GIMIK – Green Insect Management Innovation and Knowledge – Protecting Our Resources
GIMIK is a 5 year multi-partner, pan-Atlantic ACOA-AIF project that brings together regional leaders (academic and commercial) from the forestry and agricultural sector. The project Lead, Dr. Kirk Hillier, is a Professor with Acadia's Biology Department.
The goal of the project is to develop innovative pheromone pest management tools as a viable alternative to chemically based pesticides and insecticides - Providing real alternatives for controlling insect pests in agriculture and forestry within Atlantic Canada, Canada and beyond.
Find out more by checking out their new project website and listen to Dr. Hillier speak on the CBC's Ontario Morning Interview about insect pheromones and his work. Listen to the podcast here (1st interview for about 8:30 minutes).
Also Check out the Hillier Lab Website: http://www.acadiau.ca/~khillier/