IOBC / WPRS Working Group „Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms“ OILB / SROP Groupe de Travail „Pesticides et Organismes Utiles“ Proceedings of the meeting at Berlin, Germany 10th –12th October 2007 Editors: Heidrun Vogt, Jean-Pierre Jansen, Elisa Vinuela & Pilar Medina IOBC wprs Bulletin Bulletin OILB srop Vol. 35, 2008 The content of the contributions is in the responsibility of the authors The IOBC/WPRS Bulletin is published by the International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants, West Palearctic Regional Section (IOBC/WPRS) Le Bulletin OILB/SROP est publié par l‘Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique et Intégrée contre les Animaux et les Plantes Nuisibles, section Regionale Ouest Paléarctique (OILB/SROP) Copyright: IOBC/WPRS 2008 The Publication Commission of the IOBC/WPRS: Horst Bathon Luc Tirry Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI), Federal University of Gent Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Laboratory of Agrozoology Institute for Biological Control Department of Crop Protection Heinrichstr. 243 Coupure Links 653 D-64287 Darmstadt (Germany) B-9000 Gent (Belgium) Tel +49 6151 407-225, Fax +49 6151 407-290 Tel +32-9-2646152, Fax +32-9-2646239 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Address General Secretariat: Dr. Philippe C. Nicot INRA – Unité de Pathologie Végétale Domaine St Maurice - B.P. 94 F-84143 Montfavet Cedex (France) ISBN 978-92-9067-209-8 http://www.iobc-wprs.org Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms IOBC/wprs Bulletin Vol. 35, 2008 Preface This Bulletin contains the contributions presented at the meeting of the WG “Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms” held in Berlin, 10 - 12 October 2007. The meeting was hosted by the Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA), Institute for Ecotoxicology and Ecochemistry in Plant Protection, in Berlin-Dahlem (now Julius Kuehn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Product Protection). According to the change from BBA to JKI (since 1st January 2008) the addresses of authors and participants from former BBA institutes have been actualised in this Bulletin. The meeting was attended by 60 participants from 15 countries. Subjects of 24 oral and 5 poster presentations were methodical aspects of laboratory, semi-field and field side effect tests, effects of plant protection products and biocontrol agents (entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes) on beneficials in diverse crops as well as effects of reduced pesticide rates on field populations of beneficials, the establishment of crop specific selecivity lists and regulatory issues. A highlight of the meeting was the film “Fascination Insect Microcosm”, which illustrates in captivating macro images the biology of beneficial insects and mites, their hunting and parasitizing behaviour. The producer himself, Prof. Dr. Urs Wyss, University Kiel, live commented the film excellently. During the meeting, after 10 years of my convenorship, Dr. Jean-Pierre Jansen, Centre wallon de Recherches Agronomiques (CRA-W), Département Lutte biologique et Ressources Phytogénétiques - Unité de zoologie, Gembloux, Belgium, was elected as my successor and subsequently endorsed by the IOBC/wprs Council. He has many years of experience in ecotoxicological studies with beneficial arthropods and their integration in integrated plant management and has an excellent affiliation with the WG due to his regular attendance of the meetings. Furthermore, he is involved in the evaluation of the “Pesticide Registration Dossier – Part: Beneficial Arthropods” for the Belgian Health and Environment Federal Public Service and thus knows very well about the needs and open questions in side-effect testing. The WG meeting 2007 had a very good ambience with intensive discussions and scientific exchange. The participants enjoyed the agreeable atmosphere of the conference site and the best care and attention by the local organizer team. A half day ecxursion included the visit of the famous “Sanssoucis” palace in Potsdam and sight seeing of Potsdam with detailed information about its history. After the excursion, everybody enjoyed the nice dinner buffet. On behalf of all attendants I express my gratitude and thanks to the local organizer, Barbara Baier, and her colleagues for the perfect organization. The meeting was supported by IOBC wprs and the Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz BMVEL (Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection), Bonn/Berlin. With the election of my successor, I take my leave from convenorship. I have enjoyed this task a lot and I thank all those who supported me and who were highly dedicated to the WG, including all colleagues who helped