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 If
you were fortunate to have attended the 8th ICUP in Zurich, you may
have been forgiven for thinking that bed bugs and mosquitoes were the
main concern in urban environments. Pests are by their nature very
unpredictable and even this week, I have listened to BBC radio asking
where all the wasps have gone? Having witnessed an early spring we in
the UK are enjoying a prolonged summer and whilst the wasps may have
been absent, horseflies have been out in force but these shrink in
significance when you hear that species such as the Asian Tiger are
advancing across Europe along the autoroutes and autobahns of the
continent.
Should you have missed the ICUP event, we provide a review within this month’s special feature: Urban Pest Management.
In
this section we look at two important considerations to any rodent
control programme. Klaas Lusthof discusses the issue of rodent proofing
while Sean Paker considers the importance of pre-baiting. Staying with
baiting, a team from Agroblu, look at five commercial cockroach control
gel formulations and report on the results of their laboratory
tests. With new pesticides slow to come on the market, we include
an article from ICB Pharma, reviewing the use of a new adjuvant to help
tackle the problem of insecticide resistance and linking nicely to ICUP,
especially bed bugs.
Elsewhere
we dip into news stories from around the world and provide a catch up
on the various pest and crop protection industry association activities.
Should you be part of an industry association and feel you are not well
represented, feel free to get in touch.
This
month’s Company Profile is BioGenius, a German based, pest control and
crop protection service organisation with a big company heritage and an
international outlook and now celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Continuing
our often diverse range of articles Partho Dhang takes us onboard ship
to consider the issue of termites on yachts and staying with water, the
team from Bleu Line in Italy introduce us to the concept of physical
control of mosquitoes using a siliconebased liquid as a water treatment.
Keeping with diptera, but moving indoors, Brandenburg remind us of the
importance of fast and reliable fly catch in food environments.
Finally
we feature agriculture and forestry with a look at novel weed seed
management courtesy of Michael Walsh, from the Australian Herbicide
Resistance Initiative, while Martin Redbond, considers how it may be
possible to improve and protect global wheat yields, especially from
fungal attack. This leads us nicely into Terry’s article on plant
disease in the UK forest nurseries.
I
hope the year continues to treat you well. Next month we feature
innovation in agriculture. If you have a new product or project, do
please let us know.
Email David on editor@international-pest-control.com
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