WP5: Monitoring and Risk assessment
WP5 has objectives:
- quantify the risk of direct and indirect non-target effects of inundatively released egg parasitoids
- monitor persistence of released biological control agents and potential risks of replacements of con-generic or non-related species.
Research projects
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RP6 Benefits and risks of using native parasitoids for augmentaive biological control of the invasive pest Halyomorpha halys in Europe
This research project investigates the efficacy of inundative field releases of the native polyphagous egg parasitoid Anastatus bifasciatus against an... -
RP12 Monitoring pre- and post-release diversity in local parasitoid populations
This research project will investigate the influence of mass releases of natural enemies on local natural enemies via resource competition in egg...