Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina
April 10, 2007
Envidor® 2 SC Miticide from
Bayer CropScience
is co-sponsoring the 2007 Insect Film Festival with the Fresno
State University Bee Club on April 19 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
in Room 160 in the Music Building at Fresno State’s campus.
Admission is free and the Bee Club will be selling food and
refreshments as well as commemorative film festival t-shirts.
“Yes, you might say we’re trying to create a buzz about
Envidor,” admits Jon Mixson, Envidor product manager for Bayer
CropScience.
Envidor was approved in California in late January to control
brown mites, European red mites, Pacific mites and twospotted
spider mites in several California crops including citrus, pome
fruits, stone fruits, grapes and tree nuts. The active
ingredient is a member of the new chemical class called tetronic
acids. Envidor has a unique mode of action classified as a Lipid
Biosynthesis Inhibitor (LBI), making it ideal for resistance
management programs.
Envidor is active against all life stages of mites, including
eggs and female adults. Immature mites die soon after treatment
with Envidor because they can’t grow into the next development
stage, and treated adult females deposit fewer eggs, Mixson
says.
“It’s really appropriate that Envidor co-sponsors the film
festival,” Mixson points out. “Rather than the Cannes Film
Festival, you could call it the Spray Cans Film Festival. These
films show imaginary threats by insects, but products such as
Envidor help protect California crops and our food supply
against very real pest damage.”
“And, who knows, perhaps students attending the festival will
consider scientific careers as pest control advisors or as
researchers who will develop new crop protection products.”
Andrew Lawson, associate professor of entomology, department of
plant sciences, and the faculty adviser for the FSU Bee Club,
says, “Besides viewing two classic — and campy — science fiction
films about attacking bugs, festival attendees will have the
opportunity to learn more from Bee Club members about beekeeping
and the vital role bees play in U.S. agricultural production.”
The Bee Club was started two years ago by sisters Barbara and
Evan Jessup, whose family has been beekeepers. The Jessups
co-chair the club, which has grown to two dozen members and
manages five hives in the campus orchards. Last year, the Bee
Club raised funds primarily through the sale of honey, and was
supported by the FSU Department of Plant Sciences.
The billing for the film festival includes:
- The Swarm (1978)
A huge swarm of deadly African bees spreads terror over
American cities by killing thousands of people.
- Them (1954)
Nuclear tests in the desert result in the growth of gigantic
mutant ants who menace cities in the American southwest as a
team of investigators and the Army search for a way to
control their spread in this Cold War-era monster film.
More information on Envidor and
the 2007 Insect Film Festival can be found online at
www.BayerEnvidor.com.
Bayer CropScience LP is the U.S. business of Bayer
CropScience, which has its global headquarters in Monheim,
Germany. Bayer CropScience, a subsidiary of Bayer AG with annual
sales of about EUR 6 billion, is one of the world’s leading
innovative crop science companies in the areas of crop
protection, non-agricultural pest control, seeds and plant
biotechnology. The company offers an outstanding range of
products and extensive service backup for modern, sustainable
agriculture and for non-agricultural applications. Bayer
CropScience has a global workforce of about 19,000 and is
represented in more than 120 countries, ensuring proximity to
dealers and consumers. |
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