Dr Michelle Fountain Editor

Dr Michelle Fountain is Head of Pest and Pathogen Ecology at the world-famous NIAB-EMR (East Malling Research), UK. She is internationally renowned for her research on pest monitoring and identification and their role in integrated pest management (IPM) in horticulture. Dr Fountain is co-editor of Integrated management of diseases and pests of tree fruit, published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing in 2019. Dr Tom Pope is Reader in Entomology at Harper Adams University, one of the leading agricultural universities in the UK. A fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, Dr Pope is a globally recognised expert in tracking and understanding the behaviour of insect and other pests as well as in the design and implementation of IPM programmes. Dr Alistair Drake is a retired entomologist who holds honorary positions with The University of New South Wales and the Institute for Applied Ecology at the University of Canberra. His research interests include the development of radar techniques for insect observation, their application to pest forecasting, aeroecology (especially of insects), and more general aspects of animal migration and applied ecology. He has co-authored a monograph on radar entomology and co-edited a multiauthor book on insect migration. Dr Alan MacLeod works in the United Kingdom for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Alan was chair of the International Advisory Group on Pest Risk Analysis, providing technical support to the International Plant Protection Convention and has a strong interest in PRA training and has worked with the IPPC and international colleagues to deliver PRA training to support countries in Asia and Africa. Alan has published over 100 scientific papers and guest edited journal special issues focussed on plant health and biosecurity.