International Pest Control – September/October 2014 – Vol56, Nr.5
Mr. A. Ansari observing the black ant (Lasius niger) activity in an attractant test. Courtesy BioGenius
If you were fortunate to have attended the 8th ICUP in Zurich, you may have been forgiven for thinking that bed bugs and mosquitoes were the main concern in urban environments. Pests are by their nature very unpredictable and even this week, I have listened to BBC radio asking where all the wasps have gone? Having witnessed an early spring we in the UK are enjoying a prolonged summer and whilst the wasps may have been absent, horseflies have been out in force but these shrink in significance when you hear that species such as the Asian Tiger are advancing across Europe along the autoroutes and autobahns of the continent.
Should you have missed the ICUP event, we provide a review within this month’s special feature: Urban Pest Management.
In this section we look at two important considerations to any rodent control programme. Klaas Lusthof discusses the issue of rodent proofing while Sean Paker considers the importance of pre-baiting. Staying with baiting, a team from Agroblu, look at five commercial cockroach control gel formulations and report on the results of their laboratory tests. With new pesticides slow to come on the market, we include an article from ICB Pharma, reviewing the use of a new adjuvant to help tackle the problem of insecticide resistance and linking nicely to ICUP, especially bed bugs.
Elsewhere we dip into news stories from around the world and provide a catch up on the various pest and crop protection industry association activities. Should you be part of an industry association and feel you are not well represented, feel free to get in touch.
This month’s Company Profile is BioGenius, a German based, pest control and crop protection service organisation with a big company heritage and an international outlook and now celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Continuing our often diverse range of articles Partho Dhang takes us onboard ship to consider the issue of termites on yachts and staying with water, the team from Bleu Line in Italy introduce us to the concept of physical control of mosquitoes using a siliconebased liquid as a water treatment. Keeping with diptera, but moving indoors, Brandenburg remind us of the importance of fast and reliable fly catch in food environments.
Finally we feature agriculture and forestry with a look at novel weed seed management courtesy of Michael Walsh, from the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative, while Martin Redbond, considers how it may be possible to improve and protect global wheat yields, especially from fungal attack. This leads us nicely into Terry’s article on plant disease in the UK forest nurseries.
I hope the year continues to treat you well. Next month we feature innovation in agriculture. If you have a new product or project, do please let us know.
David Loughlin, Editor International Pest Control magazine
Email David on editor@international-pest-control.com
Contents of International Pest Control September/October 2014
Volume 56 Number 5
International Pest News
- Rust fungus released to control Himalayan balsam.
- Surrey pest control firm makes light work of pigeon problem.
- Combined UK agency to safeguard animal and plant health.
- IPC and PestEx scientific poster competition.
- Brazil welcomes Oxitec’s first mosquito production unit to fight the dengue vector.
- International news in brief.
Association News
- India IPCA hold Sustainable IPM workshop.
- Korean based, FAOPMA President, Myeon-Ha Park, updates members.
- Joint Initiative CEPA & NPMA Global Summit for Summer 2015.
Company Profile
- BioGenius – anything but nine to five
Special Feature: Urban Pest Management
- Proofing: an approach to sustainable rodent control – Klaas Lusthof.
- Comparison of efficacy and attractiveness of five commercial cockroach control gel formulations in laboratory tests – Luciano Süss, Stefano Cassani, Guglielmo Cassani, Francesca Rosazza, Francesco Gallizia.
- Provecta: a new approach to the inhibition of resistance to insecticides – David Liszka and Partho Dhang.
- Rodent control and the importance of pre-baiting – Sean Paker.
- International urban pest managers gather in Zurich – Clive Boase and David Loughlin.
Focus on Public Health
- The Flexi-pro Aerosol Delivery System (FADS).
- Bed bug monitoring – from demand assessment to market introduction.
- Managing subterranean termites in ships and yachts across Philippine ports – Partho Dhang.
- Silicone-based liquid for physical mosquito control.
- Fly catching and food facilities.
Focus on Agriculture
- The importance of harvest weed seed control in weed management – Michael Walsh
- Improving and protecting global wheat yields – Martin Redbond.
Focus on Forestry and Plantations
- Plant disease creating uncertainty in the UK forest nurseries – Dr Terry Mabbett
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