H5N8 Avian Influenza: Assessing Entry Routes into Europe
The precise route of introduction of the H5N8 virus into Europe still remains uncertain, says a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientific report generated in collaboration with Member States and the European Union (EU) Reference Laboratory. Having been detected on poultry farms in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, EFSAsays it is “plausible” that […]
Sigatoka Disease Complex of Banana in Brazil: Management Practices and Future Directions
Abstract Banana (Musa spp.) is one of the world?s most important monocotyledonous crops, cultivated in over 100 tropical and subtropical countries. As the world’s most consumed fruit, it can represent a source of livelihood in countries of the African continent, where the annual per capita consumption may reach 400 kg. Brazil is responsible for approximately […]
Insecticide Synergists: Good or Bad for Honey Bees?
Abstract An increasing global population (estimated at over 9 billion by the year 2050) brings the problem of maintaining a sustainable agricultural system, with the constraints on land-use and environmental protection that such a process incurs. One acute problem is that of arthropod pests, chemical control of which remains the foundation of pest control for […]
Addressing Pesticide Risk Management and Risk Reduction Through Distance Learning Education
Abstract Pesticide use is extensive in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). For example, pesticides are used for crop production, public health vector control, domestic use, veterinary uses, forestry use, pest control in public buildings and places (e.g., supermarkets, hotels, hospitals, offices, golf courses, parks), migratory pests, maritime use, and transport. Using pesticides for pest […]
History of Pest Management in Texas and the Southern United States and How Recent Grower Adoption of Preventative Pest Management Technologies Have Diminished the Capability for IPM Delivery
Abstract The history of pest management since the late 1880s is a repeated cycle of pest intensification, development of innovative and effective technology, enthusiastic use/over use of the technology, followed in the short term by a return to pest intensification and sustainability issues due to grower failure to integrate control tactics. The overland invasion of […]
International news in brief – March/April 2015
Europe: IPM Strategic Research Agenda is underway The ERA-Net C-IPM is organizing a strategic research agenda (SRA) workshop that will be held on 18th March 2015 at AgroParistech 16 rue Claude Bernard, Paris. The workshop is part of the collaborative consultation process to develop the medium to long term SRA of IPM in Europe. A […]
Restriction on Live Birds, Eggs, Raw Poultry Products, Raw Pet Foods from Oregon and Washington
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said January 8 that it is “implementing measures to protect Canada’s poultry resources” from an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza reported in poultry in the states of Oregon and Washington, USA. Due to this outbreak, all birds, all raw poultry and all poultry products and by-products that are […]
International news in brief – January/February 2015
Germany : Bayer to divest equine assets to Merial Bayer HealthCare has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its equine products Legend®/Hyonate® (hyaluronate sodium) and Marquis® (ponazuril) to Merial, Inc.The deal is expected to close in the first quarter 2015 subject to customary conditions, including relevant merger control clearance. “This transactionwill allow our business […]
