tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24362483563873186152024-03-05T12:02:26.081-08:00Insect Traps and Lures - SentomolSentomol specialises in the supply of insect monitoring, trapping, control and behaviour-influencing systems primarily using semiochemicals. We source and develop innovative insect trapping products and promote them based on innovation, performance and expertise. Visit our Pages section to view our products or read below for industry news and events in which we have participated.David Loughlin - Sentomol Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678069773056299055noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436248356387318615.post-54867151129591694502015-07-22T08:05:00.000-07:002015-07-24T08:13:13.283-07:00A cleaner, more reliable approach to Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosphila suzukii) or SWD Trapping<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the current monitoring systems in use, growers and advisors are generally relying on wine and vinegar based blends of liquid attractants to both monitor and catch Spotted Wing Drosophila (Drosphila suzukii) or SWD. The liquids have a short life, as the attractive volatile components dissipate quickly often leaving a sticky gel like substance. These attractants are also not specific to SWD. In some presentations, the entire trap needs to be replaced, creating considerable waste. Another problem is that the wine and vinegar blends attract many other insects, so that identifying SWD caught in the liquid can be tedious and messy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following extensive laboratory and field evaluations in the US, researchers have isolated the key attractant chemical components that are contained within liquids which SWD prefer and in turn, the insect pheromone specialist Trécé Inc has created a novel dispenser that can neatly contain and release the chemicals consistently. After a few false starts, testing over 2014 and 2015, in both in Europe and the US have delivered great results against commercial standards and now the Trécé product, called the Pherocon SWD Lure is available in the UK and EU markets from Sentomol Pest Management Solutions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The product was on display at the Sentomol stand and proved a popular discussion at the 2015 Fruit Focus event at East Malling, Kent, 22nd July.</span></div>
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With ease of handling a prime consideration, the SWD lure is simply suspended under the lid of the trap before adding a catching liquid. One advantages of the Pherocon SWD Lure is that it can be used with a clear drowning solution, such as with soapy water or antifreeze which significantly aids in the identification of fly capture as well as removing the need to regularly change the liquid bait. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition, the new Pherocon SWD Lure has demonstrated captures of SWD a good 2 weeks earlier versus natural baits in areas where adults do not overwinter and as the long lasting dispenser will work over 7-8 weeks, there is no need to change baits weekly, saving time and labour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new lure is also more specific to SWD than liquid baits, attracting far fewer moths, flies, wasps and other drosophila species than a wine and vinegar blend and the capture of SWD is made all the more convenient when the lure is used with the Pherocon SWD Trap which specially designed with wide aperture mesh cover entrance holes to further limit the ingress of non-target insects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More information is available from David Loughlin at Sentomol (01600 713396 info@sentomol.com).</span></div>
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David Loughlin - Sentomol Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678069773056299055noreply@blogger.com7East Malling, Kent, UK51.287435 0.4400259999999889351.247709 0.35934499999998892 51.327161000000004 0.52070699999998893tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436248356387318615.post-75411097874048693182015-03-26T14:10:00.000-07:002015-04-07T13:44:05.051-07:00PestEx 2015 - biennial pest control exhibition of the BPCA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PestEx 2015 at the ExCel centre was attended by over 2000 visitors over two days in March. It was a first outing for our new banners. Thanks to Octopus Design in Whitchurch, Cardiff for all their hard work.</span></div>
David Loughlin - Sentomol Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678069773056299055noreply@blogger.comExCeL London Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL, United Kingdom51.508528775862914 0.02995491027832031251.503587275862913 0.019869910278320312 51.513470275862915 0.040039910278320309tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436248356387318615.post-39433175490087169232014-01-09T20:00:00.000-08:002014-01-22T14:52:49.119-08:00International Soft Fruit Conference 2014 - Den Bosch, Netherlands<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With 500 delegates, coming from 25 different countries, 16 speakers
and 65 exhibitors the soft fruit industry was well was represented at this fourth
