arthropods and nematodes, and,
as always, provides an ideal forum for
interaction and networking. We hope to
attract many producers, distributors,
growers, and biocontrol researchers from
Mexico and will have speakers that will
address many of their current issues in
reducing pesticide usage.
We kick off the meeting on Tuesday night
(13 November) with a Welcome Recep-
tion and continue the next two days with
invited speakers for the mornings, time
for discussion, submitted posters, and an
afternoon field trip. The banquet is
another highlight for this meeting and
provides another time for interacting with
attendees.
We encourage the submission of posters on all topics related to the production and use of ben-
eficial arthropods and nematodes. See the Poster Submission Form attached to our Registra-
tion material on our website. Registration and Hotel information is available online at
www.anbp.org and details are also posted should you wish to send in your forms/check via mail.
ANBP Prepares for Annual General Meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico,
November 13-15, 2012
Summer 2012 Volume 10 Issue 3
Bio-control Matters
Inside this issue:
ANBP Fall
General Meeting
1
President’s
Corner
2
ANBP Award of
Excellence 3
Research Up-Date 5
Committee
Reports: Regulatory
Liaison Education Quality Assurance
7
8
8
10
Events Calendar 12
ANBP BOARD President Eda Reinot Becker Underwood Ames, Iowa USA Treasurer Daniel Cahn Syngenta Bioline Oxnard, CA USA Carol Glenister IPM Laboratories, Inc. Locke, NY USA Angela Hale The Bug Factory Ltd. Nanoose Bay, BC CANADA Kim Horton Biobest USA McFarland, CA USA Sinthya Penn Beneficial Insectary Redding, CA USA René Ruiter Koppert Biological Systems Romulus, MI USA Brian Spencer Applied Bio-nomics Ltd. Victoria, BC CANADA Richard Ward Biobest Canada Ltd. Leamington, Ontario CANADA
View of gazebo on the Plaza de Armas, Guadalajara, Mexico. Photo by Galen R. Frysinger
Program*
Tuesday, November 13
- Evening Welcome Reception
Wednesday, November 14
- Speaker Session: 4 speakers plus discussion
- Lunch
- Field Trip
- Banquet
Thursday, November 15
- Speaker Session: 4 speakers plus discussion
- Lunch
- ANBP Annual General Business Meeting
*See our website for evolving details; email [email protected] for all
questions
Posters will be up
throughout the meeting. See the poster submission
form on the website and send information by November 1, 2012.
Dear ANBP Members:
As we look forward to our Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Guadalajara, ANBP looks back on a busy year filled with educational activities at trade shows, progress on important
regulatory issues for North American companies, and a re-worked “look” at improving our Quality Assurance standards for greater efficiency and easier use by all concerned. Reports by
those committees are included in this newsletter and while they provide a sum-mary of the results, many hours (and travel) donated by our Chairs and committee
members preceded those results! Our spring ANBP Board of Director’s meeting took place this year at a Los Angeles Airport hotel to accommodate our busy
schedules, and as always, we pack a lot of work into a one day meeting. The Annual General Meeting will include plenty of updates on some of these activities and this also provides great discussion opportunities for our members as well.
We have been hitting our key milestones generated by a Strategic Plan held at our 2011 Board meeting, and will share that with the membership at the AGM this fall.
I’ve had an enjoyable and productive tenure as ANBP President. I express my sincere thank you to all ANBP Members, our Executive Director Lynn LeBeck and
to our Board of Directors for all the work that has been collectively and individually conducted that has made our organization to succeed.
Sincere regards,
Eda Reinot
ANBP President
President’s Corner By Eda Reinot, President, ANBP
“Bio-control Matters” is
published by the Association of
Natural Bio-control Producers
four times per year to provide
members with information,
thought, and opinion on
biological control topics. Bio-
control Matters advocates
the interests of commercial
biological control and the public
interest of quality agricultural
production and environmental
protection. Bio-control
Matters welcomes
contributions of comment and
opinion, as well as articles of
general interest. All
contributions must be signed by
the contributor. Send
contributions for consideration
to Lynn LeBeck, ANBP
Executive Director, P. O. Box
1609, Clovis, CA 93613-1609.
Phone (559) 360-7111.
