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Several changes in the organization of Canadian biological control research have
taken place since publication of the 1971 book. The Research Institute of Agriculture
Canada at Belle .. ille, Ontario, which had played a pivotal role in importation and
applied research of biological control organisms was closed in 1972 and its staff was
relocated. The Biocontrol Unit was formed in Ottawa by Agriculture Canada to coordinate
importations. Material is imported through the Biocontrol Unit, and through
Macdonald College in Quebec, the Forest Pest Management Institute and the
University of Guelph in Ontario, and the Regina Research Station of Agriculture
Canada in Saskatchewan. The Department of Fisheries and Forestry became part of a
new Department, Environment Canada, in 1971. Forestry research is conducted by the
Canadian Forestry Service within this Department; biological control research is still
carried out at the same laboratories as those listed in the last review but establishment
names have been modified to reflect the new organization.
Many people assisted in the preparation of this review. Special acknowledgement is
extended to Ms. R. Boyle and Ms. P. Loshak for helping in correcting the text. Dr. F.D.
Bennett, Director, Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, initiated the
preparation, Dr. 0.1. Greathead, Assistant Director and Mr. 0.1. Girling, Information
Officer, assisted in its publication, and Mrs. A.H. Greathead read the proofs and
completed the index.