biocontrol agents

2019 / News

First screening of entomopathogenic nematodes and fungus as biocontrol agents against the sugarcane longhorned beetle

The screening of several biocontrol agents revealed that the larvae of an emerging pest, a sugarcane longhorned beetle, show high resistance to both an entomopathogenic fungus (EPF) and nematodes (EPN).

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31 May 2019

Read more about the article C·I·B workshop brings together leaders in the field of insect invasions

Attendees at the C·I·B supported workshop, “Drivers, mechanisms and impacts of insect invasions”, held on the 24th-26th of November 2014, in Stellenbosch. (Photo credit: Susana Clusella-Trullas)

2015 / News

C·I·B workshop brings together leaders in the field of insect invasions

To coincide with its Annual Research Meeting, the Centre for Invasion Biology (C·I·B) supported a workshop focusing on the “Drivers, mechanisms, impacts and adaptations” of insect invasions through looking at agricultural pests, biocontrol agents, vectors of human disease and threats to ecosystems.

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2 March 2015