ARS Biological control documentation center records : records, 1920-1990, 1920-1990

1934: Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine (BEPQ) was created. 1953: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) was established and BEPQ was abolished. 1954: Insect Identification and Parasite Introduction (IIPI) Research Branch was formed under ARS. Staff conducted foreign exploration research and maintained all ARS biological control quarantine-receiving stations in the United States. Three foreign locations initially reported to IIPI one of which was the European Parasite Lab (EPL). 1964: Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory (BCIRL) in Columbia, Missouri was created. The mission of BCIRL was to discover, develop and refine principles and methods to effectively use biological control agents for the management of pest populations of insects and weeds. Specifically included in this mission were evaluation and enhancement of the activity, safety and production of effective beneficial pathogens, parasitoids and predators for biological control. BCIRL objectives were part of the larger ARS initiative to integrate the use of biological control agents into sustainable pest management systems. 1975-1993: Asian Parasite Laboratory (APL) was reestablished with the help of special funds for ARS biological control research on the gypsy moth. It was located in Seoul, South Korea and sponsored by the Beneficial Insect Introduction Branch (BIIB), Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Administrative responsibility was provided by the International Programs Division of the ARS, USDA. Objectives were to conduct research, to evaluate natural enemies (parasites, predators, and pathogens) as potential biological control agents, and to collect and export beneficial agents to the United States. The principal pest insect was the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar japonica), but natural enemies of a variety of other pests were to be investigated as time permitted. 1980s: North American Invasive Arthropod Database (NAIAD) and Western Hemisphere Invasive Arthropod Database (WHIAD), part of ARS and the Biosystematics and Beneficial Insects Institute were created. They were originally two separate databases with WHIAD being created first, but the two were later combined to create NAIAD.

1934: Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine (BEPQ) was created. 1953: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) was established and BEPQ was abolished. 1954: Insect Identification and Parasite Introduction (IIPI) Research Branch was formed under ARS. Staff conducted foreign exploration research and maintained all ARS biological control quarantine-receiving stations in the United States. Three foreign locations initially reported to IIPI one of which was the European Parasite Lab (EPL). 1964: Biological Control of Insects Research Laboratory (BCIRL) in Columbia, Missouri was created. The mission of BCIRL was to discover, develop and refine principles and methods to effectively use biological control agents for the management of pest populations of insects and weeds. Specifically included in this mission were evaluation and enhancement of the activity, safety and production of effective beneficial pathogens, parasitoids and predators for biological control. BCIRL objectives were part of the larger ARS initiative to integrate the use of biological control agents into sustainable pest management systems. 1975-1993: Asian Parasite Laboratory (APL) was reestablished with the help of special funds for ARS biological control research on the gypsy moth. It was located in Seoul, South Korea and sponsored by the Beneficial Insect Introduction Branch (BIIB), Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Administrative responsibility was provided by the International Programs Division of the ARS, USDA. Objectives were to conduct research, to evaluate natural enemies (parasites, predators, and pathogens) as potential biological control agents, and to collect and export beneficial agents to the United States. The principal pest insect was the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar japonica), but natural enemies of a variety of other pests were to be investigated as time permitted. 1980s: North American Invasive Arthropod Database (NAIAD) and Western Hemisphere Invasive Arthropod Database (WHIAD), part of ARS and the Biosystematics and Beneficial Insects Institute were created. They were originally two separate databases with WHIAD being created first, but the two were later combined to create NAIAD.

United States. Agricultural Research Service.