A brief history of fly control
“Birds are the eyes of heaven, and flies are the spies of hell.” Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem To band all types of flies together as a group does not do them justice, especially with over 30,000 different known species. The most common of these, Musca domestica, […]
Celebrating 60 years – Matthews’s memoires 1 (1950’s-60’s)
The year before International Pest Control magazine was first published, I graduated from Imperial College in 1957. On the day the results came out, I was on a one-man expedition travelling to West Africa on an Elder Dempster cargo ship, the m.v. Ebani. This was the idea of Geoffrey Brett, at the Ministry of Agriculture, […]
Humidity-controlled and warm-air pest eradication technology with a focus on museum collections and works of art
There is hardly a more interesting, yet more challenging field of pest control, than in museums and art collections, when it comes to the actual artefacts. Consider the different composite materials found in museums; from paintings and frames, books and documents, gilded and painted wooden objects, tapestries, historic costumes, antique furniture, natural history collections – […]
Droplet science: a short introduction
Years of experience and the increasing complexity of the industry have led IGEBA to take a closer look at the individual aspects of space treatment. The close collaboration with institutions like the International Pesticide Application Research Centre (IPARC, Imperial College, London) and the Navy Entomology Centre of Excellence (NECE, USA) in the field of droplet […]
International Pest Control – March/April 2018 – Vol 60, Nr.2
Some months we have so many articles submitted to us, it is difficult decide what to include and what to postpone to our next issue. This was such a month and was one of the contributory reasons for the delay in getting this issue out to you. It is not surprising, as the special feature […]
International news in brief – March/April 2018
DE: Bayer to sell vegetable seeds business Bayer is in exclusive talks with BASF on the sale of its entire vegetable seeds business. On 13 Oct 2017, Bayer had already agreed to sell selected Crop Science businesses to BASF for EUR 5.9bn This first package covers Bayer’s global glufosinate-ammonium business and the related LibertyLink technology […]
International Pest Control – January/February 2018 – Vol 60, Nr.1
Welcome to 2018. This year, International Pest Control magazine is celebrating 60 years in print. It is an honour to be responsible for editing a publication that was first produced before I was born and that I remember reading as a student. In December, I was pleased to have overseen my 30th issue and ‘celebrated’ […]
International news in brief – January/February 2018
UK: Drone technology benefits from the use of motion plastics Effective pest control can often be difficult, especially if surrounding areas must be protected. The FitoStinger drone was developed for this purpose by the Technology & Advances Solutions (TSA) Centre in Spain. It is equipped with an extendable arm, which allows for precise spraying […]
