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Co-creation in action, shared ideas and experience, helping to achieve more and innovate faster.
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I<\/strong>t seems that there is no end to the number of applications for graphene. First seen in the 1960s but rediscovered in 2004 resulting in Nobel prizes for the researchers and subsequently a host of potential and actual uses being researched and developed. Using it as a layer in new materials to deter mosquito bites is its latest application being evaluated; one that could make a significant contribution to the fight against malaria.<\/p>\n

Green MuscleTM is not the latest comic superhero but a biopesticide that has been around for a while and is now being relaunched in the fight against locusts in Africa; a fight Prof Graham Matthews describes in his article in our Biopesticides section; one example of a biopesticide working outside the shelter of the greenhouse or polytunnel.<\/p>\n

Bayer is rolling out its new fungicide isoflucypram worldwide with a launch in New Zealand while in the UK farmers are being given access to precision soil mapping to help them target inputs. Bayer are also in the news for running an \u201cAgriculture and Innovation Showcase\u201d in California aimed at helping US farmers keep up with the changing consumer needs.<\/p>\n

And another dog story (see July\/August issue); this time it\u2019s training dogs to sniff out citrus canker and help eradicate the disease from northern Australia.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile at Rothamsted they have been testing the use of abattoir waste as a source of phosphorus in fertiliser. The aim is to reduce the dependence on mined phosphorus and find a new commercial use for the animal processing waste. A sustainable product that may leave some conflicted as might the subject of our next article; feeding insects to dogs.<\/p>\n

Our company profile focus falls on Corbion; not a product name in our industry but one that hopes to be linked to lots of new products as a provider of the chemicals needed to formulate biopesticides. Corbion makes a range of formulation chemicals from lactic acid and its derivatives, a renewable product that fits well with the aims of those using biopesticides.<\/p>\n

In our look at the use of biopesticides we consider how these products are going to make an effective transition from the shelter of the greenhouse to the field, a potential new source of toxins from marine worms, and how in Spanish greenhouses two new treatment regimes using biopesticides have achieved better results than traditional pesticide only programmes.<\/p>\n

In public health we consider a new pest in the pet food industry, biocontrol of fire ants, and take a long term look at how mosquitoes ended up as human \u201cpublic enemy number one\u201d; a pest of our own making perhaps?<\/p>\n

Dr Terry Mabbett considers leaf blight & leaf streak of rice and we continue our theme of \u201cthe rise of the drones\u201d looking at how they can be used to assess crop vigour in field trials. An overlooked disease is creeping up on UK growers \u2013 is there no end to these new pests? And we consider more in-the-field technology with the John Innes Institute\u2019s MARPLE diagnostic platform.<\/p>\n

Animal Health brings us a new Foot and Mouth vaccine, developed for use worldwide by a collaboration between several UK research institutions. Contrast that with the 5 million pigs lost to Asia\u2019s swine fever outbreak which has had a devastating impact on small farmers throughout the region.<\/p>\n

Finally, forestry – we continue with the second of Dr Terry Mabbett\u2019s series on Oak Processionary Moth while fellow Technical Consultant Prof Graham Matthews considers the best application methods for control of the pest.<\/p>\n

Next issue we will be focusing on weeds, so, if you have something to say about weed control, the herbicides we use, their long-term future or alternative control measures, please put your thoughts in an article and send them in!<\/p>\n

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

Contents International Pest Control September\/October 2019
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