international meeting held in the 1931
Congrescentrum in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Holland. Better known in some regions as
berry fruits or small fruits, the soft fruit industry comprises crops such as
strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries and cherries. Several of
these crops have developed rapidly in recent years and on several of the
presentations special mention was made to the increased yields being achieved
in modern cropping systems such as 14 Kg per m² for strawberries and 30 tonnes
per hectare and 100 flowers per plant for raspberries. With such yields come the potential for increased
losses. Among the presentations, 25% of
the talks were directly addressing pest problems, highlighting the importance
of pest management in this ever expanding and high value market.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBY8QGiQ1Sb4xgzUbjafgeTru8dwTUhVadZmnZZRC6bVkYgdF1GQsRrUWgLU0KQ24KZUmW-3SqbWdxTMz9m6-BaVEsH1GsGzYpx2-InuQ8gosEHkJrIrYPWePC8GDT0RnHEILKPSjW8g/s1600/IPC+Jan-Feb+2014+-+Hort+%2527ISFC+-+Catherine%2527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBY8QGiQ1Sb4xgzUbjafgeTru8dwTUhVadZmnZZRC6bVkYgdF1GQsRrUWgLU0KQ24KZUmW-3SqbWdxTMz9m6-BaVEsH1GsGzYpx2-InuQ8gosEHkJrIrYPWePC8GDT0RnHEILKPSjW8g/s1600/IPC+Jan-Feb+2014+-+Hort+%2527ISFC+-+Catherine%2527.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Catherine Baroffio of Agroscope, Switzerland helped start
the morning session with a review of <i>Drosophila
suzukii </i>and the three years of experience in Switzerland. Whilst it has not reached pest status in all
European markets, it is well established across all of Switzerland. The Spotted
Winged Drosophila (SWD) is normally found April to October but Catherine
reported that adult insects were still being caught during this mild winter. Mass Trapping is being encouraged to growers
as an all year round approach, using traps at boundaries to plantations between
the nursery perimeter and the crop with only a few traps located inside the
plantation, if at all. Many trap designs
are in use, some better for monitoring rather than mass trapping. Whilst good attractants were available none
yet provided the ideal combination of an attractant that limits attraction to
only <i>D suzukii</i> and a trap that
prevents ingress of non-target species. Catherine
revealed how mass trapping was being developed as a technique and if combined
with good sanitation appears to give reasonable control of the fly. Catherine expressed concern however about the
ability of the pest to survive in natural hedgerows and that private gardens
and wild areas do represent a huge reservoir for the insect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Gijs van Kruistum of Waginengen Plant Research looked at
thrips control. With the label changes
to Decis (deltamethrin) in the Netherlands limiting applications on
strawberries to three sprays pre-flowering, growers are keen to find solutions
for thrips. Five species <i>Aeolothrips intermedius</i> (banded thrips),
<i>Frankliniella intonsa</i> (Intonsa flower
thrips (IFT)), <i>T tabaci,</i> <i>Thrips fuscipennis </i>(the rose thrips) and
<i>T. Major </i>are all of concern, with the
latter two most common in open field situations. Gijs reviewed efforts at
attracting <i>Orius majuscules</i> (Reuter)
as a natural predator into crops and the use of white film mulching to provide
protection against thrips. Both options showed good possibilities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">With the removal of methyl bromide and the need to maintain
a viable certification system for plant material, a physical approach to pest
control has been developed and was explained by Bert Evenhuis also of
Waginengen. Strawberry plant material, produced by Dutch growers mainly for
export, on ac 1100ha, in The Netherlands, must be destroyed if Strawberry Tarsonemid
Mite (<i>Phytonemus pallidus</i>) or
infection by the plant parasitic nematode <i>Meloidogyne
hapla</i> is found by the Dutch Quality Board. The presence of tarsonemid mites
in plant material can result in a considerable loss of production. Until 2007
mother planting stock was treated with methyl bromide (MeBr) to eliminate
tarsonemids but this was banned in 2008. From 2007 Controlled Atmosphere
Temperature Treatment (CATT) was developed to provide a non-chemical and
sustainable method for future disinfestation. By using CATT for 48hrs at a temperature of
35°C and 50% CO₂, mortality of the tarsonemid mites is over 99.8% and there are
no harmful irreversible results of the CATT on the vitality of mother plants. Since
2009 CATT has been up-scaled to a commercial level and widely applied by Dutch
producers of planting stock. Bert also considered the potential for the spread
of <i>Xanthomonas fragariae</i> and whilst
CATT does not control or eliminate Xanthomonus (if plants go in infected they
come out infected), spread within the treatment chamber does not occur between
infected and uninfected plants, unless there is a very high pressure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">From Biobest, Jurgen Bouveroux provided his experiences and
latest research for the biological control of redberry mite, thrips and spider
mites. Two sprays of avermectin appear to limit the pest and Biobest are
continuing to test options for predatory mite.
