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Implementing Biological Control Agents in the ASEAN Region

5 Strategy for Improvement of Regulation and Use 49 5.1 Needs for the ASEAN Region 49 5.2 Availability 51 5.3 Reliability 51 5.4 User Knowledge 52 5.5 Perceptions of efficacy 52 5.6 The 4th plenary meeting of application and regulation experts: a way forward 53 Appendix I Products 56 Appendix II Data Requirements for Registration 62 Appendix III Efficacy Test Protocols 67 References 75 6 L ist of Figures: Figure 1: Important components of a pesticide label ................................................................................ 26 Figure 2: Typical registration steps for BCA ................................................................................................ 45 Figure 3: Target pest and disease profiles of BCA registered in ASEAN ..................................................... 56 L ist of Tables: Table 1: Categories of BCA and number of products available in ASEAN (Source: ABC database) ............ 18 Table 2: Future actions proposed by ASEAN experts for regulation and use of BCA ................................. 54 B oxes: (1) Application of Trichoderma harzianum for management of rice blast…………………………………………….31 (2) Field trial on management of flea beetle with biocontrol agents……………………………………………………35 (3) What might regulatory harmonisation mean?.................................................................................. 46


Implementing Biological Control Agents in the ASEAN Region
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