๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐โ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (Keynote speaker: Ivan Hiltpold, USA)
๐๏ธ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐โ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ถ๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ (Keynote speaker: Jรฉrรดme Mathieu, France)
๐ธ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐โ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (Keynote Speaker: Jane Stout, Ireland)
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But of course, why use pesticides when predators can be deployed instead:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42690-025-01460-4
The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, is a significant pest of cucumber crops, particularly under polyhouse conditions. Effective management strategies are essential for maintaining crop yield and health. Therefore, the efficacy of anthocorid bug, Blaptostethus pallescens and predatory mite, Neoseiulus longispinosus were evaluated along with Spiromesifen 45 SC against the two-spotted spider mite on cucumber. It involved comparing the impact of Spiromesifen 45 SC, N. longispinosus at two predator-to-prey ratios (1:20 and 1:30) and B. pallescens at two different densities (10 and 20 nymphs per meter row) on T. urticae. Assessments were made on mite counts and fruit yields over two growing seasons (2020 and 2021). The study revealed that the minimum count of spider mite was recorded with Spiromesifen 45 SC which differed statistically with other treatments. The next best treatment was N. longispinosus (1:20 predator: prey), followed by N. longispinosus (1:30 predator: prey), B. pallescens (20 nymphs/m row) and B. pallescens (10 nymphs/m row) Besides the use of insecticide, N. longispinosus (1:20 predator: prey) can be used as one of the components of Integrated Pest Management Programme for the management of red spider mite, T. urticae infesting cucumber under polyhouse conditions. The correlation studies on population of mite, T. urticae with weather parameters concluded a significant positive correlation with maximum, minimum and average temperature while, significant negative correlation with morning, evening and average relative humidity. The study concludes that both B. pallescens and N. longispinosus has great potential in managing T. urticae and it can be used to control mite population.
Cat-sized rat found in UK home is part of larger issue
A rat the size of a cat was found inside a home in the United Kingdom, and localโฆ
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https://www.newsbeep.com/43696/
This rat found in Teesside UK is absolutely huge at 56cm from end to end. I'm not going to put my hand near it! It is a thing of nightmares.
It would need one big cat to have a good chance of killing it.
Seen in the good old Graun.
New compounds offer an eco-friendly approach to preventing devastating locust swarms by suppressing their pheromone. #LocustControl #PestManagement #EcoFriendly
SF Gate: Hungaryโs oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation. โRestoration workers are removing about 100,000 handbound books from their shelves and carefully placing them in crates, the start of a disinfection process that aims to kill the tiny beetles burrowed into them. The drugstore beetle, also known as the bread beetle, is often found among dried [โฆ]
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