Papers are presented focusing on biological control agents and how they are regulated across the EPPO region, how their use can be facilitated and how they may contribute to slowing the spread of invasive pests and mitigating the damage they cause. Three papers deal with Dryocosmus kuriphilus, a...

The invasive alien species, Metcalfa pruinosa (Say), has been spreading in Korea since it was first recorded at Gimhae in Gyeongnam province in 2005. This species has caused damage to major forest trees and several agricultural crops both by direct plant sap feeding and by indirectly vectoring...

Leonurus sibiricus [L. japonicus] (family Lamiaceae) has been used as a traditional herbal remedy to treat various gynecologic diseases. Although it is a widely distributed subtropical weed in Southeast Asia, L. sibiricus have been commercially cultivated on a small scale in many geographic areas...

The ambrosia beetle, Platypus koryoensis, is an economically important pest affecting oak trees in Korea. Candida kashinagacola was isolated from galleries of the beetle in oak wood and identified by analyses of morphology, physiological properties, and nucleotide sequence of the large subunit...

An investigation of invasive and alien mites and insects was carried out, based mainly on pests of agriculture, forestry and ornamental plants. A total of 17 alien species of mite were found in Serbia during 1979-2004. More than 60% of the alien mite species were recorded for the first time during...

The seasonal occurrence of aphids was investigated in soyabean fields to increase the control efficiency of aphid vectors of soybean mosaic virus (SMV). The patterns of aphid occurrence differed according to sowing time. There were two peaks in aphid population (late June and mid-August) in optimum ...

The occurrence was investigated of Laodelphax striatellus [L. striatella] and rice virus diseases in dry seeded rice at different seeding dates. The occurrence of L. striatella was the greatest on rice seeded in May 11, followed by May 1, May 21 and May 31. However, L. striatella did not occur on...

Nematodes isolated from xylem of damaged Pinus densiflora and P. thunbergii trees at Mt. Keumjong, Pusan, Korea Republic, were identified as B. xylophilus. Adult pine sawyers (Monochamus alternatus) were identified from dead trees and a proportion were found to be harbouring the nematode. [With...