PPT-Emerging Pests and Pathogens Research Unit

We develop sustainable economical and environmentally friendly management strategies Protect Potatoes from Cyst Nematodes Discover natural enemies for safe effective control of exotic invasive weeds. Department of Physics. 8. th. May 2014. Research . Operations. Presenter. : Renata Schaeffer. Ext. : 61648. Email. : rs530@admin.cam.ac.uk. The Budget. Budget. increase from €53bn in FP7 to . €. RESEARCH 22. Pinner RW, Teutsch SM, Simonsen L, Klug LA, Graber JM, Clarke MJ, et al. Trends in infectious diseases mortality in the United States. 23. Mounts AW, Holman RC, Clarke MJ, Bresee JS, Gl What is a pest ?. Facts about cockroaches. Facts about blow fly. Facts about possums. Facts about rabbits . . What is a pest?. A pest is an animal . o. r insect that eats plants and food, ruins farm land and are just plain annoying. Plumbing – Water Research Foundation project #4606. Dr. . Mark . LeChevallier. , Dr. Zia . Bukhari. , American . Water, . and. Dr. . Nicholas Ashbolt, University of Alberta. , leading . this . project. Nick Beecroft. Manager, Emerging Risks & Research. Scope. What is an emerging risk?. Quantification. : ‘plausible but extreme’. Assessment: connected risk in a globalised world. Case studies. Learning About Pathogens. 1. Engage. What Does It Mean? . How is this phrase commonly used?. In what situations have you found your first impression to be wrong?. “At first glance”. How Clean . I. Topic 2. DDT – The Good News. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. = DDT. Invented by . Paul Hermann Muller . who was given the . Nobel . prize.. Used to kill lice that carried. typhus . killing allied troops in WWII.. IPM training for . retail store staff members. Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program. Andrew Sutherland. SF Bay Area . Urban IPM Advisor. UCCE and UC IPM. Training outline. Basic biology, ecology, and general management of common pests; review of UC IPM materials.  . Paul Franzon. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. paulf@ncsu.edu. 919.515.7351. http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/erl/faculty/paulf.html. Thanks. Thanks to Rambus for hosting this event. Spherically Gary Edge, VP for Research and Jaimie Stuart for Logistics. 2.D.2 Homeostatic . mechanisms reflect both common ancestry and divergence due to adaptation in different environments. b. . . Organisms have various mechanisms for obtaining nutrients and eliminating wastes.. Insects. Sap suckers. Chewers and tunnellers. Mites. Nematodes. Insect pests – sap suckers. Photos: . Top: woolly aphid on apple, mealybugs. Bottom: whitefly scales, scale insects. Different types of sap-sucker. ECDC TECHNICAL REPORT Best practices in ranking emerging infectious disease threats A literature review ii This report was commissioned by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC Rutala, Gergen, Kanamori, Sickbert-Bennett, Weber. 2015. Uses blue-violet range of visible light in 400-450nm region through light emitting diodes . (LEDs); continuous . Initiates a photoreaction with porphyrins in microbes which yield reactive oxygen. Soil treatment . Soil or any planting medium used in the nursery may be contaminated by various pests. The presence of pests in the medium causes huge losses to the crop in the nursery, and the infection caused by the pests may be carried to the .