News and Events News Biological Control in Agriculture; educational videos 15 February 2019 - During the BINGO project we made two short educational videos about biological control, featuring predatory mites. The first video; ‘The... Symbiosis in the service of biological control 20 November 2018 - Insect-symbiont interactions play an important role in a wide variety of their host’s life history traits and have positive effects on the... Impact of low humidity on the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis 16 October 2018 - Insects and mites used in biological control of agricultural pests sometimes have to face extreme climatic conditions in fields and greenhouses. Many... Population genetics of reproductive dormancy in Drosophila 18 September 2018 - After improving our understanding of the physiological basis of reproductive dormancy in Drosophila, we proceeded to the genetic analysis of the... Evaluating intraspecific genetic variation for phytophagy in Nesidiocoris tenuis 24 August 2018 - The use of zoophytophagous predators in crops has increased in the last decade due to the ability of these species to remain in the plants at low prey... Impact of tomato trichome morphology on Biological Control Agents 08 June 2018 - Tomato trichomes have proved a challenge for the survival of some biological control agents but also for some of the most important pests. This is a... Finishing the first chapter: Non-target effects of a native parasitoid 25 May 2018 - In this year’s June issue of the Journal of Pest Science the first paper of my PhD will be published, but it can already be found online (open... Heritability of Life History Trait 04 May 2018 - The rearing and storage improvement of biocontrol agents such as Bracon brevicornis is a necessary step for the efficiency of the control of insect... Genome-based selection for the improvement of natural enemies in Nasonia vitripennis 17 April 2018 - Genomic selection (GS) currently revolutionizes animal breeding, and is increasingly used in human genetics to predict the risk of complex diseases.... Symbiosis unites natural enemies 20 March 2018 - The current artificial diet used in the laboratory rearing of the olive fruit fly does not fulfil the mass rearing facility requirements in terms of... 12345Next BINGO in the mediaEuropean insect pest control workshop held in DelemontMilena Chinchilla Ramírez published the BINGO-ITN project in the CABI newsletter Biocontrol News and Information June 2016 37(2), 9N–16N (page 15N) Andra Thiel in Der SPIEGEL 40/ 2015.pdf (198,07 kb) Wageningen and Koppert play BINGO.pdf (814,98 kb) Share: Twitter Whatsapp Email Linkedin Newsletter