Contributions may also be sent
to [email protected]. Published
contributions may not
necessarily reflect the views or
policy of ANBP.
ANBP was formed in 1990 by commercial insectaries to
provide a united voice in
regulatory issues facing the
industry. ANBP is also
dedicated to quality standards and educating the agricultural
and academic communities
about the importance of
biological pest controls for pest
management. Through its efforts, ANBP is recognized as
THE spokesman for the
commercial biological control
industry.
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ANBP’s Mission is
to address key
issues of the
biological control
industry
through advocacy,
education, and
quality assurance.
ANBP Board of Directors Spring Meeting 2012
Back from left: Brian Spencer, René Ruiter, Dan Cahn, Kyra Rude (attended meeting from Rincon-
Vitova), Eda Reinot. Front from left: Sinthya Penn, Kim Horton, Angela Hale, Richard Ward, Carol Glenister. See our Call for Board of Directors nominations in this issue.
Don Elliott to Receive ANBP Award of Excellence
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Don Elliott, founder and President of Applied
Bio-nomics Ltd., has been a Past-President and a long term Board Member of the ANBP, as well as an author of numerous books and articles relating to biological
pest control. This year, he is the recipient of ANBP’s Award of Excellence. This award allows ANBP to recognize those individuals who have made, or are making, extraordinary contributions to the field of
augmentation biological control and/or its use in
integrated pest management.
Don has been a leader and builder of the biological control community for over 35 years. He was originally hired by the Province of British Columbia to work with and train the BC Hothouse growers to use
beneficial insects as a replacement to chemical insecticides. After the first successful year, the major impediment was found to be a lack of reliable supply of the arthropods.
Agriculture Canada offered Don some space at the Agricultural Research Station in Saanichton, BC in 1978, and, Applied Bio-nomics Ltd. was born. Don, being a teacher by training, quickly established Applied as a leader in both education and production, being the first to work with products such as Stratiolaelaps scimitus
(ex-Hypoaspis miles), Delphastus catalinae, Stethorus punctillum, Deraeocorus brevis, Gaeolaelaps gillespiei, to name a few. A good idea of Don’s breadth of experience can be seen in the table below. Working with Butchart Gardens and Crystal Gardens in Victoria, Don became a world authority in interior plantscape
biological control.
Don’s experimental personality has taken him, and the industry to new levels of understanding. He was the first to pioneer the use of beans as a management tool for spider mite control. Today, beans are a corner-stone of most successful ornamental programs, and, a breakthrough in the economic management of spider
mites in tomato.
Congratulations Don! ANBP will be presenting him his award at the Annual General Meeting in Guadalajara,
Mexico this November.
YEAR NAME AND ASSOCIATION BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT OR RELATED IPM CONTRIBUTION
1935 J.H McLeod, Dominion Parasite Lab, Ont. Encarsia mass rearing for whitefly control 1970 R.J. McClanahan, Ag. Canada Harrow, Ont. Encarsia mass rearing, growers IPM Guide 1974 P. Reeves, Better Yield Insects, Ont. Encarsia commercial production and sales 1975 N. Tonks, Ag. Canada Saanichton, B.C. Encarsia and Persimilis mass production 1978 R. Costello, D. Elliott, B.C. Min. of Agr. Encarsia, Persimilis, Vegetable Growers IPM Guide 1980 D. Elliott, Applied Bio-nomics Ltd. Encarsia, Persimilis commercial production and sales 1982 G. Purich, N. Tonks, Ag. Canada, B.C. Insecticidal Soap, IPM, whitefly, Encarsia 1983 M. Steiner, D. Elliott, Alta. Environment Biological Pest Management for Interior Plantscapes 1984 R. Costello, D. Ellott, D. Gillespie Verticillium lecanii testing on whitefly, aphids, thrips 1986 D. Elliott, D. Gillespie, Applied Bio-nomics A.cucumeris, commercial production and sales 1987 L. Gilkeson, S. Hill, Macdonald College. Aphidoletes diapause prevention using low intensity light
A History of Greenhouse Biological Control Developed in Canada Showing Major Contributions to Research, Development, and Commercial Applications *
