Making Sense of Scents to Control Insects
, - (1 Hour 15 Minutes)
Lecture / Seminar Wheelchair Accessible 19+
[email protected]
9025425555
Ideas – Acadia
“Making sense of scents to control insects by
N. Kirk Hillier
Department of Biology
Acadia University
Insects represent one of the largest and diverse threats to human health, food and forests. We have struggled for millenia to safely manage such pests, and everyday
face new challenges to controlling insect populations, such as range expansion due to climate change, transportation of invasive species, and evolution of resistance to synthetic pesticides. Taken together, there is an urgent and growing need for new and innovative strategies to control such pests. In this seminar, I’ll discuss recent advances in the use of insect pheromones and other alternative management tools, which are emerging as key technologies in modern agriculture, forestry and medical fields of pest management. In the words of Rachel Carson, "Control must be geared to realities, not mythical situations, and that the methods employed must be such that they do not destroy us along with the insects…”
6 - 6:30 Social
6:30 - 7:15 or so Talk and questions
Consider staying on to continue the discussion after the talk.
[email protected]
9025425555
Ideas – Acadia
“Making sense of scents to control insects by
N. Kirk Hillier
Department of Biology
Acadia University
Insects represent one of the largest and diverse threats to human health, food and forests. We have struggled for millenia to safely manage such pests, and everyday
face new challenges to controlling insect populations, such as range expansion due to climate change, transportation of invasive species, and evolution of resistance to synthetic pesticides. Taken together, there is an urgent and growing need for new and innovative strategies to control such pests. In this seminar, I’ll discuss recent advances in the use of insect pheromones and other alternative management tools, which are emerging as key technologies in modern agriculture, forestry and medical fields of pest management. In the words of Rachel Carson, "Control must be geared to realities, not mythical situations, and that the methods employed must be such that they do not destroy us along with the insects…”
6 - 6:30 Social
6:30 - 7:15 or so Talk and questions
Consider staying on to continue the discussion after the talk.
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Pricing: Admission: $10 includes beer-wine or cocktail
Port Williams, Nova Scotia
[email protected]
902-542-5555
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