OECD Seminar on Different aspects of efficacy evaluation of biopesticides

 28-29 June 2021 Virtual Meeting

The OECD Seminar on Different aspects of efficacy evaluation of biopesticides covered the similarities and differences of the efficacy evaluation of the different categories of biopesticides, new application techniques, efficacy evaluation of biopesticides based on plant defence inducers (PDI), comparison of efficacy requirements for biostimulants vs. biopesticides, how to evaluate different Integrated Pest Management (IPM) modules, and registration pathways with limited or no evaluation of efficacy. The event facilitated exchanges between policy makers, academia, and industry. 

 

Programme

DAY 1 - 28 June 2021

Opening:

General Introduction: Shannon Borges - Expert Group on BioPesticides Chair, US EPA

SESSION 1: Introduction to the topic

	Introduction to the topic
	David Chandler (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)  Application and Management of Biopesticides for Efficacy and Reliability (AMBER) Philippe Cagnieul (Commission des Essais Biologiques - CEB) The Commission des essais biologiques (CEB) of the French plant protection association “Végéphyl” Ewa Matyjaszczyk - (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization - EPPO) Update on EPPO Standards relevant to efficacy assessment of biopesticides
	Government Experience and Perspectives (Part 1)
	Lucius Tamm (Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Switzerland) Swiss experience with efficacy evaluation of fungicidal and resistance inducer products of natural origin  Michael Downs (PMRA, Canada)  Value Assessment of Biopesticides in Canada Helen Hull-Sanders (US EPA) Experience with evaluating the efficacy of biopesticides in the US
	Stakeholders' Experience and Perspectives
	Alessandra Moccia (Chair of the IBMA PG on Semiochemicals/Suterra Europe) and Daniel Casado (Suterra Europe Biocontrol) How to successfully evaluate the efficacy of semiochemical products  Caroline Reid (Chair of IBMA’s Invertebrate BCA Professional Group, Bioline Agrosciences)  Efficacy of Invertebrate BCAs Denise Manker (Bayer) and Edith Ladurner (CBC Europe – Biogard Div.)  Considerations for appropriate assessment of efficacy of biopesticides in the field

DAY 2 - 29 June 2021

SESSION 2: Summary of Regulatory & Risk Assessment Experience with dsRNA-based Products

	Government Experience and Perspectives (Part 2)
	Benedicte Gautier (Anses, France) French experience of efficacy evaluation of biopesticides. An overview of the issues Sue Mattock (HSE, UK)  Efficacy assessment of biopesticide and supporting Label claims: UK perspective Henk Brouwer (Ctgb, Netherlands) Experience with evaluating the efficacy of biopesticides in the Netherlands

 

Supported by

The OECD’s Co-operative Research Programme: Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems

 

 

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