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1987 D. Gillespie, D. Quiring, Ag. Canada, B.C. Yellow Sticky Traps, Monitoring, IPM D. Gillespie, D. Quiring, Ag. Canada, B.C. Hypoaspis mass rearing, IPM 1989 L. Gilkeson, D. Elliott, Applied Bio-nomics Hypoaspis IPM R&D, commercial production W. Bond, D. Elliott, Applied Bio-nomics Aphidius matricariae commercial production A. Hale, Natures Alternative Insectary Cryptolaemus commercial production 1989- P. Kevan (Univ. of Guelph), T. Laverty (Univ. of Bumblebee pollination R&D, tomato Western Ontario), C. Plowright (Bees Under Glass),
B. Straver (OMAFA) 1989- C. Plowright (Bees Under Glass), P. Stickles First commercial production of bumblebees
(Morse Growers), S. Khosla (Plant Products) 1990 L. Gilkeson, Applied Bio-nomics Ltd. Aphidoletes, Aphidius, IPM, peppers, tomatoes L. Gilkeson, Applied Bio-nomics Ltd., D. Gillespie Orius tristicolor, R&D, commercial production 1991 L. Gilkeson, D. Morewood, D. Elliott, App.Bio. A. cucumeris diapause, Orius tristicolor for thrips control 1991 L. Shipp, N. Zariffa, AAFC, Harrow, ON Sampling plan, monitoring, thrips, sweet pepper 1990 D. Gillespie, R. Vernon, AAFC-AAC Blue traps for western flower thrips 1992 R. Costello ,D. Elliott, L. Gilkeson, D. Gillespie, B.C. Min. of Agriculture, Vegetable Growers IPM Guide 1993 J. Matteoni, Applied Bio., Westgo, Plant Prod., Biological Control Manual, IPM, greenhouse crops L. Gilkeson, W. Bond, Applied Bio-nomics. Deraeocoris R&D, commercial mass production H. Thistlewood, Ag. Canada, Ag. Can. Vineland Pesticide Resistant Predatory Mite, A.fallacis 1994 H.Thistlewood, J. Whistlecraft, Ag.Can., London A. fallacis pesticide selection and mass rearing D. Gillespie, Ag. Canada, B.C. Feltiella selection, mass rearing, IPM D. Elliott, Applied Bio., B.C. Growers Res.Council Delphastis, Degenerans mass rearing, IPM 1995 J. Whistlecraft, Ag. Canada, Stethorus pilot mass rearing R&D D. Elliott, Applied Bio-nomics Stethorus commercial production and sales A. Hale, Natures Alternative Insectary Feltiella commercial production and sales R. Ward, Biobest Bumblebee mass production 1997 S. Bjornson, M. Steiner Persimilis quality control 1998 L. Shipp, K. Wang (AAFC), G. Ferguson (OMAF) Trichogramma pretiosum selection, IPM, tomato pinworm 1998 A. Hale, Natures Alternative Insectary Podisus commercial production and sales 1999 D. Gillespie, R. McGregor, G .Opit, Ag.Can.B.C. Cotesia selection, mass rearing, IPM McGregor, Gillespie, Quiring, Ag.Can.B.C. Dicyphus selection, mass rearing, IPM 2000 R. Rea, Applied Bio-nomics Ltd. Cotesia, Dicyphus commercial production and sales
S. Bjornson, D. Raworth, Ag. Can. B.C. Persimilis, Evaluation & Quality Improvement V. Carney, G. Murphy, Ag. Can, OMAF, Vineland Atheta coriaria, R&D for fungus gnat control R. Ward, Biobest, Leamington Hypoaspis, aphid-banker plants
2001 A. Luczynski, Bio-Bugs Consulting, D. Elliott Persimilis quality control ASTM standard. 2002 A. Luczynski, Bio-Bugs Consulting, D. Elliott Encarsia quality control ASTM standard W. Bond, Applied Bio. Atheta mass production 2003 L. Shipp, Y. Zhang, D. Hunt, (AAFC),G. Ferguson Beauveria bassiana testing, greenhouse pests and bene ficials (OMAF) 2003 R. Ward, Biobest Canada Atheta mass production 2004 R. Ward, Biobest Canada Cucumeris mass production 2004 L. Shipp, K. Wang (AAFC) Dicyphus hesperus R&D, west. flowers thrips, tomatoes 2004 M. Al’mazra’awi, P. Kevan, J.P. Kapongo (Univ. of Guelph), L. Shipp, B. Broadbent (AFFC) Bee vectoring of Beauveria bassiana R&D, IPM 2005 D. Gillespie, Ag.Canada, B.C. Brown Lacewing, Micromus variegatus R&D 2007 W. Bond, Applied Bio-nomics Brown Lacewing, M. variegatus commercial production * From Applied Bio-nomics Biological Control Manual (2007). Internet Site: www.AppliedBio-nomics.com
Award continued
Research Up-Date
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Cal l for Nominat ions – ANBP Board of Directors
Nominations to the ANBP Board of Directors (BOD) are being solicited prior to our ANBP Annual General Meet-
ing in Guadalajara (Nov. 13-15, 2012). Board members must be Producer or Distributor members with current
dues paid and in good standing. The ANBP Board is responsible for the legal integrity and fiscal condition and
resources of the organization. The Board is also responsible for the Association’s fiduciary responsibility to the
Members. It is responsible to assure orderly and timely communication to and from sources exterior to ANBP, as
well as within the Association.
