GAB conducts extended laboratory studies according to the recent IOBC/WPRS guidelines with parasitoids (Aphidius rhopalosiphi, Trichogramma cacoeciae), predatory mites (Typhlodromus pyri, Phytoseiulus persimilis), aphidophagous predators (Chrysoperla carnea, Coccinella septempunctata) and anthocorid bugs (Orius laevigatus).