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Ratting in Rutland (2017)

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £15.00

During February & March each year, gamekeepers have the task of removing hundreds of rats which have become established around their game covers. Andy Swallow, based at a shoot in Rutland, uses various types...

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Biology and Control of the Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner Moth Cameraria Ohridella (2009)

Subject

Agriculture; Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 17 minutes), 24.90 euros

Cameraria ohridella (Gracillariidae), the horse chestnut leaf miner, causes severe damage to horse chestnut trees. Its biology and the host-parasite-relationship have been investigated in the...

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Terminix: Training for Change (1997 Video)

aka: Crawling About

Producer

Adam Wishart

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30, 40 min., 1999 sale: £395.00 (+VAT +p&p)

A video-based management training package on the importance of staff development. In Part 1 Peter Cottee, Managing Director pest-control firm Terminix Peter Cox Ltd, spends a week as a pest control...

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Good Practice for Phosphine Fumigation: A Guide to Phosphine Fumigation in Warm Climates (1996 Video)

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £20.00 (inclusive)

Looks at good practice when using the gas phosphine to fumigate durable products in hot climates. Intended for use as a training aid to inform both pest control personnel and their managers about safe and...

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Best Friends: Natural Enemies (1993 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 16 min., 1995 sale: £29.50 (+VAT +p&p)

Looks at biological pest control, using predatory insects, Describes the procedures involved in the integrated pest management (IPM) of a large commercial orange orchard in Queensland. A co-ordinated...

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Pest Wars (1992 Video)

Producer

Chris Haws; Sean Morris

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p) INCA 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) BBC

Questions the efficiency of chemical pesticides, which are revealed to be expensive, environmentally unfriendly and ineffective. Reviews the development of biological pest control, looking at current...

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Fungi: Friend and Foe (1990 Video)

Director

Chris Warren

Producer

Bob Thorpe

Subject

Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 2000 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

The symbiotic relation of fungi to their hosts can be harnessed as a biological means of controlling pests and encouraging growth in trees and other crops. It may also lead to new chemicals and drugs for the...

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Cane Toads (1987 Video)

Subject

Agriculture; Biology

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 46 min.

Tongue-in-cheek study of cane toads, originally imported into Queensland in 1935 from Hawaii to save the sugar crop from destruction by the greyback beetle. The toads bred rapidly and became an agricultural...

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Biological Control 2 (1986 Video)

Producer

Mike Gunton

Subject

Biology; Environmental science

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

Biological control can be one of the most effective of all methods of pest control - self-regulating, safe and very cost-effective - but it has a limited success rate. There is interest in improving the...

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Biological Control3 of Insects, The (1960 Video)

Subject

Biology

Distribution

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 36 min.

Shows pests studied in the laboratory including the cottony cushion scale, the cabbage moth, the cabbage white butterfly, the green vegetable bug, and the vegetable weevil. Outlines the success with which...

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