– Benefits and risks of exotic biological control agents
– Hygiene report (EFSA) (for members only: id+Password required)
– Integrated Pest Management (IPM): choices, vision, support
– Do Europeans get enough Fruit and vegetable ?
– Private: GM Apple trees (list of links) (for members only : id+Password required)
– To smile : Random medical news
Benefits and risks of exotic biological control agents
“Benefits and risks of exotic biological control agents”, Patrick De Clercq, Peter G. Mason and Dirk Babendreier, Article from Biocontrol Volume 56, Number 4, 681-698, DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9372-8 From the issue entitled “Special Issue: Invasive Alien Arthropod Predators and Parasitoids: An Ecological Approach” The use of exotic (=alien) arthropods in classical and augmentative biological control programs is generally considered as…
Hygiene report (EFSA) (for members only: id+Password required)
EFSA has released its annual report on on zoonoses, zoonotic agents & foodborne outbreaks in the EU. The report covers the year 2010. So there isn’t anything about 2011 EHEC crisis in it. However, there’s notable increase of food-borne outbreaks linked to fruit and vegetables, increasing from 2,1% to 8,7% for vegetables products (fruit products show a slight decrease…
Integrated Pest Management (IPM): choices, vision, support
IPM has always involved informed decisions and deliberate choices. Now a recent paper by two U.S. IPM scientists casts a bright light on a second level and, perhaps, even more visionary if complex set of IPM choices. In their article, “Approaches and Incentives to Implement Integrated Pest Management that Addresses Regional and Environmental Issues,” published in Annual Review of…
Do Europeans get enough Fruit and vegetable ?
The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) has published a review aimed to estimate the consumption of fruit and vegetables by Europeans, the factors which determine this consumption, and the efficiency of initiatives to improve this consumption. Read the story on the EUFIC internet site. Summary: Despite various issues limiting the possibilities to assess fruit and vegetable intake…
To be read : Food Safety: Contaminants and Toxins, J P F D’Mello, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK, April 2003, 480 Pages
Food Safety: Contaminants and Toxins, J P F D’Mello, Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh, UK, April 2003, 480 Pages This book is available in pdf for free reading on the Athens University of Agriculture Contents : Contributors Preface Glossary PART I: BIOTOXINS 1 Plant Toxins and Human Health P.S. Spencer and F. Berman 2 Bacterial Pathogens and…
Private: GM Apple trees (list of links) (for members only : id+Password required)
This list has been established by B Peiffer (“liste hygiène”). It lists links, mainly scientific, on GM Apple trees. Most of research on GM apple trees are about scald and others fungi. GM technics might reduce the number of PPP uses, and consequently reduce risks for environement and users. Europe (and especially France) is very reluctant to…
To smile : Random medical news
This picture (click to magnify) illustrates an article from Inserm (Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, French medical research institute) about epidemiology (read « L’épidémiologie, de la rumeur à la preuve » in French). It perfectly and humorously supports how much epidemiology is a difficult matter and how scaremongerers use scientific news…