in reviewing the manuscripts for the Bulletins of the meetings. The WG has always been an important forum for pesticide side-effect issues and the enhancement of integrated pest management by preserving beneficial organisms. I am convinced that the WG will remain of vital importance and I wish the New Convenor, Jean Pierre Jansen, successful and fruitful work together with the WG. Heidrun Vogt (Former Convenor) Dossenheim, April 2008 ii Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms IOBC/wprs Bulletin Vol. 35, 2008 Dr. Heidrun Vogt – 10 years successful convenorship of the IOBC Working Group “Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms” Barbara Baier1 & Udo Heimbach2 Julius Kuehn Institut, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, 1Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Product Protection, Königin- Luise-Str. 19, D-14195 Berlin. e-mail: [email protected] 2Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Messeweg 11/12, D-38104 Braunschweig. e-mail: [email protected] At the meeting in Tunis, 1997, Dr. Heidrun Vogt was elected as new convenor of the working group “Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms” (as successor of Dr. Sherif A. Hassan) and thereafter endorsed by the IOBC/WPRS Council. From 1998 to 2007 she was convenor of the working group. In these 10 years she organized 8 working group meetings in 6 European countries. Spain, Italy and Portugal were the first South European countries and Poland was the second East European country to hold the meeting. The meetings took place every year until 2003 and from then on every second year. Each meeting was approached by approximately 80 participants from 16 mostly European countries, but by a growing number from Canada, Japan, and the USA. The participants presented 27 papers and posters in average dealing with various aspects of side effects of pesticides on beneficial organisms. The presentations contained necessary basic information for integrated pest management and the protection of beneficial organisms. Most of them were published in the IOBC Bulletin. Heidrun Vogt reviewed every single manuscript, partially assisted by other group members. She was managing editor of 7 IOBC Bulletins with high-quality contributions. Joint Pesticide Testing Programme was continued with the 8th and 9th programmes during her convenorship. 20 pesticides registered in at least one of the WPRS member countries were tested, each on up to 24 beneficial organisms. The results of the ninth programme finished this work in 2003. The working group decided together with the IOBC Commission on “IP-Guidelines and Endorsement” to compile the data of all Joint Pesticide Programmes and from contributions published in the IOBC Bulletins to make them more easily available – especially for farmer organisations, who need these information for the implementation of integrated pest management, but also for extension service and scientists. Ms Vogt had a great share in this work. The results for more than 170 pesticides are now available on the internet at http:www.iobc.ch/news.html (IOBC Toolbox: Selectivity of pesticide). As convenor of the IOBC working group she supported and intensified the co-operation with the EU, EPPO, BART, OECD and SETAC Europe. This co-operation concentrated mainly on the development and validation of test guidelines to identify effects of pesticides on specified non-target organisms with respect to the registration of pesticides. She headed a ring test group to develop and validate a laboratory test for Chrysoperla carnea and was member of a ring test group to develop a field test for Phytoseiidae in vine and fruit orchards. Furthermore, she supported the work of the other eight ring test groups. In 2000, the results of 11 validated test methods were published with Heidrun Vogt as one of the responsible authors iii iv in the IOBC booklet „Guidelines to evaluate side-effects of plant protection products to non- target arthropods - IOBC, BART and EPPO Joint Initiative“. In the year 2000 she was a member of the organisation committee and of the editorial board of the ESCORT 2 workshop in Wageningen, which discussed the role of non-target arthropod testing in registration. The agreements made at this workshop have been published as a guidance document and serve as basic document for the implementation of the revised EPPO/CoE risk assessment scheme and the EU guidance document on terrestrial ecotoxicology. It is due to her work and her commitment as convenor of the working group in the last ten-years, that the working group continuously was an important forum for bringing together experts on side-effect issues, to discuss new questions and to search for solutions, to set standards for regulatory requirements on side effect