Andrew Gladman (ADAS) talks about alyssum companion planting for control of thrips - both drawing the thrips away from the crop and also boosting populations of biocontrols like Orius. Exciting potential, should be interesting to see the system getting optimised.
Other parts of Europe have a predatory thrips licensed for biocontrol releases to control herbivorous thrips on strawberry - not yet in UK but maybe in future...? #AAB_IPPM #Thrips #CompanionPlanting #IPM
Allah Bakhsh showed us some results of dsRNA bioassays on colorado beetle - exciting prospects for control. It has high potential to be a safe and effective technique to manage pests, but I don't know how consumers will respond?
Then Rosemary Collier discussed IPM in fresh produce, and what needs doing as more plant protection products disappear from growers' toolkit. We will need to look at more resistant varieties of crops, and the role of biodiversity in natural pest regulation.
#AAB_IPPM #RNAi #IPM #CropProtection
Entomovectoring with Mojgan Rabiey at Warwick - bumblebees can carry bacteriophages to cherry flowers, allowing control of cherry canker on flowers (and thus fruit) - bees can find the flowers better than we can to distribute the phages.
I've never heard of it with phages before but seems an exciting and promising (and environmentally safer) route to part of canker management. Also means bees don't spread the pathogen as the phage "disinfects" them.
#AAB_IPPM meeting kicking off with excellent talk from Martin Lines
from the Nature-Friendly Farming Network. He has found that introducing flower-rich margins on his farm as habitat for beneficial biodiversity reduces pest damage significantly and much reduces need for synthetic inputs.
Putting strips of wildflowers (possibly buffered by tussocky grass) actually through crop fields increases their mobility into the crop, delivering more even management.
Need for more accessible tools for farmers to tailor habitat interventions to crop and key pests (current/future) #NaturalEnemies #IPM #HabitatManagement #NatureFriendlyFarming
On my way to AAB Advances in Integrated Pest and Pathogen Management meeting - looking forward to a couple of days hearing about what's happening in applied IPPM research. https://www.aab.org.uk/event/advances-in-integrated-pest-and-pathogen-management/
I'll be talking about aphids on soft fruit, and how to optimise different aspects of biocontrol to improve the approach overall.
#IPM #IntegratedPestManagement #Biocontrol #Parasitoids #Aphids #AppliedEntomology
L’impegno per la pace diventa calendario
Non c’è solo la scuola che educa al patriottismo e alla guerra, c’è anche la scuola che educa alla pace. E non soltanto con belle parole. Lo ha fatto, a Catania, il progetto di Pax Christi che ha coinvolto gli studenti di quattro scuole nella preparazione del calendario 2026, dedicato ai “Testimoni di pace”.
Quest’anno, infatti, il calendario promozionale che ogni anno Pax Christi […]
Leggi il resto: https://www.argocatania.it/2025/11/10/limpegno-per-la-pace-diventa-calendario/
#educazioneAllaPace #IPM #istitutoPenaleMinorileDiCatania #nonViolenza #PaxChristi
New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics Core
Freelance holography, part II: Moving boundary in gauge/gravity correspondence
Aliasghar Parvizi, Mohammad M. Sheikh-Jabbari, Vahid Taghiloo
SciPost Phys. Core 8, 075 (2025)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysCore.8.4.075
🇪🇺 The EU’s Agri & Food Vision proposes easier access to biocontrol as an alternative to harmful #pesticides. However, real change means more than swapping chemicals. Biocontrol must be part of a system shift via #IPM. 🌱🪲
https://www.pan-europe.info/blog/will-commission%E2%80%99s-plan-fast-track-biocontrol-miss-mark-pesticide-reductions
Minneapolis rally demands charges against artist and activist Isavela López be dropped
Minneapolis, MN – On September 29, over 70 activists and community members showed up at the federal courthouse to demand that U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson immediately drop the charges against Isavela López.
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See that? Of course not! What you don't see are Californicus mites, released in our orchard to consume persea mites who feed on #avocado leaves and can weaken trees and lead to sunburned or dropped fruit. They're small, but do a big job. #IPM
Monica Cristina Gallo. “Il carcere ha fallito” https://altreconomia.it/monica-cristina-gallo-il-carcere-ha-fallito/ #monicacristinagallo #lorussocutugno #carceretorino #brunelleschi #Intervista #detenzione #detenuti #carcere #minori #cpr #ipm
New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics
Freelance holography, part I: Setting boundary conditions free in gauge/gravity correspondence
Aliasghar Parvizi, Mohammad M. Sheikh-Jabbari, Vahid Taghiloo
SciPost Phys. 19, 043 (2025)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.19.2.043
Es stellt sich einfach nicht die Frage, ob ein Papierfischchen ausgewachsen ist. Man denkt automatisch: "Ist das'n Oschi*!"
*umgangssprl. für riesig, groß
(Edit: Regiolekt zu umgangssprl.)
New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics Core
Velocity gauge formulation of nonlinear optical response in Floquet quantum systems
S. Sajad Dabiri, Reza Asgari
SciPost Phys. Core 8, 049 (2025)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysCore.8.3.049
In Emilia-Romagna quattro detenute/i su dieci hanno almeno una patologia cronica https://zic.it/in-emilia-romagna-quattro-detenute-i-su-dieci-hanno-almeno-una-patologia-cronica/ #istittopenaleminorile #AcabnewsBologna #decretocaivano #giovaniadulti #Corpiepoteri #leggecaivano #dlcaivano #antigone #pratello #Welfare #caivano #carcere #carceri #dozza #ipm
A la sortie de l’assemblée, Emmanuel Wilputte délégué CGSLB dresse un constat sans équivoque : " Le marché est...
A la sortie de l’assemblée, Emmanuel Wilputte délégué CGSLB dresse un constat sans équivoque : ' Le marché est...#NAMUR #CP5000 #LAVENIR #IPM
Assemblée du personnel à l’Avenir suite au rapprochement annoncé entre IPM et Rossel - RTBF Actus
Carcere del Pratello, Ausl: “Criticità su pulizia e manutenzione, con rischio contagi” https://zic.it/carcere-del-pratello-ausl-criticita-su-pulizia-e-manutenzione-con-rischio-contagi/ #istitutopenaleminorile #carceredelpratello #AcabnewsBologna #Corpiepoteri #antigone #pratello #Cronaca #Welfare #carcere #lepore #conti #ipm
Si muova la città: il buio del Pratello non ci può inghiottire https://zic.it/si-muova-la-citta-il-buio-del-pratello-non-ci-puo-inghiottire/ #istitutopenaleminorile #AcabnewsBologna #Corpiepoteri #Editoriali #antigone #pratello #Welfare #carcere #ipm
L’orrore del carcere minorile del Pratello: “Spazzatura ovunque, ragazzino sofferente isolato in cella indecente” https://zic.it/lorrore-del-carcere-minorile-del-pratello-spazzatura-ovunque-ragazzino-sofferente-isolato-in-cella-indecente/ #istitutopenaleminorile #carceredelpratello #giustiziaminorile #AcabnewsBologna #ipmdelpratello #giovaniadulti #Corpiepoteri #antigone #marietti #Cronaca #Welfare #carcere #fabini #dozza #ipm
@treefifty If you live near Wells and have a pond you can order dragonfly nymphs. #mosquitoes #dragonflies #ipm #pond #maine
