COST Action 850: News Up Date

The COST Action 850 ended on March 4th, 2006. This website will remain public for 5 years without updating.

2006, June 21:
Presentations of the Summit Workshop COST 850 “Biocontrol Symbiosis” together with the Fourth International Symposium “Entomopathogenic Nematodes and Symbiotic Bacteria”, Landeskulturzentrum Schloss Salzau, near Kiel, Germany, June02-05, 2006.
Presentations >>

Salzau: Group Picture


2005:
New release of an EPN-Book:
QUALITY CONTROL OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES.
edited by Jürg M. Grunder
Includes 7 chapters with 22 authors and index, pp. 134.
ISBN 3-033-00347-8 AGROSCOPE FAW, Wädenswil, Switzerland 2005

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   Jürg Grunder

2005, July 04:
GOOD NEWS:
 According to the communication from Bernard Blum (IBMA), SANCO decided on a meeting Wednesday last week to withdraw EPN from the new draft version of the directive 91/414 ECC. They have mentioned to IMBA that they were surprised by so many protest notes and confessed that it might have been a mistake to "assimilate EPN under microorganisms". Thanks to all of you for the strong support and reactions against this approach. I hope in the future SANCO will involve experts before implementing costly regulation. As far as I know, none of us was asked for an opinion.
EPN still going strong.

2005, June 18:
Heterorhabditis to be sequenced! E-mail from Todd Ciche to the H. bacteriophora genome consortium members: Read more >>

2005, May:
Responses to the SANCO D3 working document concerning 91/414.
Ralf-Udo Ehlers, COST chair: Read more >>
Martin Andermatt respons on EU draft 91414: Read more >>
Becker Underwood respons on EU draft1: Download PDF (32 KB)
Enema respons on EU draft1: Read more >>
Koppert respons on EU draft1: Download PDF (29 KB)