Overseas Biological Control Laboratories (OBCL)
Research Highlights
OBCL Highlights newsletter with updates from the European Biological Control Laboratory (EBCL), Argentina Foundation for the Study of Invasive Species (FuEDEI), and the Australian Biological Control Laboratory (ABCL).
April 2025
CONTENTS
European Biological Control Laboratory (EBCL)
Letter from the EBCL Director: Working together to go further.
Pathogens are back to business.
EBCL Researchers and collaborators Explore Biological Solutions to Controlling Invasive Ticks in the U.S.
Prioritizing pests for the development of biological control programs in the USA.
10-year anniversary of the USDA-AFS high-school internship program.
Argentina Foundation for the Study of Invasive Species (FuEDEI)
Invasive crazy ants (Nylanderia spp.) look all the same: differentiating them with genetic and anatomical tools.
The little fire ant behaves more like a submissive species than a dominant one in its native land.
Strengthening Collaborations: Advancing Ant Research between CMAVE and FuEDEI.
Protecting North America's prickly pear cacti: a battle against the cactus moth
The ghost Bulimulus: an invasive South American snail rapidly expanding in peanut and citrus farming in the Southeastern US.
New records of Ludwigia g. subsp. hexapetala in its native range contribute to determine potential invasion areas and the search for natural enemies.
Unraveling the genomic structure of the planthopper Megamelus scutellaris: Investigating its role in the biological control of water hyacinth.
Australian Biological Control Laboratory (ABCL)
Hydrilla biocontrol - Novel Hydrellia flies from southern Australia and South Korea.
Surveys of cogongrass in Japan and South Korea yield potential biocontrol agents.
