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The University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension is pleased to announce that the full version of Pest Private Eye and the Case of IPM in Schools (Pest PI), our educational first person role playing video game, is now available free on our website at http://pested.unl.edu/pestpi. Pest PI teaches children and the educators who work with them about pests and how to control them using Integrated Pest Management.
Also on the website you’ll find links to online versions of a Teacher’s guide and comic book, a user’s survey (http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22FHK578845), and other resources about pests and IPM.
We have also recently developed an educator’s survey (http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22FGFWPJQAG) to determine how the game is being used in classrooms, libraries, and other educational venues.
Getting paid to fish sounds like a dream come true to some. But does it have the same appeal if you’re going up against a “fish from hell” that can travel on land and sink its teeth into a steel-toed boot?
Wasp and Bee Management: A Common Sense Approach is an in-depth reference based on the principles of integrated pest management (IPM). It includes detailed identification information for wasp, hornet, yellow jacket, and bee species. The risk for stings, swarms, and property damage is discussed and non-chemical recommendations are given if action is appropriate. The spiral–bound, 5-inch by 8-inch book is easy to use when scouting for wasps and bees around the landscape, home, school, or business.
The 7th International IPM Symposium, “IPM on the World Stage—Solutions for Global Pest Challenges,” will be held March 27–29, 2012 in Memphis, Tennessee USA at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
http://www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposium12/
For the first time, researchers have identified how cabbage looper caterpillars in the field develop resistance to the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which naturally occurs in the soil and on plants and has been developed into the most successful and widely used biological insecticide.
The following is a Cornell University Cooperative Extension press release:
ITHACA, N.Y. — The highly invasive aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata, known commonly as “hydrilla’”or “water thyme” was detected last week in the Cayuga Inlet by Cornell University staff. Hydrilla is an aggressively growing plant that can displace native plants, clog waterways and interfere with boating, fishing, and swimming.
Mid-Atlantic apple growers lost $37 million last year from damage caused by the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) to the 2010 apple crop, according to an estimate released by the U.S. Apple Association (USApple). The damage estimate was developed at the request of federal scientists researching ways to control the newly invasive pest. Although growers suffered financial loss from this pest, the Mid-Atlantic region overall has continued to provide quality apples for the 2010 crop year. (From Growing Produce)
