International Pest Control – January/February 2014 – Vol.56, Nr.1

Cover image: Long Lasting Mosquito Nets have been largely responsible for reducing malaria deaths from about 2 million a year to less than 670,000. Photo courtesy of Sumitomo Chemical, Vector Control Division.

With a New Year come new ambitions, new pest situations and new products to tackle them. I hope the arrival of 2014 finds you well and that the twelve months ahead will be successful ones for you personally and your business.

As we start the year in the northern hemisphere the weather has yet again shown its propensity to surprise. Freezing temperatures caused by a polar vortex have shocked North America while winds and rains have hammered countries on the eastern Atlantic coast and left milder temperatures across central and Eastern Europe.

Aside for our normal review of pest control issues across various sectors, in this and each issue this year we will be focusing on one topic in depth. The six special features will include (Mar/Apr) Semiochemicals; (May/Jun) Vertebrate Pests; (Jul/Aug) Biopesticides; (Sept/Oct) Urban Pests and (Nov/Dec) Agricultural Innovation.

If you are working in any of these areas and wish to broadcast your news to a wider audience, please feel free to contact us. We kick start the year with a look at vector control with news and articles on bed nets, aerial larviciding, malaria and malaria vaccines and metarhyzium.

New also for this year is a section devoted to the latest information coming from the various associations involved in pest control, crop protection or pest management. We aim to capture and report back the latest developments in your industry.

Elsewhere we continue with our usual content with a review of two exhibitions that took place at the end of 2013; Parasitec, Morocco and FAOPMA, Korea and one that crept in at the start of 2014, the ISFC (Soft Fruit), Holland.

For growing crops the soil and its health are key to the production of good crops. CleanStart is an integrated portfolio of tools and solutions designed to improve the biological quality of the soil and to assure the establishment of healthy crops developed by Certis Europe. Certis has always been committed to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles and we take a closer look at this programme which is in line with the Sustainable Use Directive.

Finally we venture into yet more new ground with a look at oil palm nutrition. As the area and intensity of oil palm planting increases, more and more new plantings are made on land previously occupied by oil palm or other plantation monocultures like rubber. This has intensified traditional health problems caused by root and stem base infecting pathogens.

I look forward to 2014 with a renewed enthusiasm. There is much to be excited by in the pest management industry and numerous innovations for us to report back on. We hope you continue to enjoy your reading. Spread the word and if you are at any of the exhibitions listed in our calendar and we happen to be present, let’s have a chat.

David Loughlin, Editor International Pest Control magazine
Email David on editor@international-pest-control.com

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Contents of International Pest Control – January/February 2014
Volume 56 Number 1

International Pest News

• New Zealand fight invasive Undaria with biological and physical control practices
• UK university to help manage phoma stem canker on oilseed rape in China
• Koppert brings residue-free cultivation even closer
• The value of seed treatment for US agriculture
• International advances in pesticide application
• A ‘revolution’ in fly trapping
• New mosquito net to help counter resistance
• International news in brief
• IPC and PestEx scientific poster competition

Association News

• EU report on minor uses and specialty crops expected early 2014
• BPCA launches new industry event – PPC Live 2014
• Pesticides are “part of the solution” says CPA
• Back from promoting the Standard in Europe, CEPA looks ahead to 2014
• Rodents in the US
• The business of FAOPMA continues to go forward

Special Feature – Vector Management

• Vaccine offers new mode of protection against malaria
• Reducing the incidence of malaria: Are we adopting the right approach? – Graham Matthews
• Efficacy of long lasting insecticidal nets compromised by insecticide resistance – Eric Ochomo et al
• Aerial application for mosquito control in Florida – Mark Latham
• Fungus could be the key to controlling mosquitoes

Focus on Public Health

• Parasitec 2013; the beginning of a beautiful friendship?
• FAOPMA Seoul – a watershed event

Focus on Agriculture

• CleanStart: sustainable soil pest management

Focus on Horticulture

• Record turnout for the fourth international soft fruit conference – D A Loughlin

Focus on Animal Health

• A new tool for the management of Varroa mites in bee hives

Focus on Forestry & Plantation

• Yield improvement and disease management through improved oil palm nutrition – Dr Terry Mabbett
• Ash die back: The latest on chalara – Dr Terry Mabbett

Book reviews

Calendar of International Events

International Pest Control Index 2013

Category: Issue Editorial & Contents