Nutramite, using eggs of the stored product moth, Ephestia spp, is a
recent development to provide a food source to predatory mites enabling early
introduction of predators before the pest arrives and giving the predatory a
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Among the busy exhibition hall, were stands from Biobest,
Koppert, Alton Horticulture, Viridaxis and Vlamings.</span></div>
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(abbreviation of Natural Growing). Using the soil as a starting point, the
system uses a four point approach including micro-organisms such as <i>Trichoderma harzianum</i> T-22 (Trianum);
products that stimulate the beneficial organisms present in the soil; analyses
of the microscopic life present in the soil or substrate; and personal,
tailored advice. Koppert makes a distinction between bacteria, fungi, protozoa
(single-cell organisms) and nematodes living around and interacting with the
plant’s roots and their new products steer the underground ecosystem in the
desired direction and monitoring the effects via soil analyses.</span></div>
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Biobest was answering questions about the Flying Doctors programme and the
Nutramite product. The latter is based
on eggs of stored product moths of the genus Ephestia and helps establish
predatory mites early in crops and get a head start before pests arrive. Nutrimite is used for pollen feeding
phytoseid predatory mites: <i>A. andersoni,
A. californicus, A. cucumeris, A. degenerans </i>and<i> A. Swirskii, </i>to accelerate and enhance population development and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hugh Struth from Aston Horticulture has a long history of
promoting garlic as a plant treatment.
The benefits of garlic are long documented and there is anecdotal and
user evidence that supports its use to boost a plant’s ability to withstand
pest attack. Aston products are a method
of growing crops with zero residues in a sustainable way, reducing or
eliminating the need for chemical treatment.
Further opportunities for horticulture to improve garlic’s green
credentials lie ahead, especially in the production of edible crops, including
soft fruit and top fruit, protected salads and field vegetables. Growers must
adhere to the protocols that have been developed for success with Aston
products. The use of garlic in conjunction with crop management systems, leads
to a much reduced reliance on conventional pesticides with the added benefits
of a reduction or elimination of pesticide residues in the resultant food crop.</span></div>
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of parasitoids to control aphids in a natural way were on hand to discuss aphid
parasitoids. Viridaxis hold an exclusive
patent for biopolymer capsules containing powdered crustacean and algae
extracts that reproduce the physiology of the aphid. The parasitoid is lured to
the target by an ingenious concoction of odours, laying its eggs inside the
capsule. The artificial food inside the capsule allows the parasitoid larva to
develop as it would in a real aphid.</span></div>
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portfolio that includes fertilizers, crop protection, seeds and seedlings. On the stand, Vlamings were promoting their
own <i>Drosophila suzukii</i> trapping
system (see <a href="http://www.drosophila.nl/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">www.drosophila.nl</span></a>). <i>D
suzukii</i> was first found in the Netherlands in 2012. The Vlamings trap utilises a small bottle
with a horizontal bar entrance tunnel that helps eliminates non-target
pests. This coupled with the special
liquid attract and tablet<span style="line-height: 115%;">
formulation, is claimed to be more attractive and selective than apple cider
vinegar. With the mild winter temperatures, flies were still being caught in
January and the testing programme will be continuing in 2014tohelp develop an
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expected would be a field trip for 30-40 people, plans had to be hurriedly
amended as 180 people expressed an interest in attending the nursery
visit. An overwhelming number which was
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Finally as successful one day event drew to a
close, the organisers issued a special thank you to the companies that made the
conference financially possible; principal sponsor Swissgrow-Campag, the four
co-sponsors, Bayer CropScience, BerryFresh, Genson and Plant Sciences and the
many “Friends” of the ISFC. All presentations are published on the website <a href="http://bit.ly/1j8Pr92">http://bit.ly/1j8Pr92</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been to PestTech many times over my career. It is the largest one day pest control exhibition in the UK, if not Europe, and is organised by the National Pest Control Technicians Association (NPTA). The equivalent of a pop-up shop for the pest control industry it takes over the National Motorcycle Museum (just off junction 6 of M42 Birmingham) for the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year was a first for me to exhibit as Sentomol having been an exhibitor with previous companies over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were pleased to include the range of Trécé Storgard insect monitoring products and especially the new Quick Change range for ease of handling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Keats viewed autumn as a season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. For the pest management industry it has been a season of exhibitions and conferences. So during this mild autumn, that extended all the way into mid-November, we found ourselves at several key meetings in the US and Europe that are covered in this month’s issue: Pestworld, CropWorld, ISNTD Bites, PestTech and ABIM. Our roving reporting does not finish here and next issue we will cover also the pest control events in Morocco and Korea, taking place in November. