Welcome to the IOBC Working Group on

Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops

The Working Group INTEGRATED CONTROL in OILSEED CROPS (ICOC) is one of 20 Working Groups (March 2013) of the West Palaeartic Regional Section (WPRS) of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC).
IOBC/WPRS encourages collaboration in promoting feasible and environmentally safe methods of pest and pathogen control. IOBC/WPRS fosters research and practical application, organises meetings, symposia, offers training and information, especially of biological methods of control, but also of all methods, including chemicals, within an integrated pest management context. Major activities include development and standardisation of testing methods for effects of pesticides on beneficial species, pest and disease damage assessment, modelling in relation to pest and disease management, and the practical implementation of biological and integrated controls for pests and diseases of particular crops.


These 20 working groups are:

For more details refer to http://www.iobc-wprs.org/