Expectations of ANBP Board Members include: A demonstrated interest and commitment to ANBP’s Mission, Goals and programs
Awareness of any potential personal/business conflict of interest with the Association’s Goals and programs
A commitment to attend all Board meetings
Specific experience, interest and/or knowledge in at least one area of Board operation, such as: administration, finance,
quality control, conferences, industry-related advisory committee appointments, communication/public relations, nomi-
nating and Board development
A commitment to the ANBP President to serve on at least one appropriate ANBP permanent or ad hoc committee or
industry advisory committee
To support Board decisions; the Board acts as one voice
A commitment to respond promptly to the Executive Director’s requests for information or actions
Sign an Agreement to abide by ANBP’s Code of Ethics
Contact Lynn LeBeck at [email protected] with nomination information before November 1, 2012.
Compatibility of Beneficial Insects with Pesticides Used for Ornamental Plants
With support from the ANBP and the USDA-NIFA, a research project at the University of Florida is helping to develop guidelines for integrating chemical and biological pest management tactics for orna-mental plants. Insectary-reared beneficial species offer an alternative to chemical insecticides for nursery managers and landscapers of ornamental plants. However one problem is that beneficial species may be
killed by certain insecticides used in the same locations. This incompatibility is a significant problem, since beneficial organisms may not control all pests, and will sometimes have to be used in combination with
insecticides. In addition, insecticides may negatively impact naturally occurring beneficial arthropods
which also control pest outbreaks in outdoor ornamental landscapes. For example, imidacloprid can be toxic to Orius spp. and green lacewings, two important predators of aphids, thrips and scales. Thus, bio-logical control efforts can be disrupted by ‘non-target effects’ of insecticides. Understanding these
impacts, i.e. the compatibility of specific chemical and biological control agents, is necessary to better integrate biological and chemical controls for ornamental plants.
Some good information already exists; biocontrol practitioners are encouraged to refer to the Biobest website side effects manual which allows easy searching by pest, active ingredient (of insecticide) and beneficial organism. However, not all side effect combinations are known, especially with some of the newer insecticides registered for the turf and ornamental industries. For example, important questions
concern the group 4A (neonictinoids) which may induce a range of sub-lethal effects at low rates of ex-posure. We are assessing non-target impacts of imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, dinotefuran,
Dr. Steve Arthurs & Dr. Norm Leppla, Department of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida
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and acetamiprid compared with known toxic and non-toxic standards (befenthrin and spinosad) using
a 2-tier screening system (based on established IOBC protocols) which allows both direct (mortality) and indirect effects (reproduction) to be measured for common biological control agents. Current work is focusing on lacewings Chrysoperla rufilabris and ladybeetles Hippodamia convergens. For example
dinotefuran is highly toxic in tier-1 tests even at sub-label rates; moreover we observed reduced egg viability from individuals surviving exposure (Table 1). It will be important to complete tier-2 (plant)
tests to establish how long after treatment beneficals can be safely applied, especially for beneficials like green lacewings or Orius that are facultative plants
feeders, and may be exposed to systemic insecticides translocated into pollen, prey or other food sources.
