Latest Integrated pest management Stories
Industry leader answers market demand with follow-up to Terminix SafeShield(TM) introduction. MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Terminix(R) announced today it has officially launched its eco-friendly service for commercial customers, a pest management system designed to nurture a more sustainable environment. The Terminix(R) Commercial EcoControl(SM), program introduces solutions to protect businesses from pests that allow these partners to be more environmentally responsible....
NightWatch Bedbug Monitor for pest control operators helps control bed bug outbreak worldwide PUTNAM, Conn., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSensory, Inc., manufacturer of environmentally-sensitive pest management products to monitor bed bugs and control mosquitoes and biting insects, announces the release of its NightWatch(TM) Bedbug Monitor -- an innovative new product for pest control operators to use to detect bed bug infestations at the earliest stages. BioSensory developed the...
Using integrated pest management to control cockroaches is more effective than conventional methods in reducing cockroaches, U.S. researchers said. North Carolina schools are mandated to convert to IPM by 2011, so these findings give credibility that IPM has superior and longer-lasting results than pesticide use alone, study author Dr. Godfrey Nalyanya of North Carolina State University in Raleigh said in a statement. In fact, the study was so convincing that the two school districts using...
Fewer allergen concentrations could reduce asthma incidencesFor years, scientists have associated growing asthma rates among children with exposure to cockroach allergens, especially among inner-city children. A new study in the May issue of Journal of Medical Entomology entitled "German Cockroach Allergen Levels in North Carolina Schools: Comparison of Integrated Pest Management and Conventional Cockroach Control" shows that using integrated pest management (IPM) to control cockroaches is...
Arrow Exterminating Expects Public to Get Hit Hard Post-Spring Break LYNBROOK, N.Y., April 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Deutsch can't believe the places he and the other technicians at Arrow Exterminating are finding bed bugs these days: inside lamp bases, clock radios, TVs, computer keyboards, between the pages of books, inside electric switches, behind ceiling moldings and in one case, inside a cell phone. "We've never seen anything like this," says Deutsch, the Arrow staff entomologist....
A U.S. agriculture economist says the fight against the destructive soybean aphid is a success that will pay big dividends during the coming years. Michigan State University Professor Scott Swinton says state and federal governments have spent $17 million on soybean aphid research and education since 2003. Swinton said the net economic benefit of that integrated pest management work should reach $1.3 billion during the next 15 years. This is an example of what a good payoff you can get as a...
INDIANAPOLIS and SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture has authorized Dow AgroSciences to sell its first corn hybrids with HERCULEX(R) I Insect Protection technology. This authorization was given for 2B710HX, 2B688HX, 2B707HX, 2C520HX and 2A525HX corn hybrids. Dow AgroSciences also announced that it plans to be able to offer the Brazilian market its full range of corn hybrids with this technology in the future. "This is a key milestone...
BALTIMORE, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A report released today by public health groups and leading Maryland health and elder care facilities documents new practices and policies to eliminate toxic pesticide use. The changes reflect a heightened awareness of the need to protect particularly vulnerable populations from serious health risks associated with toxic chemical exposure. A growing body of scientific research links pesticides to Parkinson's disease, asthma, cancer and other...
By Moore, Keith M ABSTRACT Conventional technology transfer is based on the assumption that autonomous individuals independently make behavioral decisions. In contrast, Actor-Network Theory (ANT) suggests that people and technologies are interconnected in ways that reinforce and reproduce some types of knowledge and consequent behavioral practices, but not others. Research on pest management in Mali shows the extent to which farm-level decisions are shaped off-farm through contracts that...
By Joe Lamp'l Editor's note: This is the second part of a five-part series on gardening mistakes. How many times have we resorted to pesticides or applied fertilizer without really knowing what the problem was? At what point did we decide that every problem in the landscape and garden could be solved with a chemical? In our busy lives it just seems like the expedient thing to do. Americans love a flawless lawn and garden. Unfortunately, our lack of understanding of how, when and...
