Rodent pest control

The Changing Rodent Pest Fauna in Egypt

The most serious known rodent pests in agricultural irrigated land are: Rattus rattus, Arvicanthis niloticus and Acomys sp. Occasionally there are rodent outbreaks in agricultural plantations. The changing agro-ecosystem in the present and future agricultural plantations is expected to affect the status of the following potential rodent pest species: Spalax ehrenbergi aegyptiacus, Nesokia indic...

Pest Rodent Species Composition, Level of Damage and Mechanism of control in Eastern Ethiopia

The assessment on the current information on the species composition of pest rodents and the local communities’ perception on their pest status was carried out in Dire Dawa Administration from March 2010 to September 2011. Stratified and multistage random sampling techniques were used to sample representative villages (urban and rural) and respondents (n=150). Both qualitative and quantitative ...

Acute Rodenticides in the Control of Rodent Pest in China: a Review

Nanotechnology-based Pest Control

Given the development of nanotechnology within numerous scientific disciplines, it is likely that nanoscale products have been and will be used for agricultural, vector, and urban pest control prior to a complete evaluation of exposure and risk. Significant differences may exist between nanotechnology-based pesticides (NBPs) and conventional pesticides, primarily due to size and surface charact...

Pest Control: Rodents