We thank the ANBP for a generous $1000 contribution to this research and to Biobest for supplying beneficial insects. Dr. Steven Arthurs
and Dr. Norman Leppla, Project Advisors (and ANBP members), are faculty members in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida.
Steve Arthurs Norman Leppla
Healthy (upper left)
and moribund (lower
left) lacewing larvae
exposed to different
insecticide classes.
Adult lacewing
fecundity test (lower
right). Technician
Luis Aristizabal
prepares a sample
(upper right).
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ANBP Regulatory Committee Continues Active
Participation as Industry Representatives to NAPPO
Chair, René Ruiter, Koppert René The regulatory committee was involved in 2 governmental meetings in the first quarter of 2012. ANBP Regulatory Committee Members, Brian Spencer (Applied
Bio-nomics), Richard Ward (Biobest) and René Ruiter (Koppert) attended the NAPPO meeting in Newark, Delaware at the end of February. NAPPO is the North American Plant Protection
Organization and it provides a forum for public and private sectors in Canada, the United States and Mexico to collaborate in the development of science-based standards intended to
protect agricultural, forest and other plant resources against regulated plant pests,
while facilitating trade. On the agenda were RSPM 26: ‘Guidelines for certification of commercial arthropod biological control agents moving into NAPPO member countries” and its plans for implementation. The
implementation of this RSPM is of vital importance to our industry as it would provide a more open movement of beneficial insects between Mexico, the USA and Canada.
RSPM 29; “Guidelines for the petition for import and release of non-Apis
pollinating insects into NAPPO countries.” was also on the agenda.
Canada informed the panel of the changes it had undergone in its regulatory process. Currently they are working with the NAPPO review process for
insects that do not have an AIRS (Automated Import Retrieval Service) number. Insects that do
have this number can be imported. The CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) made the remark that, in the future, importation regulations may be further expanded to allow for the extra
requirements that were accounted for through the permitting process, but are not through the automated importation process. USDA welcomed these future additional requirements.
The US informed us that new regulations have been written that will implement the NAPPO documentation for the US. These regulations are currently under internal review upon which they will be shared with the public for review.
The first week of March, Richard Ward and René Ruiter also travelled to Winnipeg for a CFIA meeting about the implementation of a government-wide initiative regarding ‘Biosecurity and it’s implementation in Canadian Agriculture’. For the implementation of ‘best management practices’
ensuring biosecurity in (bumble) bees the expertise of the North American bumble bee
productions was solicited. Biosecurity guidelines for producers and users of bumblebees published by CFIA should be available late this summer.
It was our pleasure to represent our industry at these meetings. Further information and meeting notes can be found at: www.nappo.org . Canadian importation information can be found at: http://inspection.gc.ca/english/imp/airse.shtml#
For a direct look at
RSPM 26, visit the
NAPPO website at this
link: http://
www.nappo.org/en/data/
files/download/Standards/
RSPM26-01-06-12-e.pdf
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A Welcome and a Farewell on the ANBP Liaison Council Chair, Carol S. Glenister, IPM Laboratories ANBP extends a big welcome to our new Liaison Council Member, Suzanne Wainwright-Evans of Bug Lady Consulting. Suzanne has been working with ANBP as
an advocate for beneficials for a number of years, so we were happy when she agreed to formalize her contributions with a title and honor her special contribu-tions to our organization. Suzanne is an independ-
ent pest management consultant and a public speaker who works
around the country offering training and consulting at ornamental
production facilities. Suzanne was a major force in developing the two educational sessions in Florida that ANBP delivered at trade
shows last fall (The Landscape Show in 2011) and this past winter (TPIE 2012).
Membership to the Liaison Council is voted on by the ANBP Board of Directors. Council members are welcomed…
To advise the ANBP in support of our mission of addressing key issues in the industry through Advocacy, Education and Quality Assurance.
