Achievements of the WG ICOC

The emphasis of the working group has always been the networking of scientists working towards improved integrated pest and disease management of oilseeds, particularly the oilseed rape crop. Collaborative field experiments have been conducted on specific questions and joint projects established. Among these are included four large international projects funded by the European Union. These projects were conceived, are coordinated and executed mainly by members of the working group. These EU-Projects are:

Furthermore there have been 3 books published which can be related to activities among IOBC WG-ICOC members.

 
Alford


Biocontrol of oilseed rape pests


Edited by David V. Alford

Result of the BORIS collaboration of IOBC members

Contents

  • Contents
  • Preface
    1. The Oilseed Rape Crop
    2. Insect Pests of Oilseed Rape Crops
    3. Management of Oilseed Rape Pests
    4. Parasitoids of Pollen Beetles
    5. Parasitoids of Ceutorhynchid Stem Weevils
    6. Parasitoids of Cabbage Seed Weevil
    7. Parasitoids of Brassica Pod Midge
    8. Parasitoids of Flea Beetles
    9. Parasitoids of Miscellaneous Pests
    10. Sampling, Trapping and Rearing Oilseed Rape Pests and Their Parasitoids
    11. Identification of Hymenopterous Parasitoids Associated with Oilseed Rape Pests
    12. Predators of Oilseed Rape Pests
    13. Taxonomy and Identification of Predators
    14. Sampling, Trapping and Rearing of Predators
    15. Impact of On-Farm Landscape Structures and Farming Systems on Predators
    16. Predators as Biocontrol Agents of Oilseed Rape Pests
    17. Pathogens of Oilseed Rape Pests
  • Glossary 323
  • Author Index 331
  • General Index 343
 


Biocontrol-based integrated management of oilseed rape pests



Edited by Ingrid H. Williams

Result of the MASTER collaboration of IOBC members

Contents

  • Contributors
  • Preface
    1. The major insect pests of oilseed rape in Europe and their management: an overview.
    2. Parasitoids of oilseed rape pests in Europe: key species for conservation biocontrol.
    3. parasitoids of the pests of oilseed rape in Europe: a guide to their identification.
    4. Ground beetles as predators of oilseed rape pests: incidence, spatio-temporal distributions and feeding.
    5. Pests and their enemies in spring oilseed rape in Europe and challenges to integrated pest management.
    6. Key pests and parasitoids of oilseed rape or canola in North America and the importance of parasitoids in integrated management.
    7. Crop location by oilseed rape pests and host location by their parasitoids.
    8. Spatio-temporal distributions of pests and their parasitoids on the oilseed rape crop.
    9. Biological rape pest control in spatio-temporally changing landscapes.
    10. Insect pests and spiders in oilseed rape and their response to site and landscape factors.
    11. Impact of soil tillage on parasitoids of oilseed rape pests.
    12. Chemical control of insect pests and insecticide resistance in oilseed rape.
    13. Impact of insecticides on parasitoids of oilseed rape pests.
    14. Oilseed rape, bees and integrated pest management.
    15. The Proplant Decision Support system: phenological models for major pests and their key parasitoids in Europe.
    16. Farming systems, integrated crop management and winter oilseed rape production.
    17. Integrating crop and landscape management into new crop protection strategies to enhance biological control of oilseed rape insect pests.
  • Species Index
  • SubjectIndex
 


Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oilseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker)



Edited by
Bruce D.L. Fitt, Neal Evans, Barbara J. Howlett, and B. M. Cooke

Result of a cooporation among IOBC/ IBCN (International Balckleg of Crucifers Network) members

Contents

  • Sustainable strategies for managing Brassica napus (oiseed rape) resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker)
    B.D.L. Fitt, N. Evans, B.J. Howlett and B.M Cooke
  • World-wide importance of phoma stem canker (Leptosphaeria maculans and L. biglobosa) on oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
    B. D. L. Fitt, H. Brun, M. J. Barbetti and S.R. Rimmer
  • Genetic linkage maps and genomic organization in Leptosphaeria maculans
    Marie-Line Kuhn, Lilian Gout, Barbara J. Howlett, Delphine Melayah, Michel Meyer, Marie-Hélène Balesdent, Thierry Rouxel
  • Major gene resistance in Brassica napus (oilseed rape) is overcome by changes in virulence of populations of Leptosphaeria maculans in France and Australia
    Susan J. Sprague, Marie-Hélène Balesdent, Hortense Brun, Helen L. Hayden, Stephen J. Marcroft, Xavier Pinochet, Thierry Rouxel, Barbara J. Howlett
  • Major gene and polygenic resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans in oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
    R. Delourme, A. M. Chèvre, H. Brun, T. Rouxel, M. H. Balesdent, J. S. Dias, P. Salisbury, M. Renard, S. R. Rimmer
  • A large-scale survey of races of Leptosphaeria maculans occurring on oilseed rape in France
    Marie-Hélène Balesdent, Karine Louvard, Xavier Pinochet, Thierry Rouxel
  • Frequency of avirulence alleles in field populations of Leptosphaeria maculans in Europe
    Anna Stachowiak, Julia Olechnowicz, Malgorzata Jedryczka, Thierry Rouxel, Marie-Hélène Balesdent, Ingrid Happstadius, Peter Gladders, Akinwunmi Latunde-Dada, Neal Evans
  • Fitness cost associated with loss of the AvrLm4 avirulence function in Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker of oilseed rape)
    Y. -J. Huang, N. Evans, B. D. L. Fitt, Z. -Q. Li, T. Rouxel, M. -H. Balesdent
  • Improved resistance management for durable disease control: A case study of phoma stem canker of oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
    J. N. Aubertot, J. S. West, L. Bousset-Vaslin, M. U. Salam, M. J. Barbetti, A. J. Diggle
  • Durability of resistance and cost of virulence
    Stéphane Pietravalle, Stéphane Lemarié, Frank van den Bosch
  • Dissemination of information about management strategies and changes in farming practices for the exploitation of resistance to Leptosphaeria maculans (phoma stem canker) in oilseed rape cultivars.
    Peter Gladders, Neal Evans, Steven Marcroft, and Xavier Pinochet
 

Further information about the projects can be found on their respective websites.
In 2004, we decided to establish a Working Group webpage, which is intended to announce meetings, meeting contributions, reports of past meetings and news.
The URL http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~instphyt/app/koopmann/eng-dateien/iobc2004-bulletin.htm has been changed with the relaunch of the web page in 2007 to:
http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/iobc/index.html