Lisa Carlstrand and Cassandra Vogel investigate how resilient natural enemies and their pest control services are to disturbances. Photo: Cajsa Lithell.
About CBC
Page reviewed:
04/03/2025
The SLU Center for Biological Control, CBC, contributes to increased sustainability in the agricultural and forestry sectors through increased use of biological control.
CBC was started in 2011 and aims to ensure competence building and build a strong research environment in biological control. The activities are carried out in close collaboration with stakeholders in the field such as growers, advisors, companies and authorities. We strengthen research in biological control
We conduct our own research but also collaborate with other researchers in sustainable control methods both at SLU, nationally at other universities and internationally. The center is virtual with researchers spread across departments at SLU in Uppsala and Alnarp.
Research on biological control in collaboration with national and international universities and research institutes
Organizing national and international conferences on plant protection and biological control
Participation in expert panels such as proposals for new national regulations, the EU Comission to define criteria for low risk plant protection products and members EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) working groups.
Financing of pilot projects on biological control within SLU
A seminar serier on biological control with invited speakers
Chloë Raderschall, Maria Viketoft, Mattias Jonsson, Eirini Lamprini Daouti and Ramesh Vetukuri are CBC's operational group. Photo: Cajsa Lithell.
Past seminars that CBC has arranged in the seminar series on biological control:
2024
Advances in biological control from an evolutionary perspective 2024-11-25 Pedro Rosero, Department of Biology, Lund University
Comparative genomics of the biocontrol fungus Clonostachys rosea 2024-05-30 Magnus Karlsson, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, SLU
2023
Effects of tillage on weed regulation by carabid beetles 2023-11-13 Eirini Lamprini Daouti, Department of Crop Production Ecology, SLU
More than “Push” and “Pull”: Plant-soil feedbacks in push-pull cropping systems 2023-05-26 Daniel Mutyambai, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) & South Eastern Kenya University
Evolutionary ecology of zombieflies 2023-05-15 Henrik Hjarvard de Fine Licht, Associate Professor from the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen University, Denmark
Risks and Benefits in Biological Control: Protecting Darwin’s finches from an invasive parasite in the Galapagos Islands 2023-04-04 Professor George Heimpel, Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, USA
2022
Beneficial fungi for the control of mycotoxigenic pathogens on cereals: the case of Trichoderma gamsii vs Fusarium head blight on wheat 2022-06-02 Professor Sabrina Sarrocco, University of Pisa, Italy
2021
Biodiversity and ecosystem services (and disservices!) on organic farms 2021-11-01 Dr. Carmen Blubaugh, University of Georgia, USA
Reaping the benefits of microorganisms in cropping systems: Is the regulatory policy adequate? 2021-05-11 Professor Ingvar Sundh, Department of Molecular Sciences and SLU Centre for biological control
Sensing and regulation of mycotrophic and biotrophic processes in fungal mycoparasites 2021-03-25 Dr. Lea Atanasova, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)
CBC's steering group and reference group
Steering group
Hanna Friberg, Chair
Sara Hallin
Laura Grenville-Briggs Didymus
Velemir Ninkovic
Responsible Head of Department: Astrid Taylor (Department of Ecology)
