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1910
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Formation of the Entomological Research Committee (Tropical Africa). One field entomologist is posted to East Africa and one to West Africa to collect and study insects injurious to humans, crops and animals. Collected specimens are sent to the British Museum, known today as the Natural History Museum, in London for identification. |
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1910 |
Bulletin of Entomological Research launched. |
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1913 |
Formation of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology. Its chief functions are the identification of insect pests and the issue of a monthly periodical giving summaries of all current entomological literature (the first abstract journal was Review of Applied Entomology in two parts Series A - Agricultural, Series B - Medical and Veterinary). |
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1920
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Imperial Bureau of Mycology at Kew established for the identification of fungal diseases of plants, animals and humans and the abstracting of the mycological literature. |
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1922 |
First issue of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology’s abstract journal, Review of Applied Mycology. |
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1927
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Imperial Agricultural Research Conference (IARC) held in London. The IARC agreed to the formation of a number of new bureaux and that they should each produce an abstract journal on their own subject. |
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1930 |
The Imperial Agricultural Bureaux is officially formed as a Commonwealth organization. The Imperial Bureau of Entomology becomes the Imperial Institute of Entomology and the Imperial Bureau of Mycology becomes the Imperial Mycological Institute. An offshoot of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology later evolves into the International Institute of Biological Control. |
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1933 |
The adminstration of the Bureaux of Entomology and Mycology are transferred to the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux. |
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1938 |
Bureaux of Dairy Science and Forestry merge with the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux |
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1947 |
500 cultures are transferred from The Lister Institute to the Imperial Mycological Institute (IMI) after a British Commonwealth Scientific Official Conference recommends that the IMI should be responsible for living cultures of fungi other than medical fungi and yeasts. |
| 1947 |
Imperial Agricultural Bureaux becomes the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux (CAB). |
| 1947 |
Imperial Institute of Entomology becomes the Commonwealth Institute of Entomology. |
| 1948 |
Imperial Mycological Institute becomes Commonwealth Mycological Institute. |
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1966 |
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics becomes part of CAB. |
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1973
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Contents from all the abstract journals, now computerized, are unified to produce the CAB database (CAB Abstracts). |
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1975 |
Drive for self-sufficiency (self-funding) put into operation following the 1975 Review Conference. |
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1978 |
Training courses on Information in Agriculture started for information scientists and librarians. |
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1980 |
The number of abstract journals increases from 19 to 45. |
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1980 |
News and Information journals developed. These contain news items from all over the world, short digests and review articles, as well as abstracts from world literature. |
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1980 |
CAB Abstracts is accessible on SDC Search Service, California, and on ESA and DIMDI in Europe. |
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1986 |
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux becomes CAB International. |
| 1987 |
Head Office, database and journal production are centralised to Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. |
| 1993 |
CAB Abstracts available on SilverPlatter software as CABCD. |
| 1993 |
The CABI roundel is introduced and replaces the world logo. |
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1998
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International Institute of Entomology, International Institute of Biocontrol, International Mycological Institute and International Institute of Parasitology merge to form CABI Bioscience. |
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1998 |
CABI Publishing comes into existence. |
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1999 |
Crop Protection Compendium produced; other Compendia follow. |
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1999 |
Internet Resources Nutritiongate and AnimalScience.com launches. |
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2003 |
CAB Direct, CABI's own platform for CAB Abstracts, launches. |
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2004 |
CABI digitises the print abstract journals going back to 1910 to produce Global Health and CAB Abstracts Archive. |
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2006 |
CABI Bioscience and CABI Publishing are united under one single CABI brand. |