Selectivity of chlorantraniliprole to parasitoid wasps.

BACKGROUND: Chlorantraniliprole is a novel anthranilic diamide insecticide registered for use in vegetables, fruits, grains and turf against a variety of insect pests. The objective of this article is to summarize results of acute toxicity testing of chlorantraniliprole on seven species of parasitic wasps with wide geographic distribution and relevance to different crops and integrated pest management (IPM) programmes. RESULTS: Tier-1, worst-case laboratory studies evaluated wasp survival and reproduction following different exposure concentrations and scenarios to chlorantraniliprole (i.e. fresh-dried spray deposits on glass plates, direct contact, ingestion, egg card, dipped leaf residue bioassays, sprayed mummies). No statistically significant effects on adult survival, percentage parasitism or emergence were observed following exposures to chlorantraniliprole compared with controls. CONCLUSION: Chlorantraniliprole was harmless to the parasitoid wasp species tested according to IOBC classification criteria (<30% effects) and may be a useful tool in IPM programmes.

Healthy plantations. A field guide to pests and pathogens of Acacia, Eucalyptus and Pinus in Vietnam.

This book is a resource for those involved ‘on-the-ground’ with growing plantation trees in Vietnam, identifying the pests and diseases found on them, and managing the impacts of these organisms. The book, supported by AusAID’s Vietnam CARD (Cooperation for Agricultural and Rural Development) Program, and draws on the collective, long-standing experience of forest health scientists in Vietnam, Australia and South Africa. The book provides illustrations and information on 23 pests and 25 diseases of Acacia, Eucalyptus and Pinus for Vietnam; four of these species are important biosecurity threats not yet present in Vietnam.

Studio portrait of Adolf Rothschild and Sophie Rothschild nee Cohn.

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Studio portrait of Gretel Heimann (on right) with her sister Anna Portraits Children

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Studio portrait of Josef Reiss(?); Saaz, Czechosolvakia Portraits Men

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Portrait of Moritz Reiss in uniform taken by the Imperial photographer; Vienna Portraits Men

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Portrait of Olga Reiss nee Kohn Portraits Women

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Otto Gersuny on horseback in uniform as a physician for the Austro-Hungarian army.

Otto Gersuny graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of Vienna in June 1914. He attributed his being a doctor to his survival of World War I.

Improving production of cows and fattening cattle in Indonesia and north Australia

To increase numbers and reproduction in Ongole and Bali cows by as much as 60% in Indonesia requires use of rice straw for maintenance of cows and higher quality feed and crop by-products for growth and fattening of calves. These feedstuffs exist in large quantities. The project will couple feeding systems with management (controlled mating with a selected bull, weaning, compost production), previously developed by the project team, in village-based adaptive research across the main cattle regions of Indonesia, with emphasis on East Java. The project will link with research on nutrition interactions with reproduction of cows in indigenous pastoral systems in north Australia.

Studio portrait of Paula Goldschmidt née Harmelin; Leipzig Portraits Women

Born 1880?

Studio portrait of Hermann (Lazar Hirsch) Judey, his father Joseph (Mitskun) Judey, and Hermann's cousin Vladimir (Valodya) Barosin seated around a chess table; Riga Portraits Family

Hermann (Lazar Hirsch) Judey, born 1878 Riga and died 1959 New York; Joseph (Mitskun) Judey, born 1854 Vilna and died 1931 Berlin

Studio portrait of Hermann (Lazar Hirsch) Judey with his wife Olga Judey nee Fischmann; Berlin Portraits Couples

Hermann (Lazar Hirsch) Judey, born 1878 Riga and died 1959 New York; Olga Judey nee Fischmann, 1878-1929