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In between the many meeting reviews, we also find space for our usual mix of International News stories, including updates from BPCA and CEPA. We also provide a special mention of the 20th anniversary meeting of the Hungarian pest control association. With growers struggling to control soil pests and diseases, in the face of increasingly strict regulations and stewardship requirements, Certis Europe explains their CleanStart programme, designed to respond to calls from the value chain, for reduced-residue produce</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and how it is possible to start crops in clean, pest free soil.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In advance of the 15th China International Agrochemical & Crop Protection Exhibition(CAC) to be held March, 2014 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, China, Rob Fryatt interviews Ma Chunyan, Vice Chairman CCPIT Chem, the organisers of the CAC Agrochem Show. Our Technical Consultant, Terry Mabbett provides an insight into the unknown life of avocado anthracnose, revealing how the complexity of disease management in avocado has an extra dimension, as major disease and damage do not show up until after picking, due to the development of latent infections established weeks or months before, while the fruit was on the tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2013 has certainly been a full year and as I complete my first 12 months as editor, the publishers, our technical consultants and I have been reviewing what features have gone well, what could be improved and which articles should we feature for 2014. I trust you have enjoyed the magazine and as we constantly look at ways to improve and develop our content, please feel free to contact me with any thoughts and suggestions you may have.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, as we head into the holiday season, I would like to wish all our subscribers and other readers a restful end of year and I hope 2014 brings you many future successes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whichever your pest interest, we have a diverse </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and broad range of subjects in this issue. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scorpions are not often covered in pest control </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">papers and whilst not a global pest you may encounter </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">these if you travel abroad. Our Technical Consultant Clive </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boase provides an insight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In agriculture, rusts diseases make a very significant c</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ontribution to crop loss on a wide range of crops globally.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Technical Consultant, Martin Redbond provides a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">review. Post harvest losses of materials in storage can</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">be a considerable contributor to loss of harvest value</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for foodstuffs. We look at how Australia currently copes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with grain storage to minimise pest outbreaks. We also examine Brinjal Shoot </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and Fruit Borer. The insect is the most destructive pest of brinjal or aubergine, a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">popular vegetable grown throughout the entire tropical and subtropical regions of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the world. We review how a novel biocontrol agent can help reduce pest damage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The UK project to reduce bovine tuberculosis in UK cattle is a subject that spans </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">public health, animal health and vertebrate pest control with politics thrown in for </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">good measure. We provide an overview of this serious disease and look at how </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the bacterial infection is being tackled in the UK and US. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, in the northern hemisphere, autumn is a time of harvests and conferences. