International Pest Control – March/April 2013 – Vol.55, Nr.2
Cover Picture – Improved coverage using small discretely deposited droplets will lay the foundations for more rapid and complete uptake of foliar applied nutrients. Foliar feeding fruit trees along waterways in Thailand (Picture Omex)
You may notice a few changes to IPC magazine this issue. Besides aiming to cover all aspects of pest control in print, we have now embraced the digital age and have broadened our reach to include social media. We invite you to search out our various locations on Linkedin, Twitter and Facebook where we welcome your contributions.
We aim to compliment your other sources of information, so please do make contact as it helps us to stay both current and relevant. We are also pleased to put faces to the names of our team of learned Technical Consultants who contribute to IPC throughout the year. Should you encounter them or myself at various exhibitions and events, do please seek us out to discuss what’s new or important in your part of the industry.
It has been a busy news month regarding food security in Europe, with stories often featuring groan-inducing horse meat puns. It is timely therefore to run our feature on pest control in the food industry. As we went to press, news was breaking about legal action being taken after a serious outbreak of salmonella in a US peanut factory in 2009, allegedly linked to poor pest management.
Also provided in this issue are updates on what is new in the semiochemicals industry; how nutrients help in building plant defences and a review of fly control in animal husbandry and in storage environments.
David Loughlin, Editor International Pest Control magazine
Email David on editor@international-pest-control.com
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Contents of International Pest Control March/April 2013
Volume 55 Number 2
International Pest News
- New insect to patrol apple orchards
- CEPA revises corporate structure
- European crop protection industry project to minimise pesticide residues
- EU may ban some neonicotinoid pesticide uses
- Bumblebees combine pollination with crop protection
- BaitSafe® alternative to conventional methods of surface baiting
- HACCP International certifies BASF pest control products
- Rogue traders cash in on Chalara ash dieback confusion
- MI Dengue® from Ecovec named Edison Awards finalist
- Pest control software firm celebrates 20 years
- Say it with flowers – provided they’re pest free
- US demand for animal health products
- PestEx 2013 to be the largest ever UK pest exhibition
- NPTA: Twenty years and still going strong
- Koppert Biological Systems sets up a base in ‘incredible India’
Focus on Public Health
- Stable flies: Locating, controlling and assessing the damage they cause / Sandra Avant
- Keeping birds at bay in food production facilities / Dave Maxwell
- Space spray fundamentals / Graham Matthews
- The small compression sprayer that meets WHO specification
- Food manufacturers: challenges with managing pests in food handling facilities / Karen Constable
- How the internet can improve local pest control businesses / Ryan Levesque
- Improved stink bug trapping methods / Tracy Leskey
Focus on Agriculture
- Developments in the world of insect detection / David Loughlin
- Quality control for stored coffee and cocoa / Dr Terry Mabbett
- New venue for the CAC Agrochem Show – a fitting home for a global event / Rob Fryatt
- Vital stewardship to managing metaldehyde / Kevin Price
- Improved plant health through nutrient uptake from foliar feeding / Dr Terry Mabbett
Focus on Forestry
- Managing current season needle necrosis in Christmas trees
International Pest Control calender of events
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