International Pest Control – January/February 2013 – Vol.55, Nr.1
Cover Picture – A pest control technician treats street sewers in Budapest with disc shaped wax blocks. Photo: Bábolna Bio Ltd.
David Loughlin, new Editor of IPC looks to the future.
International Pest Control magazine was established in 1958 and so as we move into 2013 we also enter our 55th year covering all aspects of pest control. In the current era, ‘pest management’ is a more widely adopted phrase especially when preceded by the word ‘integrated’. ‘Control’ defines the ultimate goal.
No-one in this profession wants to feel that pests have the upper hand and professionals not only want to achieve control, but also to be in control. ‘Management’ may imply that control may not be required, if pests can be kept below economic damage thresholds. However such interpretations do not always transfer easily between industry sectors.
In public health, consumers do not want pests to survive at all and elimination is the required objective. Here, ‘management’ can be defined as using knowledge to be pro-active in preventing organisms getting to pest status in the first place. As our industry has evolved over the last 55 years and more, so the industry has embraced new terminologies and techniques.
International Pest Control magazine has sought to feature these new developments and keep its readers informed and up to date. As the new Editor, I hope to continue these ambitions and maintain the high service that the magazine has established; reporting back on current industry activities, sharing global experiences and the views of industry leaders and providing detail on technical developments.
In this issue, we review several of the key industry events that took place at the end of 2012, the principal being Cropworld, London, the agricultural counterpart to the principal pest control event, PestWorld, Boston which was covered in our last issue. A key development in both market sectors has been the evolution of biological or non-pesticidal means of pest management.
With the pressures in pesticide resistance, concern over residues and regulatory restrictions, the need for alternative technologies has never been greater. We feature reviews of two related International meetings, which brought participation from across the world to venues in Berlin and Lucerne.
The evolution in industry terminology featured highly in these events, as Bayer introduced the world to the term ‘Biologics’, following its acquisition of Agraquest. With the market for biological or natural pest control solutions set to grow rapidly, we will follow the development of this aspect of the industry and its lexicon with interest.
Also, in this bi-monthly issue, we feature articles ranging from 40 years of rodenticide use in Budapest, to termite control in the Philippines and in a vector control series of articles we cover the WHO report on malaria issued at the end of 2012 and the E-SOVE conference.
Rob Fryatt interviews Rayner Gsell, the architect behind Eurocido, and Terry Mabbett highlights yet another invasive threat to broadleaved trees. Never let it be said that Pest Control is dull. I hope we can keep reading about it interesting for at least the next 55 years.
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 2013
Volume 55 Number 1
International News
- A farewell from Nigel Binns
- Rats invade buildings in response to floods and low temperatures
- New Executive Vice President for NPMA
- Bed bugs dying after Merck drug suggests possible weapon
- Syngenta secures approval for fungicide
- US first nanopesticide registration challenged
- Pe.st goes live!
- Food and crop diversity under threat in Europe
- 11m euro earmarked to combat organisms that endanger plants
- CEPA asks European legislator to monitor internet sales of biocides more closely
- New report signals slowdown in the fight against malaria
- Pesticide exposure in children report prompts statement by NPMA
- European bedbug code of practice updated
- Service Pro.net launches an upgrade to the Print to Mail Services.
- Russell IPM Ltd celebrates second consecutive UK Queen’s Awards
Focus on Public Health
- Reasons that make buildings vulnerable to termite attack / Dr. Partho Dhang
- News from the ‘ISNTD Bites’ meeting on vector control / Dr. Julian Entwistle
- Rob Fryatt interviews… Rainer Gsell, President of the German DSV and driving force behind the Eurocido event
- Two more successful CEPA “Europe Day” events
- 40 Years of rat control in Budapest: The importance of sewer treatments / Dr. D. Bajomi, Z. Kiss and Y. Nagai
- Novel spray laser ranger & timing system for improved indoor residual spraying / Dennis Wildman and Graham Matthews
- News from the Biennial E-SOVE Conference, Montpellier / Dr Julian Entwistle
- Control flow valves, compression sprayers and a mix on demand system
- Different venue draws big numbers to Parasitec
- Biocontrol industry gathers at Lucerne event / David Loughlin
Focus on Agriculture
- CropWorld Global 2012- Sustainable intensification / Martin Redbond
- Biopesticide Conference Berlin / Peter Chapman
- The effect of hydraulic nozzles on the deposition of Steinernema feltiae through a crop canopy / William Morgan, Graham Matthews and Gareth Martin
- A device to improve speed accuracy with manual spraying / William Morgan, Denis Wildman and Graham Matthews
Focus on Forestry
- Hypovirulence hope for management of sweet chestnut blight / Dr Terry Mabbett
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