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Results of new rodent control trials have demonstrated the success of an integrated approach utilising monitoring paste to identify pest activity, then transitioning to an active bait to achieve quick and effective control, reports Syngenta Technical Manager for Europe, Kai Sievert.

Bedbugs can turn a good night's sleep into a nightmare. An infestation in the home can make domestic life unbearable and, for a hotel operation, any incidence can put the business and its reputation at risk. So, being in a position to solve the problem is good business for pest professionals. Ecolab head of technical, Mark Williams and Syngenta’s Europe, Africa and the Middle East (EAME) technical manager, Kai Sievert, outline some of the challenges and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) solutions to quickly and effectively tackle the problem.

Bed bugs are one of the most challenging pests in professional pest management. They are difficult to detect and hard to control. Furthermore this bloodsucking insect is a swiftly growing pest all over the world.

Mark HoppéSyngenta Crop ProtectionInsecticide resistance can be defined as, a heritable change in the sensitivity of a pest population that is reflected in the repeated failure of a product to achieve the expected level of control when used according to the label recommendation for that pest species (IRAC 2011).Insecticide susceptibility is lost in an insect population when individuals with a heritable trait that allows them to survive an insecticide based intervention pass on the genes for that trait to the next generation. At first there may be a very small proportion of the population that express the trait, however, if the population is further exposed to selection by the insecticide based intervention, then the less susceptible proportion will increase and eventually the intervention may fail to deliver the desired level of control. An insecticide resistance management (IRM) programme therefore has the aim of maintaining the proportion of the population that survive, below that which would cause the…

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