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More predators in food webs weakens predictive ability of single-trait models Researchers from SLU has shown how an increasing number of predator species weakens the ability of a single-trait food web model to predict experimentally observed outcomes of trophic interactions. This new information will be important when developing food web models that can be used to predict biological control.
Combinatory IPM in Swedish potato production Potato is a crop with many serious diseases, for example potato blight, that require extensive and repeated treatments with pesticides in Swedish potato production. To find alternative pest management regimes, Åsa Lankinen has done a pilot project in potato with combinations of biological control agents and an inducing agent.
Symposium in Uppsala on challenges and future prospects of biological control The Centre for Biological Control, CBC, held a symposium in honor of Dr Margareta Hökeberg who will retire after a long and successful career as an internationally recognized expert in the use of bacteria in biological control. The theme for the symposium was: Biological control in crop protection - present challenges and future prospects.

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SLU runs the Centre for Biological Control (CBC), with a grant from the Swedish government, and focus on pest control with living organisms. CBC conducts its own research and seeks in addition to collaboration with other researchers in sustainable control strategies. A close cooperation with stakeholders, such as growers, industry, authorities and organisations is an important part of our activities.

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