To enhance two-way communication and understanding with the many players that affect our industry, and
To provide specific technical expertise Sadly, we bid farewell to Anna Luczynski as Council member. Anna served on the Council since our
2005 meeting in Guadalajara, Mexico, and before that as an ASTM participant since 2000. A passion-ate advocate of product quality, Anna contributed to many projects and animated discussions during her years with us. Especially amazing was the detailed and massive amount of data that she generated
evaluating the quality of whitefly parasites and predatory mites. Burdened with this data, she tenaciously strove and succeeded in finding fair and rigorous analysis methods that would be acceptable to all. She continues to support development of natural enemies as a Senior Researcher
with Koppert.
Suzanne Wainwright-Evans Anna Luczynski
Liaison Education Committee Stars at Two Florida Trade Shows Chair, Carol S. Glenister, IPM Laboratories
Last fall, ANBP scheduled our Annual General Meeting (AGM) to coincide with the Florida
Nursery, Greenhouse, and Landscape Association (FNGLA) event, The Landscape Show in Orlando, FL Sept 29 – October 1, 2011. In response to Suzanne Wainwright-Evans’ suggestions,
ANBP created an educational session for the conference and rented a booth on the trade show floor. The educational session started with a 45 minute lecture presentation followed by a break, and then an hour of laboratory-style hands on session in which audience members examined natural enemies.
This was ANBP’s first formal jump into providing an educational program. Four speakers shared an hour introducing biocontrol: Suzanne Wainwright-Evans (Bug Lady Consulting) gave an overall
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introduction; Kim Horton (Biobest USA) talked about
spider mites; Julie Graesch (Becker Underwood) covered fungus gnat biocontrol with nematodes, and I, (Carol Glenister, IPM Laboratories) covered whitefly, mealy-
bugs, and thrips. We chose to use a “pest targeted” format as opposed to presenting discussing natural enemy groups first.
The Landscape Show lecture format was followed by
another hour of a laboratory-style (hands-on) session in
which audience members examined natural enemies at six table stations with microscopes. Technical experts
(ANBP members) covered biocontrol
species for six different pest groups: aphids, thrips, mealybugs, spider
mites, fungus gnats, whiteflies. Huge thanks go to Dr. Steve Arthurs and Dr. Norm Leppla, both of the University of Florida, who provided equip-ment, live material, handouts, and their expertise. Steve contributed a super microscope with an LCD screen setup so that everyone could
watch the beneficials in action on the screen.
Based on the success of the Orlando sessions, the FNGLA invited the speakers to create an educational session for their Tropical Plant
Industry Exhibition (TPIE) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 19 –
21, 2011. ANBP opted to rent a booth at this show as well and Steve Arthurs and Norm Leppla, once again, brought tables and microscopes.
The format was a little different since Julie Graesch was not available to cover entomopathogenic nematodes. We shifted the topics as follows: Kim Horton on predatory mites, Suzanne Wainwright-Evans on nematodes, and Carol Glenister on mealybugs, scales and aphids. This
session covered about an hour and a half, a much more leisurely pace than we did in Orlando! The lecture was followed by a hands-on session moderated by local ANBP member Geri Cashion of EcoSolutions that
lasted about an hour. Steve Arthurs contributed by projecting natural enemies onto an LCD screen from his dissecting microscope. For this session, our Committee collaborated on a one-page “Keys to Successful
Use of Biocontrol” handout.
A very special thanks to all who contributed to our educational efforts this past year, and to Lynn LeBeck who guided the process of setting up the sessions and creating the booth.
Attendees at The Landscape Show check out live beneficials
after the lecture series.
Dr. Steve Arthurs helped project live
material on the screen during the TPIE
session. Many thanks go to our local,
Florida ANBP members (Steve,
Norm Leppla, and Geri Cashion) for
their valuable time, expertise, material,
and equipment!
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Quality Assurance Committee Chair, Angela Hale (The Bug Factory)
One of ANBP’s highest priorities (and one of the driving forces behind the for-mation of ANBP) is our commitment to providing a “successful “product expe-rience” for anyone using commercial beneficial insects, mites and nematodes.
How do we assure that our living products arrive in good condition? What protocols should be used to assess quality of our products?
Working groups were formed and IOBC (Intl. Organization for Biological Control) Guidelines for
quality assurance (QA) began to be written in 1991. Joop van Lenteren published most recently
about this guidelines in his 2003 edited book, Quality Control and Production of Biological Control Agents: Theory and Testing Procedures, and there has really been little activity since then. See our
Quality Assurance page on the ANBP website.
