Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc. and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service will host the Cornell Community Conference on Biological Control, April 11 to 13, 1996, on the Cornell campus.

Key speakers at the conference will include Jeff Waage, director of the International Institute of Biological Control; Ernest DelFosse, director, National Biological Control Institute; Rebecca Goldburg, scientist, Environmental Defense Fund; Ralph Hardy, president emeritus, Boyce Thompson Institute; and Tony Bellotti of CIAT, the International Centre of Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia.

Conference sponsors include: National Biological Control Institute, Cornell Integrated Pest Management Program, the New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Biotechnology, Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD), the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, DuPont, Monsanto and Biosys.

Attendees are encouraged to present posters about their activities on biological control. Requests to submit posters should be sent by electronic mail to Mike Hoffmann at mph3@cornell.edu by March 10.

Registration is free to those affiliated with Cornell University. For those not affiliated with the university, registration is $100. The conference banquet on April 11 is $30. Deadline for registration is March 10. Send requests to Pat Deeb, Office of Research, 245 Roberts Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., 14853, or by electronic mail to pad3@cornell.edu.