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International Pest Control – July/August 2021 – Vol 63, Nr.4
We start this issue with a quick look at the progress – or not – of biological control measures, Bayer’s intention to start farming in Europe on the road to decarbonisation and a big investment at a Chinese University into research glasshouses. The UK’s environmental guardians Defra are looking to completely ban glue boards while […]
International Pest Control – May/June 2021 – Vol 63, Nr.3
In this issue our special feature is Application Technology but we kick off our news section with the FAO’s review of progress in the fight against FAW which is one pest that seems to figure more and more frequently in our pages. Good progress, but more effort and funding needed would seem to be the […]
International Pest Control – March/April 2021 – Vol 63, Nr.2
I will start this editorial with a request to our readers. Send us short articles on your research! We are always interested in publishing accessible summaries of published papers or completed practical field research. The guidelines are available on our website but put simply 1,200 to 2,400 words. Good quality, high resolution images, graphs and […]
International Pest Control – January/February 2021 – Vol 63, Nr.1
2021, whatever happened to 2020? A quick look at our events calendar suggests that this year will be another year of virtual events with few chances to get together until autumn at the earliest. This issue kicks off with a look at the highly rated CABI compendium of Invasive Species before moving on to consider […]
International Pest Control – November/December 2020 – Vol 62, Nr.6
The year of virtual conferences and seemingly endless Teams meetings ends with the prospect of new vaccines liberating us from the tyranny of the virus by summer 2021. Too late to save many of the conferences planned for 2021 which have already taken the prudent decision to defer to 2022. It will be another year […]
International Pest Control – September/October 2020 – Vol 62, Nr.5
It is great that we can continue to report on advances in pest control science around the world despite the impact of the current pandemic. It is to be hoped that as the months pass the pipeline of research does not dry up as labs cut back on staffing due to social distancing and travel […]
Company Profile…ZAPI: Protecting from environmental parasites since 1970
Pierpaolo Zambotto, Vice President and General Manager of Zapi recalls the history of Zapi, on the 50th anniversary of the foundation. “Zapi is a company owned by the Zambotto family and was founded in Padua in 1970 by Pietro Zambotto, currently President of the Company. Throughout the years, the commercial development and the investments turned […]
International Pest Control – July/August 2020 – Vol 62, Nr.4
Whenever an economic or health crisis hits the world it seems it is the poor who pay the heaviest price and so it is with Covid-19. Smallholders do not have deep pockets, large cash reserves and access to cheap loans and government support. But help for some is coming from what might seem an unlikely […]
