Start of the SporeGlue project

The Sporeglue project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity has recently started at the Institute of Biological Control. In collaboration with the DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials and the companies e-nema and SeSam-Biotech, biadhesive peptides will be used to increase the rainfastness of…

New book “Advances in Biological Control” published

Overview of commercially available natural enemies of plant pests in Germany

Study on the distribution of silkworm baculoviruses in Thailand

Joint project FInAL

In the project, the partners from agriculture and science are shaping the agricultural landscape into a more insect-friendly environment.

Wireworm control with entomopathogenic fungi

Entomopathogenic fungi of the genus Metarhizium are effective antagonists against click beetle larvae (wireworms) of the genus Agriotes. However, the effect varies between different Agriotes species and populations.

Joint project "AntiEPS" started

The aim of the "AntiEPS" project that has started is to systematically analyze the diversity of EPS pathogens and EPS parasites, parasitoids and predators, as well as the intensity of the infestation in different stages of development of the EPS capture.

First comes the pest, then follows the beneficial

First evidence of the parasitic wasp Leptopilina japonica. By parasitizing the larvae of the spotted wing drosophila females represent natural counterparts of the fruit pest.

Influence of temperature on insect pathogenic fungi

Results for production of an biological plant protection product against wireworms.