USDA APHIS NBCI

NBCI provides technical advice and information; develops and maintains computerized databases; initiates, coordinates and monitors projects in cooperation with other agencies and institutions; organize and facilitate focus groups and workshops to deal with specific issues of importance to biological control and integrated pest management (e.g., use of transgenic arthropods in biological control, examining specific targets of biological control, policy issues); supports biological control projects through an Implementation Grant Program; supports education/information needs, meetings, and conferences through a Facilitation Grant Program; supports systematics through a Postdoctoral Program in Systematics; and identifies and supports other needs of customers. A Customer Advisory Group (consisting of 12 leading biological control scientists and administrators) and Visiting Scientists (for specific projects) help NBCI refine its activities.

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