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The IOBC serves as a resource for international organizations, for example: the European Commission on sustainable use of pesticides [1] and the status of IPM in Europe, [2] the EC Regulation of Biological Control Agents with regard to invertebrate biological control agents, [3] the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research on IPM, [4] the European and Mediterranean Plant ...
Biological control agents of weeds include seed predators, herbivores, and plant pathogens. Biological control can have side-effects on biodiversity through attacks on non-target species by any of the above mechanisms, especially when a species is introduced without a thorough understanding of the possible consequences.
Biological pest control is a rapidly expanding field of agriculture, where natural agents, primarily parasitoids and predators are used to control a pest organism that has been causing economic harm to human interests. These methods can be as alternatives or supplements to conventional pest control methods such as insecticides.
Mosquito control manages the population of mosquitoes to reduce their damage to human health, economies, and enjoyment. Mosquito control is a vital public-health practice throughout the world and especially in the tropics because mosquitoes spread many diseases, such as malaria and the Zika virus.
BioControl is currently abstracted and indexed in Academic OneFile, AGRICOLA, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, CAB International, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences, Elsevier BIOBASE - Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, EMBiology Global Health, Science Citation Index, Scopus, Summon by Serial Solutions, and The Zoological Record.
On 19 December 1977, Penang was declared as a Main Customs Area. With that, Penang's free port status was withdrawn. The year also saw the department embracing the International Unit System or SI, converting everything into metric by 1 January 1978 through the Customs Duty Order 1978. The Customs Department had another restructuring exercise in ...
MISC Berhad (MYX: 3816) was incorporated in 1968 as Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad and is the leading international shipping line of Malaysia.In September 2005, Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad adopted its present corporate identity and changed its name to MISC Berhad.
The Global Market Report 2018 placed Malaysia as the world's top healthcare travel destination by volume. [4] In 2019, Malaysia welcomed over 1.2 million medical tourists. Over the past decade, some of the top countries of arrival are Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States ...