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CropWorld, PestWorld and ABIM all take place in the coming months, as do </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">several other important regional meetings and events such as the first Parasitec in </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morocco and the 21st Pesttech. The IPC Technical Consultants and I will be out and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about at these events, aiming to capture the news about recent important technical </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and commercial development with plans to report back our findings within these </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pages. Should you have information which you wish to share, please get in contact.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have again updated and extended our rolling calendar of pest control and pest </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">management events. If you see a key meeting that is missing, drop me an email.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">East Malling Research, Kent, on 24 July and hot sunny weather shone on the 1200 visitors that attended Fruit Focus 2013 and Sentomol were again among the 126 exhibitors (a record). The event provides an great opportunity to keep abreast of the latest developments on show and has become the UK’s leading showcase for the fruit sector. Although this year was the latest ever start to the season, soft fruit continues to be a crop increasing in yield and value. Strawberries this year are giving above average yields, up to 40t/ha while raspberry sales are hitting around 400t per week. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83s1vaJNknw_59Av5UxRoBR7PsFTkUSyqEXXSGWIT4b5MfJymRLMyMD0_85X4FraypZ_njdY2IamA0vHa-xVdn0wh49CXXGeuxFhiuCh8WEF8K7AM9zIwb_mUF3Y90PkaFJidAAgea4M/s1600/FF2013-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83s1vaJNknw_59Av5UxRoBR7PsFTkUSyqEXXSGWIT4b5MfJymRLMyMD0_85X4FraypZ_njdY2IamA0vHa-xVdn0wh49CXXGeuxFhiuCh8WEF8K7AM9zIwb_mUF3Y90PkaFJidAAgea4M/s320/FF2013-2.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #0000ee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sentomol was at Stand 66 and our stand saw a continuous flow of visitors over the day. Exhibiting our full range of soft fruit traps for raspberry beetle, raspberry midge, Lygus and Lygocorus and strawberru blossom weevil discussions also covered what was new for Drosophila suzukii.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer is well and truly upon us in the Northern hemisphere and the rains and winds of 2012 have been replaced by the heat and sun of 2013. Pest management is all about coping with changing situations that confront us and the weather certainly makes forward planning a challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the challenges of Editor of International Pest Control magazine is to decide what articles to include each month. We are always open to receive press releases, scientific articles and news stories from around the world and we aim to reflect our global readership and breadth of markets in the material we include in each issue. In addition to our normal news stories, we have this month added a ‘News in Brief’ section where we summarise some additional stories from around the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This month we examine plant defences and how plants communicate. Covering vector management, we consider progress in combating malaria and a novel tool for dengue vector monitoring. Under urban pests, we provide discussions on bed bug monitors and termite baits, while also casting our eye over the challenges facing archivists with a review of June’s ‘IPM in museums’ meeting. We spotlight two minor pests, where studies on control could have broader applications. Essential oils and plant extracts are often discussed as part of the growing biopesticide markets and we look specifically at how these agents are used against the Red Palm Mite in Trinidad and, with invasive weeds in mind, we look at how in the UK, local river groups are coping with Himalayan Balsam. Having covered insects and weeds, we also look at fungal pests with a review of how rusts present a food security risk. And finally, we consider a little known pest that is a problem in tree crops, tropical epiphytes and collateral control.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our company profile this month is PelGar International. If you would like your company to feature in these pages and you have a successful story to tell, then get in touch.</span><br />
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Victoria Hallifax, Reporter at the Monmouthshire Beacon attended the SWHP Open Day and having spotted the the two H-Traps that were working hard at keeping horsefly numbers down, contacted us to run an article.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were busy over the weekend catching horseflies. Our neighbours The Society for the Welfare of Horse and Ponies (www.swhp.co.uk) are holding an open day on Sunday 7th July and we've installed 2 traps on site in an effort to get the local horsefly population down so the current equine residents, staff and visitors can enjoy the day more. I had just set up one extra trap on Saturday and left the trap to fetch some soapy water the fill the catch chamber and was amazed to see the pot already alive with caught flies when I retruned 10 minutes later. The original trap had been emptied that morning and by lunch time there was a considerable collection. Most were our common 'Notch-horned Cleg - <i>Haematopota pluvialis </i> but there were a few large Tabanus species also although I wasn't able to identify which.