Since IOBC guidelines address QA during the production process, rather than quality post-shipping,
ANBP, led by Carol Glenister of IPM Labs, began work with ASTM in 1998 to develop third party standardized testing for products at the consumer’s gate rather than the farm gate. On the plus side, ASTM provided a standardized format for protocols, a full consensus approach, mandatory periodic
reviews, administration and publication resources. On the minus side, ASTM standards are copy-righted, so they must be purchased, and it was perceived by some as an American association (although it is global in scope). The ASTM committee was subsequently dropped by ANBP mainly due to copyright issues although many standards have been published and may be purchased through
ASTM.
In light of that history, ANBP has decided to re-work our standards and encourage the development of protocols that:
can be placed on the web,
do not need access fees,
use a consensus approach in development, and
can easily be used by everyone (at the production and end-user levels).
An example is the recent publication from Vineland Research Station. One of the authors,
Rose Buitenhuis, has been asked to join the QA committee and we will encourage completion and expansion of this document.
ANBP’s QA Committee encourages all producers and distributors to ensure that ALL perishable items include…
a “use by” or “best before” date A PDF Check List for GENERAL HANDLING GUIDELINES that is available on ANBP’s web-
site and could be printed and placed in every shipment.
In conclusion, please see the summary list of tests below that have been published to date. For com-
ments, input, and questions about ANBP’s continued commitment to QA work, please contact Angela Hale, Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee at [email protected]
Quality Assurance Committee Members: Angela Hale (The Bug Factory), Brian Spencer (Applied Bio-nomics), Patricia Jaramillo (The Bug Factory), with more members to be added this year.
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SUMMARY OF QUALITY CONTROL TESTS AVAILABLE (APRIL 2012)
Vineland: quantity, destructive and non-destructive methods included in some cases, sex ratio.
ASTM: flight activity, purity, quantity.
Applied Bio-nomics: quantity, destructive or non-destructive methods
The Bug Factory: quantity, destructive or non-destructives.
Association of Natural Bio-control Producers
We’re on the
web at
www.anbp.org
For more information contact: Dr. Lynn M. LeBeck
Executive Director, ANBP P. O. Box 1609
Clovis, California 93613-1609 USA
Phone: 559-360-7111 Email: [email protected]
Do you have an announcement, news article,
or an idea for a feature article you would like to share?
Drop us a line at [email protected]
Upcoming Meetings, Workshops, and Events
Visit our website for direct links to the meetings and events!
DATE EVENT AND
DESCRIPTION PLACE
Oct. 9-12, 2012 IOBC/WPRS Working Group
“Integrated Control in Protected
Crops, Mediterranean
Climate”
Contact: [email protected]
Local Organizer:
Giovanna Tropea Garzia
University of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Nov. 4-7, 2012 Joint Annual Meeting of the
Entomological Societies of
Canada and Alberta.
Contact: http://www.esc-sec.ca/
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Nov. 13-15, 2012
ANBP Annual General Meeting!
Visit www.anbp.org for registration,
program, and hotel details.
Guadalajara, Mexico
Nov. 11-14, 2012 Annual Meeting of the Entomologi-
cal Society of America.
Contact: http://www.entsoc.org/
index.htm
Knoxville, Tennessee
March 4-8, 2013 The 4th Intl. Symposium on
Biological Control of Arthropods.
Contact: Tania Zaviezo at [email protected]
Pucon, Chile
Nov. 6-8, 2013 13th Workshop of the IOBC –
MRQA (Intl. Org. for Biological
Control – Mass Rearing and Quality
Assurance). Emerging
Opportunities for the Mass
Production of Quality Assurance of
Invertebrates.
Questions Contact: iobcmrqa13thwork-
Bangalore, India Joint meeting of IOBC Global Working Group on MRQA, IBMA, ICAR (Indian
Council of Agric. Research), and the Soc. For Biocontrol Advancement (SBA), India.
Oct. 20-23, 2013 Joint Annual Meeting of the
Entomological Society of Ontario
and the Entomological Society of
Canada Contact Joel Gibson
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Nov. 17-20, 2013 Entomology 2013, the 61st Annual
Meeting of the Entomological
Society of America
Austin, Texas, USA