MRQA

The workshop held in Gainesville, Florida in 1982 focused on pests of man and animals, i.e., biting flies, such as screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), fruit flies and Lepidoptera. A post-meeting excursion was conducted to Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico (screwworm) and Metapa, Mexico (medfly). Tours of operational pest management programs based on mass-produced arthropods were important to maintain a practical orientation. Encouraged by Manfred Mackauer, natural enemies were featured for the first time at the workshop held at Wadenswil, Switzerland in 1984. At Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1986, the meeting was organized by subject rather than taxonomic group: insect colonization and strain development, colony maintenance, quality control of production and products (laboratory bioassays), irradiation, shipment and distribution, field assessment and management of quality control systems. Colonization and strain development, critical subjects that receive minimal attention, were also..

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