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New Article in the Journal PLOS One – Black Sigatoka in bananas: Ecoclimatic suitability and disease pressure assessments

IPRRG members Tania Yonow and Darren Kriticos had an article published recently in the Journal PLOS One: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0220601 Who doesn’t like a nice banana? In this paper we were able to demonstrate a robust relationship between Disease Pressure assessments from a group of experts in Black Sigatoka pathology and climate suitability modelled using CLIMEX.  This […]

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CLIMEX Modelling course Poznań

Introduction to CLIMEX Version 4 This course is timed to coincide with the upcoming meeting in Poznań, allowing you to make the most of your travel.  We have included CLIMEX is one of the most powerful computer-based tools available to pest risk assessors and ecologists to explore the geographical effects of climate on organisms.  Using […]

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Post-doctoral position in pest risk modelling at INRA URZF

The French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and Forest Zoology Research Unit, Orléans, France (URZF) are pleased to offer a post-doctoral position in pest risk modelling. (Click here for a PDF version of this announcement — please share widely!) Context: The post-doctoral researcher will participate to the European project HOMED (HOlistic Management of Emerging […]

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New article in the journal Insects: Multi-Scenario Species Distribution Modeling

Hey Everyone, Check out the following new article by IPRRG members Senait Senay (also our current Secretary-Treasurer) and Sue Worner: Senay, S.D.; Worner, S.P. 2019. Multi-scenario species distribution modeling. Insects 10(3): 65, https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10030065 The article is in the Special Issue “Invasive Insect Species Modelling and Control”. It’s open access, so full text and PDF versions […]

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Why are plant pathogens under-represented in eco-climatic niche modelling?

IPRRG members Kylie Ireland and Darren Kriticos had an article published recently in the International Journal of Pest Management. Here’s more from Kylie: Why are plant pathogens under-represented in eco-climatic niche modelling? Check this out – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09670874.2018.1543910 Plenty of opportunity exists to model plant pathogens into the future and push the concept of the niche […]

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