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Cover Image:<\/strong> American cockroaches were acclimated in mason jars for a direct spray study at Prospect Hill laboratories in North Carolina, USA – see article on p198.
Picture by<\/strong> Eurofins Regulatory Science Services<\/p><\/div>\n

We start this issue with a quick look at the progress \u2013 or not \u2013 of biological control measures, Bayer\u2019s intention to start farming in Europe on the road to decarbonisation and a big investment at a Chinese University into research glasshouses. The UK\u2019s environmental guardians Defra are looking to completely ban glue boards while around the world funds are being directed towards empowering women in rural areas, improving the quality of food crops and their standard of living.<\/p>\n

PestWorld 2021 in the USA is back but how many of us from overseas will be able to go remains to be seen. And even if we do go we may then find compulsory quarantine the penalty on our return!<\/p>\n

Lots of company news; it seems the pandemic has not stopped companies merging and growing. The one that caught my eye was i2L which has now been bought by Cawood. I can remember visiting their new labs in Cardiff back in 2001\/2 when it was still being built. Now, 20 years on and with labs around the world its next step is to become part of a larger group.<\/p>\n

Our company profile this issue is ERSS (Eurofins Regulatory Science Services); they don\u2019t have a lot to say about themselves but what they do say is succinct and worth reading. It is interesting how, with the exception of the big conglomerates, more and more companies are turning to specialists like ERSS to provide field trials and assistance with the registration of products.<\/p>\n

Our Special Feature in this issue is Public Health: Control of Disease Vectors and we have contributions from two of our technical consultants Professor Fabio Castello, who looks at the interaction between COVID and disease vectors, while Professor Graham Matthews considers the WHO approach to malaria control and how we may need to adapt to new ways of living. Dr Stan Cope takes a look at trapping systems while John Clayton reviews some new spraying products including a battery electric sprayer designed to take the arm ache out of surface treatment.<\/p>\n

COVID reappears in Technical Consultant Alex Wade\u2019s look at the impact of the changes in our lifestyle on the activities of rat populations and also the scary possibility that these neighbours of ours could become a reservoir for the COVID virus. Dr Partho Dhang reviews a new CABI book on the German cockroach, and leaves me wishing I\u2019d asked for a copy for myself! It sounds like every chapter in the book is full of valuable information whether you are trying to rear the pest in the lab to study or are in the field trying to control it.<\/p>\n

Kenya is being invaded by a snail, apparently the apple snail threatens the country\u2019s rice production. Pomacea canaliculata<\/em> is listed among \u2018100 of the world\u2019s worst invasive species.\u2019 Its introduction and spread in Southeast Asia was thought to be largely due to intentional introduction and it has become a serious agricultural and ecological pest. Let us hope it can be got under control before it makes Africa a home from home.<\/p>\n

It was surprising to learn that the mechanism by which potato blight Phytophthora infestans<\/em> infects plants was not known. This is a pathogen that has caused famines, mass migration and death. We have lived with it for decades but it is only now that work at Wageningen University – a collaboration between biologists and physicists \u2013 has uncovered the mechanism of penetration, offering us the potential of developing new ways of controlling the disease.<\/p>\n

Next issue we are considering Biopesticides and Biocontrol: from Glasshouse to Field. If you have done any work in this area and would like to tell our readers about it now is your chance. Especially interested to hear about work on the use of biocontrol in field scale crops.<\/p>\n

Chris Endacott<\/strong>, Editor International Pest Control magazine
\nEmail Chris on editor@international-pest-control.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Contents International Pest Control July\/August 2021
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