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Agriline indoor fly trap range is especially developed to trap flies in animal housing. Equally suited to stables and cattle sheds, chicken houses or pig sheds, the robust card and special insect glue are enhanced with the unique 3D design to entice flies to land on the sticky surface. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Byturus tomentosus</i>, the Raspberry Beetle and and <i>Anthronomus rubi</i> the Strawberry Blossom Weevil are two important insect pests of soft fruit such as strawberry and raspberry. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Agroscope, near Martigny in the Rhone Valley in Switzerland have</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> been trialling different trap and lure combinations over a couple of seasons and I was pleased to visit this week to see how trials were progressing. Open field raspberries are getting more difficult to find in the UK so standing high up on the valley wall looking out over to Verbier on a warm June afternoon made the journey well worthwhile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In strawberries, the blossom weevil attacks the flower buds at all heights and the optimum height to deploy the traps is not yet understood. Placing the traps at the edges of field next to hedges where weevils are likely to have overwintered will give the most sensitive, early warning of the start of crop invasion. For tunnel grown crops, traps should be set at the ends, near the entrance, where weevils are likely to enter from hedgerows or adjacent infected crops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A catchment wide partnership project '</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going Native' is designed t</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">o rid our rivers of invasive non-native species. Aimed at specifically </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">establishing effective catchment wide control of American mink and the weeds Himalayan Balsam, Japanese Knotweed and Giant Hogweed. These weeds, through their vigorous growth out compete native plants and so limit the biodiversity of the river banks and, as they die back in winter, expose the bare banks to increased erosion. Over the next 4 years the volunteer group aims to expand the control of Himalayan Balsam from the current core work on the River Honddu and achieve effective control along the River Monnow and her tributaries by 2013, using contractors and then by coordinating the follow up voluntary effort to hand pull it. More information is available at </span><a href="http://www.monnow.org/index.php/projects/going-native" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Monnow Rivers Project</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Raspberry Beetle, <i>Byturus tomentosus</i> is a serious pest of Raspberries and other similar fruits such as Loganberry and Blackberry. The adult females are attracted by the colour and smell of the host plant’s flowers. The larvae feed on ripening fruits but can also damage buds and shoot tips. They burrow into the fruit berries to feed on the plug and often go undetected until the fruit is harvested. Sometimes localised areas of attacked berries become shrivelled, hard or distorted as a result of the larval feeding and pathogens can enter the developing fruit at beetle feeding sites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is usually one generation each year in field grown crops. Adults emerge in April to early June but can be earlier in tunnel covered crops. With warm weather (above 13°C) the beetles mate from early June and in June/July the eggs are laid in flowers. The local climate and cultivation method can affect emergence times and duration of attack.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Work by The James Hutton Institute on commercial farms, together with collaborative on-farm trials in Norway, Switzerland and France, indicates that traps using key visual and olfactory characteristics of the raspberry flower are effective in trapping and controlling damage caused by raspberry beetle, particularly with low to moderate populations of raspberry beetles. The traps mimic the white colour of raspberry flowers, while the chemical attractant is based on floral extracts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The trap consists of a green funnel trap with white cross vane attachments into which an attractant is inserted. The trap is designed so that insects are attracted by both the white colour of the cross vanes (simulating a giant raspberry flower), and the chemical parapheromone dispenser. Beetles fly into the cross vanes and fall into the funnel shaped catchment area down into the bucket below, from where they can be regularly collected, counted and disposed.</span></div>
