China – Focus on a Growing Market – Part 4 Final – Beyond Agriculture – an increasing market in China
What is Beyond Agriculture? Beyond Agriculture is the phrase used in China and increasingly worldwide to describe the markets known by many as “Non Crop Markets”. The global market for pesticide products Beyond Agriculture is already valued at US$ 25 billion and currently growing at a faster rate than crop protection. China is one of […]
China – Focus on a Growing Market – Part 3 – Looking to the future in pest management
Welcome to the fastest growing pest management market on the planet! This could easily have been the wording on the sign hanging over the registration area for the 2012 Chinese National Pest Management Congress held in Nanjing China in late March. Over 500 delegates attended, included Chinese service companies, suppliers, academics and key people from […]
China – Focus on a Growing Market – Part 2 – Rob Fryatt interviews – Huang Xiao Yun of the Chinese Pest Control Association.
You may well be reading this edition as FAOPMA holds its Annual Conference and Exhibition at the Convention Centre in Adelaide, Australia. One important and influential lady who will be attending will be Ms Huang (Huang Xiao Yun) the Deputy Director of the Chinese Pest Control Association. Since the CACARSI (Chinese Association for the Control […]
China – Focus on a Growing Market – Part 1 – a special perspective
China means different things to different people. Maybe the spectacle of the Olympic ceremonies or perhaps the economy now known as The World’s Factory. Many International Pest Control subscribers and readers may have already visited the country that will become the world’s largest economy sometime during the next decade, but for many more in our […]
MI-Dengue: A novel tool for dengue vector monitoring in Brazil
Recent estimates predict over 300 million cases of dengue fever occur every year, transmitted by the Aedes sp. mosquito vector. The disease causes high fevers, headaches, muscle pain, and a characteristic rash. In severe cases, the disease can progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding and blood plasma leakage, and even death. Brazil is […]
The effect of hydraulic nozzles on the deposition of Steinernema feltiae through a crop canopy
Growers strive to minimise the impact of crop pests in order to increase yield and quality of horticultural products supplied to an exacting market. A wide array of crop pests such as Frankinella occidentalis, Delia radicum and Thrips tabaci can be controlled at the larval stage with soil applications of entomopathogenic nematodes. Two techniques exist […]
International pest news in brief – July/August 2013 issue
USA: New Jersey man sets fire to home trying to remove bedbugs After reading that high temperatures can kill bed bugs, a New Jersey resident tried to use a space heater, hair dryer and heat gun to eliminate the pests. Unfortunately, trying to apply this solution not only caused a fire but also destroyed his […]
Tropical epiphytes and collateral control with copper fungicide
Weeds are plants growing in the wrong place at the wrong time. Grasses and broadleaved weeds grow under and around trees to compete with their root systems for water and nutrients, and in the case of tall vigorously growing weeds around small stature trees for light and space as well. ‘Lower’ plants like lichens, mosses […]
