Tag: IPM
Outlooks on Pest Management – June 2025 Vol36:3 – Editorial
By no means all Doom and Gloom! Outlooks on Pest Management is widely known as a primary source of reliable and up to the minute information on a broad range of topics that are of interest and importance to pest management practitioners, industry and researchers around the world. This continues to be reflected in this […]
International Pest Control – March/April 2024 – Vol 66, Nr.2
With all the technology we have available to us it is a tragedy that in 2024 we have a global food crisis with millions of people – many of them farmers – unable to afford a healthy diet. According to IFAD one in three people on the planet do not have access to a healthy […]
International Pest Control – November/December 2023 – Vol 65, Nr.6
“For far too long, malaria has threatened the lives of billions of people across the globe, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable amongst us.” So says Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the Serum Institute of India heralding a milestone in the control of the disease – the introduction of the second ever WHO recommended vaccine for malaria […]
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…Russell IPM: Applying science to pest control
Technological change is occurring faster than ever and never before have we had the ability to predict, contain and eliminate pest invasions with the level of precision now available to us. As the reliance on data from pest control sites grows, the Russell IPM Group has created two new dedicated companies of specialists to contribute […]
More sustainable tea production in India
CABI scientists have revealed that India’s tea – which accounts for around 27 percent of the world’s tea production – could be protected from devastating crop pests with more environmentally friendly and sustainable biological controls rather than an over reliance on pesticides. As part of research funded by Unilever and working with partners including the […]
International Pest Control – September/October 2018 – Vol 60, Nr.5
The theme of this issue is integrated pest management (IPM), a term that seems to have been around for many years but which, in practice, seemed to struggle to escape from the glasshouse. IPM was never about abandoning agrochemicals, more about using them when needed as part of a wider control strategy and with the […]
Using Green Vaccination to Brighten the Agronomic Future
Crop plants host a variety of pests and diseases that can ultimately reduce agricultural productivity. Current methods of pest and disease control depend largely on pesticides. However, the use of chemicals alone is increasingly regarded as unsustainable due to the development of resistance and the introduction of stricter European regulation. There is a need, therefore, […]