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David Loughlin - Sentomol Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678069773056299055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436248356387318615.post-27944457675051900202013-05-29T09:00:00.000-07:002013-06-10T14:27:59.186-07:00International Pest Control Magazine - May/June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are over 30 different species of horseflies, horse flies or horse-flies in the UK. They are the most obnoxious of flies but also have strikingly colourful eyes. <i>Haematopota pluvialis</i>, also known as the Cleg, moves with absolute silence, selects a suitable exposed area of skin, and sinks its mouthparts into our flesh - the first indication we have of its presence and by then its too late. The 30 species are spread over 3 genera; <i>Haematopota </i>sp, <i>Tabanus</i> sp and <i>Chrysops </i>sp. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The benefits of insect pheromones and monitoring tools are still little understood. In an effort to help explain the basics and encourage more of the UK to try these IPM solutions, the following appeared in Organic Farming magazine in Spring 2013.</span><br>
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David Loughlin - Sentomol Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678069773056299055noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436248356387318615.post-77464992497098780222013-05-20T08:56:00.000-07:002013-06-09T00:55:33.002-07:00The ease and importance of protecting trademarks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is a small amendment but the change from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">™ </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after a brand name to </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">® </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">may seem a small difference but it means a lot in trademark law. My understanding is that anyone can put </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 24px;">™ </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">after a name but it does not provide any security. It is not until </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the brand - in word form or as a design or device mark - is registered with the appropriate Intellectual Property office that true ownership is conferred on the owner. Sentomol has now registered both the word 'Sentomol' and the image above as a brand device. It was an easy process and one that I would encourage any SME to follow. The UK trademark authority web</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">site <a href="https://www.ipo.gov.uk/">https://www.ipo.gov.uk/</a> was very easy to use and paying direct meant that no extortionate agency fees were required. All that is needed is a basic understanding of how trademark classes work. There are 35 categories within which a brand may have an attribution and it is worth registering a brand in all the appropriate sections for maximum protection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was amused (and the IPO do alert you to this) that on application, several requests came in from other European countries with very serious looking invoices for the trademark to be registered abroad. The IPO recommend ignoring these...which I rightly did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Horseflies, breeze flies, clegs or clags, deer flies or gadflies are all common names for members of the insect family Tabanidae that habitually attack humans and livestock and are widely regarded as pests because of the bites they inflict and the diseases and parasites that some species transmit. Surprisingly, adult flies normally feed on plant nectar and pollen, but female flies also require a blood meal before they are able to reproduce effectively and to aid in their egg development. Female horseflies have specially adapted mouth parts which they use to rip and slice flesh apart. Males do not. The bite causes the blood to seep out so the fly can lick it up. It is a secretive insect, with an annoying ability to land without being detected and escaping before the victim begins to experience any pain. The subsequent bite can be extremely irritating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The female horsefly’s primary sense for locating a suitable prey is by sight and they have large compound eyes that serve this purpose well. They are attracted to large, dark objects, to certain animal odours and carbon dioxide. They are also attracted by motion, their eyes being well adapted to its detection. Horseflies are most active in hot weather, mostly in summer and autumn during the daylight hours. Most species also prefer a damp environment, which makes it easier for them to breed. Eggs are generally laid on stones close to water or on plant stems or leaves and on hatching, the larvae fall into water or moist earth, feeding on other invertebrates, such as snails and earthworms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new H-trap system is an effective control solution aimed to reduce horsefly numbers to an absolute minimum and comes complete with everything needed to be erected (except a hammer to drive in the ground spike). The H-trap is designed to be placed outdoors, where it works without the need for chemicals or electricity. The attraction is purely physical. Extensive independent trials have shown that with continued use over several seasons, there is potential for a reduction of 90-95% in horsefly numbers in areas protected by the H-trap.