Himalayan Balsam and its control on the River Monnow in Herefordshire and Monmouthshire
Himalayan Balsam Impatiens glandulifera is sometimes cultivated for its flowers but is now widely established in counties such as the British Isles and the United States and in some situations has become an invasive species weed. Aggressive seed dispersal, coupled with high nectar production which attracts pollinators, often allows the Himalayan Balsam to outcompete native […]
Fumigant and repellent activity of six essential oils against the Red Palm Mite in Trinidad
Abstract Fumigant and repellent tests were conducted to evaluate the efficiency of six essential oils (clove, banana, jasmine, peppermint, eucalyptus and cassia) against Raoiella indica. Oils tested had attractant or repellent properties at different concentrations. Cassia and peppermint oils exhibited both repellent and vapour-phase mortality effects at 1% oil concentration and > 88% mortality over […]
Underground fungal networks activate plant alarms against pest attack
Insect pests are a major cause of damage to the world’s commercially important agricultural crops. Food crops are destroyed by over 10,000 species of insects and cause an annual loss of about 13.6% globally (Benedict et al. 2003) and 23.3% in India (Dhaliwal et al. 2010). During a pest attack, plants, being immobile, do not […]
Combatting malaria
Over the last decade, funding to help countries to decrease the impact of malaria have increased significantly, especially by providing very large numbers of insecticide treated bed nets (ITN) to protect the most vulnerable, the children under five years of age and pregnant women. This has enabled more than a million lives to be saved […]
CEPA announce release of first draft of the CEN Standard for Pest Management Services
The CEN (European Committee for Standardisation) Standard for Pest Management Services is a voluntary industry initiative that specifies the requirements, recommendations and basic competences under which pest management servicing companies must operate to guarantee a professional service to their customers and ensure that the industry is recognized for responsibly protecting European citizens, animals and the […]
Better prospect for black-grass control
Scientists at the Universities of York and Durham have discovered a gene called AmGSTF1 that plays a key role in controlling multi-herbicide resistance (MHR) in black-grass and rye-grass. Chemicals that inhibit this gene can be used to make weed killers effective against resistant weeds. Black-grass and rye-grass are both widespread and serious weed problems in […]
Another major step in better disease management in the global banana sector
PromoBanana, a new public-private partnership coordinated by Wageningen UR (University & Research centre), will provide banana farmers in the Philippines with better tools for detecting and managing the devastating infectious diseases Panama disease and Black Sigatoka. The Philippines are among the world’s top five banana exporters. Bananas are a staple food for more than 400 […]
International Pest Control – July/August 2013 – Vol.55, Nr.4
Summer is well and truly upon us in the Northern hemisphere and the rains and winds of 2012 have been replaced by the heat and sun of 2013. Pest management is all about coping with changing situations that confront us and the weather certainly makes forward planning a challenge. One of the challenges of Editor […]
