Hermann Strasser talks about the use of his biocontrol agent Melocont® Pilzgerste to reduce the cockchafer population in infested areas of East-, North- and South Tyrol. Thanks to the excellent cooperation between the University, Land Tirol, Landwirtschaftskammer and Maschinenring this in the 1990s initiated pilot project was a huge success.

Mycology Tyrol experts from the University of Innsbruck, together with international colleagues, present Plasmodiophora brassicae and other plant pathogenic protists, including oomycetes infecting algae, in a review article.

by Emmanuel O. Benjamin, Giselher Grabenweger, Hermann Strasser & Justus Wesseler in Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection: Biological control methods offer an economic alternative in certified maize and potato production and can help to increase competitiveness in agriculture.The sustainability of the use of biological control methods could be calculated using the "MISTICs Model (Maximum Incremental Social Tolerable Irreversible Costs).