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the female horsefly’s primary sense for locating a suitable prey is by sight, they are attracted to large, dark objects and by motion, their eyes being well adapted to prey detection. The H-Trap mimics an ideal target for horseflies to land upon. A free standing structure, the H-trap comprises a metal frame from which is hung a large black plastic ball and a funnel trapping mechanism. The insects are tricked into mistaking this ball as a large animal, such as a horse. They are attracted to the ball since it warms in the sunlight and emits infra-red radiation or heat, exactly like the body of a large animal. Once they land on the black ball, they will investigate and try to bite it. Since they will be unsuccessful in finding a blood meal, they will follow their natural behaviour and fly away. As horseflies naturally fly upwards on take off, they are caught in the surrounding hood system and funnelled upwards into a centrally placed collection bin, where they are caught in soapy water and die.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I dashed down to the Old Royal Naval College, University of Greenwich, London from the Excel centre on Thursday morning to take part in the <a href="http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/public/calendar/viewdetails.cfm?EventID=3108&type=future" target="_blank">Enterprise Europe Network</a> Biopesticide event. It would have been good to have stayed all day had the event not clashed with PestEx. This Enterprise Europe Network SE UK and the Natural Resources Institute joint event was designed to provide an opportunity to hear from a range of pest management stakeholders on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the drivers for change in pest management technologies and practices in European agriculture and horticulture and to bring these together with representatives from companies in different parts of the industry wishing to learn about and exploit new markets for alternatives to conventional chemical pesticides</span><br>
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David Loughlin - Sentomol Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678069773056299055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436248356387318615.post-40021549351092313242013-04-11T07:01:00.000-07:002013-06-09T01:04:01.169-07:00PestEx 2013 - Excel Centre, Docklands, London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bpca.org.uk/pages/index.cfm?page_id=61&pestex" target="_blank">PestEx</a> 2013 at the Excel centre, London was the first major pest control exhibition for us to attend since taking on the distribution options for the Trece range. Trece Inc, from Oklahoma, USA is a long established supplier of top quality insect monitoring systems especially designed for the food industry. I was joined by Jean-Luc Scalabre a former colleague from my days at Sandoz and who is supporting Trece in their European development from his base in Nice, France.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The show was very well attended over the 2 days, with certainly more visitors apparent on day 1. The organisers, the BPCA, provided visitor stats of 2300, for the 10th and 11th meeting dates. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had visitors from the UK and overseas and even thought his is a bienniel event, was well worth participating in. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had great feedback for the Squeeze and Snap Wasp and fly Trap and we will be running a promotion on this item very soon. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always there is just as much to do post exhibition as there was before.</span></div>
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David Loughlin - Sentomol Ltdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678069773056299055noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2436248356387318615.post-62277379986801913132013-04-02T11:15:00.002-07:002013-06-09T01:03:16.063-07:00Pest Magazine Pest-Ex 2013 Preview<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second 2013 issue of IPC magazine went out this week. Some tweaks and additions included a global calendar of pest management related events. Should time and money allow, it is possible to travel the globe and attend some interesting conferences and exhibitions. For Sentomol, our focus is on <a href="http://www.bpca.org.uk/pages/index.cfm?page_id=104&title=about_pestex" target="_blank">Pest-Ex</a> at the <a href="http://www.excel-london.co.uk/whats-on/pestex-2013/" target="_blank">ExCel </a>Centre in Docklands, London on 10-11 April 2013. This will be our first pest control exhibition, presenting a full range of insect monitoring traps to the UK pest control market. It has been advertised as potentially the busiest Pest-Ex yet, so should be a good couple of days. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In November, I was pleased to accept the invitation of Research Information to take on the role of Editor for International Pest control Magazine. This long established journal of 55 years has been a firm fixture in the world of pest management and one that has been a part of my reading since I first graduated in 1984. It was a daunting task, but with support from the team of contributing Technical Consultants, I was pleased when my first issue as Editor hit the internet shelves. Copies are available by subscription and can be found at <a href="http://www.international-pest-control.com/">www.international-pest-control.com</a>.</span></div>
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